Problem: typically, the late spring and summer months are the most popular times for personal travel. for the last five years, the top sales months have been april-august. this year, however, sales did not increase during these months. for the first time in five years, quest annual sales are declining—they now expect to make less this year than last year.

Uppose stanley's office supply purchases 50,000 boxes of pens every year. ordering costs are $100 per order and carrying costs are $0.40 per box. moreover, management has determined that the eoq is 5,000 boxes. the vendor now offers a quantity discount of $0.20 per box if the company buys pens in order sizes of 10,000 boxes. determine the before-tax benefit or loss of accepting the quantity discount. (assume the carrying cost remains at $0.40 per box whether or not the discount is taken.)

Karen is working on classifying all her company’s products in terms of whether they have strong or weak market share and whether this share is in a slow or growing market. what type of strategic framework is she using?

Acoase solution to a problem of externality ensures that a socially efficient outcome is to