Levi owns a store that sells cooking products to end consumers. he has worked with the same supplier for many years and trusts him completely. whenever levi needs to order new inventory from his supplier, he sends him information specifying the type of product, the quantity, the color, and some general quality characteristics. levi has been with his supplier for years and knows how thorough he is. finding defective products are so rare that levi doesn't even bother examining the shipment, other than to make sure the products adhere to the standards specified.
what type of factors likely influenced levi as the chief decision maker for his company to go with the supplier?
interpersonal factors

Roi analysis using dupont model. charlie? s furniture store has been in business for several years. the firm? s owners have described the store as a ? high-price, highservice? operation that provides lots of assistance to its customers. margin has averaged a relatively high 32% per year for several years, but turnover has been a relatively low 0.4 based on average total assets of $800,000. a discount furniture store is about to open in the area served by charlie? s, and management is considering lowering prices in order to compete effectively. required: a. calculate current sales and roi for charlie? s furniture store. b. assuming that the new strategy would reduce margin to 20%, and assuming that average total assets would stay the same, calculate the sales that would be required to have the same roi as they currently earned. c. suppose that you presented the results of your analysis in parts a and b of this problem to charlie, and he replied, ? what

Location test: question 1 of 54)water is a solvent because itoa. is made of moleculesob. dissolves many substancesc. is a saltd. has a large buffering capacity

Arnold rossiter is a 40-year-old employee of the barrington company who will retire at age 60 and expects to live to age 75. the firm has promised a retirement income of $20,000 at the end of each year following retirement until death. the firm's pension fund is expected to earn 7 percent annually on its assets and the firm uses 7% to discount pension benefits. what is barrington's annual pension contribution to the nearest dollar for mr. rossiter? (assume certainty and end-of-year cash flows.)