You learn that equipment costs and building occupancy are fixed and are based on a normal production of 620,000 units per year. other overhead costs are variable. plant capacity is sufficient to produce 790,000 units per year. labor costs per hour are not expected to change during the year. however, the cotton supplier has informed ecosacks that it will impose a 20 percent price increase at the start of the coming budget period. no other costs are expected to change. during the coming budget period, ecosacks expects to sell 560,000 bags. finished goods inventory is targeted to increase from the current balance of 140,000 units to 230,000 units to prepare for an expected sales increase the year after next as a result of legislation in several states regarding plastic bags. production will occur evenly throughout the year. inventory levels for cotton and canvas are expected to remain unchanged throughout the year. there is no work-in-process inventory. required: a. prepare a production budget for the coming year.

Why does the united states government provide tax breaks related to the amount of money companies spend on research and development? a. to provide incentives for companies to conduct research and development to allow antitrust authorities b. to challenge joint research efforts c. to protect the right of inventors d. to produce and sell their inventions e. to involve less government scrutiny than a government funded project

Which of these things did galileo not do? a. stop publishing his scientific work after being convicted of heresy b. invent the concept of acceleration c. experiment with rolling balls down ramps of increasing steepness to test how objects would fall d. argue that earth moves around the sun e. make up a thought experiment that indicated that objects would fall at the same rate

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u. s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht. a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?