Gale Corporation manufactures windsocks. The business recently decided to adopt an ABC accounting system. The following activities have been identified: Activity Cost Driver chosen Conversion cost per unit Materials Handling Number of parts $1.00 Machining Machine Hours 60 Packaging Number of finished units 2.00 Each windsock requires three parts and spends five minutes in the machining department. The total cost of direct materials and direct labor is $3.50 per windsock. Gale produces 20,000 windsocks each year and sells them at 140% of cost. The total cost of producing the 20,000 windsocks is:

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?

Is exploiting a distinctive competence or improving efficiency for competitive advantage. (a) cooptation (b) coalition (c) competitive intelligence (d) competitive aggression (e) smoothing

What part of the rational model of decision-making does the former business executive “elliott” have a problem completing?