Simon Company had the following summarized operations for the month of May: Revenues earned: for cash, $32,000; and on account, $18,000; and Expenses incurred: for cash, $5,000; and on account, $10,000. In addition, the company purchased Equipment for $8,000 on account and Supplies for $5,000 for cash. The net income for the month of May is

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.