Identify whether the following activities are examples of business-level or corporate-level strategies Business Corporate- Level Level Company Activity a. Managers for IBM's SPSS statistics softvare meet to determine hovi they will market the product in the upcoming year. Their decision is to show potential dients how effective SPSS is at analyzing extremely large data sets, and howo the "Direct Marketing" part of the program helps identify which customers will respond to advertisements. b. At Apple, managers ask, "Should our next iPad product be innovative and new, so we can charge a higher price for it. or should ve consider going dovn one more size, so people with less money can purchase an iPad?" Strategy Strategyc. A company's managers ask Does it make sense for our vacuum-cleaner company to buy a company that manufactures space heaters?d. Cisco managers sat down recently to review the portfolio of their company. They looked at all of the busi nesses the mpany had acquired in the last vear and determined how much money each acquisition vas making for Cisco. They then decided which companies to keep and which to spin off

Last year, johnson mills had annual revenue of $37,800, cost of goods sold of $23,200, and administrative expenses of $6,300. the firm paid $700 in dividends and had a tax rate of 35 percent. the firm added $2,810 to retained earnings. the firm had no long-term debt. what was the depreciation expense?

Cardinal company is considering a project that would require a $2,725,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $400,000. the company’s discount rate is 14%. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows: sales $2,867,000 variable expenses 1,125,000 contribution margin 1,742,000 fixed expenses: advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $706,000 depreciation 465,000 total fixed expenses 1,171,000 net operating income $571,000 1. which item(s) in the income statement shown above will not affect cash flows? (you may select more than one answer. single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.) (a)sales (b)variable expenses (c) advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs expenses (d) depreciation expense 2. what are the project’s annual net cash inflows? 3.what is the present value of the project’s annual net cash inflows? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) 4.what is the present value of the equipment’s salvage value at the end of five years? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) 5.what is the project’s net present value? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

Almeda products, inc., uses a job-order costing system. the company's inventory balances on april 1, the start of its fiscal year, were as follows: