Smith Company makes and sells a single product called a Pod. Each Pod requires 1.4 hours of labor at a labor rate of $9.60 per hour. Smith Company needs to prepare a Direct Labor Budget for the second quarter of the year. In June the company has budgeted to produce 22,000 Pods. The finished goods inventory on June 1 and June 30 were budgeted at 500 and 800 units, respectively. Budgeted direct labor costs incurred in June would be: A. $470,400
B. $295,680
C. $240,000
D. $211,200

1. the political environment in india has proven to be critical to company performance for both pepsico and coca-cola india. what specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? if not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. timing of entry into the indian market brought different results for pepsico and coca-cola india. what benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3. the indian market is enormous in terms of population and geography. how have the two companies responded to the sheer scale of operations in india in terms of product policies, promotional activities, pricing policies, and distribution arrangements? 4. “global localization” (glocalization) is a policy that both companies have implemented successfully. give examples for each company from the case.

Chang corp. has $375,000 of assets, and it uses only common equity capital (zero debt). its sales for the last year were $595,000, and its net income was $25,000. stockholders recently voted in a new management team that has promised to lower costs and get the return on equity up to 15.0%. what profit margin would the firm need in order to achieve the 15% roe, holding everything else constant? a. 9.45%b. 9.93%c. 10.42%d. 10.94%e. 11.49%

List the seven key characteristics of the american free enterprise system. write a sentence explaining each characteristic. also give one example of where you have seen this characteristic in our economy.