Gumchara Corporation reported the following information with respect to the materials required to manufacture amalgam florostats during the current month. Standard price per gram of materials $ 4 Standard quantity of materials per amalgam florostat 5 grams Actual materials purchased and used in production 6,000 grams Actual amalgam florostats produced during the month 1,000 units Actual cost of materials purchased $ 18,000 Normal monthly output 900 units a. Determine Gumchara's materials price variance. b. Determine Gumchara's materials quantity variance. c. Will Gumchara's overhead volume variance be favorable or unfavorable

Which of the following statements about brand names is true? brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand. brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions. it is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes. read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. musashi sees a commercial for a brand x clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a brand x t-shirt.

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