In the past, companies have designed intricate products that markets did not perceive any need for. They have aired promotional campaigns that have offended audiences. They have priced products out of reach of the target market. Marketing experts defend the importance of , the process of gathering all sorts of information about customers and products in order to make informed decisions about the product, price, place, and promotion.

The table below is comparing level of education achieved to the rate of unemployment and the median weekly earnings in 2008. based on the information provided, the unemployment rate decreases the most when moving between which two consecutive educational levels? a. “less than high school” and “high school graduate” b. “high school graduate” and “some college, no degree” c. “associate degree” and “bachelor’s degree” d. “professional degree” and “doctoral degree”

Kis the insured and p is the sole beneficiary on a life insurance policy. both are involved in a fatal accident where k dies before p. under the common disaster provision, which of these statements is true?

Performance bicycle company makes steel and titanium handle bars for bicycles. it requires approximately 1 hour of labor to make one handle bar of either type. during the most recent accounting period, barr company made 7,700 steel bars and 2,300 titanium bars. setup costs amounted to $35,000. one batch of each type of bar was run each month. if a single company-wide overhead rate based on direct labor hours is used to allocate overhead costs to the two products, the amount of setup cost assigned to the steel bars will be: