CBRE is a large real estate company with offices all over the world. A key part of their marketing strategy is to hold networking events each month. Instead of managing these events themselves, CBRE outsources event planning and management to small, independent vendors in each city. Which of the following statements are true about CBRE’s outsourcing strategy? a. It is likely less expensive to outsource the planning of local events than to have event planners on staff.
b. Since all of these events are local, there is no real advantage to creating a large, centralized planning department at CBRE.
c. These event planning companies are competitors to CBRE.
d. This type of outsourcing is why large companies employ more than 75% of the private workforce in the U. S.

On october 2, 2016 starbucks corporation reported, on its form 10-k, the following (in millions): total assets $14,329.5 total stockholders' equity 5,890.7 total current liabilities 4,546.9 what did starbucks report as total liabilities on october 2, 2016? select one: a. $12,516.7 million b. $6,377.3 million c. $995.0 million d. $8,438.8 million e. none of the above

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.

Zapper has beginning equity of $257,000, net income of $51,000, dividends of $40,000 and investments by stockholders of $6,000. its ending equity is