Norwegian resort tours (nrt), which operates in a very competitive marketplace, is considering four categories of performance measures: (1) profitability measures, (2) customer-satisfaction measures, (3) efficiency and quality measures, and (4) learning and growth measures. the company assigns one manager to each tour resort to oversee the resort's general operations. if nrt desired to adopt a balanced-scorecard approach, which measures should the firm use in the evaluation of its managers?

What cylinder head operation is the technician performing in this figure?

Atlas manufacturing produces a unique valve, and has the capacity to produce 50,000 valves annually. currently atlas produces 40,000 valves and is thinking about increasing production to 45,000 valves next year. what is the most likely behavior of total manufacturing costs and unit manufacturing costs given this change? a. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will also increase. b. total manufacturing costs will stay the same and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same. c. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will decrease. d. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same.

Kelso electric is debating between a leveraged and an unleveraged capital structure. the all equity capital structure would consist of 40,000 shares of stock. the debt and equity option would consist of 25,000 shares of stock plus $280,000 of debt with an interest rate of 7 percent. what is the break-even level of earnings before interest and taxes between these two options?