ABC Enterprises has asked for your assistance in preparing a cash budget for the month of December 2020 and has provided projected sales revenue data below:
Projected sales:
October 2020
$144,000
November 2020
$205,000
December 2020
$220,000
All sales are on credit with 65% collected during the month of sale, 18% collected during the month following the sale, 15% during the second month after the sale and 2% uncollectable. Required:
a) Prepare the cash receipts section of a cash budget for ABC Enterprises for the month of December 2020.
b) Explain how ABC Enterprises would go about constructing a cash budget for the first three months of 2021. Note that ABC plans to purchase a major piece of equipment costing $500,000 in February 2021.
In: Accounting
“Unions enhance productivity and wages and reduce firm profitability. The US economy would function better if it were union-free.”
write whether you agree or disagree with the above statements provide an example from the labor market and your understanding and the application of the economic impact of union membership and collective bargaining. Be brief and clear. (150 words minimum)
In: Economics
1-Determine the density of states for a two-dimensional continuous medium using periodic boundary conditions.
2- In the Einstein model, atoms are treated as independent oscillators. The Debye model, on the other hand, treats atoms as coupled oscillators vibrating collectively. However, the collective modes are regarded here as independent. Explain the meaning of this independence, and contrast it with that in the Einstein model.
In: Physics
A major development since Marx’s time is the rise of powerful trade unions in most capitalist societies. As organizations committed to collective action and bargaining to improve workers’ positions in conflicts with their capitalist employers, trade unions have attracted Marxists’ theoretical and analytical interests. Is this not structural change? How does this differ from Keynesian ideology? Explain
In: Economics
a. What has happened to union membership rate in the U.S. over the past 100 years?
b. What are the various channels through which changes in union membership rate in the U.S. can affect income inequality?
c. Are there peculiar aspects of collective bargaining in the US which makes the change in membership more important for affecting wages?
In: Economics
Successful new product creation is a collective achievement that requires the energy and commitment of multiple functions in the organization. Describe the Kano Model and explain how the Kano Model works to create new B2B products and services. Explain how, overtime, the model requires changes to new features/products. Include at least two examples of B2B products and/or services.
In: Operations Management
A large fashion retailer, FashionCo, is experiencing decreased sales and wants to improve the performance and productivity of its salesforce. Discuss the most effective reward strategies that FashionCo could use to help motivate employees and improve performance. In your answer, consider total rewards and compare the appropriateness of individual versus collective rewards, in this setting. (750 words)
In: Economics
Calculate the change in pH to 0.01 pH units caused by adding 10. mL of 3.30-M NaOH is added to 650. mL of each of the following solutions. a) water pH before mixing = pH after mixing= pH change = b) 0.135 M NH41+ pH before mixing = pH after mixing= pH change = c) 0.135 M NH3 pH before mixing = pH after mixing= pH change = d) a buffer solution that is 0.135 M in each NH41+ and NH3 pH before mixing = pH after mixing= pH change =
In: Chemistry
A UK based asset management group has an insurance subsidiary and a small banking subsidiary.
The group’s banking subsidiary is planning to roll out a new online retail banking services. This service will allow the customer to view in one place all the customer’s bank accounts (both with the bank and with competitors) alongside any cryptocurrency holdings he or she has across various cryptocurrency platforms and any loans or mortgages the customer has taken out from a range of sources. The service will make it easy for customers to switch between product providers for all the financial products mentioned earlier in this paragraph. In addition, the group plans to make it easy for customers to set up regular transfers into and out of the group’s collective investment funds from or to any of the bank accounts the customer chooses to include in the service. There are no current plans to include any other asset managers’ collective investment funds within the service.
Q: Assess the risks and opportunities that such a business expansion might introduce to the group.
In: Finance
QUESTION 13
Why has OPEC been relatively successful?
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If the members didn’t cooperate, the price of oil would skyrocket thus only benefiting a few of the oil producing countries. |
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Member nations have greater control over their production output. |
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If the members didn’t cooperate, the price of oil would plummet hurting all the nations that produce oil. |
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All of the above |
2 points
QUESTION 14
Cap and Trade programs provide an economic incentive to power plants and other polluters to reduce their actual emissions by investing in emissions control initiatives.
True
False
2 points
QUESTION 15
The three techniques for making social identity salient are:
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Setting a collective goal, increasing face to face meetings and reframing the situation. |
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Setting an individual goal, increasing face to face meetings and shifting social identity. |
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Setting a collective goal, increasing face to face meetings and recategorization. |
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Setting an individual goal, increasing face to face meetings and defining the social identity. |
In: Operations Management