State two examples of business segments and explain why these would be feasible business segments. You can use examples from your work or pick a publicly held company and describe the segments that company may have.
In: Accounting
The major advantage of using structs is to make the C++ code simpler, easier to read, and easier to work with. After completing this assignment, students will be able to: • use structs to create and/or introduce new custom data types • implement structs to group fixed numbers of pieces of data of different types • implement structs within structs • chaining using the dot operators to access nested fields • copy an entire structure • create an array of a structured data type • combine structs and arrays with one another Task Description: A Decoration Store Manager wants you to create a program to keep track some of the best-selling items. You are given 4 files: Furnitire.txt, Art.txt, Fabric.txt, and Book.txt. Your task is to create an array of structs for each file to hold the entries. The first line of each file will be a number indicating how many entries are in the file. Furnitire.txt 1. Name 2. Color 3. Amount of Inventory 4. Date Created (month:day:year) 5. Price Art.txt 1. Name 2. Price 3. Amount of Inventory 4. Date Created (month:day:year) 5. Dimensions of Art (height:width:depth) Fabric.txt 1. Name 2. Color 3. Amount of Inventory 4. Price Book.txt 1. Name 2. Hardcover? (1 for yes 0 for no) 3. Amount of Pages 4. Price 5. Amount of Inventory 6. Date Published (month:day:year) Write a C++ program to help the Decoration Store Manager. Create four arrays of structs named Furniture, Art, Fabric, and Book. The size of the array should be read in from the file. Structs should be created to hold the variables that won’t fit a standard data type. The main() function of your program should be very simple. The main function should be a collection of variables declaration and functions call. You will need to use four different functions to read the data from the four files. You can add more functions if you want. You are to give the user the ability to print out each section’s records (Furniture, Art, Fabric, and Book). Do NOT use global variables.
These are the files given:
1) Art.txt
12 WaterColorPainting 25.95 20 07:02:2015 20:20:1 AcrylicPainting 10.22 89 06:15:2014 12:14:1 Photo 2.50 4 06:25:2017 10:10:1 LatexPainting 22.49 11 08:29:2015 18:13:1 PencilDrawing 5.25 56 05:01:2010 12:10:1 ClaySculpture 20.25 16 04:19:2011 12:12:3 GlassSculpture 15.40 40 09:05:2002 4:18:15 PlasticSculpture 2.96 22 05:20:2010 10:10:10 WoodenSculpture 27.89 9 03:11:2016 14:12:4 MetalSculpture 14.65 1 06:24:2013 18:15:7 ConcreteSculpture 3.69 0 03:29:2016 19:28:4 MarbleSculpture 29.99 16 06:15:2013 13:20:7
2) Book.txt
16 PrideandPrejudice 1 209 10.99 10 04:01:2010 ToKillaMockingbird 0 276 10.99 3 03:10:2013 TheGreatGatsby 1 257 7.99 3 06:21:2000 JaneEyre 1 294 10.99 8 06:01:2005 TheCatcherintheRye 1 171 10.99 2 07:06:2006 LittleWomen 0 354 10.99 3 02:26:2008 HuckleberryFin 1 269 7.99 2 02:27:2015 MobyDick 0 278 10.99 1 07:13:2012 AliceinWonderland 1 494 10.99 7 08:17:2015 LordoftheFlies 1 133 10.99 1 06:06:2016 AnimalFarm 1 119 7.99 5 03:22:2015 GreatExpectations 0 287 10.99 9 06:13:2013 1984 0 275 10.99 8 04:14:2017 GreatExpectations 1 360 10.99 7 07:23:2016 Frakenstein 0 146 10.99 3 03:20:2010 TheScarletLetter 1 248 10.99 5 02:28:2014
3) Fabric.txt
10 WoolRug white 10 24.20 NaturalFiberRug red 21 18.65 Drapes brown 15 10.60 DoorMat green 50 21.20 TableMat red 60 5.95 CottonRug white 10 14.26 SyntheticRug blue 15 18.10 PlaceMat brown 26 2.55 ClothNapkins white 18 3.05 Curtains grey 28 12.32
4)
14 Table brown 10 01:16:2000 100.00 Chair black 20 05:14:2006 25.20 Couch brown 5 10:21:2015 325.50 LoveSeat yellow 3 09:08:2011 145.70 RockingChair red 15 06:03:2013 45.60 Desk brown 5 11:10:2004 50.00 Lamp blue 8 12:06:2014 10.95 Light grey 10 06:12:2003 11.00 Bed red 7 07:18:2006 150.00 HighChair white 11 08:22:2007 25.60 FootRest brown 5 08:23:2015 15.95 CoffeeTable white 0 06:25:2016 57.10 BedsideTable black 2 04:23:2015 45.23 Stool brown 25 08:26:2014 20.00
In: Electrical Engineering
At the end of the year, a company offered to buy 4,450 units of
a product from X Company for a special price of $11.00 each instead
of the company's regular price of $17.00 each. The following
information relates to the 62,400 units of the product that X
Company made and sold to its regular customers during the
year:
| Per-Unit | Total | ||
| Cost of goods sold | $7.80 | $486,720 | |
| Period costs | 2.74 | 170,976 | |
| Total | $10.54 | $657,696 | |
Fixed cost of goods sold for the year were $142,272, and fixed
period costs were $83,616. Variable period costs include selling
commissions equal to 3% of revenue.
6. Profit on the special order is
7. Assume the following two changes for the special order: 1)
variable cost of goods sold will decrease by $0.78 per unit, and 2)
there will be no selling commissions. What would be the effect of
these two changes on the special order profit?
8. There is concern that regular customers will find out about the
special order, and X Company's regular sales will fall by 950
units. As a result of these lost sales, X Company's profits would
fall by
In: Accounting
• Given the requirements contained in the Act for CEO and CFOs to certify the adequacy of controls and financial statement accuracy, evaluate your comfort level with this requirement should you become a CFO of a publically traded company. Provide support for your rationale. • Given the requirements contained in the Act for CEO and CFOs to certify the adequacy of controls and financial statement accuracy, evaluate your comfort level with this requirement should you become a CFO of a publically traded company. Provide support for your rationale.
In: Accounting
A regional airline transfers passengers from small airports to a larger regional hub airport. The airline data analyst was assigned to estimate the revenue ( in thousands of dollars) generated by each of the 22 small airports based on two variables: the distance from each airport ( in miles) to the hub and the population ( in hundreds) of the cities in which each of the 22 airports is located. The data is given in the following table.
Airport revenue distance population
1 233 233 56
2 272 209 74
3 253 206 74
4 296 232 78
5 268 125 73
6 296 245 54
7 276 213 100
8 235 134 98
9 253 140 95
10 233 165 81
11 240 234 52
12 267 205 96
13 338 214 96
14 243 183 73
15 252 230 55
16 269 238 91
17 242 144 64
18 233 220 60
19 234 170 60
20 450 170 240
21 340 290 70
22 200 340 75
In: Statistics and Probability
Scenario: Imagine you are a business consultant to a firm of your choice. You have been asked to analyze, advise, and create recommendations on how the firm can ensure its future success in its current market.
Work with your instructor to choose a firm that matches the following criteria: a publicly-traded company operating in the U.S. market. Note: A publicly-traded company is a private-sector firm owned by its shareholders/stock holders.
Prepare a minimum 1,050-word analysis of economic data and business data to explain how the core economic principles impact the sustainability of the firm and what actions the firm can take to ensure success.
Address the following: Identify the market structure your chosen firm operates in, analyze your chosen firm's current market share, and identify the firm's local/global competitors.
Analyze the barriers to entry in this market to illustrate the potential for new competition and its impact on your firm's future in the market. Hints: Be sure you review the barriers to entry discussed in the course text.
You might consider presenting the data graphically. Identify and explain trends in current macroeconomic indicators for last three years including: Current stage of the business cycle. Real gross domestic product (GDP). Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). Unemployment rate. Federal funds rate. Current rate for borrowing funds such as the so-called "prime rate."
Note: A requirement of the Week 1 Influence of Economics on Household Decision Making report was to gather data on the CPI, GDP, and interest rates, so you should consider reviewing the feedback you received on the Week 1 report.
Evaluate trends in demand over last three years and explain their impact on the industry and the firm. Include quarterly (last two quarters) and annual sales (last three years) figures for the product your firm sells.
Create business strategies by analyzing information and data related to the demand for and supply of your firm's product(s) to support your recommendation for the firm's actions. Remember to include a graphical representation of the data and information used in your analysis. Examine available, current data and information, such as pricing and the availability of substitutes, and explain how you could determine the price elasticity of demand for your firm's product.
Assess how the price elasticity of demand impacts the firm's pricing decisions and revenue growth. Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm's level of output.
Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report, write a conclusion in which you: Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented.
Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government policies.
In: Economics
The market for cheap beer is characterized by the following supply and demand curves: S : q = p + 3 D : q = −2p + 24 Suppose the government puts a $3 tax on cheap beer.
1. Using the point elasticity formula, calculate the price elasticities of supply and demand at the initial equilibrium. And do you expect the incidence of the tax to fall more heavily on the consumers or the producers? Explain.
2. Calculate the effects of the tax on: (i) the price faced by consumers, (ii) the price received by producers, and (iii) the quantity traded in the market.
3. Draw a graph showing the initial equilibrium and illustrating the impact of the tax. Label all curves and axes and all relevant prices and quantities. Identify in your graph the deadweight loss and the revenue raised for the government.
In: Economics
The market for cheap beer is characterized by the following supply and demand curves: S : q = p + 3 D : q = −2p + 24 Suppose the government puts a $3 tax on cheap beer.
1. Using the point elasticity formula, calculate the price elasticities of supply and demand at the initial equilibrium. And do you expect the incidence of the tax to fall more heavily on the consumers or the producers? Explain.
2. Calculate the effects of the tax on: (i) the price faced by consumers, (ii) the price received by producers, and (iii) the quantity traded in the market.
3. Draw a graph showing the initial equilibrium and illustrating the impact of the tax. Label all curves and axes and all relevant prices and quantities. Identify in your graph the deadweight loss and the revenue raised for the government.
In: Economics
| Items | Jan 1, 2005 | Dec 31, 2005 |
| Cash in hand | ||
| Debtors | ||
| Creditors | ||
| Bills receivable | ||
| Bills payable | ||
| Car | ------ | |
| Stock | ||
| Furniture | ||
| Investment | ||
| Bank Balance |
In: Accounting
Adger Corporation is a service company that measures its output based on the number of customers served. The company provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results for May as shown below:
| Fixed Element per Month |
Variable Element per Customer Served | Actual Total for May |
|||||
| Revenue | $ | 5,400 | $ | 226,000 | |||
| Employee salaries and wages | $ | 61,000 | $ | 2,200 | $ | 158,700 | |
| Travel expenses | $ | 530 | $ | 20,700 | |||
| Other expenses | $ | 40,000 | $ | 38,000 | |||
When preparing its planning budget the company estimated that it would serve 40 customers per month; however, during May the company actually served 45 customers.
5. What net operating income would appear in Adger’s flexible budget for May?
6. What is Adger’s revenue variance for May? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.
7. What is Adger’s employee salaries and wages spending variance for May?
8. What is Adger’s travel expenses spending variance for May
9. What is Adger’s other expenses spending variance for May?
10. What amount of revenue would be included in Adger’s planning budget for May?
11. What amount of employee salaries and wages would be included in Adger’s planning budget for May?
12. What amount of travel expenses would be included in Adger’s planning budget for May?
13. What amount of other expenses would be included in Adger’s planning budget for May?
14. What activity variance would Adger report in May with respect to its revenue?
15. What activity variances would Adger report with respect to each of its expenses for May? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values
In: Accounting