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Consider a US company that imports German goods. What effect will a sudden depreciation of the...

  1. Consider a US company that imports German goods. What effect will a sudden depreciation of the dollar relative to the euro have on the P/E ratio of the U.S. company? Discuss the effect both the possibilities—the company being able to completely pass through the dollar depreciation to its customers and the company being unable to completely pass through the dollar depreciation to its customers. (5 points)

In: Finance

Rundell Corporation uses customers served as its measure of activity. The following report compares the planning...

Rundell Corporation uses customers served as its measure of activity. The following report compares the planning budget to the actual operating results for the month of July. Wages and Supplies are purely variable costs while Insurance is all fixed cost. Miscellaneous expense is a mixed cost with $2,500 being the fixed component of the total amount planned.

Rundell Corporation

Comparison of Actual Results to Planning Budget

For the Month Ended July 31

Actual Results

Planning Budget

Customers Served

4,260

5,000

Revenue

$16,000

$18,000

Expenses:

Wages

$5,450

$6,000

Supplies

$2,640

$2,500

Insurance

$2,700

$2,700

Miscellaneous Expense

$4,350

$4,500

Total Expense

$15,140

$15,700

Net Operating Income

$860

$2,300

Required: Using the Planning budget column and the assumptions above, determine the unit variable costs and the fixed costs needed to build the Flexible Budget then complete the Revenue and Spending Variances and the Activity Variances for each revenue and expense account and the appropriate totals. You may prepare the Flexible Budget amounts on a separate worksheet and submit, but it is not required.Round answers to whole amounts, use commas if necessary and no dollar signs.

Rundell Corporation

Flexible Budget Performance Report - Variances Only

For the Month Ended July 31

Revenue and Spending Variances

Favorable (F)

Unfavorable (U)

Activity Variances

Favorable (F)

Unfavorable (U)

Revenue
Expenses:
Wages and Salaries
Supplies
Insurance
Miscellaneous
Total Expense
Net Operating Income

In: Accounting

A telephone sales force can model its contact with customers as a Markov chain. The six...

A telephone sales force can model its contact with customers as a Markov chain. The six states of the chain are as follows:
State 1 Sale completed during most recent call
State 2 Sale lost during most recent call
State 3 New customer with no history
State 4 During most recent call, customer’s interest level low State 5 During most recent call, customer’s interest level medium State 6 During most recent call, customer’s interest level high
Based on past phone calls, the following transition matrix has been estimated:
1100000 20 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.10 0.30 0 0.25 0.20 0.15
P  4 0.05 0.45 0 0.20 0.20 0.10
5 0.15 0.10 0 0.15 0.25 0.35
6 0.20 0.05 0 0.15 0.30 0.30 
a) For a new customer, determine the average number of calls made before the customer buys the product or the sale is lost.
b) What fraction of new customers will buy the product?
c) What fraction of customers currently having a high degree of interest will buy the
product?
d) Suppose a call costs 20 TL and a sale earns 200 TL in revenue. Determine the “value”
of each type of customer.

In: Advanced Math

Problem 4-05A a-g (Part Level Submission) (Video) Crane Clark opened Crane’s Cleaning Service on July 1,...

Problem 4-05A a-g (Part Level Submission) (Video)

Crane Clark opened Crane’s Cleaning Service on July 1, 2020. During July, the following transactions were completed.
July 1 Crane invested $19,900 cash in the business.
1 Purchased used truck for $8,800, paying $3,900 cash and the balance on account.
3 Purchased cleaning supplies for $2,000 on account.
5 Paid $1,800 cash on 1-year insurance policy effective July 1.
12 Billed customers $4,500 for cleaning services.
18 Paid $1,600 cash on amount owed on truck and $1,500 on amount owed on cleaning supplies.
20 Paid $2,500 cash for employee salaries.
21 Collected $3,400 cash from customers billed on July 12.
25 Billed customers $6,000 for cleaning services.
31 Paid $350 for the monthly gasoline bill for the truck.
31

Withdraw $5,600 cash for personal use.

Prepare a trial balance at July 31 on a worksheet. Enter the following adjustments on the worksheet and complete the worksheet.

(1) Unbilled and uncollected revenue for services performed at July 31 were $2,700.
(2) Depreciation on equipment for the month was $500.
(3) One-twelfth of the insurance expired.
(4) An inventory count shows $600 of cleaning supplies on hand at July 31.
(5)

Accrued but unpaid employee salaries were $1,010.

(g)

Prepare a post-closing trial balance at July 31.

In: Accounting

In Appendix B in your book there is a table of the ages of Best Actor...

In Appendix B in your book there is a table of the ages of Best Actor and Best Actress Oscar award winners. Test the claim at � = 0.05 that proportion of male winners over age 40 is greater than the proportion of female winners over the age of 40.

a. State the proportion of Best Actors over age 40.

b. State the proportion of Best Actresses over age 40.

c. Perform the hypothesis test.

ACTRESSES
22
37
28
63
32
26
31
27
27
28
30
26
29
24
38
25
29
41
30
35
35
33
29
38
54
24
25
46
41
28
40
39
29
27
31
38
29
25
35
60
43
35
34
34
27
37
42
41
36
32
41
33
31
74
33
50
38
61
21
41
26
80
42
29
33
35
45
49
39
34
26
25
33
35
35
28
30
29
61
32
33
45
29
62
22
44
54

ACTORS
44
41
62
52
41
34
34
52
41
37
38
34
32
40
43
56
41
39
49
57
41
38
42
52
51
35
30
39
41
44
49
35
47
31
47
37
57
42
45
42
44
62
43
42
48
49
56
38
60
30
40
42
36
76
39
53
45
36
62
43
51
32
42
54
52
37
38
32
45
60
46
40
36
47
29
43
37
38
45
50
48
60
50
39
55
44
33

In: Statistics and Probability

Jason Hope opened a hotel. Prepare journal entries and post to the appropriate T-accounts to record...

Jason Hope opened a hotel. Prepare journal entries and post to the appropriate T-accounts to record the following transactions. Compute the balance as of June 30 for each T-account Hope uses the accounts Room Rental Revenue and Event Revenue. All expenses for special events are recorded as Event Expense.

June 1 Hope invested $400,000 cash into the business

June 2 Hope purchased a hotel building for $800,000 and land for $100,000. Hope paid $250,000 in cash and signed note payable for $650,000.

June 3 Paid $6,000 for a six month insurance policy on the hotel.

June 5 Purchased supplies costing $4,000 on account.

June 10 Received advance payments of $12,000 from customers that will be staying at the hotel in July. Payments will be refunded if the customer cancels within 7 days of their scheduled arrival time.

June 14: Received cash payments of $13,000 from current customers staying at the hotel in June.

June 15 Paid $2,000 cash for staff salaries. June 16 Paid $500 for maintenance expense.

June 17: Received $10,000 payment for a wedding reception hosted that day.

June 18 Paid $2,500 for catering expenses.

June 18 Paid event expenses of $1,000 for table and chair rentals.

June 19 Paid event expenses of $2,000 for flowers.

June 24 Paid for the supplies purchased on June 5.

June 25 Recorded an additional $5,000 cash received from current hotel customers for June.

June 30 Paid $2,000 cash for staff salaries.

June 30 The owner withdrew $4,000 for personal use.

In: Accounting

Las Vegas, Nevada ·       How do the 2005 cancer deaths in that state break down according...

Las Vegas, Nevada

·       How do the 2005 cancer deaths in that state break down according to race?

In: Operations Management

Define astronomical ephemeris in your own words. Describe how Mars moved across the sky in 2005.

Define astronomical ephemeris in your own words.

Describe how Mars moved across the sky in 2005.

In: Physics

What would a potential new price/payment method be that could be revolutionary? If a company is...

  1. What would a potential new price/payment method be that could be revolutionary?
  2. If a company is operating at a deficit, but has happy customers, what would the best strategy be to make money?
  3. Why should a company’s pricing strategy reflect their core values ?
  4. Should consumers make it a point to review a company’s core values before investing?

Product pricing is one of the most important determinants of company success. A product’s market price must account for numerous competitive factors, including research and development costs, target market size, lifetime customer value, marketing and acquisition costs, and competitive positioning. Yet for all the complexity involved in determining ideal pricing, a Chargebee and ProfitWell survey of software founders and executives found that companies spend an average of just 12 hours on their pricing. Not 12 hours for each product — just 12 hours total in the history of the company.

One reason for the disconnect between pricing’s impact and the time invested could be difficulty in understanding pricing strategies. As recently explained in a guide by Cobloom, the software as a service market employs a variety of pricing models (e.g., flat rate, usage based and tiered), strategies (e.g., free trials) and psychological pricing tactics that impact how buyers process pricing information. Such psychological tactics include tricks like charm pricing (featuring amounts that end in nine, such as $39 instead of $40) and decoy pricing that places an obviously less desirable option among three bundled packages to increase the perceived value of the other options.

While these strategies might seem obvious or purposefully deceptive, they continue to be used, because they work. Research has found that decoy pricing generates additional revenue. And if you think no one falls for charm pricing, guess again. A famous study by researchers at the University of Chicago and MIT found that an item of clothing marked $39 outsold identical items priced at $44 or even $34.
As CFO, I focus on developing pricing that supports customer acquisition and long-term fiscal stability. But as part of a purpose-driven leadership team, our product pricing is also viewed through the lens of our corporate values considering shared customer value and sustainability. While we are absolutely driven by revenue, we also gut check our decisions against core company values. Below are some of these values and how they can help your company’s own pricing strategy.

1. Put customer value first.

Many of the widely used technology pricing strategies focus heavily on company revenue and internal metrics rather than end-user value. As an example, many companies take the simplified approach of calculating their product development and production costs and then adding their desired margin, and they use that information to set pricing. Unfortunately, this model is based entirely on internal metrics that have no connection to customer preference, price sensitivity or even competitive pricing. Another widely used example is pay-per-feature pricing. This model relies on a core set of features to entice new customers and adds charges as users evolve and want more advanced functionality. While it offers companies a reliable growth channel, this kind of pricing tends to create resentment with users who are paying for a product and can’t access all of its features.

Putting customer value first requires an innovative, research-based approach to understanding how end users will be using your product, as well as flexibility in designing pricing structures to take into account different product usage rates and feature consumption between departments and locations. Some examples of innovation in pricing include companies such as Amazon Web Services, Uber or Airbnb with prices based on actual usage. The only drawback to this approach is it can lead to higher-than-expected bills when customers need to add capacity or service during popular or “surge” time frames. And while these strategies might work for the vendor, research indicates consumers and technology buyers prefer the simplicity and predictability of flat-rate pricing
2. Keep your pricing promises.

In 2011, Netflix lost 800,000 customers after an unexpected price hike and service change. Based on backlash, the company quickly reversed the change. Earlier this year, history repeated itself as new subscriber acquisition slowed and Netflix announced a new price increase, followed immediately by a stock price plummet and the loss of more than 126,000 subscribers. Customers usually don’t react well to paying more without a significant increase in features, usability or overall value — a lesson many freemium-driven companies are finding out the hard way. Although there are some success stories, such as Spotify’s impressive freemium-to-paid conversion rate, sticking with your pricing strategy in the long term can be as important as the strategy itself when it comes to customer retention.

3. Lead; don’t follow.

Most new companies founded today will enter a market with existing competition. As a leader focused on consumer value, I would challenge you to do your customer research and set your initial pricing based entirely on your unique offering and reason for being. Only then look at the rest of the market and determine how your choice will support or ensure success. When our company launched conference-calling services more than 20 years ago, there was significant competition in the space charging hundreds of dollars per month to deliver services to big corporate clients. Our founder looked at the market from the consumer point of view and found a way to deliver services for free while still generating revenue from carrying calls on our network. Other examples of pricing leadership include Slack, one of the pioneers of charging based on active users, and Creately’s albeit-short-lived “pay whatever you want” experiment.

No single decision can have a more far-reaching effect on company success than pricing. But pricing decisions should always be considered holistically as part of a long-term, value-based model. Pricing strategies that leverage who you are as a company and what you value create a foundation of mutual benefit that helps everyone from your customers and partners to your shareholders and employees.

In: Operations Management

On January 1, 2020, Mr. Wild formed a corporation to provide services to clients. Information about...

On January 1, 2020, Mr. Wild formed a corporation to provide services to clients. Information about the first year of operation follows:
Jan. 1 Investors provided $1,500,000 in cash in exchange for stock of The Wild Corporation.
Jan. 1 Purchased equipment in exchange for $100,000 cash and a $1,900,000 note payable at an annual rate of 5%, payable every 6 months.
Jan. 1 Purchased $45,000 of insurance that will cover the next 3 years. This was recorded as prepaid insurance.
Feb. 1 Purchased $5,000 of office supplies on account that will be needed during the upcoming year.
Mar. 15 Paid Salaries of $20,000.
Mar. 31 Billed customers for services in the amount of $500,000.
Apr. 15 Paid the vendor who sold Wild the office supplies on Feb. 1.
Apr. 30 Collected $400,000 on accounts receivable.
June 15 Paid salaries of $40,000.
June 30 Paid $4,000 for employee travel costs.
June 30 Paid $10,000 for a company party.
June 30 Paid the interest due and $400,000 to reduce the balance of the note payable.
July 1 Billed customers for services provided in the amount of $750,000.
Aug 1 Collected $200,000 on accounts receivable.
Aug. 15 Purchased $15,000 of office supplies on account.
Sept. 15 Paid salaries of $40,000.
Sept. 30 Paid $25,000 for a customer appreciation event.
Sept. 30 Paid $40,000 for employee travel costs incurred by staff.
Dec. 1 Collected $300,000 as deposits from customers who contracted for 2021.
Dec. 31 Declared and paid a $50,000 dividend to shareholders.
The Wild Corporation uses the following accounts in it's Chart of Accounts:
Cash
Accounts Receivable
Office Supplies
Prepaid Insurance
Equipment
Accumulated Depreciation
Accounts Payable
Interest Payable
Unearned Revenue
Notes Payable
Capital Stock
Retained Earnings
Dividends
Service Revenue
Salaries Expense
Meals & Entertainment Expense
Travel Expense
Insurance Expense
Office Supplies Expense
Interest Expense
Depreciation Expense
Income Summary
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
(a) Journalize the listed transactions.
(b) Post the transactions to the appropriate general ledger accounts.
(c) Prepare a trial balance as of December 31.

In: Accounting