Pinnacle corp. budgeted $264,760 of overhead cost for the current year. actual overhead costs for the year were $214,170. pinnacle's plantwide allocation base, machine hours, was budgeted at 50,840 hours. actual machine hours were 40,770. a total of 102,440 units was budgeted to be produced and 98,000 units were actually produced. pinnacle's plantwide factory overhead rate for the current year is: a.$4.21 per machine hour b.$2.58 per machine hour c.$5.21 per machine hour d.$2.09 per machine hour

Aldrich and co. sold goods to donovan on credit. the amount owed grew steadily, and finally aldrich refused to sell any more to donovan unless donovan signed a promissory note for the amount due. donovan did not want to but signed the note because he had no money and needed more goods. when aldrich brought an action to enforce the note, donovan claimed that the note was not binding because it had been obtained by economic duress. was he correct? [aldrich & co. v. donovan, 778 p.2d 397 (mont.)]

In north korea, a farmer’s income is the same as a dentist’s income. in a country with a mixed or market economy, the difference between those two professions might be more than 5 times different. how can you explain the fact that individuals doing the same work in different countries do not earn comparable salaries?

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure