Acompany can best accomplish diversification into new industries by:

(a) outsourcing most of the value chain activities that have to be performed in the target business/industry.
(b) acquiring a company already operating in the target industry, creating a new business from scratch, or forming a joint venture with one or more companies to enter the target industry.
(c) integrating forward or backward into the target industry.
(d) shifting from a strategic group comprised mostly of single-business companies to a strategic group comprised of diversified companies.
(e) employing an offensive strategy with new product innovation as its centerpiece.

Vintage fun reproduces oldminusfashioned style roller skates and skateboards. the annual production and sales of roller skates is 950 units, while 1,750 skateboards are produced and sold. the company has traditionally used direct labor hours to allocate its overhead to products. roller skates require 2.5 direct labor hours per unit, while skateboards require 1.25 direct labor hours per unit. the total estimated overhead for the period is $114,300. the company is looking at the possibility of changing to an activityminusbased costing system for its products. if the company used an activityminusbased costing system, it would have the following three activity cost pools: the overhead cost per skateboard using the traditional costing system would be closest to: a. $9.31. b. $65.31. c. $25.05. your answer is not correct.d.

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On coral island in 2012, the labor force is 12,000, the unemployment rate is 10 percent, and the labor force participation rate is 60 percent. during 2013, 200 unemployed people found jobs and the working-age population increased by 1,000. the total number of people in the labor force did not change. the working-age population at the end of 2013 was the unemployment rate at the end of 2013 was round up to the second decimal. the labor force participation rate at the end of 2013 was round up to the second decimal.