Rego and associates plans to invest $1,200,000 in modernizing their call centers. they expect productivity to increase and generate 8,000 more billable hours annually. the current bill rate is $50 per hour. rego and associates does not include depreciation or taxes when computing payback or accounting rate of return. the effect of the investment on productivity will last for over five years, although the effects become harder to predict for beyond five years. the company uses a discount factor of 10% on its capital projects.

required:
a. what is the payback period on this project?

b. what is the modified payback period on this project? (use table 1 from appendix b, and round your final answer to 2 decimal places, e. g. 5.25 years.)

c. what is the project's accounting rate of return? ignore taxes. (round your answer to two decimal places, e. g. 58.74%.)

Jack should consider job enrichment when designing the new commercial cleaner jobs so that

Long-distance providers are becoming increasingly concerned about certain activities within their industry. various companies come together voluntarily to implement new standards of social responsibility that members must abide by. what seems to be the primary motivation in this case for an increased interest in social responsibility? - because corporations are creations of society, they are responsible for giving back to the communities in which they operate.- these companies have realized it is in their best interest to increase their social responsibility before they are once again subject to stricter regulations.- these companies are using social responsibility as a means to increase their profitability, both short term and long term.- long-distance providers have started taking pride in their industry and its record for social responsibility.- they feel a responsibility to their stockholders, employees, the government, investors, and society as a whole.

Ail industries uses activity-based costing to assist management in setting prices for the company's three major product lines. the following information is available: activity cost pool estimated overhead expected use of cost driver per activity cutting $1,000,000 25,000 labor hours stitching 8,000,000 320,000 machine hours inspections 2,800,000 160,000 labor hours packing 960,000 64,000 finished goods units compute the activity-based overhead rates. (round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25.)