A jeans company is pursuing a low cost strategy and has achieved a position in which it is the lowest cost manufacturer of denim products. One of the ways the company can achieve a competitive advantage against its rivals is to:
a. undercut them in a price war to increase volumes and drive weaker low cost rivals out of business.
b. add features and cost to the jeans to compete with higher priced differentiated brands.
c. build brand loyalty through an intense marketing and media blitz.
d. focus on selling a wide variety of jean styles and colors to appeal to different market segments.

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Which of these is not a result of regular exercise

The following transactions occurred during july: received $1,000 cash for services provided to a customer during july. received $4,000 cash investment from bob johnson, the owner of the business received $850 from a customer in partial payment of his account receivable which arose from sales in june. provided services to a customer on credit, $475. borrowed $7,000 from the bank by signing a promissory note. received $1,350 cash from a customer for services to be rendered next year. what was the amount of revenue for july?