Ravi Singh is working his way through college as an independent distributor of the Rapier Knife Co. The Rapier product line includes kitchen knives, hunting knives, and other special-purpose cutlery. Ravi makes sales presentations to potential customers in their homes. If a customer wants to make a purchase, Ravi buys the knives from Rapier and sells them to the customer at a markup. For example, Rapier's most popular knife is a chef's knife that Ravi buys for $25 and resells to the consumer for $50. Ravi is:.
A. engaged in direct selling but is part of an indirect channel.
B. part of a direct-to-customer channel. C. engaged in direct marketing. D. None of these answers is correct.

Assume that a local bank sells two services, checking accounts and atm card services. the bank’s only two customers are mr. donethat and ms. beenthere. mr. donethat is willing to pay $8 a month for the bank to service his checking account and $2 a month for unlimited use of his atm card. ms. beenthere is willing to pay only $5 for a checking account, but is willing to pay $9 for unlimited use of her atm card. assume that the bank can provide each of these services at zero marginal cost.refer to scenario 17-5. if the bank is unable to use tying, what is the profit-maximizing price to charge for a checking account

The year is 2278, and the starship enterprise is running low on dilithium crystals, which are used to regulate the matter-antimatter reactions that propel the ship across the universe. without the crystals, space-time travel is not possible. if there is only one known source of dilithium crystals, the necessary conditions for a monopoly are met. part 2 (1 point)see hint if the crystals are government owned or government regulated, and the government wants to create the greatest welfare for society, then it should set the price choose one or more: a. so only the rich can afford space-time travel. b. at the profit-maximizing price. c. at the efficient price. d. using the marginal-cost pricing rule. e. so everyone can afford space-time travel. f. at the monopoly price.

For 2016, gourmet kitchen products reported $22 million of sales and $19 million of operating costs (including depreciation). the company has $15 million of total invested capital. its after-tax cost of capital is 10%, and its federal-plus-state income tax rate was 36%. what was the firm’s economic value added (eva), that is, how much value did management add to stockholders’ wealth during 2016?