High Step Shoes, had annual revenues of $185,000, expenses of $103,700, and paid dividends of $18,000 during the current year. The retained earnings account before closing had a balance of $297,000. The Net Income for the year is:

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.