Go online and compare three franchises (e. g., franchise. org, americasbestfranchises, or whichfranchise). Choose two franchises in the same industry (e. g., fast food) and the third franchise from another industry (e. g., hair cutting). Make a table to report the fee structures (upfront, continued licensing), as well as benefits touted for franchisees of each franchise system. What would tempt you to pitch in with some friends and buy a franchise when you finish your degree? If you were to take your company global, which 3 countries would be your first targets and why? What kinds of strategies and products fit with those countries’ segments of customers?

Anew equipment has been proposed by engineers to increase the productivity of a certain manual welding operation. the investment cost is $25,000, and the equipment will have a market value of $5,000 at the end of a study period of five years. increased productivity attributable to the equipment will amount to $10,000 per year after operating costs have been subtracted from the revenue generated by the additional production. if marr is 10%, is investing in this equipment feasible? use annual worth method.

Tandard product costs deerfield company manufactures product m in its factory. production of m requires 2 pounds of material p, costing $4 per pound and 0.5 hour of direct labor costing, $10 per hour. the variable overhead rate is $8 per direct labor hour, and the fixed overhead rate is $12 per direct labor hour. what is the standard product cost for product m? direct material answer direct labor answer variable overhead answer fixed overhead answer standard product cost per unit answer

Wilson center is a private not-for-profit voluntary health and welfare entity. during 2017, it received unrestricted pledges of $638,000, 65 percent of which were payable in 2017, with the remainder payable in 2018 (for use in 2018). officials estimate that 14 percent of all pledges will be uncollectible. a. how much should wilson center report as contribution revenue for 2017? b. in addition, a local social worker, earning $20 per hour working for the state government, contributed 600 hours of time to wilson center at no charge. without these donated services, the organization would have hired an additional staff person. how should wilson center record the contributed service?