The following sales and cost data (in thousands) are for two companies in the transportation industry: Company ACompany B AmountPercent of SalesAmountPercent of Sales Sales$ 150,000100%$ 150,000100% Variable costs75,0005060,00040 Contribution margin$ 75,00050%$ 90,00060% Fixed costs7,500 30,500 Operating profit$ 67,500 $ 59,500 Required: 1-a. Calculate the degree of operating leverage (DOL) for each company. 1-b. If sales increase from the present level, which company benefits more

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Jenna is saving for a sound system. while she is saving for her system, she finds the speakers for her system on sale for a good price and buys them. at the same time, mark is saving up to by a big-screen television. he sees some movies on sale and decides to buy them so that he can watch them on his new television when he buys it. which of the following statements best describes jenna's and mark's actions?

Which of these require(s) that senior, middle and lower-level managers all recognize human capital as the organization's most important resource?