International business

Isabel, a calendar-year taxpayer, uses the cash method of accounting for her sole proprietorship. In late December she received a $38,000 bill from her accountant for consulting services related to her small business.

Riley operates a plumbing business and this year the 3-year old van he used in the business was destroyed in a traffic accident. The van was originally purchased for $20,000 and the adjusted basis was $5,800 at the time of the accident.

Using the normalized relation notation, an attribute of a relation which is the primary key of another relation is indicated by: A. a dashed underline. B. a double-lined ellipse C. a circle. D. italics. E. an underline.

Suppose the current equilibrium wage rate for housekeepers is​ $8.60 per hour. an increase in the minimum wage to​ $7.50 per hour leads to

Suppose that the total benefit to any one person (all people are identical) of a fireworks display is, where g is the dollar amount of fireworks (thus the marginal cost of $1 worth of fireworks is $1).

It is difficult to imitate a distinctive competence because: a. its nature might not be understood by competing firms. b. its application will lead to competitive parity. c. it might not be applicable to a competing firms' products. d.

Palmer Music manufactures and sells MP3 players and sound systems that include a 180-day warranty on product defects. The company also sells 2-year extended warranties.

Keithomp, a company that manufactures and exports candies, sells different flavors of candy depending on the taste preferences of the country that it supplies to.

Kane Company's employees earn vacation time at the rate of 1 hour per 40-hour work period. The vacation pay vests immediately (that is, an employee is entitled to the pay even if employment terminates).

Digg Co. installs a manufacturing machine in its factory at the beginning of the year at a cost of $36,000. The machine's useful life is estimated at 10 years, or 300,000 units of product, with a $6,000 salvage value.