Answer:
Nola and Charles Collusion at Trident, IA.
Helping or Impeding Scenarios:
Helping Scenarios:
4. Nola and Charles are regulars at the same coffee house. They talk regularly
5. Charles and Nola both charge a fixed per person price for a party
Impeding Scenarios:
1. Charles develops a signature appetizer that becomes the must have in Trident
2. A party planning school opens and the new graduates are ready to plan!
3. Nola lowers her price on national television
6. Nola's marginal cost is lower than Charles's.
7. Most of the parties are given by Trident's largest employer, a water bottling plant.
Explanation:
Nola and Charles can only enter a collusion agreement secretly because it is illegal. Since the agreement is secret, it is not enforceable in the court of law. The tendency for Nola and Charles to be entangled in the prisoner's dilemma is very high. It is also not possible for them to protect their collusion for very long because they have different cost bases and core competencies that derail collusion on a sustainable large scale. Graduates of party organization and other market participants, including the large firm that hosts most of the parties in the area will end the collusion before long.
Answer:
C) Yes, income will increase by $250.
Explanation:
normal selling price $8
special order for 15,000 at $4 each
incremental costs per plane:
- direct materials $1.25
- direct labor $2.05
- variable manufacturing overhead $0.50
- decals $0.05
- total $3.85 per plane
plus $2,000 in special machine
gain/loss resulting from special order = total revenue - incremental costs per plane - special machine = ($4 x 15,000) - ($3.85 x 15,000) - $2,000 = $60,000 - $57,750 - $2,000 = $250
net profits will increase by $250
Answer: General partnership.
Explanation:
Gaston has formed a general partnership with the two other business owners.
A general partnership is a business set up where two or more individuals own a business, take part in it's decision taking process and share profits equally.
Answer:
$2,500
Explanation:
since Sherry will receive at least $10,000 or 25% of the partnership's net income, then the guaranteed payment = $10,000 - ($30,000 x 25%) = $10,000 - $7,500 = $2,500
When partnerships include guaranteed minimum payments, he/she will receive that amount even if the partnership's net income is not high enough. If the partnership's net income would have been $40,000 or more, then there would be no guaranteed payment (= $40,000 x 25% = $10,000).
