Indicate whether each of the following costs should be classified as a product cost or as an sg& a cost in accordance with gaap: direct materials used in a manufacturing company. indirect materials used in a manufacturing company. salaries of employees working in the accounting department. commissions paid to sales staff. interest on the mortgage for the company’s corporate headquarters. indirect labor used to manufacture inventory. attorney’s fees paid to protect the company from frivolous lawsuits. research and development costs incurred to create new drugs for a pharmaceutical company. the cost of secretarial supplies used in a doctor’s office. depreciation on the office furniture of the company president.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

You have recently been made a department head of the new regional office. in getting to know your departmental staff, you have noticed that one of your inexperienced employees is not following through on assigned tasks. she is enthused about her new job and wants to get ahead in the organization. which alternative represents the most effective leadership style: a. discuss the lack of follow-through with her and explore thealternative ways this problem can be solved. b. specify what she must do to complete the tasks but incorporate any suggestions she may have. c. define the steps necessary for her to complete the assigned tasks and monitor her performance frequently. d. let her know about the lack of follow-through and give hermore time to improve her performance.

If an investment has 35 percent more nondiversifiable risk than the market portfolio, its beta will be: