1. the cozy company manufactures slippers and sells them at $ 10 a pair. variable manufacturing cost is $ 5.75 a pair, and allocated fixed manufacturing cost is $ 1.75 a pair. it has enough idle capacity available to accept a one-time-only special order of 25,000 pairs of slippers at $ 7.50 a pair. cozy will not incur any marketing costs as a result of the special order.

what would the effect on operating income be if the special order could be accepted without affecting normal sales:

(a) $0,
(b) $ 43,750 increase,
(c) $ 143,750 increase, or
(d) $ 187,500 increase?

show your calculations.

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position

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The average month end closing stock price for company a over the past year is $34.57 with a standard deviation of $4.65. the average month end closing stock price for company b over the same period is $26.15 with a standard deviation of $7.45. based on this data, we can conclude that the stock price for company a is more consistent when compared to the stock price for company b.