Max Leonard, vice president of Marketing for Dysk Computer, Inc., must decide whether to introduce a midpriced version of the firm's DC6900 personal computer product line -the DC6900-X. The DC6900-X would sell for $3,900, w ith unit variable costs of $1,800. Projections made by an independent marketing research firm indicate that the DC6900-X would achieve a sales volume of 500,000 units next year, in it15 first yea

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Which critical success factor improves with reduced cycle time, better quality standards, and improved efficiency when an is is implemented?

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?