Max is the marketing manager at the university bookstore. He is developing his marketing plans for the next school year. The bookstore is charged by the university to be a profit center for the school, therefore its important that Max manages the bookstore and prices its products in a way to generate profits. One of the most popular products sold at the bookstore is academic calendars to help students keep track of key dates throughout the school year. The university has 10,080 students registered for the upcoming semester, an increase of 5% versus a year ago. Last year Max sold 7,200 calendars at $5.00 each. The overall calendar sales were a bit disappointing, as he had to throw away 1,100 calendars that he'd printed yet went unsold. The cost of creating and printing the calendars was $19,183. He'd like to estimate his sales better this year to eliminate waste and maximize his profits. Use this information to answer the following questions:

Recently, verizon wireless ran a pricing trial in order to estimate the elasticity of demand for its services. the manager selected three states that were representative of its entire service area and increased prices by 5 percent to customers in those areas. one week later, the number of customers enrolled in verizon's cellular plans declined 4 percent in those states, while enrollments in states where prices were not increased remained flat. the manager used this information to estimate the own-price elasticity of demand and, based on her findings, immediately increased prices in all market areas by 5 percent in an attempt to boost the company's 2016 annual revenues. one year later, the manager was perplexed because verizon's 2016 annual revenues were 10 percent lower than those in 2015"the price increase apparently led to a reduction in the company's revenues. did the manager make an error? yes - the one-week measures show demand is inelastic, so a price increase will decrease revenues. yes - the one-week measures show demand is elastic, so a price increase will reduce revenues. yes - cell phone elasticity is likely much larger in the long-run than the short-run. no - the cell phone market must have changed between 2011 and 2012 for this price increase to lower revenues.

Southeastern bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices. the yearly demand for these connectors is 15,000 units. southeastern estimates its annual holding cost for this item to be $25 per unit. the cost to place and process an order from the supplier is $75. the company operates 300 days per year, and the lead time to receive an order from the supplier is 2 working days.a) find the economic order quantity.b) find the annual holding costs.c) find the annual ordering costs.d) what is the reorder point?

All of the following led to the collapse of the soviet economy except a. a lack of worker incentives. c. inadequate supply of consumer goods. b. a reliance on production quotas. d. the introduction of a market economy.