Some years back, a number of manufacturers of low-end, inexpensive cell phones started introducing their products into the Eastern African market. David, the owner of a medium-sized firm manufacturing mid-priced cell phones, believes the Eastern African market is now ready for slightly more expensive phones with greater functionality. If he's right, David has identified a(n):

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You are the manager of the packaging department in a cookie factory. (obviously, the packaging employees cannot eat the cookies that are transferred in during the period.) after your employees insert cookies into colorful packages (step 1) for display on store shelves, the packages of cookies are then boxed using cardboard cartons (step 2) for shipment to stores. each unit of product is represented by a carton of packaged cookies. the packaging department began the period with 1,000 units of cookies. during the period, 5,000 units of cookies were transferred in from the baking department and 5,500 units of cookies were transferred out to the finished goods department. the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packaging department equals: