Last year, Jarod left a job that pays $80,000 to run his own bike repair shop. Jarod shop charges $65 for a repair, and last year the shop performed 4,000 repairs. Jarod production costs for the year included rent, wages, and equipment. Jarod spent $60,000 on rent and $120,000 on wages for his employees. Jarod keeps whatever profit the shop earns but does not pay himself an official wage. Jarod used $25,000 of his savings to buy a machine for the business. His savings were earning an annual interest rate of 6 percent. Instructions:
Round your answers to the nearest dollar and include a negative sign if appropriate.
What is Jarod's accounting profit? $
What is Jarod's economic profit? $

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.