e controller of a retail company has just had a​ $50,000 request to implement an ABC system quickly turned down. A senior vice​ president, in rejecting the​ request, noted,​ "Given a​ choice, I will always prefer a​ $50,000 investment in improving things a customer sees or​ experiences, such as our shelves or our store layout. How does a customer benefit by our spending​ $50,000 on a supposedly better accounting​ system?" How should the controller​ respond?

Which statement or statements are implied by equilibrium conditions of the loanable funds market? a firm borrowing in the loanable funds market invests those funds with a higher expected return than any firm that is not borrowing. investment projects which use borrowed funds are guaranteed to be profitable even after paying interest expenses. the quantity of savings is maximized, thus the quantity of investment is maximized. a loan is made at the minimum interest rate of all current borrowing.