Gourmet Aroma Coffee House has an exclusive contract with Columbia exporters. Two brands of gourmet coffee are imported, Morning Thunder (MT) and Evening Tender (ET). The following data are provided for the current fiscal year: Budgeted Operating Results MT ET MT ET Price per pound $ 40 $ 60 $ 50 $ 56 Variable cost per pound 20 36 24 40 Sales (in pounds) 4,000 4,000 3,960 5,040 The total market was estimated to be 80,000 pounds at the time of budget. The actual total market for the year is 75,000 pounds. What is the firm's market share variance

Which of the following constitute the types of unemployment occurring at the natural rate of unemployment? a. frictional and cyclical unemployment.b. structural and frictional unemployment.c. cyclical and structural unemployment.d. frictional, structural, and cyclical unemployment.

Because this market is a monopolistically competitive market, you can tell that it is in long-run equilibrium by the fact thatmr=mc at the optimal quantity for each firm. furthermore, a monopolistically competitive firm's average total cost in long-run equilibrium isless than the minimum average total cost. true or false: this indicates that there is a markup on marginal cost in the market for engines. true false monopolistic competition may also be socially inefficient because there are too many or too few firms in the market. the presence of the externality implies that there is too little entry of new firms in the market.

Required: 1-a. the marketing manager argues that a $5,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would increase monthly sales by $9,000. calculate the increase or decrease in net operating income. 1-b. should the advertising budget be increased ? yes no hintsreferencesebook & resources hint #1 check my work 8.value: 1.00 pointsrequired information 2-a. refer to the original data. management is considering using higher-quality components that would increase the variable expense by $2 per unit. the marketing manager believes that the higher-quality product would increase sales by 10% per month. calculate the change in total contribution margin. 2-b. should the higher-quality components be used? yes no