Suppose that a firm is considering opening a plant on the moon, and the current exchange rate is 580 moon pieces (mp) per dollar. Also, the wage rate is9,280 mp per hour. Suppose further that U. S. workers can produce 220 units per hour, whileworkers on the moon are expected to be able to produce 300 units per hour (the lower gravitylevel helps them work faster). (a) What is the "relative" wage rate (in dollars, rounded to the nearest penny) of oper-ating on the moon, after taking productivity differences into account?
(b) Suppose that the U. S. wage rate is$13.50 per hour. If the U. S. managers want tobecome the location of choice for production, and if they cannot lower their wagerate due to labor union agreements, what does the labor productivity in the U. S.need to become (rounded to one decimal place)?

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

Microsoft's stock price peaked at 6118% of its ipo price more than 13 years after the ipo suppose that $10,000 invested in microsoft at its ipo price had been worth $600,000 (6000% of the ipo price) after exactly 13 years. what interest rate, compounded annually, does this represent? (round your answer to two decimal places.)

Suppose that a firm is considering moving from a batch process to an assembly-line process to better meet evolving market needs. what concerns might the following functions have about this proposed process change: marketing, finance, human resources, accounting, and information systems?