The Following Information Is Available About the Status and Operations

question 118

Essay

The following information is available about the status and operations for Division A of Abad Company, which has a minimum required ROI of 20%. Answer each item independently of the others.
$$\begin{array} { l r } & \text { Division A } \\\text { Divisional investment } & \$ 100,000 \\\text { Divisional profit } & \$ 35,000 \\\text { Divisional sales } & \$ 200,000\end{array}$$
Required:
a. Compute the ROI for Division A.
b. Compute the residual income for Division A.
c. Division A could increase its profit by $8,000 by increasing its investment by $30,000. Compute its total residual income.
d. Division A could increase its profit margin ratio by one percentage point (for example: from 12% to 13%), without increasing total sales or investment. Compute its new ROI.
e. Division A could reduce its investment so that its asset turnover increased by one time, while holding total sales and profit constant. Compute its new ROI.

Assess the impact of product differentiation and advertising on market dynamics and consumer choice.

Explain the role of excess capacity in monopolistic competition.

Evaluate the economic efficiency and resource allocation in monopolistically competitive markets.

Understand the impacts of pricing strategies on firm profitability in different market structures.

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Definitions:

Price of Capital

The cost of using capital assets, which can include interest rates on loans used to purchase the assets or opportunity costs of investing capital elsewhere.

Demand for Labor

The total amount of labor that employers want to hire at varying wage rates in a given time period.

Related Resource

Resources that are connected or relevant to one another in such a way that the presence, absence, or alteration of one can affect the other.

Labor Demand

Labor demand is the quantity of workers that employers are willing and able to hire at a given wage rate, within a certain period.