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Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions.
Growing a Web-Development Company (Scenario)
Vincent and Alice are partners in a one-year-old web development business called Spy-der Web Execution. Vincent comes from a graphic design background and specializes in the look and feel of web projects. Alice comes from the computer gaming industry and is a highly experienced programmer and web developer-with a particular leaning toward Wordpress as a website backbone.
So far they have brought in less business than they had anticipated-about 25 percent less. As a result, they are operating at just a little below break even, and it is costing them about $500 a month to cover expenses (including rent on a small office space where they meet clients) . The situation is disappointing and was not anticipated by either Vincent or Alice.
As with many businesses like this that are easy to get into with little investment, they did not do a full feasibility study or business plan. They are unsure about how to divide up their responsibilities (who is responsible for what) , and therefore neither person is proactively going after new business, managing each project's budget, and determining even if they are making money on the work.
You are now in the role of advising the partners about a number of issues.
-Of all the key elements of organizing their venture, the two-person partnership would likely have been least concerned about ________________.

Definitions:

Common Cost

A cost that is incurred to support a number of cost objects but that cannot be traced to them individually. For example, the wage cost of the pilot of a 747 airliner is a common cost of all of the passengers on the aircraft. Without the pilot, there would be no flight and no passengers. But no part of the pilot’s wage is caused by any one passenger taking the flight.

Arbitrarily Allocated

The process of distributing amounts in a somewhat random or subjective manner, often used in allocating costs to different departments or projects without a strict formula.

LIFO Inventory

LIFO inventory is a method of inventory valuation where the most recently produced or purchased items are recorded as sold first, potentially reducing taxes in periods of inflation.

Sales Exceed Production

A situation where the demand for a company's products surpasses its current production capacity or available inventory.