Bubba is a shrimp fisherman who could earn $5,000 as a fishing tour guide. Instead, he is a full-time shrimp fisherman. In calculating the economic profit of his shrimp business, the $5,000 that Bubba gave up is counted as part of the shrimp business's
A) total revenue. B) explicit costs. C) implicit costs. D) marginal costs.
To obtain the dollar sales volume necessary to attain a given target profit, which of the following formulas should be used?
A) (Fixed expenses + Target net profit) /Total contribution margin B) (Fixed expenses + Target net profit) /Contribution margin ratio C) Fixed expenses/Contribution margin per unit D) Target net profit/Contribution margin ratio
The going concern assumption assumes that the business
A) will be liquidated in the near future. B) will be purchased by another business. C) is in a growth industry. D) will remain in operation for the foreseeable future.
Americans who witness a gift exchange in another country may suspect bribery, but this tradition of exchanging gifts goes back to ancient times. Although gift exchange does exist in the Western world, the sense of obligation related to it is not nearly as strong. This tradition is related to the concept of the inner circle, as the gift exchange is often the rite of passage into that circle.