A bottle of sparkling water sells for $1. The variable cost is 50 cents. Fixed costs for the business are $100,000 (one hundred thousand dollars). How many bottles of water must be sold for the business to reach breakeven point?
The 'contribution' (selling price minus variable cost) for each bottle is 50 cents. Divide the fixed costs by the contribution (100,000 / 0.5) = 200,000
If your textbook or tutor has not covered this type of calculation, don't worry; it is a difficult ques-tion and is unlikely to be a significant issue in the CIPS examination.
Which STEEPLE factor deals with issues of import taxes, rising home labour costs, regional grants, stability of governing regimes?
Political.
It's a close-run thing with economic, but the reference to 'stability of governing regimes' clinches if for 'political'.
The expression 'consideration' means:
Consideration is one of the essential elements of a contract in English law, and it essentially means the exchange of something of value for something else of value, typically goods or services for money.
Normally it is the price to be paid in exchange for goods or services.
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) - which recognise that business enterprises must respect human rights -- were adopted in which year?
2011 is the correct answer.
You may wish to search for the Guiding Principles to familiarise yourself a little.
Which of the following is least likely to lend itself to whole life cost calculations?
Not only are the flowers a relatively short-term acquisition of low value, there are unlikely to be many whole life cost elements / possibilities.
The other suggestions however, contain a minefield of long-term cost possibilities.
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