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Lauderdale Corporation is organized in three geographical divisions (regions) with managers responsible for revenues, costs, and assets in their respective regions. The firm is highly decentralized and managers are evaluated solely on divisional performance. Corporate
The following information is from Lauderdale's first year of operations:
Region I | Region II | Region III | Total Corporation | |
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Revenues | $ 1,206,000 | $ 1,656,000 | $ 2,256,000 | $ 5,118,000 |
Cost of sales | 453,000 | 813,000 | 1,143,000 | 2,409,000 |
Selling, General and Administrative (all fixed) | 429,000 | 639,000 | 859,000 | 1,927,000 |
Corporate overhead | 444,000 |
Information on the division assets in the three regions of Lauderdale Corporation follows:
Region I | $ 706,000 |
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Region II | 636,000 |
Region III | 1,296,500 |
Required:
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Compute the division
ROI for each of the three regions. -
How have these regions performed?
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