Quest Motors, Inc., operates as a decentralized multidivision company. The Vivo division of Quest Motors purchases most of its airbags from the airbag division. The airbag division’s incremental cost for manufacturing the airbags is $90 per unit. The airbag division is currently working at 80% of capacity. The current market price of the airbags is $125 per unit. Q. Instead of allowing negotiation, suppose that Quest specifies a hybrid transfer price that “splits the difference” between the minimum and maximum prices from the divisions’ standpoint. What would be the resulting transfer price for airbags?

Quest Motors, Inc., operates as a decentralized multidivision company. The Vivo division of Quest Motors purchases most of its airbags from the airbag division. The airbag division’s incremental cost for manufacturing the airbags is $90 per unit. The airbag division is currently working at 80% of capacity. The current market price of the airbags is $125 per unit. Q. Instead of allowing negotiation, suppose that Quest specifies a hybrid transfer price that “splits the difference” between the minimum and maximum prices from the divisions’ standpoint. What would be the resulting transfer price for airbags?

Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Business Decision-Making

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Chapter11: Performance Evaluation And Decentralization

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