Question 1: Perform an Internet search using the term break-even analysis. Select and read a case study or article from the results of your search. (Make sure that you do not select an instructor's lecture notes or a class assignment from the results of your search.) summarize the case study or article, and relate the ideas of the article to what you have learned this week in this course.
Question 2: Your friend remarked, "A company will never drop a product from its product line that has a positive contribution margin. It will want to garner every bit of profit that it can." Is this true in all cases? What are the risks and benefits of evaluating product continuation or implementation using the contribution margin?