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 overhead $($all fixed$)$ is allocated to the regions based on regional gross margin $($regional revenue minus regional cost of

sales$).$

The following information is from Lauderdale's first year of operations:

Information on the division assets in the three regions of Lauderdale Corporation follows:

Required:

a$.$ Compute the division ROI for each of the three regions.

b$.$ How have these regions performed?

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How have these regions performed?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 overhead $($all fixed$)$ is allocated to the regions based on regional gross margin $($regional revenue minus regional cost of

sales$).$

The following information is from Lauderdale's first year of operations:

Information on the division assets in the three regions of Lauderdale Corporation follows:

Required:

a$.$ Compute the division ROI for each of the three regions.

b$.$ How have these regions performed?

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Required A

Compute the division ROI for each of the three regions.

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as percentage rounded to $1$ decimal place $($i$.$e$.32\mathrm{.}1).$