Exercise $14-36($Algo$)$ Comparing Business Units Using Economic Value Added $($EVA$)($LO $14-4)$

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:

$\backslash$table$[[,$Region I,Region II$,$Region III,$\backslash$table$[[$Total$],[$Corporation$]]],[$Revenues$,$$$1,214,000,$$$1,664,000,$$$2,264,000,$$$5,142,000$