Tim Johnson is a news reporter and feature writer for The Wall Street Review, an important daily newspaper for financial managers. Tim’s assignment is to develop a feature article on target costing, including interviews with chief financial officers and operating managers. Tim has a generous travel budget for research into company history, operations, and market analysis for the firms he selects for the article.

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1. Tim has asked you to recommend industries and firms that would be good candidates for the article. What would you advise? Explain your recommendations.
2. Assume that Tim’s assignment is a feature article on life-cycle costing. Answer as you did for requirement 1.
3. Assume that Tim’s assignment is a feature article on the theory of constraints. Answer as you did for requirement 1.