1. (Resource Demand) How do firms and individuals determine if it ’s worth it to (a) invest in capital improvements‚ (b) hire additional workers‚ or (c) decide where to work? Briefly explain. Answer – Firms and individuals determine if it’s worth it to invest in capital improvements when the marginal product of capital is more than the interest paid on each unit of capital. Similarly‚ when the marginal product of labor is more than the wage rate of each unit of labor‚ until then the firms and individuals
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One of the latest gay marriage rights support polls I found online recorded that 41% support gay marriage‚ 47% oppose to it‚ and 10% were unsure. Another way I think about it‚ there are about 584‚391 openly gay couples and over 1.2 million single gays here in America. Gay marriage should be legal in all states because it is in no way detrimental to our government or our society. Its unethical and immoral to allow only some Americans that right‚ marriage is a constitutional right not a privilege.
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Chapter 16 Working Capital Management Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: ◆ Define basic working capital terminology. ◆ Calculate the inventory conversion period‚ the receivables collection period‚ and the payables deferral period to determine the cash conversion cycle. ◆ Distinguish among relaxed‚ restricted‚ and moderate current asset investment policies‚ and explain the effect of each on risk and expected return. ◆ Identify
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Chapter 8: What is buy-side e-commerce? What is sell e-commerce? State two reason for the steady growth of online purchases as a percent of total retail sales. What is a key benefit for producers of using B2C e-commerce to sell directly to the consumer‚ thus eliminating middlemen? Identify the six stages consumers experience in the sales life cycle that must be supported by a successful e-commerce system. Identify three key challenges that an organization must overcome to convert its business
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Principles of Managerial Finance FIN/419 P12.4 Break even analysis. Barry Carter is considering opening a music store. He wants to estimate the number of CDs he must sell to break even. The CDs will be sold for $13.98 each‚ variable operating costs are $10.48 per CD‚ and annual fixed operating costs are $73‚500. A) Find the operating breakeven point in number of CDs. Q= FC / P- VC Q= 73‚500 / 13.98 – 10.48 Q= 21‚000 CDs B) Calculate the total
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Sean Poe Wk 1 Case Study Intro to Business Instructor Vollmar 11-6-2014 Questions 1. When considering the retail apparel industry‚ what barriers might a new entry have to overcome? If you’re planning a clothing shop‚ it will have to compete with chain and online stores that enjoy the competitive advantage of a built-in economy of scale. Simply put‚ large retailers can buy inventory at a lower cost because they buy so much of it at a time. 2. Does Urban Outfitters provide exclusivity or merely
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Pete Sherriff‚ Dr. Graeme July 31‚ 2009 Improving Sustainability Skills and Knowledge in the Workplace Research Project Funded by the SCI‚ University of Manchester Executive Summary In 2007‚ Sir Terry Leahy set the stage for Tesco to become a leader in creating a lowcarbon economy‚ saying: “We are going to have to re-think the way we live and work”. This SCI research has developed a new way to understand sustainability‚ one that has the power to inspire a positive and creative vision for the future
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The psychodynamic theory: It is based around three dynamic which are Food‚ Sex and water. This approach is based on the premise that human behaviour and relationships are shaped by conscious and unconscious influences. This was developed by Freud Sigmund. Conscious: consists of all the mental processes of which we are aware and what you want. For example‚ you may be feeling thirsty at this moment and decide to get a drink. Unconscious: this contains our biological based instincts for the original
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2015 / 2016 TUTORIAL 8 Learning Outcome:- On completion of this unit‚ a student shall be able to: Discuss the characteristic and feature of common stock and preferred stock. Apply preferred and common stock valuation. 8-1 How does a right’s offering protect a firm’s stockholders against the dilution of ownership? 8-2 What is the purpose of a call feature in a preferred stock issued? 8-3 Over the past 5 years‚ the dividends of the Dave Corporation
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happen along the line for window assembly. With focusing on increasing the yields for the clear and the LoĒ² 272 we start with‚ Always have the WIN 3i system pulling from the maximum set of jobs allowed. There are times towards the end of the day or week when new orders do not get entered into the system and the amount of jobs to pull from decrease this also decreases the yield because the system is unable to fill empty spots from jobs down the queue. Another reason for there being less jobs is that
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