Answer:
Georgeland has an absolute but not a comparative advantage in producing clothing.
Explanation:
Absolute advantage is defined as the ability of a firm to produce higher amounts of a product as a result of use of the same resources with other competitors. It is usually bad a result of more efficient production process.
Comparative advantage is the ability of a firm to produce goods at a lower opportunity cost. Therefore they are able to sell at lower price compared to competitors.
Georgeland can produce 18 units of clothe per year while Alland can produce 16 units per year, so Georgeland has absolute advantage.
In producing clothes Georgeland has opportunity cost of 36 units of food which is higher than that of Alland which is 32 units of food. So Georgeland does not have comparative advantage in producing clothes.
Answer:
different time horizon
Explanation:
The time horizon is a certain time when a planned event/process expected to be finished. A different department can have different considerations/priorities when making the ideal time horizon. In this case, the marketing team wants the product released faster(in the first quarter) to capture market share as the main consideration. But the production team who responsible for the product quality wants more time to develop the product.
Answer:
<em>Need for Achievement.</em>
Explanation:
David McClelland and his colleagues developed the Needs / Achievement Motivation Theory theory of McClelland.
The theory suggests that three needs; <em><u>Need for Power, Success and Affiliation</u></em>-affect human actions.
The desire to succeed, to perform in comparison to a set of norms, to strive to achieve greatness is the need for achievement.
Answer: Overconfidence bias
Explanation:
The options are:
a. overconfidence bias
b. hindsight bias
c. framing bias
d. escalation of commitment bias
e. sunk-cost bias
Overconfidence bias is when people or organization believe so much in their ability, knowledge, talent, or skills which invariably leads them to believe that they are better than the way they really are. It is an ego belief and can have a dangerous effect.
Ford was slow to recall vehicles to fix a possible carbon monoxide leak due to overconfidence bias as they believe that they are a force to be reckoned with and can't make such mistakes.
Answer:
3.55 years
Explanation:
The payback period is the length of time it takes for Beyer Company to recoup the initial investment of $370,000.
In other words, the number of years for the net cash flows of the project to equate the initial investment amount of $370,000 as shown in the attached excel file for Beyer company's payback computation
