A nation's productivity is directly affected by what?

ValentinkaMS [17]

Answer:

Answer is option a, i.e. have been combined to develop a procedure that uses the best of each.

Explanation:

In project management, PERT i.e. project evaluation and review technique is used as a statistical tool that is used to assess the overall work that is done to complete a certain project. In order to complete a particular task, there can be 'n' number of paths or ways. The best decision of selecting a pathway that is time-saving as well as cost-saving is to be found out. This chosen path is then referred to as 'Critical path.' Hence, PERT and CPM can be understood as two faces of a single coin, and have been combined to develop a procedure that uses the best of each.

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4 years ago

You have accepted a job as the president and CEO of a large transportation conglomerate. Over the years, the conglomerate has ac

rjkz [21]

Answer: a. Railroad loading

Explanation:

This question relates to the BCG matrix which allows a company with multiple divisions to know how to deal with its various divisions based on their growth rate and market share.

The question specifically relates to a matrix called "Cash cows". Cash cows are divisions that have a significant market share but a low growth rate. These divisions are stable and bring more money into the company than they cost to run.

This allows us to take profits from them and invest in other. The Railroad loading controls a significant market share of 75% but has a low growth rate so is a Cash cow.

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3 years ago

Jilk Inc.'s contribution margin ratio is 61% and its fixed monthly expenses are $47,500. Assuming that the fixed monthly expense

JulsSmile [24]

Answer:

$36,070

Explanation:

Given that,

Contribution margin ratio = 61%

Fixed monthly expenses = $47,500

sales = $137,000

Contribution margin:

= Sales × Contribution margin ratio

= $137,000 × 61%

= $83,570

Net income = Contribution margin - Fixed monthly expenses

= $83,570 - $47,500

= $36,070

Therefore, the best estimate of the company's net operating income in a month is $36,070.

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3 years ago

Countries are interconnected today as never before. From eating foods from different countries to singing along to songs perform

Nuetrik [128]

This is tough to answer in 3-5 sentences, and tends to also be a heavy identifier of your possible political leanings. You'll have to apologize if some of mine leak out in the response, but this is a question we debate hotly more frequently than every 4 years.

In general, international trade can help increase the GDP and overall profits for US-based corporations. However, if all we do is export, and we don't import, other countries don't look favorably upon that and may heavily tax our goods to counter this.

I believe we do need to be thoughtful about the amounts and kinds of international trade that we engage in. For example, farming is always a hotly debated issue for international trade, in part because farmers in other countries with a dramatically lower cost of living OR farmers in countries with a favorable currency rate (exchange from their currency to our dollars gives them an advantage) can undercut our farmers here in the US, many of whom are already struggling.

There are also those who are worried that when we import produce from countries that have not outlawed pesticides we know are carcinogenic, for instance, this creates not only a disadvantage for US farmers, but also for consumers who may be concerned about health issues.

As another example of this, many countries outlawed import of US beef during the Mad Cow Epidemic. We in turn also placed bans on importing beef from the UK.

These are examples of why it's important to be thoughtful about trade, but there are certainly many others, including decline in production jobs within the US that have left cities like Detroit a ghost town (this was formerly the hub of our automotive industry production).

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4 years ago

g Two countries produce bananas and sugar. In Country X each worker in a one-day period can produce either 15.4 pounds of banana

faltersainse [42]

Answer:

country X will export 27 pounds of Bananas for 4.21 pounds of sugars

Explanation:

For country X

1 labor period = 15.4 pounds of bananas

1 labor period = 2.4 pounds of sugar

next calculate opportunity costs

opportunity cost of 1 pound of Banana = 2.4 / 15.4 = 0.1558

opportunity cost of 1 pound of sugar = 15.4 / 2.4 = 6.4167

For country Y

1 labor period = 8.7 pounds of bananas

1 labor period = 3.1 pounds of sugar

opportunity cost of 1 pound of banana = 3.1 / 8.7 = 0.3563

opportunity cost of 1 pound of sugar = 8.7 / 3.1 = 2.8064

when the opportunity costs are compared

Country X has a lower opportunity cost for the production of banana while

Country Y has a lower opportunity cost for the production of sugar

Hence country X will export Banana

I pound of Banana will be exported for 0.1558 sugars

i.e. 27 pounds of Bananas will exchanged for ( 27 * 0.1558 ) sugars

27 pounds of Bananas = 4.21 pounds of sugars

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3 years ago