Answer:
D. politics
Explanation:
Alien status to the company is a political issue faced by the company.
Answer: Micheal will earn an interest of $600 in the first year based on nominal interest rates.
Since we need to compute the interest paid out at the end of year 1, we use the following formula in order to find the interest

where
SI = Simple interest
P = Principal or initial amount invested
N = Number of years
R = Nominal interest rate
Nominal interest rate refers to the rate quoted on the CD or the rate agreed upon. In this question, the nominal interest rate is 3%.
Substituting the values in the formula above we get,

Inventory Costs plays a major role in ascertaining working capital requirements as well structuring cash flow statement.
Explanation:
In the given example,
inventory cost 40 percent
Inventory Value $400 million
Ratio of inventory cos ts to inventory value = Inventory Cost / Inventory Value
.
so in the current case it will be 40% x/$400 million
Hence, Inventory Cost 160 Million
Since the cost is fairly on a higher side at 40$ it should try to reduce it which will help in improving its bottom-line.
Company should focus on offering on discounts and promotions and reduce Obsolete Stock.
It should work on restructuring and organizing warehouse costs by prioritizing inventory based on their movements.
The procurement team should order in minimum quantities and benchmark reorder point.
Answer:
C. shortage of skilled labor.
Explanation:
The invention of high-tech (computers, biotechnology, robots, drones, self driving vehicles and so an) is reducing the involvement of skill human labor which will continue incoming years. For example humans carryout the task of carrying-out calculation several years ago, but in recent years computers carry out such works and at a faster pace. Also routine human works such as arranging, bottling, pasting of labels can be carried-out by well programmed out and trained robots. These and many more will cause the shortage of labor(human) in coming years.