<u>Answer</u>:
Boundaryless career pattern is similar as temporary workers.
<u>Explanation</u>:
“Boundaryless career” has been a new perspective in any organisation these days. This type of career pattern provides the employees flexibility in terms of working hours. They pay them high wages for their excellent skill set.  
A person works with several organisations at a single point of time and quickly develops his career. Knowledge of such people is quite high, and companies gain from their expertise. As given in the question, Sean is provided flexibility by allowing him to work from home so that he can take care of his parents. So, this is a boundaryless career pattern.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The effective annual rate is 5.57%
Explanation:
The interest rate that is actually earned or paid on investment or loan including the compounding effect over a given period of time. It is also known as rate.
Effective interest rate = [ ( 1 + r/m )^m ] - 1
Effective interest rate = [ ( 1 + 5.42%/12 )^12 ] - 1
Effective interest rate = [ ( 1 + 0.0542/12 )^12 ] - 1
Effective interest rate = 0.055567 x 100
Effective interest rate = 5.5667% = 5.57%
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The percentage loss will be "-9.08%". The further explanation is given below.
Explanation:
The given values are:
Invested amount 
= 20,000
Price of purchase 
= $66
Total number of shares 
= 500
The borrowed amount will be:
= 
= 
When the price increase to 69.63, the gain will be:
= 
=  ($)
 ($)
The total gain will be:
= 
= 
Increase in percentage will be:
= 
=  %
%
Whereas if price stays quite well at $66, there is really no increase, so the percentage growth would be 0%.  
If the price declines toward a loss of 62,37 per share:
= 
= 
Now,
The total loss will be:
= 
= 
The percentage loss will be:
= 
=  (%)
 (%)
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
E) contracts out certain value chain activities that are normally performed in-house to outside vendors.
Explanation:
A strategic alliance usually serves the following purposes: 
- facilitate the achievement of an important business objective
- helps to build, strengthen, or sustain a core competence or competitive advantage (option A)
- helps to remedy an important resource deficiency or competitive weakness
- helps to defend against a competitive threat, or lower a significant risk (option B)
- increases bargaining power over suppliers or buyers (option C)
- helps to open new market opportunities (option D)
- speeds the development of new technologies and innovations