Answer:
a. Foreign Portfolio Investment
b. a. Provide tax breaks and patents for firms that pursue research and development in health and sciences.
d. Protect property rights and enforce contracts.
Explanation:
This is an example of Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI). Foreign portfolio investment is when an entity from a foreign country invests in another country by buying the shares of a company in the local country. The American company bought shares in Argentina so the qualifies as FPI.
To increase productivity companies that are pursuing research should be given patents and tax breaks. The tax breaks will enable them have more money to reinvest into the research and the patent will provide incentive to them to continue the research knowing full well that they will be compensated by being the only ones to be able to use the technology invented for some time.
Also protecting property rights and enforcing contracts encourages investment in a country because people will be more trusting of making a return from business dealings. Higher investment leads to more productivity and growth.
Answer: follow up call
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that a representative from AT&T called Dr. Michaels after he switched to its new U-verse telephone system and that the firm wanted to make certain he was satisfied and asked if he had any questions concerning his new service.
The above is a follow up call. A follow up call is a call that is made after a transaction has taken place or previous enquiry regarding a product has been made in order to know the latest about the product.
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We have to ask our coworkers if they think it is okay if we take one.
Option C
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In work ethics, workers are not permitted to work stationary for home use because the content is meant to be used for workplace purposes. A legal pad can be removed without permission from school, and stealing should therefore be discouraged. Consult with the store man in charge to permit you to take the office to be used at home.
In fact, materials at work are designed to enable people to do their job. Therefore you don't just steal items, you also every the workplace's capacity. And afterwards the time comes for the individual to work with the supplies that were missing. You rob profitability, thus.
Answer: Resistance to change
Explanation: In the given case the managers of Inseason inc. made the focus on short term goals rather than the long term. The manager in the given case did not took proper actions to continue the firm with large scale operations.
The managers was resisting the change due to the risk factor that it might not lead to benefit and the continuous success that the entity is making might stop.
Thus, the correct option is A.