Answer:
The correct answers are letters "B" and "C": The economy experiences persistent shortages and surpluses; Many goods are available only through a black market.
Explanation:
A Command Economy is one where the <em>government controls the economy</em>, acting as the central planner, dictating production quotas and distribution levels, and setting prices. A company weakness describes an <em>internal factor</em> of the organization that could represent a disadvantage for the growth of the firm.
<em>As the government regulates the supply and demand in command economies, it is likely to see shortages and surpluses in its market. This will cause those products to be traded illegally in what is known as the black market</em>.
Answer: Yes, because the helicopter manufacturer assumed the risk of the failure of the contract.
Explanation:
Based on the scenario given in the question, the subcontractor will likely prevail because the helicopter manufacturer assumed the risk of the failure of the contract.
Here, when the helicopter manufacturer entered into the contract with the subcontractor, the manufacturer was aware that the helicopters will be used in the "severely war-torn region.
In this case, the subcontractor wasn't aware of the information that the manufacturer knew of and therefore wasn't able to determine the risk that was involved in the contract.
Answer:
<u>Leverage Ratios</u>
Explanation:
Leverage ratios signify the proportion of debt. The purpose behind calculating such ratios and their interpretation being to assess an entity's reliance on debt for raising long term capital.
Debt to investments ratio would be the proportion of debt used in the total investment made by a company.
Debt to investments ratio is computed as : 
In the given case, the company utilized it's funds from debt to the tune of $20 million for it's investments in buying out another company.
Total investments = $ 20 million in debt + $20 million own funds i.e retained profits = $40 million
Out of $40 million, $20 million has been financed by debt.
Thus, Debt to investments ratio is 0.5.
Lower the debt to investment ratio, better it is for the company since lower will be interest and principal repayment obligations.
Answer:
The characteristics of industrial organic agriculture are:
- economies of scale and mechanization
- substitution of conventional inputs such as conventional fertilizer with organic fertilizers
- bagging technology makes the transport of organic salads possible
Explanation:
Pollan's book discusses how modern individuals have a disconnection between food and knowledge. Modern individuals just pick up their food and practically don't know anything about how that food got reached our tables.
Answer:
Letter b is correct. <em>Making sure employees know how their work contributes to the hospital's mission</em>
Explanation:
Performance management is characterized as a set of techniques and practices that together will help to verify the performance of organizational activities and their effectiveness. Its main function is to ensure that the proposed organizational objectives are met. Employees are a key player in organizational performance, so giving them feedback on their performance is important for communication to be effective and for a sense of staff to increase, and consequently their productivity to increase.
