What are the arguments that agree (i.e., support), and disagree (i.e., against) with the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled the First Amendment right to free speech was violated by the Federal Election Commission’s restrictions on campaign contributions by corporations and unions?
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Please create a PESTEL analysis for Kirkland's, Inc. Home Decor. Answer How, for instance, is the current political environment of your organization affecting it? (Consider everything from local to national politics!) How may various changes in the political environment in the future (both the near future and further out) affect it? Repeat and answer these two questions for the economy, society and culture, technology, natural environment, and the legal and regulatory milieu.
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. What are the current issues with managing the supply chain? In general, how can blockchain technology address some of the issues facing the supply chain?
2. Discuss challenges of adopting blockchain technology into a company’s existing supply chain.
3. Ideally, what kinds of companies and businesses can benefit from adopting and implementing blockchain within their supply chain?
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38. A contract with an illegal principal objective is typically
which of the following?
Answers:
A. Affirmed
B. Disaffirmed
C. Void
D. Voidable
39. Exceptions to the general rule that illegal contracts are
void include which of the following?
Answers:
A. Divisible contracts
B. Ignorance of special regulation
C. Rescission before any illegal acts
D. All of the above.
40. Which of the following contracts are void?
Answers:
Contracts to commit crimes
Contracts to commit torts
Contracts violating codes of ethics
Both A and B
41. States make exceptions to anti-wagering statutes for which
of the following?
Answers:
A. Government-run lotteries
B. Risk-shifting agreements
C. Speculative bargains
D. All of the above.
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Discuss whether you agree or disagree on whether you think E-mails need to be managed and that employees/people in general should practice good "E-mail Etiquette". Share one tip you use to manage your emails "or" practice proper e-mail etiquette.
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b. Do any unions represent employees in Microsoft? Describe which unions are involved.
c. Have there been any large-scale layoffs or reorganizations in the past ten years?
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What differences if any do you think exist in the way that a professional hotelier would manager an American owned hotel in the United States or a European or Asian owned hotel in the United States?
What are differences in the way governments in other countries affect the management and operation of hotels in those countries?
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Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catcher’s model. The firm has 900 hours of production time available in its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours available in its finishing department, and 100 hours available in its packaging and shipping department. The production time requirements and the profit contribution per glove are given in the following table: Production Time (hours) Model Cutting and Sewing Finishing Packaging and Shipping Profit/Glove Regular model 1 1/2 1/8 $5 Catcher's model 3/2 1/3 1/4 $8 Assuming that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit contribution, answer the following:
a. What is the linear programming model for this problem?
b. Find the optimal solution using the graphical solution procedure. How many gloves of each model should Kelson manufacture? (PLEASE POST A CLEAR GRAPH, PREFERIBLE ONE MADE ON THE COMPUTER)
c. What is the total profit contribution Kelson can earn with the given production quantities? d. How many hours of production time will be scheduled in each department? e. What is the slack time in each department?
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Please explain your view of the most difficult aspect of Customs Compliance?
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Describe in detail the five-forces model of industry competition. What causes each of the forces to be strong versus weak? Use industry and company examples to illustrate how the strength of each force differs from one context to another.
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Scenario: You are a departmental manager in a large community hospital in an urban area. Your organization consists of both outpatient and inpatient services. Admissions data shows that 34% of your clientele is age 65 or older. An additional 16% of your clientele is medically disabled and utilizes Medicare insurance. Many of them have repeated admissions due to poor management of their chronic conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure (CHF), and diabetes. Thus, a high proportion of your reimbursement comes from Medicare. Your organization will be heavily affected by the upcoming Pay for Performance Initiative (P4P), scheduled to become effective in 2015. Your executive director has charged you and your fellow managers with devising strategies to prepare for the coming P4P initiative.
How do you envision this preparation affecting work with/for other stakeholders?
What are your suggestions for this organization to prepare for P4P?
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Need to answer the following 3 questions from "The Sixties, AMerican Yawp" (just google, you will find the link)
2a Why the domestic reform known as the Great Society was such an important factor on ending the poverty and racial injustices?
2b What is the Domino Theory?
2c Why the US decided to blocked the Vietnamese's elections?
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Multiple Production Department Factory Overhead Rates
The total factory overhead for Urban Styles, Inc. is budgeted for the year at $1,356,250, divided into two departments: Cutting, $1,102,500, and Sewing, $253,750. Urban Styles manufactures two types of men's pants: jeans and khakis. The jeans require three direct labor hours in Cutting and three direct labor hours in Sewing. The khakis require four direct labor hours in Cutting and two direct labor hours in Sewing. Each product is budgeted for 7,000 units of production for the year.
When required, round all per unit answers to the nearest cent.
a. Determine the total number of budgeted direct labor hours for the year in each department.
| Cutting | direct labor hours |
| Sewing | direct labor hours |
b. Determine the departmental factory overhead rates for both departments.
| Cutting | $ per dlh |
| Sewing | $ per dlh |
c. Determine the factory overhead allocated per unit for each product using the department factory overhead allocation rates.
| Jeans | $ per pair of jeans |
| Khakis | $ per pair of khakis |
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the mission statement of under Armour ( about 200 words)
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View "Developing Target Markets." (in the study materials for week 5) In your own words, describe the steps involved in developing target markets. Provide three reasons why developing target markets is important to marketers. In replies to peers, discuss whether you agree or disagree with what others have said and justify your response with specific reasons, facts, and examples.
Segmentation
Targeting
Position
Differentiation
These are the steps involved in the target markets
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