Find a concept on your own from Adam Smith that is not on the web page of this course. You need to identify the page and source of where you found this concept. What prompted Adam Smith to develop this idea. How would you use this concept to explain an observation in your life, an historical event, a cultural norm or institution, a local/international problem, create a solution to an environmental issues, or to create a business opportunity.

Discuss inflation and deflation and how various governments (Federal Reserve/Central Banks) use interest rates (both positive rates and negative rates - give examples of negative rates) to control the economy. Discuss the recent rate cuts by the Fed - do you think that rates should be cut again and why

. Please provide examples and at least two sources with two quotations from your research. (Sources must be after Jan 1, 2020 - must be articles, not a textbook type source). Web Address: If you do not scan or link or attach or give a full citation, I will not be able to grade your submission.

Discuss the market reaction based on the elimination of all import quotas and tariffs.

Which economic policy tools has the Italian government used in 2020 to lower the impact of the pandemic on Italian economy? What policy tools ECB has used to support the Euro-zone? Explain how these tools are expected to help the Italian economy. Would you have used these tools? Explain why or why not?

Which of the 4 functions of management is most vulnerable to being replaced by technology

1) Which of the following would increase GDP?

a. More people walk to work rather than drive cars.

b. Consumers in rural areas switch from buying home heating oil to burning wood they collect on their own land.

c. Farm families grow more for themselves than for the market.

d. Neither the price nor the quantity of television sets changes, but the quality of sets improves.

e. The amount spent on vacuum cleaners does not change, but quality decreases so much that more is spent on their repair.

2) An increase in the demand for peanut butter could be caused by a(n)

3) A surplus of shoes will cause

4) One explanation for the negative slope of the aggregate demand curve is that

a. as prices rise, nominal income falls and so does the demand for real goods and services

b .falling prices make people feel poorer and reduce spending

c. as prices rise, government spends less to drive the price level back down

d. businesses increase spending when inflation is high and rising

e. as prices rise, domestic goods become more expensive relative to foreign goods, which reduces exports

Choose 1 policy to control greenhouse gases at the local level, 1 policy at the state level, and 1 policy at the federal level that would complement one another to achieve greater greenhouse gas reductions than if any of the policies were enacted alone. Briefly describe each policy, type of policy tool, and fully justify why each government has the legal authority to enact this policy.

Someone please give me an idea for this project: Find an article or news release that discusses the value a company has received from using one of the quantitative methods discussed in class. Summarize the source you found, explaining why this use created value for the company in question. Make sure you identify the quantitative method being used and how it is calculated.

Assume a firm has 2 inputs in its production​ function, labor and​ capital, and can adjust the amount of either one of these inputs in order to increase output. Assume the marginal product of a unit of capital is always twice as high as the marginal product of a unit of labor​ (this is true regardless of how much labor and how much capital the firm​ employs). If the firm wanted to expand​ output, would they ever do so by increasing the amount of labor​ employed? Why or why​ not?

Apply internal quality concept on a restaurant of your choice

Isoquant Analysis. A firm with production function q = K^1/4L^1/4 operates with variable labour and variable capital. The firm sells output at a competitive price p = 80 and hires labour at w = 2 and capital at r = 0.5. This firm

1. will produce q =
2. will hire L =
3. will lease capital K =
4. will incur total cost C =
5. will earn profits π =

Now the price rises to p = 120. This firm

1. will produce q =
2. will hire L =
3. will lease capital K =
4. will incur total cost C =
5. will earn profits π =

The subject of International Business Environment

Compare the action of a company using a multinational strategy versus a company using a global strategy when entering new markets. Illustrate your comparison with current examples (from within the last three months).

The subject of Organizational Behaviour and Management

Post a short profile of the subject of your leadership assignment and explain his/her leadership style. Be prepared to defend your analysis by referencing leadership theories from the text and your external research.

The subject of Organizational Behaviour and Management

What elements of organizational culture are important for you? Do you think organizational cultures can span generations? Do you think it is possible to change an organizational culture? Why or why not?

i)Explain why monetarists would argue that control of inflation is the most effective
method of achieving growth in the economy.
ii)Mention four reasons why a government may have difficulty in implementing
discretionary stabilisation successfully.