1. A case study of NAFTA, with regard to the benefits for Canada from U.S. trade, found that:

   1. (A) Canada was not able to increase its exports due to barriers still remaining.

   2. (B) Canada had modest gains but was harmed by immigration into the United States from Mexico.

   3. (C) Canada had more trade diversion than trade creation and so was harmed overall.

   4. (D) Canada had more trade creation than trade diversion and so benefited overall.

1. A case study of NAFTA, with regard to the benefits for Canada from U.S. trade, found that:

   1. (A) Canada was not able to increase its exports due to barriers still remaining.

   2. (B) Canada had modest gains but was harmed by immigration into the United States from Mexico.

   3. (C) Canada had more trade diversion than trade creation and so was harmed overall.

   4. (D) Canada had more trade creation than trade diversion and so benefited overall.

1.) Among the medical treatments for lupus, which of these has no known long-term health implications or negative secondary effects?

   a.   corticosteroids

   b.   NSAIDs

   c.   antimalarial drugs

d. immunosuppresssant medications

2.) Which of the following describes chronic fatigue syndrome?

   a.   usually diagnosed in childhood

   b.   most frequently diagnosed in women

   c.   more likely to be found in individuals of higher levels of education

   d.   occurs in up to 15% of the population in the United States

3. How do the structural-functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionist perspectives view the nature, causes, and consequences of economic inequality, wealth, and/or poverty?

4. What are some of the patterns that characterize the wealthy “1 percent” as well as patterns of poverty?

5. What are some of the international and U.S. strategies aimed at reducing poverty and economic inequality?

6. What are some of the U.S. public assistance and welfare programs, and what are some of the myths about welfare in the United States?

1. What is operations management and how has it evolved since World War II in the United States?

2. What impacts have technology and the global economy played on operations management?

3. How does operations management help firms compete?

4. Why are business units bundling manufacturing with services in their market offerings?

5. Describe Value Added Chain Management. Why is it important to an organization? How does it impact an enterprise’s competitive edge?

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According to the University of Nevada Center for Logistics Management, 6% of all merchandise sold in the United States gets returned (BusinessWeek, January 15, 2007). A Houston department store sampled 80 items sold in January and found that 15 of the items were returned.

a) Construct a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of returns at the Houston store.

b) Is the proportion of returns at the Houston store significantly larger than the returns for the nation as a whole? Provide statistical support for your answer

1. Explain value-based management and how shareholder value relates to the interaction between product and capital markets. How does corporate governance impact the decisions of management?

2. Discuss how accounting standards have developed in the United States. What factors have had the most influence on accounting and how the standards have developed over time? What organization(s) do you feel have influenced US GAAP the most? Why?

This week we’ll review the PBS website for The Pill and we’ll reflect on the findings. In doing so, we’ll apply our knowledge of population control. For our discussion, please address the following: Go to PBS - The Pill. If the link does not open for you (or expires), you can go online and search “PBS The Pill”. What is the population of the United States? Define “population control”. In your opinion, is it needed in the US? Describe how population control to help or harm a society.

Using information from these web sites, along with other resources, prepare a report that addresses the following issues for your selected country: (1) compare and contrast the corporate governance principles of your selected country with the United States, (2) identify the relevant corporate governance parties and their roles, (3) describe recent challenges related to the corporate governance for your selected country, and (4) list and describe recent corporate governance activities in your selected country.