For a hypothetical country, assume the current unemployment rate is 3.8% and the NRU is 4.5%. Actual GDP is $612 billion but Potential (full-employment) GDP is $600 billion. Assume prices are flexible upward but inflexible downward. It has been noted that there is a $7.50 change in consumption spending for every $10 change in income (real GDP).

a. In what phase of the business cycle is this economy? Explain. What do you expect is occurring with the rate of inflation?

b. What specific (increase or decrease; $ amount) discretionary fiscal policy changes could Congress pass to achieve full employment GDP?

i. G:

ii. T:

iii. Combination

c. Under the original conditions, in what way would the built-in stabilizers (automatic fiscal policy) change the federal budget (toward deficit or surplus)?

d. What specific monetary policy changes might the Fed consider in order to stabilize the economy:

i. Open Market Transactions: Buy or Sell? As a result, what happens to the Fed Funds rate?

ii. Reserve Requirement: Increase or Decrease? How likely is the Fed to change this? Why?

iii. Discount Rate: Increase or Decrease?

iv. Interest on Bank Reserves Deposited at the Fed: Increase or Decrease?

e. Briefly describe how the open market transactions you chose (buy or sell) would work to affect the economy.

In Option #1 you have been hired as an IT expert by a small firm to set up an office for 20 staff members, half of whom will work with desktop computers, and the remaining with laptop computers using wireless networks. The office will use one networked laser printer, accessible from both the desktop and laptop computers. The desktop computers will use a wired network, while the laptop computers will employ a wireless network to print and access the Internet.

Assumptions and Constraints: Write a description of any assumptions and constraints regarding the project. Are there any assumptions made so far or constraints identified in the project? Are there any constraints or anything that would restrict the ability to achieve the IT project objectives successfully?

Project Deliverables: Write a description of what is necessary to acquire and install the computer and network security hardware and software.

Select the appropriate security measures (hardware and software) to be implemented on the business network. Include the following with their features in the project deliverables section: Firewalls (hardware and software options)

Network Intrusion Detection Systems

Antivirus software

Windows built-in security features

Any other network security hardware or software.

Describe the security practices for your business operation, such as the following:

Security policies for your business

Password use policies

Authentication technologies

Encryption technologies

Social engineering awareness

Updating security software and installing security patches.

Data disposal and destruction

Wireless security measures.

1. In the Lesson of the Pencil video, Milton Friedman describes how the production of pencils has been impacted or shaped by specialization and the division of labor.

What does Friedman attribute this to? In other words, what makes it all possible?

2. In the 1960s, the U.S. Boeing Aircraft Company decided to drop out of the race to build a supersonic (i.e., faster than the speed of sound) plane like the Concorde and built the Boeing 747 instead. Boeing thought that there was a better market for the 747 compared to the Concorde-type plane. It was a smart move. Why?

3.When they were price discriminating in the market for their plastic molding powder, how did chemical companies DuPont and Rolm & Haas prevent cross-over and arbitrage?

4.Henry Ford did not invent the automobile. He did not invent the moving assembly line. He did not invent any major new technology or features in his Model T.

What was the secret to his success, in other words, what was he able to do that no one else had done that made him so successful?

5.In price discriminating in the sale of discount economy class or coach seats, how do the airlines prevent cross-over?

6.In the 1970s, OPEC was a huge success while OBEC was a huge failure. Why was OPEC so successful as a cartel while OBEC was a miserable failure as a cartel?

1) Consider the reaction:

A (aq) ⇌ B (aq)

at 253 K where the initial concentration of A = 1.00 M and the initial concentration of B = 0.000 M. At equilibrium it is found that the concentration of B = 0.523 M. What is the maximum amount of work that can be done by this system when the concentration of A = 0.859 M?

2) Consider the following reaction at 257 K:

2 A (aq) + 1 B (aq) → 2 C (aq) + 2 D (aq)

An experiment was performed with the following intitial concentrations: [A]_i = 1.37 M, [B]_i = 2.19 M, [C]_i = 0.47 M, [D]_i = 0.31 M. The reaction was allowed to proceed until equilibrium was reached at which time it was determined that [A] = 0.57 M. What is ΔG_nonstandard at the initial conditions? (I got -14.16kJ but it said i was wrong)

3) Consider the cell described below at 287 K:

Sn | Sn²⁺ (1.27 M) || Pb²⁺ (2.49 M) | Pb

Given E^o_{Pb²⁺ + 2 e^-→Pb} = -0.131 V and E^o_{Sn²⁺ + 2 e^-→Sn} = -0.143 V. What will the concentration of the Pb²⁺ solution be when the cell is dead?

4)A concentration cell is built based on the reaction:

2 H⁺ + 2 e^- → H₂

The pH in one of the half cells is -0.03743, while the pH in the other is 2.804. If the temperature of the overall cell is 296 K, what is the potential? (Faraday's constant is 96,485 C/mol e^-)

Everyone knew that Bob Mcallister was a great businessman. He had taken a small garbage collection company in Kentucky and built it up to be one of the largest and most profitable waste management companies in the Midwest. But when he was convicted of massive financial fraud, what surprised everyone was how crude and simple the scheme was. To keep earnings up and stock prices soaring, he and his coworkers came up with an almost foolishly simple scheme: first, they doubled the useful lives of the dumpsters. That allowed them to cut depreciation in half. The following year, the following year, they simply increased the estimated salvage value of the dumpsters, allowing them to further reduce depreciation expense. With thousands of dumpsters spread over 14 states, these simple adjustments gave the company an enormous boost to the bottom line. When it all came down, McAllister had to sell everything he owned to pay for his legal costs and was left with nothing.

1) If an asset has either too long a useful life or too high an estimated salvage value, what happens from an accounting perspective, when that asset is worn out and has to be disposed of?

2) Do the rules of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) mandate specific lives for different types of assets?

3) How might either too long a useful life or too high an estimated salvage value affect key performance indicators such as return on investment and residual income?

You are a new Athletic Director at a small Division II university. The athletic program that you are taking over has been in a shambles (i.e. losing records, ineffective leadership, conflict among the different departments) for the last several years. The president of the university is bringing you in to clean up the program and change its direction. In addition, as mentioned there are conflicts between departments with the worst being between the head baseball and football coaches. Football has received according to the baseball coach all the resources while only producing mediocre results on and off the field. The baseball team has been more successful but has received very few resources. The baseball coach feels like he is under-resourced in scholarships, staffing, and budget for several years compared to football. The baseball stadium is run down, with very little seating, but football just had a new stadium built which is still only half full for games. The football coach continues to want more and often enjoys receiving resources at the expense of baseball. (Both of the coaches are currently under long term contracts so firing is not an option.)

1. Explain why affiliative, transformational, authentic and situational leadership styles that could be used in this situation and why. What leadership approach do you think is best?

2. Using strategic management outline how you would attempt to accomplish this task?

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Suppose there is an island which used to have no trac connection with the outside world.
After several years, airports are built up in the island and there are planes to do the
transportation, so it is possible for the island to have international trade now.
(1) Before the international trade, the price of vehicles in the local market of the island is
higher than the world price, should the island imports or exports vehicles in the international
trade?
(2) Draw the graph of the supply and demand curve of the island's vehicles market.
Mark the size change of the consumer surplus and producer surplus before and after the
international trade. After the international trade, how does the consumer surplus change?
How does the producer surplus change? How does the total surplus change?
(3) Suppose the local government decide to impose a tari on the vehicles imported
from the outside world, but the price of the vehicles from the outside world plus the tari
are lower than the local market price of vehicle before the free international trade. Draw the
graph of the supply and demand curve of the island's vehicles market with tari. Mark the
size change of the consumer surplus and producer surplus before and after the international
trade. After the international trade, how does the consumer surplus change? How does the
government revenue change? How does the producer surplus change? How does the total
surplus change? You can draw the graph based on (2).

Experience shows that the size of the resistors originating from a certain production is a normally distributed random variable with the parameters μ = 990Ω and σ = 20Ω. All resistances,
which are not within the tolerance limits of 950Ω to 1050Ω are to be regarded as rejects.
a) What percentage of resistances produced are rejects?
b) By changing the technology it was possible to increase the mean value to 1000Ω. Which benefit arises?

c) For installation in precision equipment, resistors of 990Ω to 1010Ω are required. What is the maximum allowed value of σ (μ = 1000) if 90% of the resistors are to meet the conditions for installation?

The filling quantity of automatically filled spray bottles is a normally distributed random variable with the known parameters μ = 150cm * 3 and σ = 3.5cm * 3. In quality control, a bottle is discarded if it contains less than 146cm3. The daily production of spray bottles amounts to 4000 pieces.

a) How many spray bottles can be put on average on average daily?
b) At which new value μ would the filling machine have to be adjusted, so that on average only 1% of the spray bottles are complained about during the quality control?

A wear part with exponentialverteilter life is built into an aggregate and have
the failure rate λ = 5.2 · 10 * -3h * -1
,
a) How many such parts do you need on average in one year (365 days)?
b) How many such parts do you have to reserve so that they are 99% safe enough to run the unit in one year?

I ask that you complete a project consisting of the following: (2) a 2 or 3 dimensional physical model of an inclined plane (ramp) including force vectors of the given problem. (1) a paper was written on the problem explaining the role of each force in the problem. The paper must include the equations and free body diagram of all forces acting on the system. Students should solve the equations for acceleration of the system while explaining each step taken The physical model Students should start this project by analyzing the motion of two boxes which are connected by a light string that passes over a pulley. One of the boxes is hanging from the string and the other one is resting on inclined plane that rises at angle θ. The mass of the hanging box is M, and mass of the box on the surface of inclined plane (ramp) is m. We consider that the system is moving up the plane at a constant acceleration a. The physical model can be built in 2 dimensions or 3 dimensions using light and stiff materials. All the force vectors should be movable and labeled correctly. The size of the vectors should be appropriate to the problem. The model should be presentable and at college level. Be creative! No excessive decoration: simple and meaningful.

I understand that this is a project, I would just like some guidance on how to set this up and what formulas to use to demonstrate what is being asked.

Problem 14-13 Note and installment note with unrealistic interest rate [LO14-3]

Braxton Technologies, Inc., constructed a conveyor for A&G Warehousers that was completed and ready for use on January 1, 2018. A&G paid for the conveyor by issuing a $100,000, four-year note that specified 6% interest to be paid on December 31 of each year, and the note is to be repaid at the end of four years. The conveyor was custom-built for A&G, so its cash price was unknown. By comparison with similar transactions it was determined that a reasonable interest rate was 11%. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

Required:

1. Prepare the journal entry for A&G’s purchase of the conveyor on January 1, 2018.
2. Prepare an amortization schedule for the four-year term of the note.
3. Prepare the journal entry for A&G’s third interest payment on December 31, 2020.
4. If A&G’s note had been an installment note to be paid in four equal payments at the end of each year beginning December 31, 2018, what would be the amount of each installment?
5. By considering the installment payment of required 4. Prepare an amortization schedule for the four-year term of the installment note.
6. Prepare the journal entry for A&G’s third installment payment on December 31, 2020.