. Evaluate the effect of the following situations on the AD curve, AS curve, equilibrium price level, and equilibrium output in the U.S.

                (a) The U.S. imposes tariffs on foreign goods to promote domestic industry. In retaliation, foreign countries impose tariffs on U.S. goods.

                (b) Congress decides to decrease personal income taxes, and to compensate for the lost revenue they decrease business subsidies.

                (c) A technology boom improves technology across industries, improving their productivity.

(d) U.S. oil companies discover new large oil reserves in the U.S. The international price of oil falls.

   (e) Consumers expect a recession

(For supply and demand use shift left, right, or NC for No Change)                 

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example:   right                          NC                                                                    

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Bergen Hospital is contemplating an investment in an automated surgeical system. Its current process relies on the a number of skilled physicians. The new equipment would employ a computer robotic system operated by a technician. The company requested an analysis of the old technology versus the new technology. The accounting department has prepared the following CVP income statements for use in your analysis. Old New Sales $2,905,000 $2,905,000 Variable costs 1,611,250 679,000 Contribution margin 1,293,750 2,226,000 Fixed costs 1,068,750 1,946,000 Net income $225,000 $280,000 (a) Compute the degree of operating leverage for the company under each scenario. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.72.) Degree of operating leverage Old New

A fashion designer was looking to improve her brand's most recent collection of clothes by adding a casual line to the brand as well. The casual line would include shorts, t-shirts, and sandals. The designer sampled seven potential customers to find the average price they were willing to pay for their favorite brand of shorts. The results are as follows. 21, 24, 26, 28, 27, 30, 12

1. Calculate the margin of error for a 95% confidence interval for the population mean. (Use a table or technology. Round your answer to three decimal places.)

2. Calculate the 95% confidence interval for the population mean. (Use a table or technology. Round your answers to three decimal places.)

Select a multinational Transportation company and evaluate it on the following Supply Chain Management criteria's:

Aligning Supply Chain Application Criteria:

1.Intensity of Involvement

2.Models for Developing and Implementing Successful Supply Chain Relationships.

3.Types of Collaborations

Supply Chain Performance Measurement Application Criteria:

1.Scope and Maintenance of Supply Chain Performance Measurement.

2.Various Methods to Measure Supply Chain Costs, Service, Profit and Revenue

3.Strategic Profit Model

Supply Chain Technology Application Criteria:

1.Integrated Supply Chain Information Systems

2.Critical Issues in Technology Selection and Implementation

3.Technological Innovations Influencing Supply Chain Management

The Wildhorse Publications Textbook Company sells all of its books for $100 per book, and it currently costs $50 in variable costs to produce each text. The fixed costs, which include depreciation and amortization for the firm, are currently $2 million per year. Management is considering changing the firm’s production technology, which will increase the fixed costs for the firm by 36 percent but decrease the variable costs per unit by 36 percent. If management expects to sell 45,000 books next year, should they switch technologies? (Round answers to nearest whole dollar,e.g. 5,275.)

The current EBIT for the firm is $ .

If the firm changes technology, the firm’s new EBIT will be $ .

The firm should select an option the new technologies.

To do our analysis, let's look at one of the giants

Please read these online resources.

Walmart. Read and explore these online resources pertaining to Walmart's history and Information System usage.

• The History of Walmart from their website
• 45 Years of Wal-Mart History: A Technology Time Line
• Information System Processes in the Wal-Mart Company Report (Assessment)

write an informal paragraph or two on why you think Walmart has become so successful. Using chapter 7, "DOES IT MATTER," read, think about what technology gave Walmart a competitive advantage. Do you think they needed to manage any of Porter's Five Forces? Provide your own insight.

Aerial photography can be used to produce a variety of map products useful for landscape management and engineering applications.

i. Briefly explain how a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of a landscape can be generated from overlapping aerial photographs.

ii. What is an orthophoto? How does it differ from an aerial photograph?

iii. A potentially very useful product that can be supplied to landscape managers and engineers is a ‘stereo-model’ that can be viewed, interpreted, and measured using heads-up 3-dimensional viewing technology:

a. Explain how two images can be displayed on a computer screen and visualised in 3-dimensions?

b. What advantages might this technology offer a practising land manager or engineer?

3. (a) Draw the market for SUVs in equilibrium. Label your graph neatly and correctly.

(b) Now show what happens in the market when the price of gas falls dramatically and the technology used to manufacture SUVs improves, if the drop in gas has a much bigger impact on the market than the technology improvement.

( c) What will happen to the new equilibrium price and quantity of SUVs?

4. Draw three different supply curves on a graph:

1. Make S1 highly elastic
2. Make S2 highly inelastic
3. Make S3 perfectly inelastic
4. Which supply curve is the supply curve for Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece, “A Starry Night”?
5. Which supply curve is for an ice cream manufacturer?
6. Which supply Curve if for an airplane manufacturer?

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" Service Positioning versus Product Process " Please respond to the following:

• Examine the roles of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in business. Determine how each system can play a critical role in managing value chains.
• How does LaRosa’s Pizzeria use this technology in order to improve the supply chain and value chain operations? Determine the ways this technology has helped to deliver quality to the customer. Assess the challenges that LaRosa’s Pizzeria might face when trying to implement these types of technologies.

Lastly, respond to at least one (1) post of your peers.