Given the unordered array:

Suppose this array were being sorted using the quick sort algorithm from the course content,

into ASCENDING order, with the left-most item as the pivot value.

List the letters in the resulting array, in order AFTER the FIRST PARTITIONING.

The internet and other ICTs have played a key role in transforming business. Write a report
analysing the impact of the internet and ICT on Disney World’s business. Refer to the following elements in your report:
1. How the digital economy, including m‐commerce, has enabled Disney World to
transform its business.
2. How Disney World has used MagicBands as part of an enterprise system (ES) to exploit ICT.
3. How the Internet and related technologies, as disruptive technologies, have assisted Disney World in improving customer experiences.

According to Prahalad and Hamel, a core competence provides potential access to a wide variety of markets should make a significant contribution to the perceived customer benefits of the end product should be difficult for competitors to imitate Under this definition, what are Dell's core competencies? How can Dell exploit these competencies to gain or maintain a sustainable competitive advantage?

Many economists favor a carbon tax as a way to discourage CO2 emissions. Suppose such a tax were to be set at $20 per ton (907kg) of carbon emissions as (CO2). Consider a 50-MW, 35% efficient power plant that uses coal with a carbon intensity of 24gC/MJ.

a. How much per year would this power plant pay in carbon tax?

b. Suppose a tree plantation sequesters (removes from the atmosphere and stores in biomass) 20,000kg of carbon dioxide per year per acre over the next 40 years the trees are growing (after which time the forest is mature and no further accumulation occurs). What area of forest would have to be planted to offset the power plant’s emissions over the next 40 years (roughly the lifetime of the power plant)?

c. What is the maximum the power plant owners would be willing to pay for this forest per acre? (do not use discounting)

Mount Ashland Promotions Inc. is organizing one of its most popular events, the ZenNaturals Annual Trade Fest. At this trade show, producers, manufacturers, and distributors in the natural foods market display the latest trends in organic foods, herbal supplements, and natural body care products. The Trade Fest attracts a wide variety of participants, from large distributors who display a wide range of prod-ucts to small, independent companies. As in previous years, Nina Li and her team at Mount Ash-land are in charge of managing the event, which includes all advertising and publicity as well as arranging spots for exhibi-tors. The success of this event depends on Nina’s ability to attract large numbers of small independent retailers in the natural foods market who are looking to expand their product lines. She knows that these small retailers tend to be zealously committed to the principles of healthful lifestyle. Moreover, many are members of the Organic Trade Federation (OTF), an organization that advocates ethical consumerism. The OTF has been known to boycott trade shows that
include too many products with controversial ingredients such as ginkgo biloba, hemp, or kava kava. Nina is aware that some herbal diet teas have been receiving lots of negative attention lately in trade publications and the popular press. These teas claim to be “thermogenic” or fat burning, and typically contain ma huang (or ephedra). Ephedra is particularly controversial, not only because it can be unsafe for people with certain existing health conditions, but because this fast-acting stimulant commonly found in diet and energy products is contrary to the OTF’s principles and values. Worried that too many products at the ZenNaturals Trade Fest may be thermogenic teas, Nina decides to take a closer look at vendors already committed to participate in the event. Based on the data that her team pulled together, more than 33% of them do indeed include teas in their prod-uct lines. She was quite surprised to find that this percentage is so high. She decides to categorize the vendors into four groups: (1) those selling herbal supplements only; (2) those selling organic foods and herbal supplements; (3) those sell-ing organic foods, herbal supplements, and natural body care products; and (4) all others. She finds that only 2% of groups 1, 2, and 4 include tea in their product lines, while 34% of the third group do. Even though group 3 contains most of the vendors, Nina instructs her team to use the average percent-age 10% in its communications, especially with the OTF, about the upcoming ZenNaturals Annual Trade Fest.

(a) What is the ethical dilemma?

(b) What are the undesirable consequences?

(c) Who are the stakeholders in this scenario?

(d) What is your ethical solution? Which stakeholders did you consider when developing this solutions?

You have been asked whether your organization should expand from selling its products only in North America to selling its products in Europe as well. What information would you want to collect? Who would you want to discuss the idea with before making a decision?

What impact does the westernization of early childhood assessments (such as gross motor assessments) have on equity in early childcare? Are there other methods of assessment that would be more productive and inclusive?

Imagine seven years from now you have finally gotten the promotion you were working hard for at that dream job working for Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. You’ve been asked to put together a team to develop a feasibility study looking into electric cars in the Asian market. You estimate that you need a staff of about five employees to handle the project.

(a) What type of team interdependence would you want for this project and why?

(b) What personality traits from the Big 5 should members of your staff possess, and why? Additionally, what other individual differences (other than the Big 5) should they also have? Also, how would you interview or vet them to ensure you find the ideal team in terms of personality and cultural diversity?

(c) Consider how you will deal with potential conflict using conflict management strategies as well as potential communication barriers.

Consider an array A[1 · · · n] which is sorted and then rotated k steps to the right. For example, we might start with the sorted array [1, 4, 5, 9, 10], and rotate it right by k = 3 steps to get [5, 9, 10, 1, 4]. Give an O(log n)-time algorithm that finds and returns the position of a given element x in array A, or returns None if x is not in A. Your algorithm is given the array A[1 · · · n] but does not know k. Use Java to solve this problem

Why has the HRM function increased in stature and influence in many organizations and How has increased globalization influenced the way HRM is practiced in the United States?

Culture shock how does it affect life in two paragraphs?

Endless Mountain Company manufactures a single product that is popular with outdoor recreation enthusiasts. The company sells its product to retailers throughout the northeastern quadrant of the United States. It is in the process of creating a master budget for 2017 and reports a balance sheet at December 31, 2016 as follows:

The company’s chief financial officer (CFO), in consultation with various managers across the organization has developed the following set of assumptions to help create the 2017 budget:

1. The budgeted unit sales are 12,000 units, 37,000 units, 15,000 units, and 25,000 units for quarters 1-4, respectively. Notice that the company experiences peak sales in the second and fourth quarters. The budgeted selling price for the year is $32 per unit. The budgeted unit sales for the first quarter of 2018 is 13,000 units.
2. All sales are on credit. Uncollectible accounts are negligible and can be ignored. Seventy-five percent of all credit sales are collected in the quarter of the sale and 25% are collected in the subsequent quarter.
3. Each quarter’s ending finished goods inventory should equal 15% of the next quarter’s unit sales.
4. Each unit of finished goods requires 3.5 yards of raw material that costs $3.00 per yard. Each quarter’s ending raw materials inventory should equal 10% of the next quarter’s production needs. The estimated ending raw materials inventory on December 31, 2017 is 5,000 yards.
5. Seventy percent of each quarter’s purchases are paid for in the quarter of purchase. The remaining 30% of each quarter’s purchases are paid in the following quarter.
6. Direct laborers are paid $18 an hour and each unit of finished goods requires 0.25 direct labor-hours to complete. All direct labor costs are paid in the quarter incurred.
7. The budgeted variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour is $3.00. The quarterly fixed manufacturing overhead is $150,000 including $20,000 of depreciation on equipment. The number of direct labor-hours is used as the allocation base for the budgeted plantwide overhead rate. All overhead costs (excluding depreciation) are paid in the quarter incurred.
8. The budgeted variable selling and administrative expense is $1.25 per unit sold. The fixed selling and administrative expenses per quarter include advertising ($25,000), executive salaries ($64,000), insurance ($12,000), property tax ($8,000), and depreciation expense ($8,000). All selling and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation) are paid in the quarter incurred.
9. The company plans to maintain a minimum cash balance at the end of each quarter of $30,000. Assume that any borrowings take place on the first day of the quarter. To the extent possible, the company will repay principal and interest on any borrowings on the last day of the fourth quarter. The company’s lender imposes a simple interest rate of 3% per quarter on any borrowings.
10. Dividends of $15,000 will be declared and paid in each quarter.
11. The company uses a last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory flow assumption. This means that the most recently purchased raw materials are the “first-out” to production and the most recently completed finished goods are the “first-out” to customers.

ALL I NEED HELP WITH IS FILLING OUT THE CHART BELOW :)

Prepare the ending finished goods inventory budget at December 31, 2017. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)