Vanessa, a secretary at a law firm, had a comfortable job with fixed working hours. suddenly, her boss informed her that starting next week, she would be required to work extra hours. he said that the firm had received many new clients and so the workload had increased. however, he reassured her that she would be paid more for the extra work. taken aback by the unanticipated change, vanessa refused to comply with her boss's wishes. which of the following is a reason why she resisted the change? a. the timing of the change was wrong from the company's perspective. b. vanessa had formed a different assessment of the proposed change. c. the change was unexpected and took vanessa by surprise. d. vanessa did not understand why the change was being implemented. e. vanessa felt that the change was not in her best interest.

One investigating company tracked all credit card purchase during 2012 and measured two variables: (1) the type of credit card used (visa, mastercard, american express, or discover), and (2) the amount (in dollars) of each purchase. identify the level of each variable measured.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

Jen left a job paying $75,000 per year to start her own florist shop in a building she owns. the market value of the building is $120,000. she pays $35,000 per year for flowers and other supplies, and has a bank account that pays 5 percent interest. what is the economic cost of jen's business?