Which bric country has not lived up to expectations due to a slowing economy political and social problems and being labeled as the worlds most corrupt major economy

Kim opim, an enthusiastic student, is on her flight over from philadelphia (phl) to paris. kim reflects upon how her educational experiences from her operations courses could explain the long wait time that she experienced before she could enter the departure area of terminal a at phl. as an airline representative explained to kim, there are four types of travelers in terminal a (buad 311) buad 311. mcgraw-hill create. vitalbook file. the citation provided is a guideline. check each citation for accuracy before use.

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

The management of a supermarket wants to adopt a new promotional policy of giving a free gift to every customer who spends > a certain amount per visit at this supermarket. the expectation of the management is that after this promotional policy is advertised, the expenditures for all customers at this supermarket will be normally distributed with a mean of $95 and a standard deviation of $20. if the management wants to give free gifts to at most 10% of the customers, what should the amount be above which a customer would receive a free gift?