You are buying a car and wish to do a cost/benefit analysis on buying a toyota prius with a cost of $24,200 or a ford focus with a cost of $16,500. the prius gets better mileage, 51 city/48 highway mpg (miles per gallon) than the focus, which gets 27 city/37 highway mpg. assume that all other costs of ownership are comparable. which car is the better financial deal for you? show all the calculations that determine which car is the better buy. what qualitative information will you use to determine which car to buy?

Should the government be downsized? which functions should be cut back? which ones should be expanded?

According to the research in strategic human resources management,answers: firms that are able to use human resource practices to develop socially complex human and organizational resources are able to gain competitive advantage over firms that do not engage in these practices.firms that are able to use human resource practices to develop socially simplistic human and organizational resources are able to gain competitive advantage over firms that do not engage in these practices.firms that are able to use human resource practices to develop socially complex human and organizational resources gain little advantage over firms that do not engage in these practices.firms that are able to use human resource practices to develop socially complex human and organizational resources are at a competitive disadvantage when compared to firms that do not engage in these practices.

cranium, inc., purchases term papers from an overseas supplier under a continuous review system. the average demand for a popular mode is 300 units a day with a standard deviation of 30 units a day. it costs $60 to process each order and there is a five−day lead−time. the holding cost for a paper is $0.25 per year and the company policy is to maintain a 98% service level. cranium operates 200 days per year.what is the reorder point r to satisfy a 98% cycleminus−service level? a. greater than 1,700 unitsb. greater than 1,600 units but less than or equal to 1,700 unitsc. greater than 1,500 units but less than or equal to 1,600 unitsd. less than or equal to 1,500 units