Suppose the market for widgets (a fictitious good) is characterized by an infinitely repeated oligopoly game (notice I have not given you any details on the game itself). A monopolist in this market would earn $12 million each period, but currently the market is supplied by FOUR (4) firms, each of whom earn $1 million per period in the Nash equilibrium of the one-shot game. Collusion is illegal, and these are honest, law-abiding firms. Nevertheless, they recognize their own interdependence. If the firms had somehow agreed to collectively produce the monopoly level of output, they all know that a firm who defects from that agreement would earn $4 million that period. Supposing that each of the players were to play a trigger strategy, compute the value of alpha above which such a strategy, when played by all firms, would represent a Nash equilibrium of the infinitely repeated game. Your answer should be a decimal between 0 and 1, rounded to the third decimal place (e. g. 0.768).

Case in point 1.2 suppose you work in the it department of global hotels, a multinational hotel chain. global hotels runs several specialized business support systems, including a guest reservations system that was developed in-house to meet the requirements of a large company with worldwide operations. guests can make one-stop online reservations by visiting global's website, which has links to all major travel industry sites. global hotels just acquired momma's, a regional chain of 20 motels in western canada. momma's uses a vertical reservations package suitable for small- to medium-sized businesses and a generic accounting and finance package. should momma's use global hotels' information systems or continue with its own? in your answer, consider issues such as business profiles, business processes, system interactivity, edi, ecommerce, and the characteristics of both information systems. what additional information would be to you in making a recommendation?

Blank is the internal operation that arranges information resources to support business performance and outcomes

In year 1, the bennetts' 25-year-old daughter, jane, is a full-time student at an out-of-state university but she plans to return home after the school year ends. in previous years, jane has never worked and her parents have always been able to claim her as a dependent. in year 1, a kind neighbor offers to pay for all of jane's educational and living expenses. which of the following statements is most accurate regarding whether jane's parents would be allowed to claim an exemption for jane in year 1 assuming the neighbor pays for all of jane's support? a.no, jane must include her neighbor's gift as income and thus fails the gross income test for a qualifying relative.b.yes, because she is a full-time student and does not provide more than half of her own support, jane is considered her parent's qualifying child.c.no, jane is too old to be considered a qualifying child and fails the support test of a qualifying relative.d.yes, because she is a student, her absence is considered as "temporary." consequently she meets the residence test and is a considered a qualifying child of the bennetts.