The Department of Service Financing in the city of Belmont, New York, has been experimenting with having city units provide services in-house versus having private contractors provide the same services. In the city's ground department, half of the landscaping work is performed by city crews, whereas the other half is performed by a private landscaping firm. The city manager has collected random samples of weekly expense report data for both providers. She asks you to conduct a difference of means test. What can the city manager conclude about the difference between in-house and private-service provision

Asmartphone manufacturing company uses social media to achieve different business objectives. match each social media activity of the company to the objective it the company achieve.

Lambert manufacturing has $100,000 to invest in either project a or project b. the following data are available on these projects (ignore income taxes.): project a project b cost of equipment needed now $100,000 $60,000 working capital investment needed now - $40,000 annual cash operating inflows $40,000 $35,000 salvage value of equipment in 6 years $10,000 - both projects will have a useful life of 6 years and the total cost approach to net present value analysis. at the end of 6 years, the working capital investment will be released for use elsewhere. lambert's required rate of return is 14%. the net present value of project b is:

Describe a real or made-up but possible example of a situation where an employee faces a conflict of interest. explain at least two things the company could do to make sure the employee won't be tempted into unethical behavior by that conflict of interest. (3.0 points)