Global Cash Solutions hired 500 workers to build ATM machines and self-service check-out counters at a plant in Columbus, GA, with plans to hire several hundred more employees by 2018. In the past, these machines were built in Hungary, China, and Brazil. Both shipping costs and quality control were cited as the reasons these companies have elected to change production strategy to .

Jagjit company designs and builds retaining walls for individual customers. on august 1, there were two jobs in process: job 93 with a beginning balance of $8,650, and job 94 with a beginning balance of $7,270. jagjit applies overhead at the rate of $9 per direct labor hour. direct labor wages average $16 per hour. data on august costs for all jobs are as follows:

Which of the following actions would be most likely to reduce potential conflicts of interest between stockholders and bondholders? a) compensating managers with stock options, b) financing risky projects with additional debt, c) the threat of hostile takeovers, d) the use of covenants in bond agreements that limit the firm's use of additional debt and constrain managers actions, e) abolishing the security and exchange commission

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?