In the process of evaluating the attractiveness of a multibusiness (diversified) company's business lineup, an analyst would generally not consider: a. the presence of cross-industry strategic fits and matching resource requirements to the parent company
b. market size and projected growth rate, industry profitability, and the intensity of competition
c. the frequency with which strategic alliances and collaborative partnerships are used in each industry, and the extent to which firms in the industry utilize outsourcing
d. resource requirements, and whether an industry has significant social, political, regulatory, and environmental problems

E. industry uncertainty and business risk

Which p shifts to consumer in the four cs of the alternate marketing mix? a) promotion b) product c) place d) price

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

When a shortage or a surplus arises in the loanable funds market a. the supply of loanable funds changes to return the economy to its original real interest rate b. the nominal interest rate is pulled to the new equilibrium level c. the demand for loanable funds changes to return the economy to its original real interest rate d. the real interest rate is pulled to the new equilibrium level