At a particular service operation, customers form a single queue that operates on a first-come, first-served basis. There is one server. Customers arrive at the rate of 12 per hour. Using the current technology in place, the server can process 15 customers per hour. Upgrades to the technology, as listed below, would allow the server capacity to increase. For example, an expenditure of $1,000 would allow the server to process 16 customers per hour. The manager wishes to insure that the time the average customer must spend in the system is less than 10 minutes. However, he does not want to spend more money than he has to in order to meet this target. What is the minimum amount of money the manager must spend on technology (if any) to meet that standard

Gdonald was unhappy that his company did not provide good transport facilities. he found it very strenuous to drive to work on his own, and this eventually led to job dissatisfaction. hence, he recommended ways to solve this problem. according to the evln model, this information suggests that donald's main reaction to job dissatisfaction was:

Trecek corporation incurs research and development costs of $625,000 in 2017, 30 percent of which relate to development activities subsequent to ias 38 criteria having been met that indicate an intangible asset has been created. the newly developed product is brought to market in january 2018 and is expected to generate sales revenue for 10 years. assume that a u.s.–based company is issuing securities to foreign investors who require financial statements prepared in accordance with ifrs. thus, adjustments to convert from u.s. gaap to ifrs must be made. ignore income taxes. required: (a) prepare journal entries for research and development costs for the years ending december 31, 2017, and december 31, 2018, under (1) u.s. gaap and (2) ifrs. (c) prepare the entry(ies) that trecek would make on the december 31, 2017, and december 31, 2018, conversion worksheets to convert u.s. gaap balances to ifrs.

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?