Maria has purchased a Denise's KC Ribs (KC Ribs) franchise. Since Maria graduated with a degree in business, she didn't hire a lawyer. She also didn't read the contract. Once she starts to purchase inventory, she finds out that she is required to purchase KC Ribs sauces and meat only from the home office. She had planned to purchase her meat from the company but was going to use her own home made sauce to save money. She sues claiming antitrust violations. Will Maria win her lawsuit

Total marketing effort is a term used to describe the critical decision factors that affect demand: price, advertising, distribution, and product quality. define the variable x to represent total marketing effort. a typical model that is used to predict demand as a function of total marketing effort is based on the power function: d = axb suppose that a is a positive number. different model forms result from varying the constant b. sketch the graphs of this model for b = 0, b = 1, 0< b< 1, b< 0, and b> 1. (we encourage you to use excel to do this.) what does each model tell you about the relationship between demand and marketing effort? what assumptions are implied? are they reasonable? how would you go about selecting the appropriate model?