In El Salvador, a manufacturer of household insecticide told Dempko Chemical Company's salesperson Nelson Viquez that it wanted a substitute for the kerosene it always used in making aerosol household insecticide. Viquez worked extensively with the manufacturer to create a pilot plant and test its pesticides with the addition of Dempko Chemical's Demosol Dâ€"a substitute for kerosene. Dempko Chemical and the manufacturer spent a year and a half running laboratory and field tests on the new product, which was extremely successful in Central America. Viquez acted as a(n):.a. spotter. b. gatekeeper. c. change agent. d. idea champion. e. influential adversary.

Match each of the terms below with an example that fits the term. a. fungibility the production of gasoline b. inelasticity the switch from coffee to tea c. non-excludability the provision of national defense d. substitution the demand for cigarettes

Which of the following statements is not correct? 1) trade allows for specialization. 2) trade has the potential to benefit all nations. 3) trade allows nations to consume outside of their production possibilities curves. 4) absolute advantage is the driving force of specialization.

Big trail running company has started to produce running apparel in addition to the trail running shoes that they have manufactured for years. they feel that a departmental overhead rate would best reflect their overall manufacturing overhead usage. based on research the following information was gathered for the upcoming year: machining department finishing department estimated manufacturing overhead by department $ 600 comma 000 $ 400 comma 000 trail running shoes 440 comma 000 machine hours 11 comma 000 direct labor hours running apparel 60 comma 000 machine hours 39 comma 000 direct labor hours manufacturing overhead is driven by machine hours for the machining department and direct labor hours for the finishing department. at the end of the year, the following information was gathered related to the production of the trail running shoes and running apparel: machining department finishing department trail running shoes 442 comma 000 hours 10 comma 500 hours running apparel 57 comma 000 hours 40 comma 000 hours how much manufacturing overhead will be allocated to the trail running shoes