1. What specific market and competitive forces are changing personal selling and buyer-seller relationships? What are their effects? 2. Why do some companies see selling in the United States as increasingly as selling internationally? 3. Name some major advances in telecommunications that are affecting personal selling. Describe briefly how salespeople can use each to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. 4. Describe the three broad megatrends affecting personal selling. 5. Why must today’s professional salesperson learn to function more like a micro-marketing manager in the field?

Norton manufacturing expects to produce 2,900 units in january and 3,600 units in february. norton budgets $20 per unit for direct materials. indirect materials are insignificant and not considered for budgeting purposes. the balance in the raw materials inventory account (all direct materials) on january 1 is $38,650. norton desires the ending balance in raw materials inventory to be 10% of the next month's direct materials needed for production. desired ending balance for february is $51,100. what is the cost of budgeted purchases of direct materials needed for january? $58,000 $65,200 $26,550 $25,150

Consider 8.5 percent swiss franc/u.s. dollar dual-currency bonds that pay $666.67 at maturity per sf1,000 of par value. it sells at par. what is the implicit sf/$ exchange rate at maturity? will the investor be better or worse off at maturity if the actual sf/$ exchange rate is sf1.35/$1.00

Abond purchased for $950 was sold for $980 after one year. the interest received during the year is $25. the bond's yield is: