Cornelius, an elderly bachelor, was at the town café. In front of several witnesses who will vouch for the story, Cornelius ,made the following statement to Barbara, a young waitress: "I can't give you a castle in Spain. But if you marry me, I will deed to you a half interest in Meadowland Acres, the best farm in the county. And I'll give you 75 cows, 200 hogs, & 5,000 chickens." Barbara said, "I will," and they were married. Is Cornelius legally bound to keep his promise to transfer the property? Why or why not? *

Resources and capabilities, such as interpersonal relations among managers and a firm's culture, that may be costly to imitate because they are beyond the ability of firms to systematically manage and influence are referred to asanswers: socially complex.causally ambiguous.path dependent.the result of unique historical conditions.

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

In june 2009, at the trough of the great recession, the bureau of labor statistics announced that of all adult americans, 140,196,000 were employed, 14,729,000 were unemployed and 80,729,000 were not in the labor force. use this information to calculate: a. the adult population b. the labor force c. the labor-force participation rate d. the unemployment rate