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32. Mr. Garcia, an attorney who throws books and furniture around the office after losing a case is referred to the psychiatric nurse in the law firm’s employee assistance program. Nurse Beatriz knows that the client’s behavior most likely represents the use of which defense mechanism?
Ganong Bros. Ltd., located in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, is Canada’s oldest independent candy company. Its products are distributed worldwide. In 1885, Ganong invented the popular “chicken bone,” a cinnamon flavored, pink, hard candy jacket over a chocolate center. The home page of Ganong, listed on the next page, includes information about the company and its products. Go to http://dev.energenesis.com/samples/ganong/index_news.htm Read the description of “chicken bones,” and answer the following:Describe the steps in making “chicken bones.”Identify at least two variable and two fixed costs that are likely to affect the production of “chicken bones.”
Question:Read the description of “chicken bones,” and answer the following:a) Describe the steps in making “chicken bones.”b) Identify at least two variable and two fixed costs that are…
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Gammell, Inc. reported net income of $40,000 for 2009. The income tax return excluded a revenue item of $3,000 (reported on the income statement) because under the tax laws the $3,000 would not be reported for tax purposes until 2010. Assuming a 35% income tax rate, this situation would cause a 2009 deferred tax amount of$3,000 (credit). $1,050 (credit). $1,050 (debit). $3,000 (debit).
1. Gamma Ltd is not expecting to pay dividends for three years, at the end of year four, a dividend of $2.00 is planned and dividends are expected to be constant forever after that. The required rate of return for Gamma Ltd equity is 14% pa. What is the current price of Gamma Ltd’s shares?2. A debenture with a face value of $1,000 is selling for $966. The coupon is 10% pa paid semi-annually. What is the annual effective yield if the debenture has three years to maturity?3. What is the present value (PV0) of an annuity of five annual payments of $5,000, with the first payment made now? The discount rate is 12% pa.
Gamescorp plc, a fast-growing UK-based chain of computer software stores which specialises in the sale of discounted computer games and related products.
Shops are now open in Paris, Berlin and Milan and have now been trading successfully for three years. Now, as planned, Gamescorp aims to move into other regions of the world, and plans to open outlets in China.
As before, the new stores will be very similar to those already existing in the UK. They will carry the same broad range of stock and will be laid out and decorated in the established corporate style. Importantly, as is the case in the UK stores, the intention is that they will be staffed by knowledgeable enthusiasts who combine commitment to high standards of customer service with effective selling skills. Although local managers will be permitted some flexibility in terms of the number and status of their employees, the strong corporate identity already developed will be maintained wherever a store is opened.
The company has approached you, as an experienced HR consultant, to advise them about the key HRM considerations for establishing their business in China. Your report should address the following key areas and make clear the reasons for your recommendations:
o What are the key cultural differences between China and Europe and what significance will these have for the HRM approach?
o Should the orientation of the organisation be ethnocentric, polycentric or geocentric?
o What policies and practices would you recommend for the recruitment and selection of local staff?
Games People Play
Colgate and Unilever are engaged in an innovation R&D competition (game). Each firm knows the structure of the game, including both its own and the other firm’s payoffs from the various outcomes of this game. (This is a classic business dilemma though a bit different from the Intel vs AMD problem we discussed.)
In the final stage of this R&D game, Colgate has up to three possible innovation R&D strategies: Broad, Narrow, or Mixed. Unilever has two possible innovation R&D strategies: Complex or Disruptive. When the firms get to this final stage of the R&D game (in which each chooses one of its possible innovation strategies), the game will be a simultaneous one round game. For this R&D game=, if there are all possible strategies and no side payments, the payoffs for each possible outcome are:
Colgate Unilever
Colgate Broad, Unilever Complex 46 36
Colgate Broad, Unilever Disruptive 34 47
Colgate Narrow, Unilever Complex 45 44
Colgate Narrow, Unilever Disruptive 37 48
Colgate Mixed, Unilever Complex 49 35
Colgate Mixed, Unilever Disruptive 41 43
The R&D game is played in several steps, however.
1. First, if Colgate wants to, Colgate has the ability to make an irrevocable and fully binding commitment for Colgate to make a side payment of 10 to Unilever, if and only if Unilever chooses the strategy “Complex” when Unilever makes a strategy choice in the game shown above. If Colgate decides to commit to the side payment, Unilever knows that it will receive the side payment of 10 if it chooses “Complex”. (The side payment will be settled at the same time as the payoffs are made at the end of the R&D game.) Colgate must decide whether or not to commit to making this side payment.
2. After Colgate announces whether or not it will commit to the side payment offer, Unilever then has the ability, if it wants to, to remove the strategy choice “Mixed” from the set of possible R&D strategies that Colgate could choose. Unilever must decide whether or not to prevent Colgate from being able to choose “Mixed”.
3. Once those two decisions are made by the firms, the game of selecting innovation R&D strategies is then played, using any rules from those two decisions in addition to the rules “simultaneous, non-cooperative, one-shot.” For this game, if the game has one Nash equilibrium in pure strategies, then we expect each firm will then select its Nash-equilibrium strategy. If the game has no Nash equilibrium in pure strategies – or if the game has two or more Nash equilibriums in pure strategies – then the game will actually not be played. Instead, each company will receive a payoff of 40 in lieu of playing the game. (And, if the game is not actually played, then there will be no side payment.)
Here are these questions for you to answer for this R&D game:
(a) Should Colgate commit to making the side payment if and only if Unilever chooses “Complex”, or should Colgate not offer a side payment?
(b) Should Unilever remove the strategy “Mixed” from Colgate’s possible strategies, or should Unilever allow Colgate to consider and potentially choose the strategy “Mixed”?
(c) What is the outcome of the overall R&D game?
Offer a full explanation of why you reach your conclusions. In your answer, please be as precise as possible; show enough in your answer to show how you are solving for various aspects of the game.
Gas and food prices are up, and price of houses is dropping; the country appears on the verge of a recession. The U.S. President proposes to stimulate the economy through a tax cut. The Speaker of the House opposes his plan. Select one of the theories of motivation and show how this theory can be applied to swing the Speaker to the President’s point of view. Please cite your source.
Gas and food prices are up, and price of houses is dropping; the country appears on theverge of a recession. The U.S. President proposes to stimulate the economy through atax cut. The Speaker of…
Gary takes 10 hours to do a required calculation and 10 hours to prepare 50 slides. Diane takes 12 hours to do the required calculation and 20 hours to prepare the slides. How much time would it take the two to complete the project if they divide the calculations equally and the slides equally?
Gary’ manufacturing produces and sells LIVE players . The selling price for a DVD player is5 840 . Direct material is 5ZED per each LIVE . The company pay $20 per direct labor hour andeach unit requires 2. 5 direct labor hours . Total overhead costs for the past !{ months are {}follows .Manufacturing OverheadMonthMachines HoursLost’s";January1 15February215March2015124.570April2 201126. 50109May245137. 6501JunIc1401112, 40^July|1711201.650QUIQUIS!125September!101 17. 40101October1351 141010November15.51401115, TED
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