1. why are capacity decisions critical in the airline industry? a. too many or too few planes, gates, and employees can harm revenues and profits. b. us airlines filled just 77% of their seats last fall. c. they are money makers in winter. d. all of the above. 2. how can airlines impact capacity? a. fly the planes only on the routes that have the five highest demands. b. hire more workers each fall. c. conduct more routine maintenance in winter months. d. all of the above. 3. fuel prices impact capacity decisions because a. unions do not want to cut staff when prices drop. b. they represent a high percent of operating expenses. c. they encourage airlines to provide less flights during summer. d. longer routes are always less profitable. 4. different airlines handle capacity adjustments by a. adding flights to warmer destinations during winter. b. parking planes in winter. c. squeezing more hours out of each plane per day. d. all of the above.

Frolic corporation has budgeted sales and production over the next quarter as follows. the company has 4100 units of product on hand at july 1. 10% of the next months sales in units should be on hand at the end of each month. october sales are expected to be 72000 units. budgeted sales for september would be: july august september sales in units 41,500 53,500 ? production in units 45,700 53,800 58,150

In the 1970s, kmart used blue light specials to encourage customers to flock to a particular department having a temporary sale. a spinning blue light activated for approximately 30 seconds, and then an in-store announcement informed shoppers of the special savings in the specific department. over time, loyal kmart shoppers learned to flock to the department with the spinning blue light before any announcement of special savings occurred. if kmart was employing classical conditioning techniques, what role did the spinning blue light play?

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u. s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.