When the going rate is $2.00 per hour, ann wants to babysit 6 hours each week and pat wants to babysit 4 hours each week. if the rate goes up to $4.00, ann and pat both double the number of hours they are willing to babysit each week. based on this information, a combined supply curve will pass through the points: a) price = $2.00, quantity supplied = 20 and price = $4.00, quantity supplied = 40.
b) price = $2.00, quantity supplied = 10 and price = $4.00, quantity supplied = 20.
c) price = $2.00, quantity supplied = 6 and price = $4.00, quantity supplied = 4.
d) price = $2.00, quantity supplied = 4 and price = $4.00, quantity supplied = 6.

Standardization is associated with which of the following management orientations? a) ethnocentric orientation b) polycentric orientation c) regiocentric orientation d) geocentric orientation

Neon light company of kansas city ships lamps and lighting appliances throughout the country. ms. neon has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by one and one-half days. furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by one-half day without affecting suppliers. the bank has a remote disbursement center in florida. a. if neon light company has $2.90 million per day in collections and $1.18 million per day in disbursements, how many dollars will the cash management system free up?

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?