Ryobi is a large, international power tool manufacturer that develops affordable, high-quality products such as drills, circular saws, and routers for both homeowners and craftspeople. as the company continues to grow, its top executives want to ensure that employees are appropriately paid for their performance and that financial incentives are both fair and effective. currently, the firm provides merit raises based on performance appraisals; however, executives are considering changing the current incentive plan. which of the following, if true, best supports the argument that ryobi should eliminate all merit raises? a) performance appraisals at ryobi occur annually, and standards vary from manager to
manager.
b) ryobi employees have the option of accepting lump-sum raises or traditional merit raises.
c) ryobi recently began using an enterprise incentive management system to automate
compensation.
d) the commission percentage for ryobi salespeople is based on the ability to meet monthly
quotas.

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

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An insurance company estimates the probability of an earthquake in the next year to be 0.0015. the average damage done to a house by an earthquake it estimates to be $90,000. if the company offers earthquake insurance for $150, what is company`s expected value of the policy? hint: think, is it profitable for the insurance company or not? will they gain (positive expected value) or lose (negative expected value)? if the expected value is negative, remember to show "-" sign. no "+" sign needed for the positive expected value