For each of the following types of firms, state whether you would use a cournot model, a homogeneous-product bertrand model, or a differentiated-product bertrand model to describe the nature of competition in the market, and briefly describe why you have made this choice.

(a) coffee shops in downtown greenville
(b) raw steel (a note: there are only 2 producers of steel in the u. s.)
(c) breakfast cereal (cheerios, corn flakes, etc.)

Ashop owner uses a reorder point approach to restocking a certain raw material. lead time is six days. usage of the material during lead time is normally distributed with a mean of 42 pounds and a standard deviation of four pounds. when should the raw material be reordered if the acceptable risk of a stockout is 3 percent?

Braden’s ice cream shop is losing business. he knows that customers are no longer choosing his product because a competing product has become less expensive, yet he has refused to lower his prices. what has happened to braden’s business?

During a liquidation, a partner's capital account balance drops below zero. what should happen? select one: a. the deficit balance should be removed from the accounting records with only the remaining partners sharing in future gains and losses. b. the partner with a deficit should contribute enough assets to offset the deficit balance if he is solvent. c. the other partners should contribute enough assets to offset the amount of deficit if the partner with a deficit is insolvent. d. both b & c