1. what do you think the benefits strategy of mmc has been? how does the benefits strategy match what you know about your organization?
2. what do you think the benefits strategy of oy has been? how does the benefits strategy match what you learned about the company?
3. identify 3 benefit challenges and 3 benefit opportunities that are apparent when looking at combining the benefit plans at the two companies?
4. identify 3 benefit challenges and 3 benefit opportunities that would exist if the oy employees were to become covered by the mmc benefit program.
5. identify 3 benefit funding opportunities that are available at either company.
6. assume the acquisition of oy goes through. select 3 benefit programs and provide your recommendation on harmonizing those programs for the combined company.
7. assume the acquisition of oy falls through. identify 3 benefit changes that should be considered by mmc anyway?

Upscale hotels in the united states recently cut their prices by 20 percent in an effort to bolster dwindling occupancy rates among business travelers. a survey performed by a major research organization indicated that businesses are wary of current economic conditions and are now resorting to electronic media, such as the internet and the telephone, to transact business. assume a company's budget permits it to spend $5,000 per month on either business travel or electronic media to transact business. graphically illustrate how a 20 percent decline in the price of business travel would impact this company's budget set if the price of business travel was initially $1,000 per trip and the price of electronic media was $500 per hour. suppose that, after the price of business travel drops, the company issues a report indicating that its marginal rate of substitution between electronic media and business travel is 1. is the company allocating resources efficiently? explain.

If a product goes up in price, and the demand for it drops, that product's demand is a. elastic b. inelastic c. stable d. fixed select the best answer from the choices provided

On january 2, 2018, bering co. disposes of a machine costing $34,100 with accumulated depreciation of $18,369. prepare the entries to record the disposal under each of the following separate assumptions. exercise 8-24a part 2 2. the machine is traded in for a newer machine having a $50,600 cash price. a $16,238 trade-in allowance is received, and the balance is paid in cash. assume the asset exchange has commercial substance.