Positive technological change in the production of lcd televisions caused the price of lcd televisions to fall. holding everything else constant, how would this affect the market for blu-ray players (a complement to lcd televisions)?

a. the demand for blu-ray players would increase and the equilibrium price of blu-ray players would increase.
b. the demand for blu-ray players would increase and the equilibrium price of blu-ray players would decrease.
c. the demand for blu-ray players would decrease because consumers could afford to buy fewer lcd televisions and blu-ray players.
d. the supply of blu-ray players would increase and the equilibrium price of blu-ray players would decrease.

Employee engagement is considered a key workplace attitude that can us to understand how an organization is doing. engaged employees can be described as those that "give their all" at work. this activity is important because it will you recognize some of the factors that contribute to, and some of the outcomes of, employee engagement. as a manager, this knowledge will you to foster a work environment where your employees are more engaged. the goal of this exercise is for you to demonstrate your understanding of the factors and outcomes of employee engagement. for each factor listed below, decide whether it is a factor that increases employee engagement, a factor that decreases employee engagement, or an outcome of employee engagement.

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.

Acompany that adapts its product mix to meet the needs of a new market is using which of the following global marketing strategies market development diversification strategy product development undiversified