Suppose all perfectly competitive fast-food firms are hiring the profit-maximizing quantity of labor and are
paying their workers $7 per hour. Then suppose the government decides to raise the minimum wage to $8 per hour. Then:

a. since the value of the marginal product would exceed the wage, firms would hire more workers.
b. since the value of the marginal product would be less than the wage, firms would lay off some workers.
c. the firms would increase their prices to keep the value of the marginal product equal to the wage.
d. firms would have to exit the industry since the value of the marginal product is less than the wage.
e. firms would be unable to alter their hiring because the minimum wage is set by the government.

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

Which ranks these careers that employers are most likely to hire from the least to the greatest?

The new york times (nov. 30, 1993) reported that “the inability of opec to agree last week to cut production has sent the oil market into turmoil . . [leading to] the lowest price for domestic crude oil since june 1990.” why were the members of opec trying to agree to cut production? so they could save more oil for future consumption so they could lower the price so they could raise the price why do you suppose opec was unable to agree on cutting production? because each country has a different production capacity because each country experiences different production costs because each country has an incentive to cheat on any agreement the newspaper also noted opec’s view “that producing nations outside the organization, like norway and britain, should do their share and cut production.” what does the phrase “do their share” suggest about opec’s desired relationship with norway and britain? opec would like norway and britain to keep their production levels high. opec would like norway and britain to act competitively. opec would like norway and britain to join the cartel.