Question 9.1. As a CEO of a French firm, you are concerned that your firm and your industry in the EU are being devastated by non-EU imports. Trade lawyers suggest filing an antidumping case against leading foreign rivals in China and assure you a win. Would you file an antidumping case or not? Why? Read the case “Appendix_Week_9T_C4_ Lego’s_Secrets” and answer the following question 9.2 and 9.3. Question 9.2. Applying the VRIO framework, what are the sources of Lego’s success? Question 9.3. How sustainable is Lego’s success in the long run?

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)