The demand in a market for smartphones has increased, causing prices to rise. What effect will this likely have on the supply of smartphones?
A. The supply curve will shift up according to the increased demand.
B. Supply will decrease, as always happens when price increases.
C. The supply point will increase by moving along the existing supply
curve, and the entire curve will shift upwards as well.
D. The supply point will increase by moving along the existing supply
curve, the curve itself will not shift.

If delta airlines were to significantly change its fare structure and flight schedule to enhance its competitive position in response to aggressive price cutting by southwest airlines, this would be an example ofanswers: explicit collusion. tacit collusion. competitive dynamics. a harvest strategy.

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

True or false: a smart store layout moves customers in and out as fast as possible. a) true b) false