Suppose Italy can only produce two goods, spaghetti and pizza. There are two cities, Rome and Napoli. By themselves, Rome each month can produce either 30 pounds of spaghetti and no pizza, or 50 pizzas and no spaghetti, or any combination in between. Napoli, by themselves, each month can produce 40 pounds of spaghetti and no pizza, or 30 pizzas and no spaghetti, or any combination in between. Required:
Assuming that all production possibility frontiers are straight lines, draw the diagram that shows the monthly production possibility frontier for the Italy and the monthly production possibility frontier for the Rome.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.