Concerned with the slow rate at which new products are brought to market, top management of a consumer electronics company introduces a new performance measure—speed-to-market. The research and development department is given responsibility for this performance measure, which measures the average amount of time a product is in development before it is released to the market for sale

mark, a civil engineer, entered into a contract with david. as per the contract, mark agreed to design and build a house for david for a specified fee. mark provided david with an estimation of the total cost and the contract was mutually agreed upon. however, during construction, when mark increased the price due to a miscalculation on his part, david refused to pay the amount. this scenario is an example of a mistake.

By 2020, automobile market analysts expect that the demand for electric autos will increase as buyers become more familiar with the technology. however, the costs of producing electric autos may increase because of higher costs for inputs (e. g., rare earth elements), or they may decrease as the manufacturers learn better assembly methods (i. e., learning by doing). what is the expected impact of these changes on the equilibrium price and quantity for electric autos?

In a hypothetical economy, a market basket consists of one laptop and two dvd players. in the base year, 2010, the price of a dvd player was $200, and the price of a laptop was $500. in 2015, the price of a dvd player was $380, and the price of a laptop was $750. the cpi for 2010 was