Adam is becoming annoyed because his car keeps breaking down, but he doesn't want to have to make payments on a new car. adam is experiencing an avoidance-avoidance conflict. pressure. an approach-avoidance conflict. an approach-approach conflict.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of equity alliances when compared to non-equity alliances? 1. they are reflective of weaker ties between firms.2. they do not permit the exchange of explicit knowledge.3. they are more likely to bring about lack of trust and commitment.4. they require significantly higher levels of investment.

Which of the following best describes the purpose of raising and lowering the required reserve ratio? a. to make sure that government spending does not result in either a surplus or deficit. b. to stimulate economic growth by making it less expensive for producers to get loans. c. to manage the economy by increasing or decreasing the amount of loans being made. d. to regulate the activity of private banks to assure an equitable distribution of wealth. 2b2t

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?