You work in an office and one of your co-workers has announced his retirement. You have offered to purchase the retirement gift, so you place a collection jar in the lunch room for anonymous donations to help pay for the gift. After a week you find that very few dollars are in the jar, so you end up paying for a large share of the retirement gift. You are the victim of the: A. common resource problem.
B. private good problem.
C. overuse of a common resource problem.
D. free-rider problem.

The purchasing agent for a company that assembles and sells air-conditioning equipment in a latin american country noted that the cost of compressors has increased significantly each time they have been reordered. the company uses an eoq model to determine order size. what are the implications of this price escalation with respect to order size? what factors other than price must be taken into consideration?

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.

Which tasks do travel agents and hotel concierges have in common? they both recommend where to eat and handle personal services for tourists. they both process payments and book travel packages for tourists. they both make reservations and provide information for tourists. they both recommend unusual spots to visit and book tour guides for tourists