Intel is best known for its fast microprocessors. The creative engineering team at Intel focusses on innovation to build the next-generation microprocessors. The senior management looks for trends in the outside world and decides the direction in which it should invest and innovate. The organisation manages to view innovation from a totally different perspective. They pursue multiple avenues to gather ideas and information on the needs of the market, the suitable and emerging technology trends that can support its ideas and enable them to create a concrete product that is futuristic. According to the information given, which of these value disciplines does Intel excel in?
a. Customer Intimacy
b. Product Leadership
c. Operational Excellence
d. None of the above

Alandowner and his neighbor purchased adjoining undeveloped lots. after both built homes on their respective lots, the landowner suggested to the neighbor that a common driveway be built where the two lots joined. the neighbor agreed. the landowner and the neighbor split the cost of constructing the driveway and entered into a written agreement to equally share the costs of its upkeep and maintenance. the agreement was recorded in the county recorder's office. two years later, the neighbor built a new driveway located entirely on his lot. the common driveway, which the landowner continued to use but which the neighbor no longer used, began to deteriorate. the landowner asked the neighbor for money to maintain the common driveway, but the neighbor refused to contribute. three years later, the neighbor conveyed his lot to a friend. the friend entered into possession and used only the driveway built by the neighbor. by this time, the common driveway had deteriorated badly and contained numerous potholes. the landowner asked the friend to pay half of what it would take to repair the common driveway. the friend refused. the landowner repaired the driveway and sued the friend for 50% of the cost of repairs. will the landowner prevail?

In each of the following, what happens to the unemployment rate? does the unemployment rate give an accurate impression of what’s happening in the labor market? a. esther lost her job and begins looking for a new one. b.sam, a steelworker who has been out of work since his mill closed last year, becomes discouraged and gives up looking for work. c.dan, the sole earner in his family of 5, just lost his $90,000 job as a research scientist. immediately, he takes a part-time job at starbucks until he can find another job in his field.

Precision aviation had a profit margin of 6.25%, a total assets turnover of 1.5, and an equity multiplier of 1.8. what was the firm's roe? a. 15.23%b. 16.03%c. 16.88%d. 17.72%e. 18.60%