What does it mean that in a free market that buyers compete against other buyers for goods and services and that sellers compete against other sellers?

David and darlene jasper have one child, sam, who is 6 years old (birthdate july 1, 2011). the jaspers reside at 4639 honeysuckle lane, los angeles, ca 90248. david's social security number is 577-11-3311, darlene's is 477-98-4731, and sam's is 589-22-1142. david's birthdate is may 29, 1984 and darlene's birthday is january 31, 1986. david and darlene's earnings and withholdings for 2017 are:

Needs to schedule the staffing of the center. it is open from 8am until midnight. larry has monitored the usage of the center at various times of the day and determined that the following number of computer consultants are required: time of dayminimum number of consultants required to be on duty8 am-noon4noon-4 pm84pm-8pm108pm-midnight6 two types of computer consultants can be hired: full-time and part-time. the full- time consultants work for eight consecutive hours in any of the shifts: morning (8am- 4pm), afternoon (noon-8pm) and evening (4pm-midnight). full-time consultants are paid $14 per hour. part-time consultants can be hired to work any of the four shifts listed in the table. part-time consultants are paid $12 per hour. an additional requirement is that during every time period, there must be at least two full-time consultants on duty for every part-time consultant on duty. larry would like to determine how many full-time and part-time consultants should work each shift to meet the above requirements at the minimum possible cost. formulate this as an lp problem. you must define your variables clearly

Standardization is associated with which of the following management orientations? a) ethnocentric orientation b) polycentric orientation c) regiocentric orientation d) geocentric orientation