At his current consumption levels, joe’s marginal rate of substitution of pizza slices for cans of coke (up/uc) is given by 2. the price of a slice of pizza is equal to $2, whereas the price of a can of coke is $1.50. suppose joe is currently spending all his income on pizza and coke and consuming positive amounts of both goods. would joe be better off by increasing his consumption of pizza at the expense of coke; or increase the consumption of coke at the expense of pizza; or is his current consumption bundle optimal? (you can ignore integer constraints in your answer, that is, assume that joe can consume fractions of slices of pizza and fractions of cans of coke.)

Zara, a global retail and apparel manufacturer based in spain that has successfully implemented this idea by having a continuous flow of new products that are typically limited in supply. zara has created a system that draws its clientèle into its stores, on average, 17 times per year as compared to 4 times per year for most stores. how is zara using it to gain competitive advantage? what specific technologies are used by zara to maintain this advantage over its competition?

Jaden has a degree in marketing. she would like to run her department. she is going back to school to get a degree in: a. web designer b. database administrator c. information security d. computer user support

Lipman auto parts, a family-owned auto parts store, began january with $10,300.00 in cash. management forecasts that collections from credit customers will be $11,400.00 in january and $14,800.00 in february. the store is scheduled to receive $5,000.00 in cash on a business note receivable in january. projected cash payments include inventory purchases ($13,000.00 in january and $13,600.00 in february) and operating expenses ($2,700.00 each month). lipman auto parts' bank requires a $10,000.00 minimum balance in the store's checking account. at the end of any month when the account balance dips below $10,000.00, the bank automatically extends credit to the store in multiples of $1,000.00. lipman auto parts borrows as little as possible and pays back loans in quarterly installments of $2,000.00, plus 4 percent interest on the entire unpaid principal. the first payment occurs three months after the loan.