Which of the following is the best description of organizational culture?
a. conditions that prevent new companies from entering an industry
b. the network that obtains raw materials, transforms them into products, and distributes them to customers
c. the process of searching out information that is unavailable to most people and sorting through it to interpret what is important and what is not
d. the process of comparing an organization's practices and technologies with those of other companies
e. a system of shared values about what is important and beliefs about how the world works

What is product differentiation, and how can it be achieved ? what is product positioning? what conditions would head to head product positioning be appropriate?

Following is a list of various costs incurred in producing replacement automobile parts. with respect to the production and sale of these auto parts, classify each cost as either variable costs, fixed costs, or mixed costs. 1. oil used in manufacturing equipment 2. plastic 3. property taxes, $165,000 per year on factory building and equipment 4. salary of plant manager 5. cost of labor for hourly workers 6. packaging 7. factory cleaning costs, $6,000 per month 8. metal 9. rent on warehouse, $10,000 per month plus $25 per square foot of storage used 10. property insurance premiums, $3,600 per month plus $0.01 for each dollar of property over $1,200,000 11. straight-line depreciation on the production equipment 12. hourly wages of machine operators 13. electricity costs, $0.20 per kilowatt-hour 14. computer chip (purchased from a vendor) 15. pension cost, $1.00 per employee hour on the job

Find the interest rate for a $4000 deposit accumulating to $5234.58, compounded quarterly for 9 years