Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument that fony corp. should upgrade its technology? a) employees fear that the new technology will render them obsolete. b) the company will be able to recover the cost of the technology within four years of implementation. c) the new technology is expected to reduce the company's overall cost of production. d) the company's main client is threatening legal action after it had to recall nearly 2 million notebooks owing to defective batteries. e) the technology which the company is considering adopting was recently developed and has not yet been successfully implemented in a real business context.

The following balance sheet for the los gatos corporation was prepared by a recently hired accountant. in reviewing the statement you notice several errors. los gatos corporation balance sheet at december 31, 2018 assets cash $ 44,000 accounts receivable 86,000 inventories 57,000 machinery (net) 122,000 franchise (net) 32,000 total assets $ 341,000 liabilities and shareholders' equity accounts payable $ 54,000 allowance for uncollectible accounts 7,000 note payable 59,000 bonds payable 112,000 shareholders' equity 109,000 total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 341,000 additional information: cash includes a $22,000 restricted amount to be used for repayment of the bonds payable in 2022. the cost of the machinery is $194,000. accounts receivable includes a $22,000 note receivable from a customer due in 2021. the note payable includes accrued interest of $7,000. principal and interest are both due on february 1, 2019. the company began operations in 2013. income less dividends since inception of the company totals $37,000. 52,000 shares of no par common stock were issued in 2013. 200,000 shares are authorized. required: prepare a corrected, classified balance sheet. (amounts to be deducted should be indicated by a minus sign.)

A) plot the m1 and m2 money stock in the us from 1990-2015. (hint: you may use the data tools provided by fred.) (b) plot the nominal interest rate from 1960 to 2014. (hint: you can either use the daily interest rates for selected u.s. treasury, private money market and capital market instruments from or the effective federal funds rate fromfred.) (c) the consumer price index (cpi) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. intuitively, the cpi represents the cost of living or the average price level. plot the cpi from 1960 to 2013.(d) the inflation rate is the yearly percentage change in the average price level. in practice, we usually use the percentage change in the cpi to compute the inflation rate. plot the inflation rate from 1960 to 2013.(e) explain the difference between the ex-ante and ex-post real interest rate. use the fisher equation to compute the ex-post real interest rate. plot the nominal interest rate and the ex-post real interest rate from 1960 to 2013 in the same graph.

Which critical success factor improves with reduced cycle time, better quality standards, and improved efficiency when an is is implemented?