The cubs are trying to determine which of the following free-agent pitchers should be signed: rick sutcliffe (rs), bruce sutter (bs), dennis eckersley (de), steve trout (st), or tim stoddard (ts). (feel free to substitute your own set of players for these "old" guys.) the cost of signing each pitcher and the predicted number of victories each pitcher will add to the cubs are listed in the file p06_46.xlsx. the cubs want to sign the pitchers who will add the most victories to the team. determine who the cubs should sign based on the following restrictions: ■ at most, $55 million can be spent. ■ at most, three right-handed pitchers can be signed. ■ the cubs cannot sign bs, rs, and de (that is, they can’t sign all three of these players).

In general, as long as the number of firms that possess a particular valuable resource or capability is less than the number of firms needed to generate perfect competition dynamics in an industry, that resource or capability can be considered and a potential source of competitive advantage.answers: valuablerareinimitableun-substitutable

List three careers that require knowledge of science. list three careers that require the use of of math. list three careers that require the use of foreign language. list three careers that require the use of good writing skills. list three careers that require the use of good computer skills.

For example, the upper right cell shows that if expresso advertises and beantown doesn't advertise, expresso will make a profit of $15 million, and beantown will make a profit of $2 million. assume this is a simultaneous game and that expresso and beantown are both profit-maximizing firms. if expresso decides to advertise, it will earn a profit of $ million if beantown advertises and a profit of $ million if beantown does not advertise. if expresso decides not to advertise, it will earn a profit of $ million if beantown advertises and a profit of $ million if beantown does not advertise. if beantown advertises, expresso makes a higher profit if it chooses . if beantown doesn't advertise, expresso makes a higher profit if it chooses . suppose that both firms start off not advertising. if the firms act independently, what strategies will they end up choosing? expresso will choose to advertise and beantown will choose not to advertise. expresso will choose not to advertise and beantown will choose to advertise. both firms will choose to advertise. both firms will choose not to advertise.