Tata motors assembles cars from their own parts and subassemblies and also controls the mining and fabrication of the materials used to create those parts. when anand ordered their luxury sedan with the platinum dashboard he knew he wouldn't be taking delivery of his dream car the next week. rather, he would be waiting a while to: a. a mismatch between supply chain lead time and customer demand. b. a mismatch between overall demand levels and productive capacity. c. a mismatch between demand and the most efficient production volume. d. a mismatch between demand and the most efficient shipment volume.

Why do you think the compensation plans differ at the two firms? in particular, why do you think kaufmann’s pays commissions to salespeople, while parkleigh does not? why does parkleigh offer employees discounts on purchases, while kaufmann’s does not?

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?

Four students are at an extracurricular activity fair at their high school and are trying to decide which clubs to join. some information about the students is listed in this chart: which describes which ctso each student should join?