Today, money comes in many different forms. When you go to purchase something at a store, you pay money in the form of cash, a check, a credit card, or a debit card. Some people even have payment apps on their smartphones.

Now imagine paying for a pizza with seeds ... yes, seeds. What if everything was paid for by using seeds? How would this change the world we live in?

In Holland during the 1600s, tulip bulbs were very valuable. So valuable, in fact, that they were sometimes used as money. Try to imagine a tulip bulb, the seed of a tulip, being worth 4,000 gold pieces. During this time in history, tulip bulbs in Holland were more valuable than some homes. From our modern perspective, this sounds ridiculous. However, it is true.

Identify at least three potential problems with using tulips as a form of currency.

Coca-cola was primarily known for its core competencies in marketing, bottling, and distributing aerated drinks. however, with the success of gatorade, coca-cola developed competencies in the development and marketing of its own sports drink, powerade. which of the following is true of coca-cola? a. it is leveraging existing core competencies to improve current market position. b. it is building new core competencies to protect and extend its current market position. c. it is redeploying and recombining existing core competencies to compete in markets of the future. d. it is targeting the chasm between the early adopter and early majority market segment.

What is the purpose of the us international trade association?

Suppose that a major city’s main thoroughfare, which is also an interstate highway, will be completely closed to traffic for two years, from january 2014 to december 2015, for reconstruction at a cost of $535 million. if the construction company were to keep the highway open for traffic during construction, the highway reconstruction project would take much longer and be more expensive. suppose that construction would take four years if the highway were kept open, at a total cost of $800 million. the state department of transportation had to make its decision in 2014, one year before the start of construction (so that the first payment was one year away). so the department of transportation had the following choices: (i) close the highway during construction, at an annual cost of $267.5 million per year for two years. (ii) keep the highway open during construction, at an annual cost of $200 million per year for four years. now suppose the interest rate is 80%. calculate the present value of the costs incurred under each plan.