Sunk costs and decision making Rajiv has plans to go to a play and already has a $50 nonrefundable, nonexchangeable, and nontransferable ticket. Now Simone, whom Rajiv has wanted to date for a long time, asks him to a concert. Rajiv would prefer to go to the concert with Simone and forgo the play, but he doesn't want to waste the $50 he spent on the play ticket. From the perspective of an economist, if Rajiv decides to go to the concert with Simone, what has he just done

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.