Better Mudder, the three-year-old mud race organization, has a goal of increasing its racing market share by 20% over the next year. It looks into how to accomplish this and discovers a low repeat runner rate. As it digs further it finds that three more mudding race organizations have started in the area this year. With increased competition, Better Mudder must change its new runner offerings and generate higher loyalty in current mudding participants. To identify this information, Better Mudder conducted a:

Suppose that each country completely specializes in the production of the good in which it has a comparative advantage, producing only that good. in this case, the country that produces jeans will produce 32 million pairs per month, and the country that produces corn will produce 32 million bushels per month.

Insurance companies have internal controls in place to protect assets, monitor the accuracy of accounting records and encourage operational efficiencies and adherence to policies. these internal controls are generally of two types: administrative controls and accounting controls. administrative controls are the policies and procedures that guide the daily actions of employees. accounting controls are the policies and procedures that delineate authorizations of financial transactions that are done, safeguard assets, and provide reports on the company’s financial status in a reliable and timely manner. internal controls should include both preventative and detective controls. the purpose of preventative controls is to stop problems and errors before they occur. detective controls identify problems after they have occurred. preventative controls are usually more effective at reducing problems, but they also tend to be more expensive. internal controls must be flexible to adjust for changes in laws and regulations in addition to adding new products or modifying current ones. companies must also do regular analyses to ensure that the benefits of implementing the controls are worth their costs. when concerned about paying unwarranted insurance claims which type of control would be useful?

In a transportation minimization problem, the negative improvement index associated with a cell indicates that reallocating units to that cell would lower costs.truefalse