The numbers of copies of a college textbook sold quarterly over the past four years are: Since the time series has trend and seasonal pattern, to forecast the quarterly sales of the textbook, the following regression equation was found: yt= 2120 - 620 Qtr1t - 1320Qtr2t+290Qtr3t + 24t

where Qtr1t , Qtr2t and Qtr3t are dummy variables corresponding to Quarters 1, 2 and 3, and t = time period.

The sales forecast for Quarter 4 of the next year is:

a. 2600
b. 1232
c. 2006
d. 1874

The sales forecast for Quarter 1 of the next year is

a. 1908
b. 1432
c. 2206
d. 1874

Resources and capabilities, such as interpersonal relations among managers and a firm's culture, that may be costly to imitate because they are beyond the ability of firms to systematically manage and influence are referred to asanswers: socially complex.causally ambiguous.path dependent.the result of unique historical conditions.

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?

After the price floor is instituted, the chairman of productions office buys up any barrels of gosum berries that the producers are not able to sell. with the price floor, the producers sell 300 barrels per month to consumers, but the producers, at this high price floor, produce 700 barrels per month. how much producer surplus is created with the price floor? show your calculations.