Since he was five years old, rhett tenna struggled with poor eyesight. he suffered through all the names that went along with wearing eyeglasses for most of his young life. rhett eventually switched from traditional eyeglasses to contacts, but he always wondered why glasses were considered to be "ugly" and not fashionable. after graduation from college, rhett set out on a lifelong goal: to make eyewear synonymous with high fashion. he opened a specialty store called "the eyes have it." his marketing plan was to remove the social stigma of wearing glasses, and replace it with a sense of flair and high fashion. from the day he opened his first store, rhett's plan met with resounding success. today, "the eyes have it" has grown from that single outlet to a medium-sized company with dozens of stores located in six states, and a manufacturing plant that turns out designer frames. a recent internal audit, however, suggested a problem that rhett had not anticipated. the study indicated that the u. s. market is just about saturated and growth of "the eyes have it" stores will be very limited. the audit concerned rhett until he recognized an untapped market existed overseas. if people all over the world have the same problem, the global market opportunities are fantastic! all in favor of going global say: "the eyes have it"! although he is confident of success, rhett is concerned that social, cultural and economic differences in other nations may create some problems. he believes he should adapt his approach to these differences rather than trying to force the "american way" on foreign consumers. rhett's attitude suggests that he wants to avoid a(n) approach to business.

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10time remaining59: 30in  the dark game, how does the author develop the central idea that elizabeth van lew was a spymaster during the civil war? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10time remaining59: 30in the dark game, how does the author develop the central idea that elizabeth van lew was a spymaster during the civil war?

Imagine us is a startup that offers high definition 3d prenatal ultrasounds for high-end customers. the service process includes four activities that are conducted in the sequence described below. (the time required for each activity is shown in parentheses): activity 1: welcome a patient and explain the procedure. (20 minutes)activity 2: prep the patient (e.g., show them to the room, apply ultrasound gel). (17 minutes) (*your id number represents the amount of time needed to complete this task)activity 3: take images. (5 minutes)activity 4: discuss diagnostic with patient. (20 minutes)at each location there are employees (servers) s1, s2, and s3. the assignment of tasks to servers is the following: s1 does activities 1 and 2.s2 does activity 3.s3 does activity 4.a. what is the capacity of this process (in customers per hour)? b. suppose 3 patients arrive every hour on average. ignoring any “start of day” or “end of day” effects, what are the utilizations of all three servers (%)? c. suppose each activity can be done by any server and any server can do any set of activities. however, each activity is done by only one server. for example, a possible assignment includes: s1 does activity 1, s2 does activity 2, and s3 does activities 3 and 4. of course, the original assignment of servers to activities is also feasible. what is the maximum capacity of the process (in customers per hour)? d. now consider the capacity measures in (c) and (a), what is the percentage change? why can you improve capacity without using additional resources? (there is no free lunch, right? )note: for all hw assignments, show your process of getting the results. only providing the final answers is not acceptable and will get 0%. if necessary, use a separate sheet of paper to show your work.

Acompany's sales in year 1 were $300,000, year 2 were $351,000, and year 3 were $400,000. using year 2 as a base year, the sales percent for year 3 is