Atech has fixed costs of $2.9 million and profits of $1 million. Its competitor, ZTech, is roughly the same size and this year earned the same profits, $1 million. However, ZTech operates with fixed costs of $2.47 million and lower variable costs. a. Calculate the operating leverage for each firm. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
DOL ATech
DOL ZTech
b. Which firm will likely have higher profits if the economy strengthens?
ATech
ZTech

James sebenius, in his harvard business review article: six habits of merely effective negotiators, identifies six mistakes that negotiators make that keep them from solving the right problem. identify which mistake is being described. striving for a “win-win” agreement results in differences being overlooked that may result in joint gains.

Discuss how the resource-based view (rbv) of the firm combines the two perspectives of (1) an internal analysis of a firm and (2) an external analysis of its industry and its competitive environment. include comments on the different types of firm resources and how these resources can be used by a firm to build sustainable competitive advantages.

What is the difference between total utility and marginal utility? a. marginal utility is subject to the law of diminishing marginal utility while total utility is not. b. total utility represents the consumer optimum while marginal utility gives the total utility per dollar spent on the last unit. c. total utility is the total amount of satisfaction derived from consuming a certain amount of a good while marginal utility is the additional satisfaction gained from consuming an additional unit of the good. d. marginal utility represents the consumer optimum while total utility gives the total utility per dollar spent on the last unit.