Jeff and Bette are partners at a management consulting firm. They are trying to determine which of them has a comparative advantage in creating the 50 slides required for a sales pitch to a prospective client. Jeff can create 10 slides per hour. For other activities, he can bill clients $500 per hour. Jeff's opportunity cost of creating slides isper slide.
Bette's opportunity cost of creating slides is 20% lower than Jeff's. However, as the senior partner, her billing rate is 15% higher. Based on all of these facts, has a comparative advantage in creating slides.

As a project manager for a large construction company, shaun decided to make the performance appraisal process as painless as possible for his crew. he spent a considerable amount of time creating performance standards he felt were reasonable, and after six months' time, he scheduled individual appointments with each worker to discuss strengths and weaknesses and areas that needed improvement according to the standards he privately set. some employees were sent to vestibule training, and one even got a promotion with additional compensation. what did he fail to do correctly

What type of budget is stated? a budget is a type of financial report that scrutinizes the inflow and outflow of money in a given financial year.

Consider the following two projects. both have costs of $5,000 in year 1. project 1 provides benefits of $2,000 in each of the first four years only. the second provides benefits of $2,000 for each of years 6 to 10 only. compute the net benefits using a discount rate of 6 percent. repeat using a discount rate of 12 percent. what can you conclude from this exercise?