nora, the manager of three hospital rehabilitation clinics, has the clinics adopt software that allows better tracking of supplies. this software adoption also allows therapists to spend less time gathering supplies for therapy sessions. on average, each therapist can meet with one more patient per day. the marginal revenue product of the therapists will , and the demand for therapists at the clinics will .

Aproperty title search firm is contemplating using online software to increase its search productivity. currently an average of 40 minutes is needed to do a title search. the researcher cost is $2 per minute. clients are charged a fee of $400. company a's software would reduce the average search time by 10 minutes, at a cost of $3.50 per search. company b's software would reduce the average search time by 12 minutes at a cost of $3.60 per search. which option would have the higher productivity in terms of revenue per dollar of input?

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure

Winston churchill's stamp collection was valued at $14 million when he died. at auction, it brought in only $4 million. what was it worth? why?