Brutus' fried chicken patented the recipe for the spices used in the coating of the chicken. the patent protection lasts for 17 years. brutus' fried chicken will view this patent protection as a(n) a. threat until the patent expires b. opportunity during the time of the patent protection c. weakness because the patent cannot be renewed d. cost of doing business

Beswick company your team is allocated a project involving a major client, the beswick company. although the organization has many clients, this client, and project, is the largest source of revenue and affects the work of several other teams in the organization. the project requires continuous involvement with the client, so any problems with the client are immediately felt by others in the organization. jamie, a member of your team, is the only person in the company with whom this client is willing to deal. it can be said that jamie has:

Hank itzek manufactures and sells homemade wine, and he wants to develop a standard cost per gallon. the following are required for production of a 70-gallon batch. 2,700 ounces of grape concentrate at $0.04 per ounce 77 pounds of granulated sugar at $0.43 per pound 133 lemons at $0.79 each 350 yeast tablets at $0.24 each 350 nutrient tablets at $0.14 each 2,500 ounces of water at $0.001 per ounce hank estimates that 4% of the grape concentrate is wasted, 9% of the sugar is lost, and 32% of the lemons cannot be used. compute the standard cost of the ingredients for one gallon of wine. (round intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g.

Russell's study compared gpa of those students who volunteered for academic study skills training and those who did not elect to take the training. he found that those who had the training also had higher gpa. with which validity threat should russell be most concerned?