The three parts of the external environment which affect a firms strategic actions area. economic, political, and legalb. general, industry, and competitorc. industry, business, and productd. local, national, and global

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

Hours to produce one unit worker hours to produce yarn country a 8 hours country b 4 hours worker hours to produce fabric counrty a 12 hours country b 13 hours additional worker hours to produce fabric instead of yarn country a ? country b? which of the follow is true of the trade relationship between country a and country b? country a has an absolute advantage in producing yarn and fabric country b has an absolute advantage in producing yarn and fabric country b has a comparative advantage to country a in producing fabric country a has a comparative advantage to country b in producing fabric

For a firm that uses the weighted average method of process costing, which of the following must be true? (a) physical units can be greater than or less than equivalent units. (b) physical units must be equal to equivalent units. (c) equivalent units must be greater than or equal to physical units. (d) physical units must be greater than or equal to equivalent units.