Ebuy, inc., hires ferris to develop and implement a marketing strategy for ebuy’s new online auction site. ferris signs a contract that includes a clause prohibiting him from competing with ebuy during and after the employment. before the strategy is implemented, ferris resigns from ebuy’s employ to market his own auction site to compete with ebuy. in ebuy’s suit against ferris, what is the most important factor the court should consider in determining whether ferris should be allowed to compete with ebuy?

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

For 2018, rahal's auto parts estimates bad debt expense at 1% of credit sales. the company reported accounts receivable and an allowance for uncollectible accounts of $86,500 and $2,100, respectively, at december 31, 2017. during 2018, rahal's credit sales and collections were $404,000 and $408,000, respectively, and $2,340 in accounts receivable were written off. rahal's accounts receivable at december 31, 2018, are:

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a. what is the firm’s labor demand function? b. if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c. now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]