Suppose heb considers expanding the capacity of its fresh sushi making equipment at its stores at the corner of spid & staples and at the corner of spid & waldron. it can do so in one of two ways:
(1) heb can purchase fungible, general-purpose equipment that can be resold at close to its original value. or
(2) heb can invest in highly specialized equipment which, once in place, has virtually no salvage value.
assuming that each choice results in the same production costs once installed, under which choice is the heb likely to encounter greater likelihood of entry into fresh sushi-making by walmart and other potential competitors, and why?

Boone brothers remodels homes and replaces windows. ace builders constructs new homes. if boone brothers considers expanding into new home construction, it should evaluate the expansion project using which one of the following as the required return for the project?

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

While on vacation in las vegas jennifer, who is from utah, wins a progressive jackpot playing cards worth $15,875 at the casino royale. what implication does she encounter when she goes to collect her prize?