Production of sliver's latest small car, the beetle, has been a dramatic improvement compared to its previous product, quiver. the production target of 2,000 beetle cars per day has been reached only within 10 weeks since the launch date, which is less than the time they needed for quiver. which of the following, if true, would suggest that sliver adopted a jit strategy for the beetle? a. sliver acquired one of its major distributors before the production of the beetleb. sliver has recently made a substantial investment in acquiring warehouses close to its production facilities. c. sliver acquired a fleet of airplanes to ensure that all the components it sourced from across the world were unaffected by supply bottlenecks in other countries. d. all of sliver's production factories have their own purchase departments that the company achieve benefits of scale discounting

Joe finally found a house for sale that he liked. which factor could increase the price of the house he likes? a. both he and the seller each have a real estate agent. b. a home inspector finds faulty wiring in the house. c. the house has been for sale for almost a year. d. several buyers all want that same house.

Lavage rapide is a canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near montreal. the following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: fixed cost per month cost per car washed cleaning supplies $ 0.70 electricity $ 1,400 $ 0.07 maintenance $ 0.15 wages and salaries $ 4,900 $ 0.30 depreciation $ 8,300 rent $ 1,900 administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.03 for example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. the company expects to wash 8,000 cars in august and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. the actual operating results for august appear below. lavage rapide income statement for the month ended august 31 actual cars washed 8,100 revenue $ 54,100 expenses: cleaning supplies 6,100 electricity 1,930 maintenance 1,440 wages and salaries 7,660 depreciation 8,300 rent 2,100 administrative expenses 1,540 total expense 29,070 net operating income $ 25,030 required: calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for august.

Evaluate a real situation between two economic actors; it could be any scenario: two competing businesses, two countries in negotiations, two kids trading baseball cards, you and another person involved in an exchange or anything else. use game theory to analyze the situation and the outcome (or potential outcome). be sure to explain the incentives, benefits and risks each face.