You have been charged with finding out whether your company has violated the concept of comparable worth. after gathering all the facts, you find the company guilty becausea. jobs requiring about the same level of training and skill receive significantly different pay. b. equal jobs are paid equally. c. unequal jobs are paid unequally. d. equal jobs are paid unequally. e. jobs requiring about the same education receive the same pay.

Six years ago, an 80-kw diesel electric set cost $160,000. the cost index for this class of equipment six years ago was 187 and is now 194. the cost-capacity factor is 0.6. the plant engineering staff is considering a 120-kw unit of the same general design to power a small isolated plant. assume we want to add a precompressor, which (when isolated and estimated separately) currently costs $13291. determine the total cost of the 120-kw unit. (hint: skip $ and comma symbols)

You are a team of marketing consultants. it is 2008 and the great recession has struck. one of your clients is whole foods market (sometimes known as whole paycheck). wfm has come to you and asked for strategic advice on how to adapt their product and pricing strategies in light of the economic downturn: 1. advise wfm on the various approaches that could be taken to reducing price. be sure to consider potential psychological impact of price reductions on wfm consumers. 2. based on the options outlined in part 1, recommend an approach and support with marketing theory.

Harmon inc. produces joint products l, m, and n from a joint process. information concerning a batch produced in may at a joint cost of $75,000 was as follows: