Linking questions 5: 1. Which one of the generic competitive strategies best characterize your company's strategic approach to competing successfully?
2. Which athletic footwear companies in your industry appear to be employing a low-cost provider strategy?
3. Which athletic footwear companies in your industry appear to be employing a broad differentiation strategy?
4. Which athletic footwear companies in your industry appear to be employing a best-cost provider strategy?
5. Which athletic footwear companies in your industry appear to be employing some type of focus strategy and concentrating more/less attention on branded or private-label footwear and/or on some geographic regions rather than others?

Do you think a travel organization company might be able to get less expensive airline tickets then you as an individual could get? (no less then 25 words)

Companies in the u. s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

You plan to invest some money in a bank account. which of the following banks provides you with the highest effective rate of interest? hint: perhaps this problem requires some calculations. bank 1; 6.1% with annual compounding. bank 2; 6.0% with monthly compounding. bank 3; 6.0% with annual compounding. bank 4; 6.0% with quarterly compounding. bank 5; 6.0% with daily (365-day) compounding.