Nirvana Shoes Inc. and StepOut Shoes Inc., two competing shoe brands, entered into a strategic alliance to study and acquire each other's competencies. Nirvana Shoes entered the strategic alliance to acquire the production system pioneered by StepOut Shoes. Similarly, StepOut Shoes agreed to the strategic alliance to study the design process of Nirvana Shoes. However, Nirvana Shoes was more successful and faster than StepOut Shoes in accomplishing its alliance goal. What does this scenario best illustrate

Which of the following is one disadvantage of renting a place to live compared to buying a home? a. tenants have to pay for all repairs to the building. b. the landlord covers the expenses of maintaining the property. c. residents can't alter their living space without permission. d. rent is generally more than monthly mortgage payments.

Suppose that the u. s. dollars-mexican pesos exchange rate is fixed by the u. s. and mexican governments. assume also that labor is mobile between the united states and mexico due to low transportation costs. which of the following situations is likely to happen as a result of a simultaneous increase in the demand for u. s. goods and decrease in the demand for mexican goods? (pick mexican unemployment rate increases, and the country undergoes bad economic times for a sustained u. s. unemployment rate increases, and the country undergoes bad economic times for a sustained mexican unemployment rate rises at first, but it soon drops as unemployed mexicans move to the united states for mexican unemployment rate rises at first, but then it drops as mexican pesos depreciate against u. s. dollars.

Asmall company has 10,000 shares. joan owns 200 of these shares. the company decided to split its shares. what is joan's ownership percentage after the split