The general manager’s overall impression is that the greater cost of new equipment will make the alternatives that included it more sensitive to fluctuations in the eventual sales. On the other hand, the refurbished technologies risk failing to meet rising quality expectations. This could easily curtail any sales growth and even put this plant out of business altogether. He also sees that no matter what the outcome, he is going to have serious labor issues to deal with, and a lot of discussion with the board of directors to determine the future focus of the pasta plant. What are your recommendations?

4. the condition requires that only one of the selected criteria be true for a record to be displayed.

As a result of a labeling mistake at the chemical factory, a farmer accidentally sprays weedkiller rather than fertilizer on half her land. as a result, she loses half of her productive farmland. if the property of diminishing returns applies to all factors of production, she should expect to seea. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. b. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. c. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor. d. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor.

Suppose an investor starts with a portfolio consisting of one randomly selected stock. as more and more randomly selected stocks are added to the portfolio, what happens to the portfolio's risk