The Argentine government has recently been imposing heavy trade restrictions. Taxes on exports are a major source of revenue for the country. Being a part of the Mercosur customs union, the country cannot independently impose import tariffs but has found other ways to restrict imports. The idea behind this is to "supply the growing domestic market with local labor and production." As a result of these restrictions, the markets for various products have been affected. With BlackBerrys in short supply within Argentina and no possibility of imports, a multinational manufacturer is in fact assembling them in the country's province of Tierra del Fuego, off the coast of South America. The cost thus incurred is estimated to be 15 times higher than what it costs to produce BlackBerrys in Asia.

Which of the following, if true, would be the strongest evidence in support of the restrictive trade policies?

A. The evidence on how efficiently firms can operate under trade restrictions is mixed
B. Many Argentine firms are efficiently operating in markets that were flooded with imported goods before the trade restrictions were imposed
C. Argentina was one of the leading exporters of agricultural products prior to the trade restrictions.
D. Even during the period when India imposed high trade barriers, the Indian GDP grew at an average rate of 4%.
E. There is free movement of manpower and capital across the Mercosur member nations

What impact did the economic opportunities in pennsylvania and new york have on virginia? a. virginia planters started to migrate to new york. b. new yorkers began buying up cheap virginia real estate. c. virginians found themselves resorting increasingly to slavery. d. virginians loosened their slave laws to attract more migrants.

You are frustrated to find that the only way to contact the customer service department is to make a phone call. the number listed would result in long distance charges to your phone bill. which issue should be addressed by the company to keep its crm in line with your expectations?

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?