"Economists use the term imperfect competition to describe all industries that:
produce standardized products.
those markets that are not purely competitive.
any industry in which there is no nonprice competition.
a pure monopoly only."

Why are the four primary service outputs of spatial convenience, lot size, waiting time, and product variety important to logistics management? provide examples of competing firms that differ in the level of each service output provided to customers?

Interpreting the income tax expense footnote the income tax footnote to the financial statements of fedex corporation follows. the components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended may 31 were as follows: ($ millions) 2010 2009 2008 current provision domestic federal $ 36 $ (35) $ 514 state and local 54 18 74 foreign 207 214 242 297 197 830 deferred provisions (benefit) domestic federal 408 327 31 state and local 15 48 (2) foreign (10) 7 32 413 382 61 provision for income taxes $ 710 $ 579 $ 891 (a)what is the amount of income tax expense reported in fedex's 2010, 2009, and 2008 income statements?

World systems manufactures an optical switch that it uses in its final product. world systems incurred the following manufacturing costs when it produced 74 comma 000 units last​ year: ​(click the icon to view the manufacturing​ costs.) another company has offered to sell world systems the switch for $ 13.50 per unit. the world systems prepared an outsourcing decision analysis to show the cost per unit of making the switches versus the cost per unit of buying​ (outsourcing) the switches. ​(click the icon to view the outsourcing decision​ analysis.) world systems needs 86 comma 000 optical switches next year​ (assume same relevant​ range). by outsourcing​ them, world systems can use its idle facilities to manufacture another product that will contribute $ 140 comma 000 to operating​ income, but none of the fixed costs will be avoidable. should world systems make or buy the​ switches? show your analysis.