The article discusses how it is good to be near a trading partner—especially a rich trading partner—for two reasons: a) it is cheaper to trade with a close trading partner than one that is far away and b) a rich trading partner offers more opportunities for trade than a poor one. As the article points out, Germany benefits as the neighboring country, France, becomes wealthier. Consistent with this argument, the states on the West Coast of the United States have seen rapid economic growth asEast Asia has experienced rapid economic growth.2-In contrast, states along the East Coast should see slow economic growth and possibly even a decline as the economy ofEurope stagnates.

The following cost data pertain to the operations of montgomery department stores, inc., for the month of july. corporate legal office salaries $ 75,300apparel department cost of sales"evendale store $ 97,200corporate headquarters building lease $ 50,300store manager's salary"evendale store $ 12,900apparel department sales commission"evendale store $ 11,550store utilities"evendale store $ 12,800apparel department manager's salary"evendale store $ 10,450central warehouse lease cost $ 18,600janitorial costs"evendale store $ 11,800 the evendale store is just one of many stores owned and operated by the company. the apparel department is one of many departments at the evendale store. the central warehouse serves all of the company's stores. required: 1. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the apparel department? 2. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the evendale store? 3. what is the total amount of the apparel department's direct costs that are also variable costs with respect to total departmental sales?

Renaldo scanlon is a financial consultant. he earns $30 per hour and works 32.5 hours a week. what is his straight-time pay?

Which is one solution to levy the complexity of the global matrix strategy with added customer-focused dimensions?