Is Anyone Listening? The Berman Company enjoys a reputation as a good place to work. The company strives to provide quality services for clients.
Situation 1 Ina Radzik likes to be the first to know what's going on in the office. One of the reasons she is so well informed is that she looks through the papers on other employees' desks.
Situation 2 To improve customer service quality, employees' telephone calls are monitored. Monitoring is random and employees do not know when a quality manager is listening to a call. Customer service representative Luis Perez made a personal phone call while Steve Young was monitoring the line. During the call, Luis made plans for his weekend activities.

The market for corn in country a is highly competitive. at the current market price of $5/bushel there is a shortage of 100,000 bushels of corn in this country. media reports claim that the price of corn will rise drastically in the near future. according to these reports, the neighboring country b had witnessed a similar situation recently. at the same price, the shortage in country b was also 100,000 bushels and eventually the equilibrium price in b went up to $10/bushel. both countries are known to have equal number of corn producers and the market supply of corn is identical at all prices. this, combined with the fact that consumers in the two countries also have similar tastes and preferences, led the media to conclude that the price of corn in country a would soon be as high as $10/bushel. the new equilibrium price turns out to be below $10/bushel, what inferences can be drawn?

Amarket that consists of all possible consumers regardless of their specific needs or wants is a

Lin corporation has a single product whose selling price is $136 per unit and whose variable expense is $68 per unit. the company’s monthly fixed expense is $32,400. required: 1. calculate the unit sales needed to attain a target profit of $5,000. (do not round intermediate calculations.) 2. calculate the dollar sales needed to attain a target profit of $8,400.