With trade wars looming, the future of the multilateral trading system looks more precarious than it has in decades. Looking beyond the day-to-day headlines, what are the deeper economic and political forces at the domestic and international levels that have brought us to this point? How do the theories from the field of International Political Economy help us to make sense of these recent developments?

Brody corp. uses a process costing system in which direct materials are added at the beginning of the process and conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the process. beginning inventory for january consisted of 1,050 units that were 65% completed. 10,900 units were started into the process during january. on january 31, the inventory consisted of 500 units that were 50% completed. what would be the equivalent units for direct materials cost using the weighted average method?

Using an organization with which you are familiar, identify its corporate culture and the elements of its observable culture. what do you think would need change in order to facilitate innovation? what role would organizational development play in overcoming resistance to change?

Which sentence in the passage refers to the "analysis" of a given problem? jeremy is the production manager in a manafacturing company. he has identified a problem in the production process. he has estimated that the problem would lead to a loss of $10,000 and would require time to resolve. further, he has also identified the source of the problem to be the outdated machinery, which might require major repair, if not immediate replacement. finally, jeremy has also divided the problem into smaller parts, such as production costs, overheads, downtime expense, repair expenditure, and so on.