Margaret spends her entire budget on smoothies and muffins. The last smoothie provided Margaret with 10 additional utils, and the last muffin provided her with 25 additional utils. The price of a muffin is twice that of a smoothie. Assuming that diminishing marginal utility applies to both goods, Margaret should consume smoothies and muffins.

Which of the following businesses is most likely to disrupt an existing industry? a. closer connex developed an earphone that receives emails and text messages and converts them to voice messages. the first models had poor reception, but they rapidly improved over time. b. mega technologies reconfigured the components used in its touchscreen tablets to create a new type of wearable device for use in restaurants and other service industries. c. particle inc. developed a teleportation technology that can transport physical materials instantaneously across great distances. d. altrea added advanced camera technology to its premium line of smartphones so that they would take the highest-quality photos of all phones on the market.

Bulldog holdings is a u. s.-based consumer electronics company. it owns smaller firms in japan and taiwan where most of its cell phone technology is developed and manufactured before being released worldwide. which of the following alternatives to integration does this best illustrate? a. venture capitalism b. franchising c. joint venture d. parent-subsidiary relationship

Which of the following is not one of the four principles of bottleneck management? a. increasing capacity at non-bottleneck stations is a mirageb. lost time at the bottleneck is lost system capacity. c. release work orders to the system at the bottleneck's capacity pace. d. increased bottleneck capacity is increased system capacity. e. bottlenecks should be moved to the end of the system process.