The structure of global sourcing organizations: varies depending on the location of key suppliers and company operations. is most effective when it is centrally managed from the corporate headquarters. is most effective when it is decentralized out to the supplier's regional location. is least effective when it is centrally managed form the corporate headquarters.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

Define the marginal rate of substitution between two goods (x and y). if a consumer’s preferences are given by u(x,y) = x3/4y1/4, compute the consumer’s marginal rate of substitution as a function of x and y. calculate the mrs if the consumer has chosen to consumer 48 units of x and 16 units of y. show your work. (use the back of the page if necessary.

Determining effects of stock splits oracle corp has had the following stock splits since its inception. effective date split amount october 12, 2000 2 for 1 january 18, 2000 2 for 1 february 26, 1999 3 for 2 august 15, 1997 3 for 2 april 16, 1996 3 for 2 february 22, 1995 3 for 2 november 8, 1993 2 for 1 june 16,1989 2 for 1 december 21, 1987 2 for 1 march 9, 1987 2 for 1 a. if the par value of oracle shares was originally $2, what would oracle corp. report as par value per share on its 2015 balance sheet? compute the revised par value after each stock split. round answers to three decimal places.