Jack zettler, a resident of germany, works as an agent for samson enterprises, a u. s. company. jack’s job is to negotiate steel rail contracts for samson with the german government. jack often takes german department of transportation officials out for beer or coffee to discuss samson and its products. which of the following statements is correct? a. neither jack nor samson has violated the fcpa. b. jack has violated the fcpa by offering government officials something of value. c. jack may have violated german law, but samson is not subject to the fcpa provisions when doing business in germany. d. only u. s. employees working in other countries can violate the fcpa.

Which of the following statements about brand names is true? brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand. brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions. it is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes. read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. musashi sees a commercial for a brand x clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a brand x t-shirt.

If an investment has 35 percent more nondiversifiable risk than the market portfolio, its beta will be:

Suppose that a paving company produces paved parking spaces (q) using a fixed quantity of land (t) and variable quantities of cement (c) and labor (l). the firm is currently paving 1,000 parking spaces. the firm's cost of cement is $3 comma 600.003,600.00 per acre covered (c) and its cost of labor is $35.0035.00/hour (w). for the quantities of c and l that the firm has chosen, mp subscript upper c baseline equals 60mpc=60 and mp subscript upper l baseline equals 7mpl=7. is this firm minimizing its cost of producing parking spaces?