Suppose that the potato grower’s bank ratchets up the interest rate applicable to the grower’s adjustable-rate mortgage loan. This increases the size of the potato grower’s monthly mortgage payment. Illustrate the change in the mortgage payment by shifting the appropriate cost curve or curves. A. A Profits decrease; the short-run supply curve shifts down. B Profits decrease; the short-run supply curve is not affected. C Profits are unaffected; the short-run supply curve is not affected. D Profits decrease; the short-run supply curve shifts up.

Excel allows you to take a lot of data and organize it in one document. what are some of the features you can use to clarify, emphasize, and differentiate your data?

Thomas kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100, and the inventory carrying cost is $10 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 120 units. (this is a corporate operation, and the are 250 working days per year.)a) what is the eoq? b) what is the average inventory if the eoq is used? c) what is the optimal number of orders per year? d) what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders? e) what is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory? f) what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?

Consider two similar industries, portal crane manufacturing (pcm) and forklift manufacturing (flm). the pcm industry has exactly three incumbents with annual sales of $800 million, $200 million and $100 million, respectively. the flm industry has also exactly three incumbents, with annual sales of $500 million, $450 million and $400 million, respectively. which industry is more likely to experience a higher level of rivalry?