The senior accountants at spicedam have a disagreement with each other about the calculation of the company's annual budget because of their different industry experiences. however, they are willing to have a rational discussion and arrive at the optimal solution. in this scenario, the conflict among the senior accountants at spicedam best exemplifies

After jeff bezos read about how the internet was growing by 2,000 percent a month, he set out to use the internet as a new distribution channel and founded amazon, which is now the world's largest online retailer. this is clearly an example of a(n)a. firm that uses closed innovation. b. entrepreneur who commercialized invention into an innovation. c. business that entered the industry during its maturity stage. d. exception to the long tail business model

Read the overview below and complete the activities that follow.apartment complexes often look for ways to recruit new tenants and retain current tenants. although apartment complexes offer the tangible benefit of shelter to their tenants, many apartment complexes also offer additional services to tenants to encourage tenants to stay or to support the rent prices. the following scenario identifies the several service gaps of a company that runs an apartment complex as well as solutions for reducing these service gaps.concept review: customers have certain expectations about how a service should be delivered. a service gap occurs when the delivery of a service fails to meet customer expectations. there are four types of service gaps: knowledge gap, standards gap, delivery gap, and the communications gap. it is important for marketers to identify these gaps and develop strategies for minimizing them.match the example or solution to the appropriate service gap category.1. wait for repairs 5. train employees well2. understand expectations 6. incentives for tenants3. do not overpromise 7. family movie night4. empower employees 8. delayed lawn careservice gap example solutionknowledge gap standards gap delivery gap communication gap

Susie buys two goods - rounds of golf and massages. suppose that the price of a round of golf is $20, and the price of a massage is $30. in a typical week susie will play two rounds of golf, getting 20 units of satisfaction from the second round. she normally buys three massages each week, with the third giving her 30 units of satisfaction. if she were to buy a fourth massage in a week, it would give her 20 units of satisfaction. if the price of massages is reduced to $15, which of the following outcomes might we expect to occur? a) susie would leave her consumption choices unchanged because of diminishing marginal utility in the consumption of massages. b) susie would buy more massages and more rounds of golf, as predicted by the substituion effect. c) susie would buy more massages and fewer rounds of golf, as predicted by the substitution effect. d) susie would buy more massage and fewer rounds of golf, as predicted by income effect.