Ravi, a supervisor at autumn inc., notices that the company has been successful in outperforming its competitors in the industry and declares that the company has achieved competitive advantage. yolanda, a manager at autumn inc., argues that this is not true. which of the following strengthens ravi's claim?
a. autumn inc.'s strategy is imitable by its competitors
b. autumn inc.'s strategy can be pursued by competitors as it is not too costly
c. autumn inc. is able to outscore a superior company in the next quarter
d. autumn inc. has been consistently outperforming its rivals in generating above-average profits

When marietta chooses to only purchase a combination of goods that lie within her budget line, she: is decreasing utility. is maximizing utility. likely has negative savings. must reduce the quantity?

Arival company manufactures fuel tanks for cars using a different production technique. the total weekly cost (in dollars) of producing x tanks is given by c(x) = 10000 +90x - 0.04x2 find the marginal cost at a production level of 500 fuel tanks per week to approximate the cost of the 501st unit (round to the nearest 2 decimal places, if needed)

Assume that the following conditions exist: a. all banks are fully loaned up- there are no excess reserves, and desired excess reserves are always zero. b. the money multiplier is 5 .     c. the planned investment schedule is such that at a 4 percent rate of interest, investment =$1450 billion. at 5 percent, investment is $1420 billion. d. the investment multiplier is 3 . e.. the initial equilibrium level of real gdp is $12 trillion. f. the equilibrium rate of interest is 4 percent now the fed engages in contractionary monetary policy. it sells $1 billion worth of bonds, which reduces the money supply, which in turn raises the market rate of interest by 1 percentage point. calculate the decrease in money supply after fed's sale of bonds: $nothing billion.