The process of identifying other organizations that are best at some facet of your operations, analyzing your performance versus theirs in order to establish a standard against which to judge performance, and identifying a model for learning how to improve is known as: a. copycatting. b. continuous improvement. c. industrial espionage. d. employee empowerment. e. benchmarking.

Highland company produces a lightweight backpack that is popular with college students. standard variable costs relating to a single backpack are given below

What is the relationship between the national response framework and the national incident management system (nims)? a. the national response framework replaces the nims, which is now obsolete. b. the response protocols and structures described in the national response framework align with the nims, and all nims components support response. c. the nims relates to local, state, and territorial operations, whereas the nrf relates strictly to federal operations. d. the nims and the national response framework cover different aspects of incident management—the nims is focused on tactical planning, and the national response framework is focused on coordination.

Acoase solution to a problem of externality ensures that a socially efficient outcome is to