Consider 2 tour companies, blue dolphin and aloha adventures, that are the sole providers of scuba diving trips off ni'ihau. they are competing as cournot duopolists. the market demand function for the market for scuba diving trips to the island is given by: of the hawaiian island of q = 200-2p where q is the sum of the quantity of trips provided by the two tour companies. the cost function for blue dolphin is given by c(qbd)-bd bd2, and the cost function for aloha adventures is given by 2aa. a) if the two companies choose the quantities of trips supplied simultaneously, find the cournot equilibrium quantities supplied for each firm and the equilibrium price. b) suppose that aloha adventures has the opportunity to choose their quantity of trips first, so that they are a stackelberg leader. if aloha adventures were to move first, what would be the gain in profits from making such a strategic move?

Your aunt is thinking about opening a hardware store. she estimates that it would cost $300,000 per year to rent the location and buy the stock. in addition, she would have to quit her $45,000 per year job as an accountant. a. define opportunity cost. b. what is your aunt's opportunity cost of running a hardware store for a year? if your aunt thought she could sell $350,000 worth of merchandise in a year, should she open the store? explain.

You are attending college in the fall and you need to purchase a computer. you must finance the purchase because your parents will not purchase it for you, and you do not have the cash on hand to purchase it. in blank #1 determine which type of credit would you use to finance your purchase (installment, non-installment, or revolving credit). (2 points) in blank #2 defend your credit choice by explaining why your financing option is the best option for you. (2 points) in blank #3 explain why you selected that credit option over the other two options available. (2 points)

Tony prince is the project manager for the recreation and wellness intranet project. team members include you, a programmer/analyst and aspiring project manager; patrick, a network specialist; nancy, a business analyst; and bonnie, another programmer/analyst. other people are supporting the project from other departments, including yusaff from human resources and cassandra from finance. assume that these are the only people who can be assigned and charged to work on project activities. recall that your schedule and cost goals are to complete the project in six months for under $200,000.task 2identify at least eight milestones for the recreation and wellness intranet project. write a short paper describing each milestone using the smart criteria. discuss how determining these milestones might add activities or tasks to the gantt chart. remember that milestones normally have no duration, so you must have tasks that will lead to completing the milestone.