The office manager of a large New York City-based accounting firm needs to replace the aging and out-of-style office furniture in their New York offices. The firm has decided to purchase desk/chair/credenza furniture sets for all 2,000 offices in New York. The company has received bids from four different furniture companies who are willing to supply the furniture sets, as follows:

- Carolina Woodworks has bid to deliver up to 1,000 furniture sets at a cost of $2,500 per set and with a one-time charge of $10,000.
- Nashawtuc Millworks has bid to deliver up to 1,200 furniture sets at a cost of $2,450 per set and with a one-time charge of $20,000.
- Adirondack Furnishing Designs has bid to deliver up to 800 furniture sets at a cost of $2,510 per set with no additional charges.
- Lancaster Artisan Company has bid to deliver up to 1,100 furniture sets at a cost of S2,470 per set and with a one-time charge of S13,000.

Formulate a mixed integer optimization model that could be used to determine how many furniture sets to purchase from each of the four potential suppliers in order to minimize cost.

Which of the following best explains why large companies have an advantage over smaller companies? a. economies of scale make it possible to offer lower prices. b. the production possibilities frontier is wider for a larger company. c. decreasing marginal utility enables more efficient production. d. increasing the scale of production leads to a reduction in inputs.2b2t

An employer who is considering hiring eva has asked donna, eva’s former supervisor, for a report on eva. in truth, eva’s work for donna has been only average. however, eva is donna’s friend, and donna knows that eva probably will not get the job if she says anything negative about eva, and donna knows that eva desperately needs the job. further, donna knows that if the situation were reversed, she would not want eva to mention her deficiencies. nevertheless, it has been donna’s policy to reveal the deficiencies of employees when she has been asked for references by employers, and she knows that some of eva’s faults may be bothersome to this particular employer. finally, this employer has leveled with donna in the past when donna has asked for a report on people who have worked for him. should donna reveal deficiencies in eva’s past performance? (remember to use one of the three moral theories acceptable for this test to solve this dilemma. any discussion of any personal opinion, religious perspective, or theory other than the moral theories acceptable for this test will result in a score of "0" for this question.)

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