A consultant has been brought in to a manufacturing plant to help apply Six Sigma principles. Her first task is to work on the production of rubber balls. The upper and lower spec limits are 21 and 19 cm, respectively. The consultant takes ten samples of size five and computes the sample standard deviation to be .7 cm and the sample mean to be 19.89 cm. What is the capability index?

Paying attention to the purpose of her speech, which questions can she eliminate? a. 1 and 2 b. 3 c. 2 and 4 d. 1-4

Why is following an unrelated diversification strategy especially advantageous in an emerging economy? a. it allows the conglomerate to overcome institutional weaknesses in emerging economies. b. it allows the conglomerate to form a monopoly in emerging economies. c. it allows the conglomerate to use well-defined legal systems in emerging economies. d. it allows the conglomerate to take advantage of strong capital markets in emerging economies.

Suppose the production function in an economy is y = k0.5l0.5, where k is the amount of capital and l is the amount of labor. the economy begins with 64 units of capital and 16 units of labor. use a calculator and equations in the chapter to find a numerical answer to each of the following questions. what are the wage and the rental price of capital? the wage is equal to unit(s) of output and the rental price of capital is equal to unit(s) of output.