Amy takes her car to Better Fix-It, Inc., which repairs the car and bills Amy for $500. Amy writes out a check drawn on Capital Bank, but later, believing that Better did not repair the car properly, issues a stop-payment order.
Refer to Fact Pattern 28-1B. If First Choice pays the check, the bank:

a) is liable for Amy ’s loss due to the wrongful payment.
b) is liable to Better Fix-It for the time and trouble to return the payment.
c) can sue Amy for a wrongful stop-payment order.
d) can sue Better Fix-It for breach of contract.

On coral island in 2012, the labor force is 12,000, the unemployment rate is 10 percent, and the labor force participation rate is 60 percent. during 2013, 200 unemployed people found jobs and the working-age population increased by 1,000. the total number of people in the labor force did not change. the working-age population at the end of 2013 was the unemployment rate at the end of 2013 was round up to the second decimal. the labor force participation rate at the end of 2013 was round up to the second decimal.

Ashop owner uses a reorder point approach to restocking a certain raw material. lead time is six days. usage of the material during lead time is normally distributed with a mean of 42 pounds and a standard deviation of four pounds. when should the raw material be reordered if the acceptable risk of a stockout is 3 percent?

This activity is important because as a marketing manager, you must allocate resources to reach your target market. during the strategic marketing process, managers move through three important phases to determine how to optimally allocate resources: a planning phase, an implementation phase, and an evaluation phase. in this interactive exercise, you are asked to review various strategic marketing actions and determine where in the strategic marketing process the action would occur. the goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding of the strategic marketing process and related marketing actions.