Starbucks owns and operates most of its retail outlets; McDonalds franchises most of its retail outlets. An advantage of franchising over vertical integration is: a. Franchising permits superior coordination of retail activities with upstream activities. b. Franchising subjects the operators of retail outlets being subject to "high-powered" incentives. c. Franchising permits more effective quality control of the retail outlet. d. Franchising is always more profitable than vertical integration because the franchisor does not bear the costs of owning the retail outlets and paying their staff.

The federal act which provided over $7 billion to the epa to protect and promote "green" jobs and a healthier environment is the - national environmental policy act. - resource recovery act.- resource conservation and recovery act.- american recovery and reinvestment act. - clean air act.

Explain whether each of the following events increases, decreases, or has no effect on the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate.a. after a long search, jon finds a job.b. tyrion, a full-time college student, graduates and is immediately employed.c. after an unsuccessful job search, arya gives up looking and retires.d. daenerys quits her job to become a stay-at-home mom.e. sansa has a birthday, becomes an adult, but has no interest in working.f. jaime has a birthday, becomes an adult, and starts looking for a job.g. cersei dies while enjoying retirement.h. jorah dies working long hours at the office.

Answer the following questions using the banker’s algorithm: a. illustrate that the system is in a safe state by demonstrating an order in which the processes may complete. b. if a request from process p1 arrives for (1, 1, 0, 0), can the request be granted immediately? c. if a request from process p