As the Toronto-based Four Seasons hotel chain remodels an existing hotel in Mumbai to bring it to the five-star hotels exacting standards, it is building a magnificent revolving restaurant overlooking the Arabian Sea at World. The restaurant structure is an example of a(n):

The purchasing agent for a company that assembles and sells air-conditioning equipment in a latin american country noted that the cost of compressors has increased significantly each time they have been reordered. the company uses an eoq model to determine order size. what are the implications of this price escalation with respect to order size? what factors other than price must be taken into consideration?