Do imports threaten the jobs of people in the importing country?​

Answer:

It depends upon what is imported.

If a chocolate making machine is imported, it will create jobs because the importer of the machine will employ people to make chocolates.

If chocolate is imported, it will threaten the jobs of people who are already engaged in making chocolates.

Not necessarily. In many cases it helps the manufacturing base here. For example, the wood used for fingerboard guitar manufacturing here in the U.S. is frequently imported from India. The type of wood is aesthetically pleasing and, I am told, has great sound quality. We import a lot of our aluminum as it isn’t very common here in the States. It makes for a lot of jobs here to have that aluminum imported. So, not necessarily. It could be a very good thing.

Which of these can lessen the amount of a mortgage loan?
Down payment
Insurance
Property taxes
Collateral

QUESTION 2
The communication process is very important for achieving effective business communication.
State and elaborate the TWO (2) components of non-verbal communication and discuss THREE
(3) elements in the communication process from the sender's perspective with relevant examples.

If a nation’s currency appreciates relative to that of its trading partners, what will happen to the nation’s exports, imports and aggregate demand?.

What report compares metrics based on user acquisition date over a series of weeks?.

!!50 Points answer quickly!!

When is the advisable time to start building or adding to your own professional network?
Question 5 options:

a)

Upon graduation

b)

When you need a job

c)

Whenever you have time

d)

Right now

2. The following table provides information about the production possibilities frontier of a Country.(4)

Computer Wheat
0 420
10 400
30 360
50 300
70 200
90 0

a. Plot and connect these points to create Country's production possibilities frontier.
b. If the Country currently produces 10 computers and 400 kg wheat, what is the opportunity cost of an additional 20 computers?
c. Suppose that a technological advancement allows the country to produce computers more efficiently. What would be the effect on the PPF? Draw it.

Bob goes to the store to buy food.

TRUE OR FALSE - ACCOUNTING (100 POINTS)
IF FALSE EXPLAIN WHY

1. The Dividends account is an expense.
2. A credit to the cash account will increase the account.
3. Liabilities are debts owed by the business entity.
4. Revenue is the Income Statement account credited when selling services or products to customers.
5. When an account receivable is collected in cash, the total assets of the business increase.
6. When a business receives a bill from the utility company, no entry should be made until the invoice is paid.
7. The revenue recognition principle states that revenue should be recorded when the cash is received from the customer.
8. An example of deferred revenue is Unearned Car Insurance Premium Revenue on an insurance company’s balance sheet.
9. A company’s accounts receivable represents an amount that the company will collect in the future from customers.
10. An adjusting entry would adjust revenue so it is reported when earned and not when the cash was received.

BUS208 Case Studies in Business Administration
Case #2

1. Select ONE of the following (a through g).

a. A professional sports team
b. A gaming system company
c. An airline company
d. A consumer retail store
e. An automobile company
f. A computer company

2. Select a specific example of that category. For example, if you chose “a professional sports team,” you could select one of the following: Giants, Jets, Mets, Nets, Yankees, etc. Indicate the specific example you selected:

American AirLines

3. Analyze the external organizational environment for your choice. Identify at least TWO and preferably THREE aspects of EACH of the following that your choice must consider:

a. General environment

i. International dimension

1.American Airlines is the largest airline in 2020.
2. American Airlines traveled 240 destinations in the U.S, Canada,
The Caribbean and Mexico.
3.American airlines headquarters is in dallas fort worth.

ii. Technological dimension

1.Electronic wallet
2. Mobile ID
3.Virtual Assistant

iii. Sociocultural dimension

1.Ethics and human rights(provide the director with a report for unethic)
2.Sustainability and climate change
3.Give customer a great experience

(continued)


iv. Economic dimension

1.Boarding with 1 carry on & one personal item.
2.AAdvantage credit card member.


v. Legal-political dimension





b. Task environment

i. Customers





ii. Competitors





iii. Suppliers





iv. Labor market





(continued)


4. Conduct a situation analysis using a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis that assesses the environment for your selected organization.

A SWOT analysis is categorizing the information that you gathered in the environmental analysis that you performed in the first half of this case. Some of the information you listed may not qualify as a strength, weakness, opportunity, or threat, however – it may be neutral. You should have at least TWO items EACH for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and preferably THREE aspects for at least two of these.

Positive Negative
Internal Strengths:











Weaknesses:
External Opportunities:













Threats:

On January 1 of Year 1, Pierce Company borrowed $200,000 on a 10-year, 7% installment note payable. The terms of the note require Pierce to pay 10 equal payments of $25,000 each December 31 for 10 years. The required general journal entry to record the first payment on the note on December 31 of Year 1 is

a. debit Interest Expense, $14,000; debit Notes Payable, $11,000; credit Cash, $25,000.
b. debit Notes Payable, $14,000; debit Interest Expense, $11,000; credit Cash, $25,000.
c. debit Notes Payable, $25,000; credit Cash, $25,000.
d. debit Notes Payable, 14,000; credit Interest Expense $14,000.

HELP PLEASEEE 15 POINTS FOR THISSS

1. A career ______ lets you present documents that highlight your skills, interests and
abilities.

A. journal

B. examples

C. portfolio


2. Awards and certificates, report cards and transcripts and samples of work are all ___________ in a portfolio

A.fossils

B.artifacts

C.workbooks

3. An actual folder that holds printed documents is known as a hard copy portfolio

A. yes

B. no

4. An e-portfolio is something where you can store digital files

A. no

B. yes

5. There are ______ main types of portfolios

A. 4

B. 2

C. 3

In the context of planning, if there is alternative generation, evaluation, and selection steps which reveal several different future scenarios, a different __________ plan is attached to each scenario.

An employee earned $1,000 in the first pay period of the current year. How much is the total employer and employee social security taxes on these earnings? (Use the simplified rate shown in illustrations.)

a. $120
b. $60
c. $0; the earnings are not subject to social security tax
d. $76

Nike owns equipment that cost $101,900 with accumulated depreciation of $69,600. Nike asks $37,100 for the equipment but sells the equipment for $34,400. Compute the amount of gain or loss on the sale. Multiple Choice $2,100 loss. $2,700 gain. $4,800 loss. $4,800 gain. $2,100 gain.

Due to a downturn the wage of entry level workers has declined by 10 per cent, as a
result 100 entry-level workers get jobs and around 30 senior workers (15 %) would be
laid off.
(a) (5 points) Calculate the cross elasticity of demand for senior workers? Are senior
workers and entry-level workers gross complements or gross substitutes?
(b) (7 points) Which effect dominates in our example: substitution or scale effect?
How?
(c) (6 points) How would the demand curve for senior workers change if the wage paid
to entry-level workers rises?

PLEASE ANSWER QUICKLY
The operating system cannot communicate with a printer. What is a solution?


(A) - Run a antimalware program

(B) - Update the printer device driver

(C) - Run the task manager utility

(D) - Delete temporary files

the cost of sunflower seeds has increased. sunflower seeds are an input when sunflowers are produced. explain how this change will affect the market for sunflowers.​

What makes you feel like you are getting your money’s worth?

Assume that Hartmann Company contributes 15% of employee monthly salaries to an employee 401k plan. Assuming $600,000 of monthly salaries, the journal entry to record the monthly contribution would include a __________ to __________ for $90,000.

a. debit; Pension Expense
b. debit; Cash
c. debit; Unfunded Pension Liability
d. credit; Unfunded Pension Liability

Hill Corporation Ltd., an Internet service provider, has been providing networking solutions to Riverdale High School for over a year. However, recently the administration at Riverdale high School has been complaining of an unstable connection. You are employed by Hill Corporation for the purpose of inspecting the issue at hand. Required:
What would be your first check point to ensure that there are no network issues from the service provider's end?

Blossom Diesel owns the Fredonia Barber Shop. He employs 7 barbers and pays each a base rate of $1,470 per month. One of the barbers serves as the manager and receives an extra $530 per month. In addition to the base rate, each barber also receives a commission of $5.50 per haircut.

Other costs are as follows.

Advertising $310 per month
Rent $930 per month
Barber supplies $0.30 per haircut
Utilities $175 per month plus $0.20 per haircut
Magazines $20 per month

Blossom currently charges $11.00 per haircut.
(a)

Determine the variable costs per haircut and the total monthly fixed costs. (Round variable costs to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25.)

Total variable cost per haircut
$enter the Total variable cost per haircut in dollars rounded to 2 decimal places
6
Total fixed $enter the total fixed costs in dollars rounded to 2 decimal places
12255

(b)
Compute the break-even point in units and dollars.

Break-even point
enter the break-even point in units 2,451 haircuts
Break even sales $enter the break-even point in dollars
26,961
(d)
Determine net income, assuming 2,880 haircuts are given in a month.

Net income / (Loss)
$enter net income in dollars

Which type of store has high sales volume, shallow product lines, little service, and prices that are lower than supermarkets

When you shop online, most retailers collect personal information about you.
Group of answer choices

True

False

Why did many conservatives oppose affirmative action?.

Toryn, Inc., a major player in semiconductors, makes small investments of 5-10 percent of a firm's equity in many emerging technology companies. Toryn buys the company outright once that company's technological uncertainty resolves. The option that Toryn, Inc. uses is called a ________ option.

Ryan is a sales coordinator with a big bookstore that has outlets in several cities. He plans to start an e-publishing service that would enable networking among authors and readers. Which type of e-publishing would be appropriate for Ryan’s project?

According to Daniel Kahneman and Amon Tversky, a $1 loss pains us ________ times more than a $1 gain helps us.

Consider the following two situations: (1) you buy a Porsche produced in Germany, (2) you buy a Volkswagen produced in the U.S. Which of the following statements is true? Note: multiple answers are allowed. a. The action in situation (1) has a direct effect on net exports b. The action in situation (2) has a direct effect on net exports c. The action in situation (1) has a direct effect on net capital income d. The action in situation (2) has a direct effect on net capital income

A manufacturing division has $1,800,000 in average assets and income of $720,000. The company's target rate is 8%. The division's residual income is $