Which of the following is not a creative thinking exercise entrepreneurs use generate ideas

One pound of material is required for each finished unit. the inventory of materials at the end of each month should equal 20% of the following month's production needs. purchases of raw materials for february would be budgeted to be:

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?

Mr. pines is considering buying a house and renting it to students. the yearly operating costs are $1,900. the house can be sold for $175,000 at the end of 10 years and it is considered 18% to be a suitable annual effective interest rate. if the house costs $100,000 to purchase, how much would you need to charge your tenants each year in rent? (assume a single payment for the years rent at the end of each year)