Suppose that under armor and nike are the sole producers of a particularly comfortable athletic shoe. the two firms currently charge the same price for their products. if neither firm reduces the price of its particularly comfortable athletic shoe, each firm earns $40 million in profit. if both firms reduce their prices, then each firm will earn $9 million in profit. if one firm reduces its price and the other does not, then the firm that reduces price will earn a profit of $60 million while the other firm will earn a profit of $2 million. assuming that collusion is not a possibility, the nash equilibrium occurs when choose one: o a. nike will reduce its price and under armor will maintain its current price ● b. both firms will reduce their price. ● c. under armor will reduce its price and nike will maintain its current price d. both firms will maintain their current price.

Universal containers(us) has an integration with its accounting system that creates tens of thousands of orders inside salesforce in a nightly batch. us wants to add automation that can attempt to match leads and contacts to these orders using the email address field on the insert. us is concerned about the performance of the automation with a large data volume. which tool should uc use to automate this process?

9. tax types: taxes are classified based on whether they are applied directly to income, called direct taxes, or to some other measurable performance characteristic of the firm, called indirect taxes. identify each of the following as a “direct tax,” an “indirect tax,” or something else: a. corporate income tax paid by a japanese subsidiary on its operating income b. royalties paid to saudi arabia for oil extracted and shipped to world markets c. interest received by a u.s. parent on bank deposits held in london d. interest received by a u.s. parent on a loan to a subsidiary in mexico e. principal repayment received by u.s. parent from belgium on a loan to a wholly owned subsidiary in belgium f. excise tax paid on cigarettes manufactured and sold within the united states g. property taxes paid on the corporate headquarters building in seattle h. a direct contribution to the international committee of the red cross for refugee relief i. deferred income tax, shown as a deduction on the u.s. parent’s consolidated income tax j. withholding taxes withheld by germany on dividends paid to a united kingdom parent corporation

Oliver is the vice president of production at his company and has been managing the launch of new software systems. he worked with a team of individuals who were tasked to create awareness about a specific product and also to approach potential purchasers of the product. which department managers were part of oliver’s team?