Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high. corn is extensive used as feed for livestock, and because profit margins are tight in the livestock business, many farmers are expected to leave the business. with fewer suppliers, meat prices will surely rise. nonetheless, observers expect an immediate short-term decrease in meat prices. which of the following, if true, most to justify the observers’ expectation? (a) the increase in corn prices is due more to a decline in the supply of corn than to a growth in demand for it.(b) generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would.(c) some people who ate meat regularly in the past are converting to diets that include little or no meat.(d) as meat prices rise, the number of livestock producers is likely to rise again.(e) livestock producers who stay in the business will start using feed other than corn more extensively than they did in the past.

2. the external environment (connect)choose whether each example belongs in the general, task, or internal environment.exampleenvironmenta worldwide recession task environment / general environment / internal environmentlocal mothers asking their community grocery store to carry no-salt cheerios-type cereal for their babies task environment / general environment / internal environmentchoose the phrase that best completes the following sentence.the relationship between the task environment and the general environment is best described as: a one-way system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, but changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment.an open system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, and changes in the general environment affect the task environment.a one-way system: changes in the general environment affect the task environment, but changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.a closed system: changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment, and changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.©bloomberg via getty imagesmanagement in the newsin april 2010, the explosion of british petroleum’s (bp) deepwater horizon oil drilling rig and the accompanying oil spill dramatically changed the external environment in which all oil companies operate. the explosion released more oil than any other accidental spill in history and had a huge impact on the waters and surrounding communities of the gulf coast. the conditions that led to the spill, the attempts to stop the spill, and the clean-up and aftermath of the spill prompted debates in the u.s. senate, concern on wall street, and attention from companies all over the world.match each oil spill event with a specific dimension of the general environment.eventgeneral environment dimensionbp stock prices falling 25% during the first month after the oil spill oil seeping into pelican nesting grounds, which will place the brown pelican back on the endangered species list people moving from louisiana to oklahoma to avoid the effects of the spill

Dakota company experienced the following events during 2016. 1. acquired $30,000 cash from the issue of common stock. 2. paid $12,000 cash to purchase land. 3. borrowed $10,000 cash. 4. provided services for $20,000 cash. 5. paid $1,000 cash for utilities expense. 6. paid $15,000 cash for other operating expenses. 7. paid a $2,000 cash dividend to the stockholders. 8. determined that the market value of the land purchased in event 2 is now $12,700

When conducting a swot analysis, information about turnover, profit margins, and staff quality can be used to identify: