Jen and barry opened an ice cream shop in eugene. it was a big success, so they decide to open ice cream shops in many cities including portland. they hire dante to manage the shop in portland. jen and barry are considering two different sets of performance measures for dante. the first set would grade dante based on the cleanliness of the restaurant and customer service. the second set would use accounting numbers including the profit of the shop in portland. what are the advantages and disadvantages of each set of performance measures?

Profits from using currency options and futures.on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda.com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2

Which of the following describes one of the ways that the demographics of an area affect the price of housing in that area? a. when more people have children, their incomes tend to be higher and the housing prices are also higher. b. older people are more likely to stay in their houses, creating a seller's market that keeps prices low. c. an area with a lower population density won't have enough construction workers to build new houses quickly. d. an area with younger people will have a higher demand for rentals and a lower demand for buying.

Which of the following is true about presentation methods for providing training? audiovisual techniques are most effective when they are used alone. mobile technologies include training methods such as on-the-job training, simulations, business games and case studies, behavior modeling, interactive video, and web-based training that require the trainee to be actively involved in learning. the typical users for teleconferencing include employees who are part of a workforce that spends most of its time traveling, visiting customers or various company locations and has limited time available to spend in traditional training activities. webcasting involves classroom instructions that are provided online through live broadcasts. classroom instruction is no longer a popular training method because of new technologies such as interactive video and computer-assisted instruction.