Which of the following is a disadvantage of franchising? a. It requires the franchisees to create a new business model and plan strategies. b. It results in the franchisor taking all the financial burden of the franchisees. c. It does not provide sufficient incentive to the franchisees to run operations effectively because franchisees are not entrepreneurs. d. It restricts the franchisor from expanding. e. It results in the delegation of authority to franchisees, and the franchisor may not enjoy complete control.

In order to be thoughtful about the implementation of security policies and controls, leaders must balance the need to with the impact to the business operations. doing so could mean phasing security controls in over time or be as simple as aligning security implementation with the business’s training events.

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Winston churchill's stamp collection was valued at $14 million when he died. at auction, it brought in only $4 million. what was it worth? why?