The employer mandate of the PPACA requires that : a. every firm must purchase health insurance for their full-time employees or pay a $2,000 fine per employee.
b. every firm with 50 or more full-time employees must purchase health insurance for their full-time employees or pay a $2,000 fine per employee.
c. every firm with fewer than 50 full-time employees must purchase health insurance for their full-time employees or pay a $2,000 fine per employee.
d. every firm with 500 or more employees must establish their own on-site medical facilities to provide employees with basic medical care.

On analyzing her company’s goods transport route, simone found that they could reduce transport costs by a quarter if they merged different transport routes. what role (job) does simone play at her company? simone is at her company.

M. cotteleer electronics supplies microcomputer circuitry to a company that incorporates microprocessors into refrigerators and other home appliances. one of the components has an annual demand of 235 units, and this is constant throughout the year. carrying cost is estimated to be $1.25 per unit per year, and the ordering (setup) cost is $21 per order. a) to minimize cost, how many units should be ordered each time an order is placed? b) how many orders per year are needed with the optimal policy? c) what is the average inventory if costs are minimized? d) suppose that the ordering cost is not $21, and cotteleer has been ordering 125 units each time an order is placed. for this order policy (of q = 125) to be optimal, determine what the ordering cost would have to be.

Adistinguishing feature of ecological economics is the concept of cost-benefit analysis steady-state economies that, like natural systems, neither grow nor shrink environmental damage and also environmental benefits are external greenwashing to increase public acceptance of products the only healthy economy is one that is growing