The decision to increase wages had a high probability of effect on Walmart’s success, illustrated by Multiple Choice pilot tests confirming that turnover would decrease. lawsuits that had been dropped. support from labor and worker rights groups. increased morale among all employees. flexible schedules, more training, and more HR personnel.

Problems and applications q3 suppose the demand for french bread falls. illustrate the effect this has on the market for french bread. demand supply price of french bread quantity of french bread d 1 d 2 supply producer surplus in the market for french breadincreases . illustrate the effect the quantity change in french bread has on the market for flour. demand supply price of flour quantity of flour d 1 d 2 s 1 s 2 producer surplus in the market for flour .

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

Leticia has worked for 20 years in the public relations department of a large firm and has been the vice-president for the past ten years. it is unlikely she will ever be promoted to the top executive position in her firm even though she has directed several successful projects and is quite capable. her lack of promotion is an illustration of (a) the "glass ceiling" (b) the "glass elevator" (c) the "mommy track" (d) sexual harassment