The ability of Disney to maintain its competitive advantage through proprietary rights to its characters would be severely weakened if: a. theme parks with alternative cartoon characters were built in large numbers. b. Disney's cartoon characters became widely perceived as old-fashioned and unappealing. c. Disney attempted to move beyond its traditional industry. d. numerous lawsuits against copyright thieves tainted the reputation of the company.

Define the marginal rate of substitution between two goods (x and y). if a consumer’s preferences are given by u(x,y) = x3/4y1/4, compute the consumer’s marginal rate of substitution as a function of x and y. calculate the mrs if the consumer has chosen to consumer 48 units of x and 16 units of y. show your work. (use the back of the page if necessary.

On june 1, 2017, blossom company was started with an initial investment in the company of $22,360 cash. here are the assets, liabilities, and common stock of the company at june 30, 2017, and the revenues and expenses for the month of june, its first month of operations: cash $4,960 notes payable $12,720 accounts receivable 4,340 accounts payable 840 service revenue 7,860 supplies expense 1,100 supplies 2,300 maintenance and repairs expense 700 advertising expense 400 utilities expense 200 equipment 26,360 salaries and wages expense 1,760 common stock 22,360 in june, the company issued no additional stock but paid dividends of $1,660. prepare an income statement for the month of june.

Retirement investment advisors, inc., has just offered you an annual interest rate of 4.4 percent until you retire in 40 years. you believe that interest rates will increase over the next year and you would be offered 5 percent per year one year from today. if you plan to deposit $13,000 into the account either this year or next year, how much more will you have when you retire if you wait one year to make your deposit?