Markel corporation is a pennsylvania-based sme that makes wire and tubing for the automotive and fluid-handling industries. the firm exports to germany, spain, japan, and numerous other countries, generating much of its annual sales from abroad. suppose markel sells merchandise to its spanish importer for €20,000, payable in 60 days. further suppose that the us dollars strengthens its value against euro with the exchange rate changing from $1= €1.05 to $1= €1.15 during the 60-day period. based on the information provided, calculate and answer the following three questions. a) how would the exchange rate fluctuation impact the sales revenue of markel measured in us dollars? b) how much sales revenue in us dollars would markel gain or loss as a result? c) what suggestions do you have to markel avoid its potential losses resulting from such currency risks?

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Which of the following methods could be considered a "best practice" in terms of informing respondents how their answers to an on-line survey about personal information will be protected? respondents are informed that investigators will try to keep their participation confidential; however, confidentiality cannot be assured.respondents are informed that a research assistant will transfer all the research data to a password-protected computer that is not connected to the internet, via a usb flashdrive. the computer is located in a research team member's office.the investigator uses the informed consent process to explain her institution's method for guaranteeing absolute confidentiality of research data.the investigator uses the informed consent process to explain how respondent data will be transmitted from the website to his encrypted database without ever recording respondents' ip addresses, but explains that on the internet confidentiality cannot be absolutely guaranteed.the investigator uses the informed consent process to explain how respondent data will be transmitted from the website to his encrypted database without ever recording respondents' ip addresses, but explains that on the internet confidentiality cannot be absolutely guaranteed

For each of the six basic tactics, select the set of action steps (a to f) that describe the tactic. answers