Good Patties is a chain fast-food hamburger restaurant that wants to expand into a foreign market. The managers of Good Patties are most concerned about the financial commitment and desire to keep the potential cost as low as possible. Which of the following entry methods is most likely to address the managers' financial concerns?
A) acquiring a foreign firm through a merger
B) establishing a local office/restaurants managed by one of Good Patties' managers
C) franchising
D) independent entry
C) franchising
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The opportunity cost of a good increases as more of it is produced because
A) producing more of a good requires additional resources. B) the number of forgone alternatives also increases. C) resources are not equally productive in all activities. D) people want the good less as more is produced. E) there is no such thing as a free lunch.
If, beginning from a competitive labor market, some workers form a union and negotiate a higher rate for themselves, which of the following is likely to happen? a. Competition will force the wage rate in the non-union sector to increase to the level of the union wage. b. The marginal product of labor curve will increase in the unionized sector
c. Employment will move from the union to the non-union sector over time. d. Employment will increase in the union sector because workers will be attracted by the higher union wage.
Consider Noah's decision to go to college. If he goes to college, he will spend $80,000 on tuition, $15,000 on room and board, and $4,000 on books. If he does not go to college, he will earn $22,000 working in a store and he will spend $13,000 on room and board. Noah's cost of going to college is
a. $99,000. b. $103,000. c. $108,000. d. $121,000.
Another name for a system of marketable permits is:
A. cap-and-trade. B. command and control. C. the Environmental Protection Agency. D. the carbon tax.