10:47 Done dc.instructure.com AA AA Ć All Search entries or author... No Due Date View Split Screen 14 Replies (14) Sort 10 points Discussion: PESTEL Dimensions Respond to the prompt below in 200 - 300 words. Reply to at least one other student in 50 - 100 words. Which of the PESTEL dimensions do you believe to be most important, and why? < ◄ Previous 2010 F Next▸

Plot the logarithm of arrivals for each transportation mode against time, all on the same graph. Which now appears to be growing the fastest?

Becky and Sarah are sisters 1who share a room. Their room can easily get messy, and their parents am always telling them to tidy it. Here are the costs and benefits to both Becky and Sarah, of taking the time to clean their room: If both Becky and Sarah clean, they each spends two hours and get a clean room. If Becky decides not to clean and Sarah does all the cleaning, then Sarah spends 10 hours cleaning (Becky spends 0) but Sarah is exhausted. The same would occur for Becky if Sarah decided not to clean—Becky spends 10 hours and becomes exhausted. If both girls decide not to clean, they both have a dirty room. What is the best outcome for Becky and Sarah? What is the worst outcome? (It would help you to construct a prisoners dilemma table.) Unfortunately, we know that the optimal outcome will most liker not happen, and that the sisters probably will choose the worst one instead. Explain what it is about Beckys and Sarahs reasoning that will lead them both to choose the worst outcome.

What are some ways that someone looking for a loan might reassure a bank that is faced with imperfect information about whether the borrower will repay the loan?

What is deflation?

What are explicit and implicit costs?

Metropolitan Hospital has estimated its average monthly bed needs as N=1,000+9X where X=timeperiod(months);January2002=0 N=monthlybedneeds Assume that no new hospital additions are expected in the area in the foreseeable future. The following monthly seasonal adjustment factors have been estimated, using data from the past five years: Forecast Metropolitans bed demand for January, April, July, November, and December 2007. If the following actual and forecast values for June bed demands have been recorded, what seasonal adjustment factor would you recommend be used in making future June forecasts?

Why do you mink the U.S. experience with inflation over the last 50 years has been so much milder than in many other countries?

Investors sometimes fear that a high-risk investment is especially likely to have low returns. Is this fear true? Does a high risk mean the return must be low?

Edna is living in a retirement home where home where most of her needs are taken care of, but she has some discretionary spending. Based on the basket of goods in Table 22.5, by what percentage does Ednas cost of living increase between time 1 and time 2