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a) Which talent management approach better fits the SMEs context and

why?

b) Why do Greek SMEs adopt a less strategic approach to talent acquisition?

c) What implications does this academic article make for SMEs, HR

practitioners and policymakers in terms of talent management?

In writing business memo, letter, or report, would you ever emphasize pathos? Or do you think that business writing should always focus on logos and ethos? Explain your reasoning.

Show diagrammatically the impact on the firms profit if in the short run demand or the product reduces

1Hoot Washington is the newly elected leader of the IN US. Media Publishers is negotiating to publish Hoot’s Manifesto, a new book that promises to be an instant best-seller. The fixed costs of producing and marketing the book will be $500,000. The variable costs of producing and marketing will be $4.00 per copy sold. These costs are before any payments to Hoot. Hoot negotiates an up-front payment of $3 million, plus a 15% royalty rate on the net sales price of each book. The net sales price is the listed bookstore price of $30, minus the margin paid to the bookstore to sell the book. The normal bookstore margin of 30% of the listed bookstore price is expected to apply.

Required

3 Examine the sensitivity of the breakeven point to the following changes:

a. Decreasing the normal bookstore margin to 20% of the listed bookstore price of $30

b. Increasing the listed bookstore price to $40 while keeping the bookstore margin at 30%

c. Comment on the results

Hoot Washington is the newly elected leader of the IN US. Media Publishers is negotiating to publish Hoot’s Manifesto, a new book that promises to be an instant best-seller. The fixed costs of producing & marketing the book will be $500,000. The variable costs of producing and marketing will be $4.00 per copy sold. These costs are before any payments to Hoot. Hoot negotiates an up-front payment of $3 million, plus a 15% royalty rate on the net sales price of each book. The net sales price is the listed bookstore price of $30, minus the margin paid to the bookstore to sell the book. The normal bookstore margin of 30% of the listed bookstore price is expected to apply.

1. Prepare a PV graph for Media Publishers.

2. How many copies must Media Publishers sell to (a) break even and (b) earn a target operating income of $2 million

1.     The Express Banquet has two restaurants that are open 24-hours a day. Fixed costs for the two restaurants together total $459,000 per year. Service varies from a cup of coffee to full meals. The average sales check per customer is $8.50. The average cost of food and other variable costs for each customer is $3.40. The income tax rate is 30%. Target net income is $107,100.

Required

a. Compute the revenues needed to earn the target net income.

b. How many customers are needed to break even? To earn net income of $107,100?

c. Compute net income if the number of customers is 170,000

1.   Write one cost driver for each one of the following cost objectives in the table below:

1 Accounting

2 Human resource

3 Data processing

4 Research and development

5 Purchasing

6 Production

7 Distribution

8 Marketing

1.   To keep up with steadily increasing production costs, Mr. X, the manager

of the XYZ Business, needs to increase revenues. To decide what she should do, Mr. X works through the five-step decision-making process.

A car moving with a velocity of 55 km/h accelerates uniformly at 2 m/s ^ 2 (a) Calculate the distance it traveled (in meters) from the place where it accelerated to the place where the velocity is 72 km/h (b) How long did it take the car to cover such distance? Show your solutions.

Predict: How do you think the luminosity of a star is related to its temperature?