Additionally, the author describes that hiring only those with good looks can run into antidiscrimination problems. Greenhouse concludes by suggesting that hiring for image leads to the increased prices of product, increased sales of products, and can give the impression of authenticity which eventually leads to what businesses want, profit. Whether retailers should hire only who project certain image it might be morally wrong or not is a provocative question. After considering the evidence presented in Greenhouse’s article and my own experiences, I can fully support retailers company hire only attractive applicants. I am opposed to companies hiring applicants based on their physical appearances in part because hiring good looking people is an advantage to the company, it shows how people are treated differently based on their appearance.To illustrate, Mr. Serrano, a former Abercrombie and Fitch employee emphasizes that, “We were supposed to approach someone in the mall who we think will look attractive in our store.” (p2).
The statement “ice cream melts when heated” is causation. If the ice cream is heated it melts, just as ice melts when heated, if it is kept cool it stays frozen. The statement “students with fewer clothes perform worse on standardized tests,” this is a correlation with weak variables. The lurking
A firm’s value depends on the positive net income generated in the past. True False A firm’s value depends on the firm’s ability to generate positive cash flows now and in the future True False When determining the value of a firm, which of the following statements is true? • Inversters are risk neutral. Other things equal they prefer to pay more stocks that are less risky and have uncertain cash flows • Investers love risk. Other things equal they prefer to pay more for stocks that are more risky and have uncertain cash flows.
In a highly competitive business world, on a firm’s priority list is the subject of increasing profit and reducing cost. One might than pose the question, has this put them out of business (mom and pop store)? The answer is absolutely not, but rather, they too benefit from cheaper prices as they continue to buy in bulk and continue to operate as the name suggest, convenient
Why? The risk-seeking manager would accept Investments Y and Z because he or she is willing to take greater risk without an increase in return. d. Given the traditional risk preference behavior exhibited by financial managers, which investment would be preferred? Why? Traditionally, financial managers are risk-averse and would choose Investment X, because it provides the required increase in return for an increase in risk.
A positive effect of Kudler Fine Foods in a monopolistic market structure is that they lead in the market and can increase competition between companies and make massive profits by setting higher prices (Colander, 2010). An advantage of a monopolistic competition structure is the ability to set and manipulate product pricing with little consequence because of their strong product differentiation. A disadvantage of a monopolistic competition market is product differentiation can generate unnecessary waste, and advertising can also be considered
Marketing research will uncover for Kudler not only the products desired but [For parallel construction, "not only" must be followed by "but also" later in the sentence] the price consumers are willing to pay for each item. A product may be desired [Passive voice ] but if consumers aren’t [Write out contractions] willing to pay a price high enough to provide Kudler a profit it must be taken [Passive voice ] off the shelves. However, Kudler may find through market research that offering consumers the ability to order specialty items may increase
The size of campaign donations has become so large that donors certainly expect some kind of payback. A manufacturers’ association will not give $100 000 away just as a gesture of good will; it expects to see its concerns favorably addressed in Congress. And what is good for a particular group of manufacturers may well be bad for the wider public interest. For example, protective tariffs (import taxes) on foreign competitors may raise prices for consumers. Weaker health and safety rules may be bad for
As we know increase in retention rate in the customer segment has a significant positive effect on the CLV. Narrowing the target market will allow HubSpot to develop the expertise and opportunity to expand cater to various needs of the target market. Also, continuing with the current approach of wider net will add on to difficulties of Customer service department which may lead to substandard service and higher Churn rates. Owner Ollies or Market Marys Selection among Owner Ollies and Market Marys has its pros and cons discussed in Appendix E. For Owner Ollies, first, the high no. of businesses and ease of selling, provides a great expansion opportunity for HobSpot.
When salt is applied to ice, it lowers the ice’s melting point. This means that even if the temperature is still very low, the ice can still melt. Salt melts ice because it lowers the freezing point of water around the ice. The ice melts and is unable to refreeze except at a much lower temperature. Melting point is an important concept to understand in this experiment.