Given the following information regarding a project involving an initial public offering (IPO):
Activities Description Duration (weeks) Predecessors
a. Check feasibility 3 —
b. Determine funding 1 —
c. Find possible banks 3 a
d. Select two possible 4 a
e. Interview two banks 4 b
f. Analyze funding costs 5 b
g. Determine chance of success 2 c ,e
h Sign contract 3 f
a) Draw the network.
b) What is the critical path?
c) Calculate the float for each activity.
d) What is the effect on the project if activity e (approvals) takes an extra week? Two extra weeks? Three extra weeks?

Four analysts cover the stock of fluorine chemical. one forecasts a 6% return for the coming year. the second expects the return to be negative 6%. the third predicts a return of 8%. the fourth expects a 2% return in the coming year. you are relatively confident that the return will be positive but not large, so you arbitrarily assign probabilities of being correct of 35 % comma 8 %, 17 %, and 40%, respectively, to the analysts' forecasts. given these probabilities, what is fluorine chemicals expected return for the coming year

Consider a small island country whose only industry is weaving. the following table shows information about the small economy in two different years. complete the table by calculating physical capital per worker as well as labor productivity. hint: recall that productivity is defined as the amount of goods and services a worker can produce per hour. in this problem, measure productivity as the quantity of goods per hour of labor. year physical capital labor force physical capital per worker labor hours output labor productivity (looms) (workers) (looms) (hours) (garments) (garments per hour of labor) 2024 160 40 1,800 14,400 2025 180 60 3,900 23,400

Jameson manages a well-known cell phone company. this company has been voted as having the best cell-phone service. consumers appreciate the fact that they can call from almost anywhere in the world and the service still gets through. jameson knows that the company's product far surpasses that of the competition. one thing has been bothering him, though. in order to put so many resources into ensuring the best service, jameson has cut back on employees at the firm's customer call center. recently, consumers have begun complaining about long wait times when they call in with a problem or concern. although its cell phone service is still considered one of the best, customer satisfaction with the firm's customer service has plummeted. jameson does not understand why consumers are getting so upset. he believes the exceptional cell phone service more than makes up for long waiting periods and other issues with its customer service. "after all," he says, "they can't have it all. if i invest more in customer service, that means less investment on ensuring the quality of our product offering."refer to scenario. jameson has asked you, a marketing consultant, to give him advice. he cannot understand how a cell-phone company with the best product offering in the cell-phone service industry could get such low satisfaction ratings simply because the customer service is not up to par. you suggest that jameson has a narrowly defined view of the company's product offering. you tell jameson that successful marketers should define their products as what they