Athens Bulldogs
After a season in which he made extensive use of all 12 players
on...
Athens Bulldogs
After a season in which he made extensive use of all 12 players
on his team, a coach is trying to select the starting team for
postseason tournament play. The following are the season statistics
on the players:
Player Position Height Rebounds Points Assists FGA FTA Turnovers
Fouls
Dave, Guard, 70, 1.3, 1.6, 3.3, 58, 90, 2.1, 3.2
Al, Guard, 72, 1.3, 3.2, 4.5, 53, 85, 1.2, 2.1
Tom, Guard, 69, 2.8, 12.1, 2.2, 47, 70, 3.3, 1.2...
Two players, A and B, have $1 to divide between them. They agree
to spend at...
Two players, A and B, have $1 to divide between them. They agree
to spend at most three days negotiating over the division. If they
can’t come to an agreement they both get nothing, i.e. $0. The
first day, A will make an offer, B either accepts or comes backs
with a counteroffer the next day, and on the third day A gets to
make one final offer if he rejected the offer of B on day 2. Both A...
Jack, a geologist, had been debating for years whether or not to
venture out on his...
Jack, a geologist, had been debating for years whether or not to
venture out on his own and operate his own business. He had
developed a lot of solid relationships with clients and he believed
that many of them would follow him if he were to leave his current
employer. As part of a New Year’s resolution, Jack decided he would
finally do it. Jack put his business plan together and, on January
1 of this year, Jack opened his...
Tom, an ornithologist, had been debating for years whether to
venture out on his own and...
Tom, an ornithologist, had been debating for years whether to
venture out on his own and operate his own business. He had
developed a lot of solid relationships with clients and he believed
that many of them would follow him if he were to leave his
current employer. As part of a New Year’s resolution, Tom decided
he would finally do it. Tom put his business plan together
and, on January 1 of this year, Tom opened the doors of...
1. Is NASCARs main goal to maximize profits? If not, what is
their major goal? Is...
1. Is NASCARs main goal to maximize profits? If not, what is
their major goal? Is there a tradeoff involved here?
2. Is the motivation for the actions described in the NYT
article (safety changes, blackbox data collection) connected to
their goal? Explain.
3. If people tune in to see crashes (Nascar fans love crashes
the way hockey fans love fights; when you watch the Speed Channel's
edited replays of Nascar races, the plot is always the same: green
flag,...
Scott E. Miller, CPA, CVA has given an example of an expert
witness in his article...
Scott E. Miller, CPA, CVA has given an example of an expert
witness in his article entitled “You Got the Litigation Engagement,
So Now What,” in The Value Examiner. Read his example and then
prepare a list of mistakes that the expert made in his expert
witnessing engagement.
Let’s assume there is a CPA, Calvin P. Anderson. Calvin has been
a practicing CPA for 15 years. He has a successful CPA firm
providing a full range of traditional accounting and...
CASE 6-2 NOT GETTING FACE TIME AT FACEBOOK—AND GETTING THE LAST
LAUGH! In August 2009, Facebook...
CASE 6-2 NOT GETTING FACE TIME AT FACEBOOK—AND GETTING THE LAST
LAUGH! In August 2009, Facebook turned down job applicant Brian
Acton, an experienced engineer who had previously worked at Yahoo
and Apple. More than 4 years later, Facebook paid him $3 billion to
acquire his 20% stake of WhatsApp, a start-up he had cofounded
immediately after Facebook rejected his job application.(1)
WhatsApp Messenger is a proprietary, cross-platform,
instant-messaging subscription service for smartphones and selected
feature phones that use the...