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1. For the Unit 3 Complete assignment, write a narrative essay (minimum of 1200 words) which addresses the questions and statements below.  When finished, the essay should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the READ and ATTEND sections.  A minimum of three scholarly sources are required, and all sources should be cited and referenced in APA format.   1. Apply the concept of life cycle to an organization with which you are familiar, such as a local business. What stage is the organization in now? How did the organization handle or pass through its life cycle crises? 2. Why do you think organizations feel pressure to grow? What are the benefits and drawbacks of a large organization? 3. Refer to the Case for Analysis, Digitalization in the Manufacturing Sector: Skills in Transition, at the end of chapter 8. What is meant in the case by "jobs being de-skilled"? Do you think the knowledge and skillsets based on older technologies are worth saving for a company? Explain. 4. How might a company best work through the transition from an old to a new manufacturing technology with its employees? Discuss.  

For the Unit 3 Complete assignment, write a narrative essay (minimum of 1200 words) which addresses the questions and statements below.  When finished, the essay should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the READ and ATTEND sections.  A minimum of three scholarly sources are required, and all sources should be cited and referenced in APA format. 

Give an example of each of the following: a. A good that is rivalrous in consumption and is excludable. b. A good that is nonrivalrous in consumption and is excludable. c. A good that is rivalrous in consumption and is nonexcludable. d. A good that is nonrivalrous in consumption and is nonexcludable.   Identify each of the following as an adverse selection or a moral hazard problem a. A person with car insurance fails to lock his car doors when he shops at a mall. b. A person with a family history of cancer purchases the most complete health coverage available. c. A person with health insurance takes more risks on the ski slopes of Aspen than he would without health insurance. d. A college professor receives tenure (assurance of permanent employment) from her employer and begins to work less hard. e. A bank gives out a loan to a person who does not have a stable job.                                     

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Using the data in the accompanying table, answer the following questions:

a. For which good does Canada have a comparative advantage? b. For which good does Italy have a comparative advantage?  c. What might be a set of favorable terms of trade for the two countries? d. Prove that both countries would be better off in the specialization-trade case than in the no-specialization-no-trade case.   In the accompanying figure,   

PW is the world price and PW + T is the world price plus a tariff. Identify the following: a. The level of imports at PW

b. The level of imports at PW + T c. The loss in consumers’ surplus as a result of a tariff  d. The gain in producers’ surplus as a result of a tariff e. The tariff revenue received by the government as a result of a tariff  f.  The net loss to society as a result of a tariff g. The net benefit to society of moving from a tariff to no tariff