Managers at a fast food chain that employs mostly minimum wage workers learn that a new law may increase the minimum wage in the United States by 25 percent. Assuming demand for labor is NOT perfectly elastic, how will this affect the market outcome?

RST Bus Corporation contracts with Supplier X to buy 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel per month over the course of a year. After the first delivery is used in RST's fleet of tour buses, several of the buses stall on the highway.
An inspection by RST's mechanics determines that the damage was caused by contaminated fuel. RST's supply manager notifies Supplier X that no further deliveries will be accepted, and that the supplier is expected to pay the cost of the repairs to the buses. In response, Supplier X cites its contract clause disclaiming warranties and liability, and its e-mail acceptance of RST's purchase order, including a statement that Supplier X's terms and conditions were applicable and available upon request. Supplier X contends that RST must accept all scheduled deliveries.
In this situation, which of the following is the BEST course of action for RST's supply manager to take?

A luxury scarf manufacturer located in Europe selects a fine wool supplier in Australia. The manufacturer's supply manager wants to ensure timely monthly deliveries while keeping transportation costs reasonable.
Which of the following actions by the supply manager is MOST likely to meet the scarf company's needs?

A landlocked student believes that people would prefer to live near the ocean if they could afford the additional expense. To test this, the student wants to see whether states bordering an ocean are more likely to have a larger percent of wealthy families than states without an ocean coast. The student collects data from the 50 U.S. states on the percent of families making over $200,000 a year along with whether the state has an ocean coast (where 1 means the state has an ocean coast).

Based on the regression results given below, what can be said at the 95% confidence level?

Planning and negotiating a contract while considering its impact on a supplier is an example of which of the following?