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Chapter: 16 -Problem: 1 >> Conduct a Google search on “project finance” and find employment opportunities in project finance. What is the role of finance in projects?
Answer Preview: From the Linkedin website the job titles of Project Fina…

, Chapter: 7 -Problem: 1 >> 1. Prepare an X?-chart and R-chart for complaints, and plot the average complaints per building for each crew during the 9-month period. Do the same for the performance ratings. What does this analysis reveal about the service quality of CSI’s crews?2. Discuss possible ways to improve service quality.3. Describe some potential strategies for reducing CSI's staffing problems.
Answer Preview: 1. The X-chart and R-chart for complaints reveal that there are some crews with high complaint rates and some with low complaint rates. The average co…

, Chapter: 11 -Problem: 4 >> 1. For the forecast period (i.e., July - December), determine the number of new trainees who must be hired at the beginning of each month so that total personnel costs for the flight attendant staff and training program are minimized. Formulate the problem as a linear programming model and solve.2. How would you deal with the noninteger results?3. Discuss how you would use the LP model to make you
Answer Preview: 1. Sequoia Airlines faces the problem of planning the optimal use of its resources during the next six months. It must hire new employees and develop them through three stages of training, first as tr…

, Chapter: 3 -Problem: 4 >> Give an example of a firm that began as world-class and has remained in that category.
Answer Preview: Tesla: Tesla has been one of the successful company from start till now, from the time Elon Musk has …

, Chapter: 1 -Problem: 5 >> What are challenges of the sharing economy with respect to regulation, insurance, and trust issues?
Answer Preview: Push back from established service providers has occurred wi…

, Chapter: 8 -Problem: 5 >> Conduct a Google search and find the definition of “location intelligence.” What use can be made of geographic information?
Answer Preview: From Wikipedia, location intelligence (orspatial intelligence) is the process of deriving meaningful …

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