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You Work at a Small Local Bookstore That Is Losing

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You work at a small local bookstore that is losing business to big chain stores as well as to online booksellers. In order to improve your business, you plan to propose a new story hour for children to your boss.
-As you prepare to write your proposal, you think about its purpose. In this case, what need are you addressing and how do you propose to meet that need?


Definitions:

Wage Rate

The amount of compensation a worker receives per unit of time or per unit of output.

MRP

Material Requirements Planning is a system for planning production schedules and inventory needs.

Marginal Revenue Product

The additional income generated from using one more unit of a resource, used in economics to determine the optimal level of resource employment.

Profit-maximizing

A business strategy aimed at achieving the highest possible profit through adjusting production levels, pricing, or other operational methods.

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