Real GDP Per Person in Richland Is $20,000, While Real

question 26

Multiple Choice

Real GDP per person in Richland is $20,000, while real GDP per person in Poorland is $10,000. However, Richland's real GDP per person is growing at 1 percent per year, and Poorland's real GDP per person is growing at 3 percent per year. After 50 years, real GDP per person in Richland minus real GDP in Poorland is:

• A)positive and greater than $10,000.
• B)positive but less than $10,000.
• C)zero.
• D)negative.

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Managers

Individuals responsible for directing and overseeing the operations and employees of an organization or a part of an organization.

Non-Profit Firms

Organizations that operate for purposes other than generating profit, focusing on a specific social cause or advocacy.

Employee Incentives

Programs or rewards designed to motivate employees and align their actions with organizational goals.

Economic Darwinism

Differential variations among firms’ organizational architectures, decision processes, or technologies that affect firms’ chances of survival in a competitive environment. Natural selection is the process whereby those differential variations that increase an organization’s chances of survival will tend to be imitated and become more prevalent in other firms. Managers will not imitate management practices of failing firms but those of successful firms.