1. How can you use the concept of "diminishing marginal productivity" in your staffing decisions in your company's operations?
2. Marginal productivity can be divided into three ranges: a) Increasing marginal productivity; b) Diminishing marginal productivity; and c) Negative marginal productivity. Often the range of increasing marginal productivity is described as the range of synergy. What does this mean? Provide an example.
3. Marginal productivity can be divided into three ranges: a) Increasing marginal productivity; b) Diminishing marginal productivity; and c) Negative marginal productivity. Firms are usually in the range of diminishing marginal productivity and that is not a bad thing! What does this mean? Provide an example.
4. What intangible costs and benefits should also be included in our economic decision making relative to staying in a job or finding a new job?
5. Why might a business owner work late and long for meager "returns" and ignore the advice when normal profits are not being earned, one should exit the business?

6. What part of the production process is outsourced to foreign operations for the iPod? 8.In what industries do we see this innovation cycle and in what industries don't we see this innovation cycle? Why?