A small economic consulting firm has four employees, Alice, Bob, Cathy, and Doug. The firm offers services in four distinct areas, Quotas, Regulation, Strategy, and Taxes. At the current time Alice is qualified for Quotas, Bob does Regulation, and so on. But this isn't working too well: the firm often finds it cannot compete for business in one area because it has already committed to work in that area while in another area it is idle. Therefore, the firm would like to train the consultants to be qualified in more than one area. Which of the following assignments is likely to be most beneficial to the firm?

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Alice Bob Cathy Doug a. Qualified areas: Quotas Regulation Strategy Taxes Regulation Taxes Quotas Strategy b. Alice Bob Cathy Doug Qualified areas: Quotas Regulation Strategy Taxes Regulation Quotas Taxes Strategy с. Alice Bob Cathy Doug Qualified areas: Quotas Regulation Strategy Taxes Regulation Quotas Regulation Quotas d. Alice Bob Cathy Doug Regulation Strategy Taxes Taxes Qualitied areas:Quotas Strategy Quotas Regulation e. Alice Bob Cathy Doug Regulation Strateg Taxes Taxes Qualified areas: Quotas Strategy Quotas Regulation