and (ii) the growth in costs per prisoner in publicly operated prisons. The core objective has been to determine whether the existence of prisoners under a state’s jurisdiction that are held in private facilities can have a beneficial effect on the rate of growth in expenditures on publicly held prisoners. The hypothesis is that states that allow prisoners under their jurisdiction to be held in private facilities will experience significant cost savings in the per diem cost of public prisons. Anecdotal
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they serve a less affluent clientele and thus the combined EVA is probably smaller that RCC’s. Following the example of the automobile in page 144, chapter 4 of the book, there is also the advantage for the consumer of having only one transaction cost. Firms emerge to economize on repetitive contracting and consumers seek to have bundles of services under one transaction. The hotel will attract more clients by having entertainment opportunities and gambling possibilities at hand and the gamblers
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Rising Costs of Startbucks Coffee By Trina Howell Q1. Why is the price of Starbucks coffee rising? Please explain. Answer: There are many factors to include when considering the economic reasoning behind Starbucks raising its prices. The company, in their news release stated that their costs are going up including energy and fuel, however there is much more to it than that. The coffee beans typically used by Starbucks are Arabica beans that are grown mainly in Brazil, Vietnam and Columbia
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accepted with a lower cost among the European competitors. It is published in India’s news portal that “The Cegelec-Alstom-led French consortium, DSB, which was initially awarded the construction contract in 1989, pulled out and stopped work in August 1992”. [1] In 1996, the project was then undertaken by another Norwegian company, Jaiprakash-Statkraft Anlegg JV which had problems with hiring workers from other states. [2] It is stated in Indian news that even though; the cost was initially estimated
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THE COST OF QUALITY (Recent Concept) 1. CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO MEET CUSTOMER (I & E) REQUIREMENTS ← Replacements ← Rectification – Reworks. ← Warranties Payments. ← Recall. ← Results in Loss of Money. 2. WHY HAS COSTS OF QUALITY CONCEPT NEGLECTED ← Lack of effective cost control system. ← Reluctance to change existing financial control systems. ← Most office and manufacturing
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CostTransactionsLanded Cost Transaction [EAP] * Navigate to the ‘Landed Cost Transaction’ window following the path mentioned above. * Select the Organization Code and Receipt Number (PO number will default automatically) * Press ‘Find’ * For a particular component name enter the following details Type: Select ‘Corporate’ Rate Type (In Case of Foreign Currency) Date: Select ‘Date’ Rate: Rate will default. Per Unit Rate or Amount * Press ‘Re-Calculate Landed Cost’ button *
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time TV companies • Get money from customers • Could lose money on subscription channels if people only getting what they want to watch Broadcasters • It could be expensive for them to make pay per view available • Security costs to make sure there is no hacking • High bandwidth required (watch at any start time) Signal contains information about the transmission Program details, cast, start – end times Electronic program guide (EPG) What’s on now, next later
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Hello Caroline, This is Shepal from the FP&A group. How are you doing today? Hello Shepal, I am doing well. How can I help you? Well Caroline, I wanted to discuss with you the results of your Dept 1880 Retail Marketing, budget variance vs. actual for Jun 2011. Sure, Let me get my notes out that I had submitted to your group. I emailed you a copy as well with your comments for this review. Did you receive it? Yes, I did Ok, there were 3 main categories where the variance between actual
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Is IaaS a Good or Bad Deal? Advantages * Cost Effectiveness for the Provider - Because the IaaS provider has massive platforms segmented for each customer, the economies of scale are enormous, providing significant cost savings through efficiency. * Improves Reliability - because service providers have specialized workers that ensure nearly constant uptime and state-of-the-art security measures. * Increased Productivity * Low Financial Risk – You know in advance all you
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Lexus. Assume (i) the average cost of premium gasolene to be $3.00 per gallon (ii) the average cost of diesel to be $3.25 per gallon (ii) the average customer drives 12000 miles per year and (iii) there is no time discount. What should be the price of the CDL such that the economic value of Benz CDL over Lexus GL (during a 10 year use horizon by a customer) is completely appropriated by Mercedes Benz? The economic value of CDL: Price of substitute=48000 Cost saving=(12000/20*3-12000/25*3.25-100)=140
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