the relevant macro environment for Smart Wash Company, so that we plan our marketing strategy and target the market in 2008. External environment The macro environment is generally categorized into demographic, political/legal, economic, cultural, technological and natural environments. The basic tenet is that what happens in the broader environment has significant implications for organizational functions (Mavondo, 1999). For example, McKee et al. (1989) found environmental turbulence
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ASSIGNMENT – BMME5103 JANUARY SEMESTER 2015 BMME5103 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT Question 1 a. Explain the production possibilities frontier (PPF). [2 marks] b. Analyse what it means for the PPF to be bowed out from the origin (curved), and what it means for the PPF to be a straight line. [3 marks] c. State the Law of Increasing Opportunity Cost and explain why it holds. [3 marks] [TOTAL: 8 MARKS] Question 2 a. “As the price of oranges rises, the demand for
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Current financial statements of financial institutions are combinations of values derived from fair-value, cost-basis, depreciation, amortisation, impairment and other accounting standards. During the past two decades, there has been considerable interest in the reporting by financial institutions of the fair values of their financial instruments either as complements or substitutes for historical book value. The generally accepted accounting definition of “fair value” is based on the rule FASB Statement
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MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT Table of Contents Assignment Question no: 1 3 Assignment Question no: 2 5 Assignment Question no: 3 7 Assignment Question no: 4 9 Assignment Question no: 5 11 Assignment Question no: 6 13 Assignment Question no: 7 16 Assignment Question no: 8 19 Reference 22 Assignment Question no: 1 a) Explain the concept behind the production possibilities frontier. The production possibilities frontier (PPF) or "production possibilities curve”
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Assignment 2: Operations Decision 04/23/14 Joel Chagadama Dr. Bernadette West Eco 550 The purpose of this paper is to present the low-calorie microwaveable foods’ in support of the company’s long run operations decision plans. In the paper, I will examining the results of the new supply curve as it reflects to the current market structure and then take into account the expected changes to the selling environment and factors that may have caused the change. I will also examine chief
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services within the country, private sector bodies have the main objective of increasing the wealth of their shareholders (IFAC, 2011). However, both private and public sector bodies face similar operational and business challenges brought on by the economic environment and climate. A crucial question therefore is how to account for the activities of private sector bodies and public sector bodies in a way that reflects the operational structure of the organisation and yet their varying objectives (Barton
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Market Structures and Pricing Strategies Kiona Thomas American Public University Econ600 Abstract The article analyzes the four main market structures, which are perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly and monopoly. It provides a detail description of the market, as well as explains the pricing strategy a firm would pursue in that particular market. The article also concludes with a real world example of Visa pricing strategy by examining it oligopoly market structure. Visa
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(O'Sullivan) TB1 Chapter 1 Introduction: What Is Economics? 1.1 What Is Economics? 1) Economics is best defined as the study of: A) financial decision-making. B) how consumers make purchasing decisions. C) the choices made by people faced with scarcity. D) inflation, unemployment, and economic growth. Answer: C Diff: 1 Topic: What Is Economics? Skill: Definition AACSB: Reflective Thinking Learning Outcome: Micro-1 2) Economics is the study of: A) how to invest in the stock
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THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS GROUP NO-01 FMG3231 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ECONOMICS FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT CONTENTS PAGE NO An introduction to international business 3 What is globalization? 6 The impact of globalization on international business 6 Future of international business and globalization 12 Summary 12 Reference 13 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS International business involves all commercial
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Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2014, 2, 11-18 Published Online March 2014 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/jss http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jss.2014.23003 Exploring Competitive Strategies of China Ceramic Tile Industrial Cluster in Global Economy Mei-Hor Lo, Dechang Han Business School, Nankai University, Tianjin, China Email: matthew@gearex.com.tw Received November 2013 Abstract In this paper, we discuss the competitive paradigm between globalization and local development in the ceramic
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