simple economic decisions “An individual/firm/society should take an action, if the extra benefits> or = to extra costs.” Going out for pizza/study for test choice → explicit cost of pizza ($10) and Implicit cost of worse test mark (5/10 marks) *Opportunity cost=cost forgone=real cost – value of the next-best alternative to taking an action. Eg- pizza →$10 and 10 marks is opportunity cost. *Economic surplus is the benefit of taking any action minus its cost. The goal is to maximize its surplus
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What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Panera Bread trying to achieve? Panera Bread’s strategy is to used focused differentiation to create the “quick-casual” style of dining that many new food chains are adapting today. Urban workers construct a large portion of Panera’s target, while suburban residents make up a differentiated
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McDonalds Business 188 Case Analysis Group Members: Meghan Dilawari Tammy Huynh Matt Salisbury Isabel Soboszek Farhan Latif Meghan Dilawari Tammy Huynh Matt Salisbury Isabel Soboszek Farhan Latif McDonalds McDonald has been a well-known and valuable brand for over half a century. The company’s mission and vision is striving to be the world’s best quick service restaurant and formalizing their beliefs into “People Vision and People Promise.” “Quality, Service, Cleanliness
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Venture Financing in India A. Sahay* Abstract Innovation is stated to be the initiating force for a new venture but venture finance is the life blood for entrepreneurship. Innovation is the fuel for igniting the Entrepreneurial engine, Venture capital revs up the engine fast till it attains sustainable speed to change the gears from idea to entity, eventually reaching IPO stage. The paper starts with Research and Development Cess Act, 1986 and covers the development in the field till 2003 and
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Jeopardy champions in a televised match, the company hauled the machine to Carnegie Mellon, a top school, where students got a chance to challenge the computer. IMB’s goal: lure some of those students to consider a career at IBM. H-P is using the pizza party/tech talk approach at various schools trying to lure younger students before they get “snatched away by other tech companies and start- ups.” Microsoft, which was once one of those start-ups, has sent alumni back to schools to promote why Microsoft
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False Advertising Advertising is common tools in industry. Many companies spend millions even billions in this section to pay celebrities and ideas sincesurveys prove that advertising plays big role in their income. They produce branding image which are unique, strong, catchy, and easy-to-remember for their consumers. Talking about advertising, on the onehand, it is good for its functions, displays, etc; on the other hand, sometimes it is too good to be true, the way they bring the messages to
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international markets, and acquisitions. In the 1960’s and 1970’s the company diversified its business by acquiring trucking company North American Van Lines in 1968 and Wilson Sporting Goods in 1970. It got into the fast food business with the acquisition of Pizza hut and Taco Bell during 1977-1978. In the mid 1980’s the company
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How: 1. Find out if a Food Truck Business is Legal in Your Neighborhood. This may sound like a no-brainer, but you’d be surprised how many places don’t allow food trucks or put a cap on the number of food truck permits allowed at any given time. Case in point – both Los Angeles and New York City are two of the busiest areas for food truck businesses and both have caps on the number of permits allowed. 2. Find out Where You Can do Business. Assuming your city or town allows food truck businesses
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Issues………………………………………………………………...5 Financial Issues…………………………………………………………………………..........6 Marketing Issues………………………………………………………………………............6 Supporting Arguments……………………………………………………………………………7 Industries Analysis…………………………………………………………………………….7 Fast Food Industry………………………………………………………………………… 7 Porter’s 5 forces model for JFC…………………………………………………………….....8 Firm Analysis………………………………………………………………………………….8 Alternatives Strategies…………………………………………………………………………...10
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Venture Financing in India A. Sahay* Abstract Innovation is stated to be the initiating force for a new venture but venture finance is the life blood for entrepreneurship. Innovation is the fuel for igniting the Entrepreneurial engine, Venture capital revs up the engine fast till it attains sustainable speed to change the gears from idea to entity, eventually reaching IPO stage. The paper starts with Research and Development Cess Act, 1986 and covers the development in the field till 2003 and
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