COMPUTRON INC. CASE I. Problem Identification: What bid price should Computron Inc. set‚ so that the Computron can achieve management’s profits target‚ match the customer’s requirement and be competitive with respect to the competitors? II. Alternatives: 1) Bid Price: $ 746‚880.00 within 20% offered by Digitex pricing of $ 622‚400. - Will sell less than factory cost of $ 768‚000‚ hence no profit and reduces cash flow required for future investments. - Computron will lose premium quality
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What are the differences between absolute advantage and comparative advantage? Absolute advantage and comparative advantage are two basic concepts to international trade and perhaps two most important concepts in international trade theory. Under absolute advantage‚ one country can produce more output per unit of productive input than another. With comparative advantage‚ if one country has an absolute (dis)advantage in every type of output‚ the other might benefit from specializing in and exporting
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DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. EFFECT ON PRICE AND QUALITY Name : AFIQAH BINTI MIOR WAHIDIDDIN Student ID : 6143000201 Lecturer : PROF. DR MOKHTAR BIN ABDULLAH Title: Purchasing behaviour towards groceries market during economic downturn. Effect on price and quality. Research Background: To investigate how consumers choose their groceries products based on the supermarket preference that offers better price and quality during economic downturn. Does price or quality influence the decision of
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that they knew a price increase for framed items would soon be on the way. In an effort to dissuade him from increasing the transfer price for framed prints‚ several store managers e-mailed him with detailed analyses showing how framed-print sales had given stores a strong competitive position and had increased revenues and profits. The store managers mentioned‚ howeve4‚ that while they were opposed to an increase in the cost of frarned prints‚ they were looking forward to a price decrease for unframed
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A competitive advantage is an advantage over competitors gained by offering consumers greater value either by means of lower prices or by providing greater benefits and services that justify higher prices. Competitive strategies 1. Differentiation-this involves selecting one or more criteria used by buyers in a market. It is about charging a premium price that more than covers the additional production cost and about giving customers clear reasons to prefer the product over other‚ less differentiated
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STUDY The topic is selected for the project is the Gold price fluctuations and gold as a investment. I selected this topic because of the change in the price of gold and people’s interest in investing in gold as an investment. This topic is selected due to the fluctuating nature of gold and changing trend of gold price. Nowadays people tend to invest their money in gold so as they can increase their investment according to the price of gold at that particular period. Of all the precious
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How to Fight a Price War By Akshay R. Rao‚ Mark E. Bergen and Scott Davis IN THE BATTLE TO CAPTURE THE CUSTOMER companies use a wide range of tactics to ward off competitors. Increasingly‚ price is the weapon of choice – and frequently the skirmishing degenerates into a price war. Creating low price appeal is often the goal‚ but the result of one retaliatory price slashing after another is often a precipitous decline in industry profits. Look at the airline price wars of 1992. When American
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STUDENT SAMPLE ESSAYS (Price essay / pink flamingo) Sample #1 In her essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History‚” Jennifer Price examines the strange popularity of the popular lawn accessory of the 1950s. In discussing the history of flamingos and the color pink‚ Price criticizes Americans and American culture for its frivolity and ignorance. Price begins the passage by describing the relevance of flamingos pre-50s. She begins this paragraph with a slightly critical tone
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Content Page(s) 1.a Effects of government policy that sets price controls on the sale of some goods 1.b Effects of government policy that subsidises the costs of goods to consumers 2 Evidence of maximum price controls in Venezuela 3 Costs and benefits of government regulation of prices in the short and long run 1. Using a basic demand and supply model‚ explain the effects of a government policy that: a) Sets maximum price controls on the sale of some goods Market is defined as
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1.0 BACKGROUND OF FOUNDER They are two founders who developed Interpersonal Deception Theory. Judee Burgoon or known as Professor Burgoon is the director of Human Communication Research for The Management of Information Centre. Besides that‚ she is also She is Professor of Communication and Professor of Family Studies and Human Development at the University of Arizona She was the PHD holder from West Virgina University. Professor Burgoon has authored 7 books and over 240 articles‚ chapters
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