Key terms: Definition: Opportunity cost The cost of missing out on the next best alternative. Economic goods Goods that are scarce and therefore have an opportunity cost. Free goods Goods that have no opportunity cost‚ e.g. Air Factor market The market for the factors of production that make other goods and services such as labour or raw materials. Free market economy One in which there is very limited government involvement in providing goods and services. Division of labour
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CHAPTER 4 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AROUND THE WORLD SUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS Questions 1. The majority of major corporations are franchised as public corporations. Discuss the key strength and weakness of the ‘public corporation’. When do you think the public corporation as an organizational form is unsuitable? Answer: The key strength of the public corporation lies in that it allows for efficient risk sharing among investors. As a
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Chapter 1 The Art and Science of Economic Analysis INTRODUCTION THIS CHAPTER HAS TWO PURPOSES: TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO SOME OF THE BASIC LANGUAGE OF ECONOMICS AND TO STIMULATE STUDENT INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT. IT CONVEYS TO STUDENTS THAT ECONOMICS IS NOT ONLY FOUND IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION OF THE NEWSPAPER‚ BUT ALSO IS VERY MUCH A PART OF THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. BEGINNING WITH THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM OF SCARCE RESOURCES BUT UNLIMITED WANTS‚ THIS CHAPTER PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD AND THE
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Managerial Economics Homework #1 Answer Demand 1. Between 2001 and 2003‚ China Mobile’s number of subscribers grew from 90.6 to 141.6 million as the company added subscribers and acquired service providers in the poorer inland regions of China. However‚ over the same period‚ its average revenue per user (APRU) fell from 141 to 102 yuan per month and its proportion of subscribers using pre-paid service rose from 48% to 64%. a. How would the entry of China Unicom
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The Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics Managerial Economics • Managerial economics‚ meaning the application of economic methods in the managerial decisionmaking process‚ and it is a fundamental part of any business. This is happening for several reasons It is becoming more important for managers to make good decisions and to justify them‚ as their accountability either to management or to shareholders increases. Number and size of multinationals increases‚ the costs and benefits
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Chapter 01 The Changing Role of Managerial Accounting in a Dynamic Business Environment Chapter 01 The Changing Role of Managerial Accounting in a Dynamic Business Environment Answer Key True / False Questions 1. Controlling involves the coordination of daily business functions within an organization. FALSE AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Industry AICPA FN: Decision Making Bloom ’s: RC Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: 01-02 Explain four fundamental management
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Economic problems. The economic problem‚ sometimes called the basic‚ central or fundamental economic problem‚ is one of the fundamental economic theories in the operation of any economy. It asserts that there is scarcity‚ or that the finite resources available are insufficient to satisfy all human wants and needs. The problem then becomes how to determine what is to be produced and how the factors of production (such as capital and labor) are to be allocated. Economics revolves around methods and
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Economics Chapter 1 I. An Economic way of Thinking What’s Economics? - The study of choices people make to satisfy their needs and wants. - It is the study of how society choose to use it’s scarce resources to satisfy it’s unlimited needs and wants. Economists: - Someone who studies the choices that people make. - Someone who studies the economic theory and applies it to the real world. Economic Actions: 1. Micro-economic: Study of one single factor of economy. (Mobile co.) 2. Macro
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Definition of Economics The social science concerned with the efficient use of limited or scarce resources to achieve maximum satisfaction of human materials wants. Human wants are unlimited‚ but the means to satisfy the wants are limited. The Economic Perspective Scarcity and choice Resources can only be used for one purpose at a time. Scarcity requires that choices be made. The cost of any good‚ service‚ or activity is the value of what must be given up to obtain it.(opportunity cost)
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1. If the consumer’s budget constraint is given by 10F + 5S = 100 where F is food and S is shelter‚ how much food can he buy if he purchases 2 units of shelter? Plug in number Student Response Value A. 10 B. 5 C. 20 D. 9 100% Score: 1/1 2. If the consumer’s budget constraint is given by 10F + 5S = 100 where F is food and S is shelter‚ what is the opportunity cost of food in terms of shelter? F/S Student Response Value A. 5 B. 2 C. 15 D. 10 0% Score:
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