INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE COURSE OUTLINE: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS PGDM 2013-15 INSTRUCTORS Dr. Rajeev Anantaram (ranantaram@imi.edu) Dr. Arnab Deb (arnab.deb@imi.edu) 1. COURSE DESCRIPTION In a scenario characterized by increasing uncertainty and competition‚ managers will be called upon to make increasingly complex decisions that will have a crucial bearing on the prospects of the firm they work for. Indeed‚ even Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are increasingly faced with the challenge
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Analyzing Managerial Decisions: Rich Manufacturing Johann Davisson MBA540: Managerial Economics September 9‚ 2012 Saint Leo University Prof. P. Wiseman Abstract Gina Picaretto‚ a production manager at Rich Manufacturing‚ has been tasked to evaluate a $3 increase in the price of parts supplied by Bhagat Incorporated. The price increase is a result of a new labor contract entered into by Bhagat with a union (Brickley‚ Smith‚ & Zimmerman 2009). The contract between Rich Manufacturing
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other key information in many places. Within this context the important of marketing effective financial decision has increased which facilitate the complexity and the continues growth of information system for making financial decision. Accounting information system is a portion of information system that designed to transform accounting data in to information which is used to make quality decision. These accounting information system are computer based system that the organization depend on it in order
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“70-20-10 rule” represents a managerial guideline‚ but it also authorizes the employees to take risks. Google executives encourage employees and managers to work directly with each other‚ instead of through more formal channels. The executives work closely with employees and other departments in a form of cross-functional management. Google’s open communication contributes to the organizational structure and their idea policy is one of the most substantial managerial features. It gives the staff
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Dr. David J. St. Clair Managerial Economics and Business Strategy 3551 #6 Answers – Summer 2012 1. What type of evidence did Dupont introduce in its plastic wrap trial that proved decisive in its acquittal? __ It brought in cross elasticities to show that there were many substitutes for plastic wrap. It then argued that the market had to be defined to include all substitutes. This broadened the definition of the market to the point where DuPont’s market share
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phone use‚ the constraining factors in their deployment decisions‚ how such decisions are made‚ and how regulation of the wireless industry has affected their decision-making process. The conceptual model combines the TAM and innovation diffusion models‚ adding the factors of security/privacy and web connectivity. Case study methodology is utilized for five manufacturing and technology firms. A key finding is that the most important decision factors are security/privacy‚ provision of quality service
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Case Study Analysis 03 Analyzing Managerial Decisions – Medford University Kajli Agrawal University of the Potomac BUS502-Managerial Economics January 25‚ 2015 Professor Geraldine Cameron Abstract Medford University is up against a financial crises and the management have found the need to tackle the crises on high priority. The primary focus is to tackle the considerable cost of fringe benefits and retirement benefits offered by the university to its employees. A whooping $100 million
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Decision Making Analysis Discussion Summary Kimberly Robinette Kyra Nixon Matthew B Hughes Samuel W. Willis Shawn Doner MGT-230 November 10‚ 2014 Decision Making Analysis Discussion Summary Conflict is a characteristic of managerial decisions and Anne Mulcahy definitely had conflict within the decisions she made as CEO of Xerox. In an Internet video‚ Rodgers (n.d.) states that Mulcahy started with the company thirty years ago and held numerous positions in sales‚ human resources‚ and
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Economics Over the last couple of weeks‚ there has been a lot of valuable information about what economics is and how it works through the presentations and the guest speakers.. Economics is basically the understanding of how different economies function. Economics is the study of how to best allocate scarce resources among competing uses. Scarcity in the economy is the main problem. There are not enough resources to keep up with the demand for them. Within the discipline of economics‚ there
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value-maximizing principle. How are reputational concerns related to this principle? Firms use the value-maximizing decisions through incentives‚ constraints and punishments to achieve the most profitable outcome. Reputational concerns are tied to this principle due to the fact that increased profits may play as incentives and motivators which can encourage unethical decisions that can mar a firm’s reputation. 3) Define the Nash equilibrium. Why is this concept applicable to many oligopoly
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