EMSE 6020: Decision Making with Uncertainty HOMEWORK 4‚ SUMMER 2013 Instructor: Joost Santos DEADLINE: June 27‚ 2013 Problem 1: (2 pts) Two contractors (1 and 2) placed a bid on a road construction project. They were each asked to provide percentile estimates of the time (x‚ in years) it would take the road to undergo a major maintenance after its completion. We seek to maximize this time variable x‚ as larger values imply better structural integrity as well as cheaper projection of the net
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Good morning‚ In regards to the current lease of your office building expiring and potential plans for a lease extension‚ I have done research using the FASB Codification to answer your questions below. 1. If you take the approach to make an up-front payment to the lessor of $2.3 million and extend the lease at current terms for another ten years‚ you will in effect have a new lease. Under the guidance of ASC 840-10-35‚ the extension of the lease is viewed as a new agreement and the classification
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Aim The main aim of this policy memo is to present information about problem of waste utilization in Kazakhstan and propose some recommendations for solving this problem. Executive summary According to the Ministry of environmental protection on the territory of Kazakhstan has accumulated 22 billion tons of waste‚ including 96 million tons of solid household waste. Annually the volume of accumulated waste is growing 700 million tons. Its main mass without separation into components removed and
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[OIL ] METHODOLOGY AND SPECIFICATIONS GUIDE Asian Oil Products (Latest Update: April 2012) INTRODUCTION PLATTS ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES IN ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST Industry Standards: Quality specifications Typical Volume Loading time Location Reporting coverage Platts guidelines for Global Alert page 190 trading activity Timelines for Global Alert page 190 trading activity Fixed prices‚ floating prices and swaps Fixed price Premiums/Discounts Paper/Swaps The Spot Market Sample contracts
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Running Head: THE IMPORTANCE OF PRICING STRAGETIES IN MARKET STRUCTURES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRICING STRAGETIES IN MARKET STRUCTURES Yvette Daniels American Public University Systems October 15‚ 2011 The importance of pricing strategies is different depending upon the type of market structure because each market structure has special components that affect the pricing schema and determination of output. Although the pricing strategies are different‚ it is highly important for a select market structure
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ABSTRACT This paper demonstrates a particular model for making the pricing decisions associated with hotel booking. Implementing such pricing decisions that are designed to optimize the profitability of the hotel forms part of a policy commonly referred to as yield management. The model utilizes fore casts of demand in individual market segments to capitalize on the willingness of people in one segment to pay more than people in another segment. The procedure for doing this is necessarily time-based
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CHR Reports TheCenterforHospitalityResearch.org Best-available-rate Pricing at Hotels: A Study of Customer Perceptions and Reactions By By Kristin V. Rohlfs and Sheryl E. Kimes‚ Ph.D. THECENTERFORHOSPITALITYRESEARCH.ORG • CORNELL UNIVERSITY BEST-AVAILABLE-RATE PRICING • 1 Best-available-rate Pricing at Hotels: a Study of Customer Perceptions and Reactions is produced for the benefit of the hospitality industry by The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University Gary M
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Market Segmentation of Hilton Hotels Date Due Monday 25th of November 2013‚ 4pm No of Words 2000 Topic Chosen Market Segmentation Word Limit: 2000 (+/- 10%) I confirm that the submitted work is my own work and that I have clearly identified and fully acknowledged all material that is entitled to be attributed to others (whether published or unpublished) using the reference system set out in the programme handbook. I agree that the University may submit my work to means of checking this
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{draw:g} Table of Contents Soft drink Industry: {text:bookmark-start} Introduction: {text:bookmark-end} We will basically focus on the pricing strategies adopted by these two affluence companies‚ how the change in the strategy of one of them reflects in the strategy of the other. {text:bookmark-start} Entry barriers in soft drink Market: {text:bookmark-end} The several factors that make it very difficult for the competition to enter the soft drink market include: Network
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MARKETING MANAGEMENT 5. Branding‚ Labeling‚ Packaging & Pricing Brand What is a Brand? A Brand is a name‚ term‚ symbol or design to identify the goods or services and to differentiate them from those of the competitors. Effect – A Brand identifies the product for the buyer. A seller can earn the goodwill and have the patronage repeated. Brand – A name‚ term‚ sign‚ symbol or design or a combination of them which is intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group
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