NAKED ECONOMICS Chapters 11 and 12 CHAPTER 11: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS ERM: Exchange Rate Mechanism This agreement was designed to manage large fluctuations in the exchange rate between European nations The ERM created targets for the exchange rates among the participating countries Each government was obligated to pursue policies that kept its currency trading on international currency markets within a narrow band around this target Currencies are no different than any other good; the exchange
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Intuitively one might assume that Dollar General‚ the well-known extreme-value retailer‚ has an established competitive advantage versus other consumer goods retailers with respect to price. It would then follow that cost would be a defining characteristic of the company‚ and a cost analysis an appropriate analytical tool. However‚ the four distinct types of retailers within the dollar store retail segment (original dollar stores‚ close-out retailers‚ limited assortment grocers‚ and extreme-value
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1) 12/31/2003 12/31/2004 12/31/2005 12/31/2006 12/31/2007 12/31/2008 12/31/2009 180000 150000 189000 246000 264000 264000 264000 Units sold with new investment Units sold without new investment 180000 150000 102000 57000 48000 48000 48000 Price $495 per unit Annual Revenue forecast with New Investment in Bernoulli Year 12/31/2003 12/31/2004 12/31/2005 12/31/2006 12/31/2007 12/31/2008 12/31/2009 Revenue 74‚250‚000 93‚555‚000 121‚770
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Designing a Malaria Intervention Supply Chain: A Case Study Directions: Read the following background information on malaria interventions in Africa which has been excerpted from (Cataldi et al. 2009). Then‚ answer the questions at the end of the document prior to our in-class discussion. 1. Introduction Malaria is a vector-borne disease transmitted by infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Though this crippling disease is both preventable and curable‚ 300 to 500 million cases are reported each year‚ resulting
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1. How will Charlie’s approach to quality and service affect his company’s performance? Charlie’s approach to quality is to prevent defects and achieve zero defects. He would show employees how to do the job right. He could show employees all his proven methods for closing a sale. The goal is to solve and eradicate from the beginning all quality-related problem and to live a philosophy of continuous improvement in the way the company operates. It is a more complete approach to achieving total quality
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Problem: The cost of the health care industry has always been rising since the early 1980s. It has been a growing concern in both the industry and society. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is no exception. Even though the average length of stay (LOS) for the patients in MGH has been declining (Exhibit 10)‚ it is still the highest compared to their competitors (Exhibit 6). Besides the cost‚ there is no uniformity of process and standardization across different facilities and departments of the
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1. Why do you think Red Lobster relies so much on Internet surveys to track customer opinions‚ preferences‚ and criticisms? What are the advantages of online questionnaires versus traditional surveys conducted over the phone or through the mail? Red Lobster relies on Internet surveys because the online population continues to grow and most customers don’t want to complete surveys during their lunch or dinner. The advantages of online questionnaires are the real-time reporting; having reduced costs
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This case starts with the partnership between Dollar General Corp. and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The Dollar General operates its business upon the land owned by the Tribe. Dollar General holds a lease and business license agreement with the Tribe. This agreement upholds Dollar General to consent to all manner of tribal laws and agreed to abide by those laws. The Tribe ran a “Youth Opportunity Program” which placed tribal members in short-term‚ unpaid positions with local businesses
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Zara: Case questions 1. Coordination of a supply chain is always important. However‚ such efforts are usually initiated by certain parties. For the global apparel industry‚ would it be more suitable for downstream or upstream parties to be the driver of the coordination? Motivate your answer with the use of two important characteristics of the apparel industry. 2. Clearly Zara has a strong relationship with all parties within the supply chain. a) Which of the following retailer-supplier relationships
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General Environment Technological Segment- Dell is in the business of providing technology. Because of this it must stay up to date with the current technology available to its consumers. It attempts to do this by keeping strategic partnerships with its suppliers to have current technology and to manage their bargaining power. 3. Global segment- One of Dell ’s focuses is the emerging markets‚ namely Brazil‚ Russia‚ India‚ and China (BRIC countries). They have introduced a new line of
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