Managerial Decision Kathy Stamps BUS. 640: Managerial Economics Michael Thirtle March 19‚ 2011 oAbstract Should we buy a new machine or upgrade the old one? One of the managerial decisions that our local hospital had to make was whether to transition into a digital format with our portable x-ray machines by performing transformation upgrades to both existing analog units or to trade them in and use their value to offset the total price incurred by the purchase of new units. This
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Jorge Escobar ASHFORD UNIVERSITY BUS 640: Managerial Economics February 25‚ 2013 John Sellers 1. PV = FV x [ 1 ÷ (1 + i)n ] PV = $11mil x [ 1 ÷ (1 + 0.06)2 ] PV = $11mil x [ 1 ÷ (1.06)2 ] PV = $11mil x [ 1 ÷ 1.1236 ] PV = $11mil x [ 0.88999644] ← PV factor PV = $9‚789‚960.80 If I were chose between alternative 2 and the first $10min alternative I would go with alternative 1. It reflects a bigger present value than alternative with an opportunity
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Introduction: Managers within organizations are faced with the challenges daily of making excellent decisions. In everyday life we are challenged in making sound decision‚ decision that will last for a life time. Folk often wonder after making a decision if it was the right choice‚ will it affect the people around me‚ was this a good choice for my family‚ and will the decision affect them. In order to be an effective manager you have to possess the skill of outstanding decision making skills. In
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1. Jennifer Trucking Company operates a large rig transportation business in Texas that transports locally grown vegetables to San Diego‚ California. The company owns 5 large rigs and hires local drivers paid fixed salaries monthly‚ regardless of the number of trips or tons of cargo that each driver transports each month. The below table presents details about the number of drivers and the total cargo transported by the company at different staff levels. Drivers employed Total Cargo Transported
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Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) BUS 640 Managerial Economics Ashford University January 2014 Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) Introduction Apple Inc. commonly known as Apple has effectively managed to be a successful company in a very competitive consumer electronics industry by been innovative and differentiating the company’s products with similar products in the markets by offering high quality products and good customer service while the actual manufacturing of the products is outsourced to trusted third party
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Chapter 3: Problem 2: Appalachian Coal Mining believes that it can increase labor productivity and‚ there- fore‚ net revenue by reducing air pollution in its mines. It estimates that the marginalcost function for reducing pollution by installing additional capital equipment is MC 40P where P represents a reduction of one unit of pollution in the mines. It also feels that for every unit of pollution reduction the marginal increase in revenue (MR) isMR 1‚000 10P How much pollution reduction should
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Joe Chatman Ashford University BUS 640 Managerial Economics Dr. David Brownfield January 14‚ 2013 Chapter 11‚ Applied Problem‚ 8 a. This particular industry has a constantly increasing cost. There will be an increase in the demand for input factors for one key reason. Every day‚ new companies will be introduced into this market of remodeling‚ economic profits being the encouraging factor. Because of this‚ there will be a bid
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Bus 323 – AB1 Due Date: December 15‚ 2014 Instructor: Cindy Stewart Term Project 2014 Freshman Recruiting Campaign Team Members: Jiebin Han Coral Allard Emily Cantera 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary..................................................................................... 3 Introduction.................................................................................................. 4 Data and Findings
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BUS 640 Dr. Shaw Week 3 Assignment 1 Date Submitted: 9/29/12 Chapter 5: Applied Problem 1 Bridget has limited income and consumes only wine and cheese; her current consumption choice is four bottles of wine and 10 pounds of cheese. The price of wine is $10 per bottle‚ and the price of cheese is $4 per pound. The last bottle of wine added 50 units to Bridget’s utility‚ while the last pound added 40 units. a) Is Bridget
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This file of BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems comprises: Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems. Please‚ complete the following 2 applied problems in a Word or Excel document. Show all your calculations and explain your results. Submit your assignment in the drop box by using the Assignment Submission button. 1. What is the profit-maximizing price and output level? Solve this algebraically for equilibrium P and Q and also plot
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