NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE) Course: Business Economics SEM – I 1. Calculate Elasticity in the following cases: a) Assume that a business firm sells a product at the price of Rs 500. The firm has decided to reduce the price of the product to Rs 400. Consequently‚ the demand for the product is raised from 20‚000 units to 25‚000 units. Calculate the price elasticity of demand. ANSWER A: PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND: MEANING: Price elasticity of demand
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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE FOR IIPM (C) & ISBE (PG) S No Subject Credit 1. Economics for Managerial Decision Making - II 2 2. Executive Communication 2 3. Financial Management 3 4. Human Resource Management 2 5. Operations & Optimization Research 3 6. Management Information System & KM 3 7. National Economic Planning (Theory & Presentation) 3 8. Sales Management 2 Total Credits 20 IMPORTANT NOTE All the students of IIPM (C) & ISBE (PG) will study all the eight papers indicated in our course
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Code Subject Title Area Credits 1 COM 625 Accounting Theory Acc & Fin 3 2 COM 600 Managerial Economics Gen. Mgmt 3 3 COM 626 Financial Management Acc & Fin 3 4 COM 601 Quantitative Techniques Gen. Mgmt. 3 5 COM 620 Marketing Management MM 3 6 COM 602 Economic Environment of Business Gen. Mgmt. 3 7 COM 615 Organizational Behavior OLS 3 GM = General Management; Acc. & Fin. = Accounting
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$500‚000 x 14% = $70‚000 Explicit Costs: What is paid for products/services = $80‚000 Total Economic Costs: Implicit Costs + Explicit Costs = $70‚000 + $80‚000 = $150‚000 b) Economic Profit: Total Revenues – Total Economic Cost = $175‚000 - $150‚000 = $25‚000 c) Accounting Profit: Total Revenues – Explicit Costs = $175‚000 - $80‚000 = $95‚000 d) New Implicit Costs = $500‚000 x 20% = $100‚000 Economic Profit: $175‚000 – ($100‚000 + $80‚000) = $ (5‚000) Chapter Two Technical Problem 1 Qd
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firm ’s product demand. d. a firm ’s product supply. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 21-0 TOP: Consumer choice MSC: Definitional 2. The theory of consumer choice examines a. the determination of output in competitive markets. b. the tradeoffs inherent in decisions made by consumers. c. how consumers select inputs into manufacturing production processes. d. the determination of prices in competitive markets. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 21-0 TOP: Consumer choice MSC: Definitional 3. Consider two goods‚ books and
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for Abyil Ltd‚ a business strategy consultancy company. You are requested to submit a MIS report to the board of directors of your company. Your task is to prepare the necessary information for decision making using details provided below. Objectives: (Outcomes) 1. Use a variety of sources for the collection of data‚ both primary and secondary 2. Apply a range of techniques to analyse data effectively for business purposes 3. Produce information in appropriate formats for decision making in an organisational
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Legal considerations The legal aspects are important for the business choice. Laws are different in every country. Laws would regulate business practice‚ define the manner and set down the rights and obligations. This made business have to run within the border set by law and definitely affects the efficiency and profitability when running business in that country. The type of legal system. The legal system in Spain and Korea is based on civil law‚ while court precedents are not granted official
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Economic Growth and environmental problems The industrial revolution‚ which began around 1750‚ ushered human beings into a new era of modern civilization. While the remarkable progress in science and technology has improved people’s lives greatly‚ our earth is changing and the environment around us is becoming worse and worse. According to Booth (1991‚ p.552)‚ the" long-run economic growth relies on the creation of new industries and new forms of economic activity‚ these new forms of economic activity
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Economic Decision Making Principles of Economics 212 September 28‚ 2010 Dr. Susan Dadres Economic Decision Making There are many factors that affect individual decision making‚ such as demand‚ social factors‚ prices‚ opportunity costs‚ economic systems‚ and many others. In economics‚ individual decision making is not limited to just buying and selling‚ there are many other issues that are covered such as “a family deciding how many children to
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THE UTILITY CONCEPT THE term utility refers to satisfaction a consumer gets from whatever goods and services he consumes. It will be useful to discuss between two utility concepts: (i) total utility (ii) marginal utility Total utility attained from a commodity refers to the sum total of satisfaction which a consumer receives by consuming the various units of the commodity. The more units he consumes‚ the greater will be his total satisfaction upto a certain point. As he keeps on
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