FINAL EXAMINATION PROGRAMME: MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA): GENERAL AND TOURISM- YEAR ONE MODULE: ECONOMICS DATE: 21 NOVEMBER 2011 DURATION: 3 Hours EXAMINER: Mr I Govender INTAKE: JANUARY 2011 TIME: 09h00 – 12h00 TOTAL MARKS: 100 MODERATOR: Dr D Mukuvisi INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE: 1. Questions must be attempted in the answer book provided. 2. All queries should be directed to the invigilator; do not communicate or attempt to communicate with any other candidate. 3. You have THREE
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Economics 247 Assignment 1 Version A This assignment has a maximum total of 100 marks and is worth 10% of your total grade for this course. You should complete it after completing your course work for Units 1 through 5. Answer each question clearly and concisely. 1. a. 3/3Define opportunity cost‚ and explain its importance in economics. (3 marks) -The opportunity cost of something is what you must give up of one thing‚ in order to get it. Opportunity cost is a key concept of
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Table of Contents Introduction This report is compiled with the main purpose of understanding the food and the health trend in the UK and the ecologic consumer’s intention to purchase organic food. This research will provide a deeper understanding of the food market as we are planning to launch a healthy home delivery service based in London. The findings are aimed to ascertain the factors influencing the consumer buying
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Chapter 1 Business Environment Q 1. Ans. What is Business Environment? The term Business Environment is composed of two words ‗Business‘ and ‗Environment‘. In simple terms‚ the state in which a person remains busy is known as Business. The word Business in its economic sense means human activities like production‚ extraction or purchase or sales of goods that are performed for earning profits. Q 2. Ans. Define Business Environment. The elements or factors outside a business organization
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The Macro-environment The macro-environment includes concepts such as demography‚ economy‚ natural forces‚ technology‚ politics‚ and culture. Demography refers to studying human populations in terms of size‚ density‚ location‚ age‚ gender‚ race‚ and occupation. This helps to divide the population into market segments which can be beneficial to a marketer in deciding how to tailor their marketing plan to attract that demographic. The economic environment refers to the purchasing power of
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ECONOMICS CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS ● Assumed 3 decision makers- consumers (households) – that sell land‚ labour‚ capital & entrepreneurship and firms- that pay rent‚ wages‚ interest and profits (rewards for above factors of production ) firms then use the factors to produce G/S in return for payment from consumer. Govt imposes taxes on individuals and (income tax) and firms (corporate tax) to provide infrastructure and other services to community ● Econon’s 2 basic assumptions
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Evaluate the Economic Consequences for the UK Economy of the 2012 Olympics When Jacques Rogge announced‚ on the 6th of July 2005 that London would be the 2012 Olympics host city it was met by jubilation across the United Kingdom. During the “Boom” years‚ the Olympics were seen to be a great opportunity to exhibit the United Kingdom to the world and bring in a huge boost to the UK economy. However‚ now the Olympics are taking place during the worst financial crisis since the 1930s and with the
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exposure when the currency cannot be hedged Currency Diversification- this can limit the potential effect of any single currency’s movements on the value of an MNC. 3) Compare MNC capital budgeting to domestic capital budgeting. Talk about economic exposure. MNC capital budgeting‚ like domestic capital budgeting‚ focuses on the cash flows of prospective long-term investment projects. They use the same NPV discounted cash flow model. However MNC is more complex because of the following
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Damage to the environment is an inevitable consequences of worldwide improvements in the standard of living. The improvement of people’s living standard owes too much to the rapid development of science and technology. However‚ people nowadays are confronted with so many problems‚ such as the deterioration of environment‚ air pollution and the explosive expansion of population. Some people claim that the damage to environment is an inevitable consequence of economic development. From my point of
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Globalization and the Environment • The globalization of environmental affairs takes a number of forms ‚ including: the encounters between previously separated ecological systems from different parts of the planet; the pollution and degradation of the global commons (such as the oceans and the atmosphere); the overspill of the effects of environmental degradation from one state to another (environmental refugees); transboundary pollution and risks (nuclear power‚ acid rain); the transportation
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