1. Introduction 1. We are social animals. 2. We are moved to love and to hate‚ drastically. 3. We almost always care what others think or what others do or say. 4. Social psychology is the study of how we think about‚ influence‚ and relate to others. 2. Attributing behavior to persons or to situations 1. Fritz Heider came up with the attribution theory which says people measure others’ behavior by either their internal disposition or the external situation that they’re in. 1. In other words
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Chapter 14 - Arriving at the Final Price LECTURE NOTES CHAPTER OPENING EXAMPLE NANO‚ THE CAR PRICED AT ONE LAKH When Ratan Tata‚ chairman of Tata Motors‚ announced his dream of selling a car at one lakh (100‚000 rupees or approximately US$2‚500)‚ many scoffed. Leaders in the automobile industry around the world questioned the logic of such a proposition. Tata’s car is expected to change the face of the automobile industry‚ both in India and around the world. It is the first time a two-cyclinder
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Read the case study of Yankee Fork and Hoe Company on page 502-503. Answer TWO questions on page 502 regarding this case (at least 100 words each). 1. Comment on the forecasting system being used by Yankee. Suggest changes or improvements that you believe are justified. Forecasting is a critical component of balancing supply in order to meet customer needs while ensuring costs are kept low. Without proper forecasting‚ companies can see a direct hit to their bottom line. For example‚ too little
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The Rise of a Mass Democracy The Corrupt Bargain of 1824 • Four people were to be in the election of 1824. Jackson‚ Adams‚ Clay‚ and Crawford. • Clay was not picked but he voted for Adams because they made a deal that if Adams president Clay would be secretary of state. A Yankee Misfit in the White House • Adams was a strong nationalist he wasn’t against the idea of building roads and canals. Going “ Whole Hog” for Jackson in 1828 • two parties were created before the
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The rise of the West from the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries involved distant explorations and conquests resulting in a heightening and redefining of relationships among world societies. During the classical era‚ larger regional economies and culture zones had developed‚ as in the Chinese Middle Kingdom and the Mediterranean basin‚ but international exchanges were not of fundamental importance to the societies involved. During the postclassical period‚ contacts increased and were more significant
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-3‚2... "It’s off!" Shelrock shouted. "I...turned it off." he breathed out taking a few steps back. He ran his hands through his hair and inhaled deeply. (Y/N) let out a sob that was more out of relief and a little bit out of grief for her dead sister to be honest. "So‚ we’re safe? We’re- we’re okay? Sweet Jesus‚ I-" John stuttered feeling his knees shaking. Betrayed by his own legs‚ he stumbled backwards and rested his whole body on the wall beside Victoria’s painting‚ taking a good look at the
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Chapter 1 BUSINESS COMBINATIONS Answers to Questions 1 A business combination is a union of business entities in which two or more previously separate and independent companies are brought under the control of a single management team. Three situations establish the control necessary for a business combination‚ namely‚ when one or more corporations become subsidiaries‚ when one company transfers its net assets to another‚ and when each combining company transfers its net assets to a newly
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flow of goods -Perishable items must have an actual physical flow of FIFO -Physical flow is focused on the actual movement of goods -Cost flow is an assumption about which goods/items are sold. -A business may adopt any cost flow assumption when accounting for perishable items. Determine cost of goods sold for X-mart‚ assuming that beginning inventory was $5‚000. Net purchases were $20‚000 and ending inventory was $9‚000. *Beginning inventory + Net purchases – Ending inventory = Cost of goods sold
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Chapter 14 Firms in Competitive Markets Multiple Choice 1. A FIRM HAS MARKET POWER IF IT CAN |a. |maximize profits. | |b. |minimize costs. | |c. |influence the market price of the good it sells. | |d. |hire as many
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CHAPTER 14 OPTIONS AND CORPORATE FINANCE Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. A call option confers the right‚ without the obligation‚ to buy an asset at a given price on or before a given date. A put option confers the right‚ without the obligation‚ to sell an asset at a given price on or before a given date. You would buy a call option if you expect the price of the asset to increase. You would buy a put option if you expect the price of the asset to decrease. A
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