True/False Questions 1. Environmental scanning and competitor intelligence provide important inputs for forecasting activities. Answer: True 2. Environmental monitoring deals with tracking changes in environmental trends that are often uncovered during the environmental scanning process. Answer: True 3. Competitor Intelligence (CI) is a tool that can provide management with “early warnings” about both threats and opportunities. Answer: True 4. Competitor Intelligence
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Problem Set Seven Solutions Chapter 9 1. Two car manufacturers‚ Saab and Volvo‚ have fixed costs of $1 billion and constant marginal costs of $10‚000 per car. If Saab produces 50‚000 cars per year and Volvo produces 200‚000‚ calculate the average fixed cost and average total cost for each company. On the basis of these costs‚ which company’s market share should grow in relative terms? Answer: Average total cost is average fixed cost plus marginal cost: ATC = FC/Q + MC. Volvo’s average fixed cost
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minimal cost to Solutions Plus. Based on projected cost a bid recommendation is made and decision factors related to the analysis are discussed. Keywords: Solutions Plus‚ Cost minimization‚ Breakeven‚ Bid‚ Shipping Cost Background Solutions Plus is an industrial chemicals company that produces cleaning fluids and solvents for many applications. Great North American railroad is taking bids for delivery of a cleaning fluid for its locomotives at eleven different locations. Solutions Plus can produce
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Every inhale of a cigarette is another tick closer to a time bomb. People who choose to ignore the facts and the serious consequences smoking can do‚ dies a tragic death. Tobacco smoking and tobacco companies have become the biggest and most neglected problem in America. Especially the problem with people starting their addiction to tobacco at a young age. As humans‚ we have the freedom to make our own choices‚ but tobacco products have taken control of America. Unless people stay locked in their smokefree homes forever
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Asian Business Review‚ Volume 2‚ Numebr 1/2013 (Issue 3) ISSN 2304-2613 (Print); ISSN 2305-8730 (Online) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Traffic Congestion in Bangladesh- Causes and Solutions: A study of Chittagong Metropolitan City Robaka Shamsher1 & Mohamamd Nayeem Abdullah2 1 2 Lecturer‚ School of business‚ Independent University‚ Chittagong‚ Bangladesh Lecturer‚ School of business‚ Independent University
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E20-7 Rydell Corp Memo Record Items Annual Pension Expense Cash OCI—Prior Service Cost Pension Asset/Liability Projected Benefit Obligation Plan Assets Balance‚ Jan. 1‚ 2012 13‚800 cr 560‚000 cr 546‚200 dr Prior service cost 120‚000 dr 120‚000 cr New Balance‚ January 1‚ 2012 680‚000 cr 546‚200 dr Service cost 58‚000 dr 58‚000 cr Interest Cost $680‚000 x 9% = $61‚200 61‚200 dr 61‚200 cr Actual return 52‚280 cr 52‚280 dr Unexpected
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TUTORIAL 2 1. Stevie G was shopping in a departmental store when he saw a bottle of cologne he liked. He put it in his shopping basket. He then went up to the 3rd floor of the store to carry on with his shopping. He changed his mind about the cologne and put it back on the shelf. Michael O‚ who works for the store‚ sees this happening and insists that Stevie pay for the cologne. Is Michael O right? Give your reasons. 2. Rahman is at an auction when he sees a Manchester United shirt. The starting
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Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: BEST SNACKS INC. Problem Solution: Best Snacks Inc. Taleish M. Daniels University of Phoenix Problem Solution: Best Snacks Inc. “Best Snacks‚ Inc.‚ a 150-year-old company which has been held publicly for more than 100 years‚ has traditionally held the number one or two positions in the snack market‚ providing an excellent and stable investment for stockholders. But in the past several years‚ Best Snacks sales have been slipping‚ market share has decreased
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Kory Schmidt ENG 105 Problem Solution Essay There has been a movement in the past 10 years to integrate technology in schools. This plan has been well received throughout the US‚ with nearly sixty percent of schools taking in an integrated technology program‚ many with tremendous results (McLester par. 1). Yet‚ despite the overall progress‚ many schools are not making full use of technology as a component of comprehensive school reform. The pace of implementation may be slow partly because
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The Solution to the Earths’ Energy Conservation Problem Gas prices have hit $6.00 a gallon! That is a scary thought‚ but reality is if we don’t start conserving our energy sources now‚ that is exactly what we will get gas for $6.00 a gallon or maybe even more. In today’s society we are only worried about the here‚ and the now. We all need to start thinking long term and come up with ideas for preserving our future. In the United States the industries use up about forty two percent of the nation’s
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