2005 (Teresko‚ 2007). This trend essentially suggests that manufacturing efficiency will no longer be an order-winning strategy‚ although its importance should not be underestimated. On the other hand‚ researchers argue that the success of any company depends on the organization’s ability to innovate and introduce new desirable products
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factors that impact the shape of the yield curve but monetary authorities influence greatly the shape of the yield curve .Monetary authorities influence the shape of the yield curve by initiating either a contractionary monetary policy or an expansionary monetary policy.A yield curve is a line that plots the interest rates‚ at a set point in time‚ of bonds having equal credit quality‚ but differing maturity dates. The most frequently reported yield curve compares the three-month‚ two-year‚ five-year
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THE PHILLIPS CURVE The short-run relationship between inflation and unemployment is often called the Phillips curve. In 1958‚ economist A. W. Phillips published an article in the British journal Economica that would make him famous. The article was titled “The Relationship between Unemployment and the Rate of Change of Money Wages in the United Kingdom‚ 1861–1957.” In it‚ Phillips showed a negative correlation between the rate of unemployment and the rate of inflation. That is‚ Phillips showed
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The Laffer curve‚ named after the economist Arthur Laffer‚ is a curve that demonstrates the trade-off between tax-rates and tax-revenues (Wanniski 1978). It is used to illustrate the concept of taxable income elasticity‚ the idea that a government can maximise the revenue by setting the tax rates at an optimum point. This curve can be traced back as far as 1844 to a French economist Jules Dupit who in 1844 found similar effects as Laffer did (Laffer 2004). Dupit also saw tax revenues rising from
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S-curve describes how the performance or cost characteristics of a technology change with time and continued investments. While the horizontal axis shows the history (time and investment) of technical innovations‚ the vertical axis shows some problems of product performance or cost competitiveness. The pace of improvement slows when the established technology is improved and approaching its maturity. Many problems which a new technology has to face with are solved over time and with investment
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Limitations of the Lorenz Curve The Lorenz Curve illustrates the degree of equality (or inequality) of distribution of income in an economy. It plots the cumulative percentage of income received by cumulative shares of the population and includes a straight line to illustrate perfect income equality. Thus‚ the closer the Lorenz curve is to the straight line‚ the greater the equality in income distribution‚ while‚ the further away it is from the straight line‚ the more unequal the distribution
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THE S-CURVE Introduction The first time most project managers become aware of the existence of S Curves is when they are requested by the client or senior management to include one in their next progress report. The following explains what the mysterious S Curve is‚ why it is an important project management tool‚ and how to generate one. What is a S Curve? A S Curve is defined as "a display of cumulative costs‚ labour hours or other quantities plotted against time. The name derives from
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“demand curve”. (b) Assess what information may be helpful to the strategic marketer in order to determine demand. (c) Discuss the factors that may create a fluctuation in demand. The demand curve is the graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that consumers are willing and able to purchase at that given price. It is a graphic representation of a demand schedule. The demand curve for all consumers together follows from the demand curve of every
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The LM curve represents combinations of interest rates and income levels that result in equilibrium in the money market (money supply money demand)‚ for given M/P. The IS curve represents combinations of interest rates and income levels that result in equilibrium in the goods market (investment saving)‚ for given T and G. 2. Equilibrium must be at the ISLM intersection; only at that point does investment equal saving and the money supply equal money demand. At a point on the IS curve and to
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experienced many hardships from the British‚ and at multiple times were let down from what they estimated they were deserving of. The “J curve” is known as a diagram indicating the climbing up and the sudden down of any idea‚ or action. The “J curve” is an accurate representation of the colonist’s expectations at the time of the “oppressive” British. The “J curve” seems to center around two main points for the colonists. The first was the wars they fought‚ the outcomes‚ and the government and the
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