largest 4 firms in an industry. Formula: CR4= Σ4i=1 si Calculation: (11‚834‚883 + 3‚845‚900 + 3‚696‚800 + 3‚650‚647) / 44‚582‚621 = 0.5165292996 = 0.516 (3dp) =51% Analysis: As the four firm concentration ratio is >50% this insinuates that this market structure is that of an oligopoly. Calculating the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) Definition: The HHI is a concentration measure based on the sum of the squared market shares of all the firms in the industry. Formula:
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The Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics Managerial Economics • Managerial economics‚ meaning the application of economic methods in the managerial decisionmaking process‚ and it is a fundamental part of any business. This is happening for several reasons It is becoming more important for managers to make good decisions and to justify them‚ as their accountability either to management or to shareholders increases. Number and size of multinationals increases‚ the costs and benefits
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Slides Prepared by Robert F. Brooker‚ Ph.D. Copyright 2007 by Oxford University Press‚ Inc. Slide 2 PowerPoint Slides Prepared by Robert F. Brooker‚ Ph.D. Copyright 2007 by Oxford University Press‚ Inc. Slide 3 Time-Series Analysis • Secular Trend – Long-Run Increase or Decrease in Data • Cyclical Fluctuations – Long-Run Cycles of Expansion and Contraction • Seasonal Variation – Regularly Occurring Fluctuations • Irregular or Random Influences PowerPoint Slides
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reasons why firms may want to diversify and provide a critical assessment of the economic validity of their reasons for diversifying. Abstract Despite the different degree of competitions and the level of development in the market across the various types of industries‚ most firms are continuously and consistently looking for ways and opportunities to enhance their ability to grow or even to just maintain sustainability and survival in the industry. Firms carry out diversification such as developing
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& Scope of Managerial Economics Contents Fundamental Economics Concepts: Opportunity Cost‚ Discounting principle‚ Time perspective‚ Incremental reasoning‚ Equi-marginal concept. Marginal concept in economics. Economics of information: Risk‚ Uncertainty‚ Asymmetry of information‚ Adverse Selection‚ Market Signaling. The theory of firm; Econometric Models & Economic optimization. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Economics Basics: Introduction
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INTRODUCTION: Bangladesh is a south Asian country. It is also known as a part of the third world country. Bangladesh has a unstable economy‚ and in the 21st century we are still dependent on our agricultural economic structure. We are trying quite hard to put an impact in the world economic system. For this we are pursuing the trend of the modernization of the western world. Still we are facing the economic instability. Changing the aspect of our industrialization and economic perspective we are trying
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Internship Report on Industry Analysis: Power Industry of Bangladesh 1/19/2012 Industry Analysis: Power Industry of Bangladesh Prepared For: Ms. Samina Haque Lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University Prepared By: Md. Munim Bakhtiar Student ID: 07104067 BRAC Business School BRAC University 19th January‚ 2012 2 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Date: January 19‚ 2012 Ms. Samina Haque Lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University Dear Madam‚ With great gratification I am submitting
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possible to urive at a specification of what constitutes the job of a top manager? His qu^tion was not answered. Research Study on Managerial Work In late 1966‚1 began research on this question‚ seeking to replace Fayol’s words by a set that would more accurately d^eribe what manages do. In essence‚ I sou^t to develop by the process of induction a statement of managerial work that woidd have empirical validity. Uang a method caDed "structured observation"‚ I observed for oneweek periods the duef
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ch2 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Record levels of American outward foreign direct investment from 2000 to 2009‚ totaling more than $2 trillion‚ caused U.S. exports to decline during this time period. True False 2. Small and medium-sized enterprises accounted for nearly one-third of all U.S. exporters. True False 3. International trade includes exports‚ imports‚ and foreign direct investment. True False 4. Importing and foreign direct
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Multiple Choice 5 points Question The personal distribution of income refers to the: Answer division of income between personal taxes‚ consumption expenditures‚ and saving. division of income on the basis of industry sources‚ for example‚ agriculture‚ transportation‚ and mining. distribution of income to basic resource classes‚ that is‚ wages‚ rents‚ interest‚ and profits. way income is distributed among specific households or spending units. Correct Feedback correct
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