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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1. Distinguish between Micro economics and Macro economics. Microeconomics may be defined as that branch of economic analysis‚ which studies the economic behavior of the individual unit‚ maybe a person‚ a particular household‚ or a particular firm. It is a study of one particular unit rather than all the units combined together. In microeconomics‚ we study the various units of the economy‚ how they function and how they reach their equilibrium. An important tool used in that of microeconomics is
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Economics | | |Sr. No. |Core Areas |Percentage | |1. |Micro-Economics |15% | |2. |Marco-Economics |15% | |3. |Econometrics
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON | | | Instructor’s Name : A. Srikanth | Study Title : Macro-Micro EnvironmentCourse Name :Marketing Management | | | SUBMITTED BY: | Khushboo KhandelwalPooja ChoudharyKaushal mahajan | Sumit gulatiSushan Sikka | 8/27/2010 | | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Special thanks are due to Lecturer
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1. Explain economics? Economics is the study of how society allocates scarce resources and goods. Resources are the inputs that society uses to produce output‚ called goods. Resources include inputs such as labor‚ capital‚ and land. Goods include products such as food‚ clothing‚ and housing as well as services such as those provided by barbers‚ doctors‚ and police officers. These resources and goods maybe be considered scarce because of society’s tendency to demand more resources and goods than
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Ecn 401 (MICRO ECONOMICS). THE NATURE OF ECONOMICS 10/66md016 INTRODUCTION. Economic s is the study of human allocates his limited resources among other alternatives used in other to satisfy his wants or desires. Economics is a social science that studies individual economic behaviour‚economic phenomena as well as how individual agents such as consumer firm and government agencies make trade off choice that allocate limited resources
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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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Rating Organizations (v) Mismatch between Financial Innovation and Regulation (vi) Failure of Global Corporate Governance Impact of the Economic Crisis on India (i) Offshoot of Globalized Economy (ii)Aspects of Financial Turmoil in India- Capital Outflow Impact on Stock and Forex Market Impact on the Indian Banking System Impact on IT Sector Impact on Industrial Sector and Export Prospect Impact on Employment Impact on poverty (iii) Indian Economic Outlook India’s Crisis Responses
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MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS MEANING OF MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Managerial economics‚ used synonymously with business economics‚ is a branch of economics that deals with the application of microeconomic analysis to decision-making techniques of businesses and management units. It acts as the via media between economic theory and pragmatic economics. Managerial economics bridges the gap between ’theoria’ and ’pracis’. The tenets of managerial economics have been derived from quantitative techniques such as regression
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internal changes (Sowell‚ 2011). Sargeant and Jay (2004) stated SWOT analysis contains specific indicators as to the key determinants of success in the company whereas most authors defined the marketing environment comprising microenvironment and macro-environment strongly affects the company’s survival (refer to appendix 2). In this essay‚ the literature review concentrates on the influences of the marketing environmental factors on the company’s operations. The internal change is a part and parcel
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