ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. | WHAT METHODS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID THE IMPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRICING IN NIGERIA. | MAT NO: SSC0905121 | OWOYOMI OLUWATOSIN ADEDAPO 2/4/2013 | Oil products are derived from crude oil and they include petrol‚ diesel‚ kerosene‚ natural gas‚ bitumen. Oil was discovered in Nigeria in 1956 at Oloibiri in the present Bayelsa State‚ after a century of searching (Dharam‚ 1991)‚ Nigeria is the largest oil producer in Africa and has been a member of the Organization
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Lecture 2: Pricing by Arbitrage Readings: Ingersoll – Chapter 2 Dybvig & Ross – “Arbitrage‚” New Palgrave entry Ross – “A Simple Approach to the Valuation of Risky Streams‚” Journal of Business‚ 1978 Here we will take a first look at a financial market using a simple state space model. We first develop some structure then examine the implications of the absence of arbitrage. Often in finance problems‚ uncertainty is characterized by the use of a set of random variables with a particular
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believes in honest pricing and not being gimmicks of discounts and price reduction as lure. Their strength of marketing is consumer pool‚ good products and pricing power. * Its product designs are centred on the middle & upper class and the ads screened highlight the product features. * Its employees are totally committed to quality and innovation. They chant “TPI 50 and TDR”‚ which signifies‚ total productivity innovation and tear down re-engineering. Through this method the company is
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*Define scarcity and opportunity cost. What role these two concepts play in the making of business decisions? Scarcity is a Ever-present situation in all markets whereby either less goods are available than the demand for them‚ or only too little money is available to their potential buyers for making the purchase. This universal phenomenon leads to the definition of economics as the "science of allocation of scarce resources." Opportunity cost is the cost of an alternative that must be
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Pricing Strategy To set a pricing strategy‚ there are number of steps taken into consideration as follows: Step 1: Our pricing objectives are to maximize market share and increase sales volume. This strategy will be used when TrackR is being launched into the market. We charge a reasonable price in order for TrackR to be accessible in the market as quickly as possible and also to encourage the interest and excitement of a product. Because of the low price‚ we are able to raise the sales volume easily
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Transfer Pricing Question 1) BADM4280 Paper Ltd. is a division of GH Inc. BADM4280 Paper Ltd. produces paper and sells it to a number of companies‚ as well as to GH Inc. who uses it in their textbook division. Recently‚ the vice president of marketing for GH Inc. approached BADM4280 Paper Ltd. with a request to make 20‚000 units of a special paper product. The following information is available regarding the BADM4280 Paper division: Selling price of regular paper per unit $80
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MANAGING TRANSFER PRICING Sarbanes-Oxley requires a company to establish that it has internal controls to ensure accurate financial reporting and that the auditor attest to the assessment of those controls. An obvious concern for all multinationals after SOX is whether there are effective controls in place to deal with transfer pricing exposure. An increasingly important element of transfer pricing documentation relates to the influence of legislation‚ ethical standards‚ and associated matters
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Pricing Strategies Ryan W. MKT 441 February 23‚ 2006 5 Pricing Strategies In this paper‚ I will cover five different pricing strategies used‚ by retailers and manufacturers‚ to sell their products. I will demonstrate how pricing products according to one of the five pricing strategies chosen works effectively for each company. Loss Leader Look in any newspaper circular‚ it is chocked full of advertisements from untold numbers of retailers who are trying to push "loss leaders" onto consumers
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Fixed-Price Contract or Cost-Reimbursement Contract Willie Glover BUS 501 February 20‚ 2011 Dr. Nick Nayak Abstract Fixed-price contracts and cost-reimbursements are two different forms of contracts used by the federal government while determining contract pricing. Contracting officers may use either when contracting however there are several types of fixed-price contracts. Fixed-price type of contracts provide for a firm price or an adjustable price. Fixed-price contracts consist of
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What methods of Index Number calculation is used to calculate Cost of Living Index (CLI). An index number measures the relative change in the price‚ quantity‚ value or some other item of interest from one time period to another. It is found by calculating the ratio of the current value to the value at another time point or at a different geographical location. The different types of simple index that are used are - Price Relative‚ Quantity Relative‚ Value Relative. A price index is a weighted
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