Semester I Revised June 2012 Revised Business Economics I Syllabus for F.Y.B.Com from June 2012 onwards University of Mumbai Semester I Module I: Demand analysis Demand function and determinants of demand – Concept and importance of Elasticity of demand‚ Income‚ cross‚ promotional. Case studiesConsumer surplus‚ Demand forecasting: meaning significance and methods-case studies Module II Theory of production and cost Production function-short run and long run- Law of variable proportions- Isoquantproducers’
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Assume a consumption function that takes on the following algebraic form: C = $100 + .8Y. Assume that Y = $1000 what is the level of consumption at this income level. C = $100 + .8($1000) = $100 + $800 = $900. 1. Using the above figure calculate the marginal propensity to consume between the aggregate income levels of $80 and $100. Also explain why this consumption function is linear. The marginal propensity to consume is equal to $15/$20 = .75. The consumption
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candidates may take a different approach‚ which if appropriate should be fully rewarded. 1. (a) Explain the differences between monopolistic competition and oligopoly as market structures. [10 marks] • large number of firms (m.c) versus a few dominant firms (oligopoly) • differentiated product (m.c) versus differentiated or standardized (oligopoly) • low barriers to entry (m.c) versus high barriers to entry (oligopoly) • interdependence of firms in oligopoly • comparison of the demand curves
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Hand Sensitivity Are people more sensitive to cold water on their dominant hand or non-dominant hand? If a person sticks their hand in cold water‚ then their dominant hand will be able to withstand cold the longest. To conduct the experiment two bowls of the same size were filled: one with room temperature water and one with cold water (adding lots of ice). After this was done‚ each participant put both hands in each bowl (one at a time). The time was recorded how long each participants had each
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Special features of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China The constitution of The People’s Republic of China which‚ as said before‚ contains 138 articles distributed in four chapters‚ is a written document that despite the fact that is not one of the longest constitutions‚ it stipulates the basic principles of the Chinese country’s political and social systems‚ and it occupy a position of supreme legal and respected authority. In order to deal with this document we have to understand
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Why Clean Code Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. With understandability comes readability‚ changeability‚ extensibility and maintainability. All the things needed to keep a project going over a long time without accumulating up a large amount of technical debt. optimal Responsiveness Smells Rigidity The software is difficult to change. A small change causes a cascade of subsequent changes. General Follow Standard Conventions Coding-‚ architecture-‚ design
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statement about being left-brained dominant or right-brained dominant is true because of the new things that became associated with being right-brained dominant or left-brained dominant. If you’re right-brained dominant‚ you get labeled as being creative and thought‚ but if you’re left-brained dominant‚ you get labeled as being logical and detail oriented (Bateman‚ 2013). But are these types of statements/stereotypes about being left-brained dominant and right-brained dominant true? According to Nielsen
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BRIBERY SCANDAL AT SIEMENS AG Abstract: This case discusses the bribery scandals that were unearthed at Siemens AG (Siemens) in 2006 and 2007. There were a series of scandals that involved some of the company’s employees bribing foreign officials to gain contracts and creating slush funds for this purpose. In another case‚ the company was accused of bribing labor representatives on the supervisory board in order to gain their support for its policies. After the German authorities conducted raids
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both inflation and unemployment in general as stated in previous studies and some economic theories that deal with these problems and their impact on GDP . According to jordan economy profile in mundi index‚ Jordan’s economy is among the smallest in the Middle East‚ with insufficient supplies of water‚ oil‚ and other natural resources‚ underlying the government’s heavy reliance on foreign assistance. Other economic challenges for the government include chronic high rates of poverty‚ unemployment
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Question 1: What is the significance of the pollution from plastic bags? What is the scale of this pollution problem compared to other forms of pollution? Answer: Pollution from plastic bags or bottles has involvement from the accumulated products made of plastic which in turn adversely affect the environment which consists of wildlife‚ and humans. It can affect lands‚ waterways like oceans and rivers. The biggest prominent factor for usage of plastic bags is due to inexpensiveness and durability
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