Is it necessarily a good thing‚ in terms of the welfare of society as a whole‚ for the government to step in to break up a monopoly in order to create a competitive industry? A monopoly exists when one single firm is the only producer of a commodity in the market‚ allowing them to set prices as they wish and maximise profits due to the high barriers to entry. In this case‚ the firm is given the ability to exploit their consumers in terms of price discrimination based on price elasticity. In this
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must meet two basic concepts of economics these are Microeconomics and Macroeconomics and to get to know these concepts is necessary to know which is the economy and economics is the science that studies human behavior and trade ‚ sales tax‚ receipt of wages‚ credit‚ is the science of the usual business of the above are some definitions that can be found in the economy as such. In this research we can differentiate macroeconomics microeconomics its relationship to the economy to serve both‚ we can
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MICROECONOMICS 1. New Businesses o Entrepreneurs create businesses by purchasing and utilizing factors of production. In order to estimate the potential return on investment (ROI) of those factors of production‚ entrepreneurs must have a basic grasp of microeconomic concepts: supply‚ demand‚ cost‚ profit. Without such a grasp‚ it is impossible to know how much a particular good can be sold for in a particular area. Furthermore‚ without a grasp of costs and earnings
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Eco-labelling and Accreditation are effective means of ensuring that tourism organisations adhere to the principles of sustainability? Tourism industry is ‘a consumer of resources’ which ‘represents an insidious form of consumptive activity’ (McKercher 1993 cited in Fyall and Garrod 1997‚ p.51). Governments of different countries are now seeking for different ways to prevent further exhaustion of natural resources that was caused by tourism activities and developments. The Green Globe programme
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Unit 204 equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people. Outcome 1 understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in work with children and young people. Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally and no less favourably specific to their needs. Including areas of race‚ gender‚ disability
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is between “macroeconomics” and “microeconomics.” The motivating force for the change came from the macro side‚ with modern macroeconomics being far more explicit than old-fashioned monetary theory about fluctuations in income and employment (as well as the price level). In contrast‚ no revolution separates today’s microeconomics from old-fashioned price theory; one evolved from the other naturally and without significant controversy. The strength of microeconomics comes from the simplicity of its
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TASK A Ai) Describe in tour own words what is meant by the following types of abuse: Physical abuse > is anything done that harms someone physically‚ done with the intention to do harm. Sexual abuse means sexually exploiting or humiliating others. Emotional / psychological abuse is doing or saying things that demean and make someone feel less of themselves. This includes bulling‚ blaming‚ threatening and damaging other’s feelings of self-esteem. Financial abuse involves taking others property
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3rd Edition‚ June 2005 Eric Doviak Principles of Microeconomics on the Lecture Notes Preface Microeconomics is the study of the behavior of individual households‚ firms and industries as well as the supply and demand relationships between producers and consumers. You might think of a household as a consumer‚ but households are also producers. For example‚ take a look at your kitchen: you take raw materials (meat‚ cheese‚ vegetables‚ eggs‚ salt and pepper) as well as capital
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1.0 Introduction A company geared for success and profitable growth needs a foundation of values‚ expertise and experience that encompasses both its history and the people who make it what it is: the company’s employees‚ shareholders and customers. And there will have statistics from the annual report and also the analysis. This report will help you on the financial analysis of David Jones Limited. We are using the annual report of 2012 to check whether or not it is a safe and reasonable for investor
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GE273 Week 5 Good Provision and Agents Task 1: Consider the following list of goods. For each good‚ explain the following point List of Goods: A cup of coffee at a coffee shop‚ Public Good‚ the private market should provide this good B City fire protection‚ Public Good‚ government should provide this good C Polar bears in the Arctic‚ Common Resource‚ this characteristics of the good would make it difficult to be provided by the private market or the government D Clean air‚ Common
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