Economies of scale The long run – increases in scale A firm’s efficiency is affected by its size. Large firms are often more efficient than small ones because they can gain from economies of scale‚ but firms can become too large and suffer from diseconomies of scale. As a firm expands its scale of operations‚ it is said to move into its long run. The benefits arising from expansion depend upon the effect of expansion on productive efficiency‚ which can be assessed by looking at changes in average
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______________________________________________________________________________ Executive Summary: Airborne Express the current underdog in the express mail business has been able to compete with market leaders due to innovation and optimization strategy. The company built on cutting cost and emphasizing reliability now faces pressure from the leaders UPS and FedEx to change their pricing strategy. This change from standard rate pricing to distance-based pricing puts Airborne in a dilemma in which they must choose
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STUDENT: | Louis-Claude ROUX | PROFESSOR: | Philippe René Gillet | CASE: Virgin Mobile USA “Pricing for the first time” | DATE: 20/02/2012CLASS: MBS-Entrepreneuriat | PART I) ANSWERS BASED ON MY “GUT FEELINGS” Virgin Mobile targets the 14 to 24-year-olds market. The case lays out three pricing options. Which option would you choose and why? I would go for option number two for several reasons. The first one is that I think offer number one is not sufficiently different from the rest
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Philippines in global map From WEF “Global Competitiveness report 2012-13”‚ key performance indices of Philippines in a global scale is analyzed below: [pic] 0.5% of world-wide GDP share implies Philippines is really an insignificant player in world economy in terms of economic output‚ and 95 millions population‚ about 1.5% of ~7 billion world population‚ means current productivity level is only one third of world average. This is a typical characteristic of developing Asian countries‚ i.e.‚ high population
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ECONOMY Since the end of World War II‚ the Philippine economy has been on an unfortunate trajectory‚ going from one of the richest countries in Asia (following Japan) to one of the poorest. Growth immediately after the war was rapid‚ but slowed over time. Years of economic mismanagement and political volatility during the Marcos regime contributed to economic stagnation and resulted in macroeconomic instability. A severe recession from 1984 through 1985 saw the economy shrink by more than 10%‚ and
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Underground economy The underground economy or black market is a market where all commerce is conducted without regard to taxation‚ law or regulations of trade. The term is also often known as the underdog‚ shadow economy‚ black economy‚ parallel economy or phantom trades. In modern societies the underground economy covers a vast array of activities. It is generally smallest in countries where economic freedom is greatest‚ and becomes progressively larger in those areas where corruption‚ regulation
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of product‚ set specific targets for marketing‚ solution that helps planning marketing and advertising promotion. Sales promotion on the market is one of the most important areas of marketing activity. Promotion of products - is a natural tool of economy and an important regulator of the market system. Synonymous of “promotion” in the broad sense in marketing is the term “marketing communications”. Marketing Communications - one of the sections of the subject "Marketing." The definition of "marketing
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Tobacco and the Economy: Farms‚ Jobs‚ and Communities‚ By H.Frederick Public health policies intended to reduce many forms of the bad effect of smoking-related illness which impact on a large number of businesses‚ workers‚ and cluster that related in tobacco industry. Recently‚increases in Federal and state tax‚limitation on smoking in public places‚increases in price arise from legal settlements‚and lower exports have impacted the tobacco industry.But most of affected are beyond the farm gate
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GHANA’S ECONOMY 2.1.1 Introduction Ghana is located in the western part of Africa between French-speaking La Côte d’Ivoire‚ Burkina Faso and Togo in the west‚ north and east respectively and bordered in the south by the gulf of Guinea. With an estimated population of nearly 24 million of which 70 percent live in rural areas‚ Ghana covers an area of 238‚537 square kilometres with a population density standing at 88/sq. km. (247/sq. mi.) and a population growth rate of 1.9 percent as at 2009
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CHAPTER VII SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION Even aHer 55 years of planned development‚ India has not succeeded to solving the basic problems of the Indian economy. The rate of poverty and unemploynnent is increasing even after we completed 9 five year plans. ’l ’hough government of India launched various poverty alleviation programmes they have not benefited properly the people who were targeted. As P.C. Maholonobis once stated as a "result of economic planning rich became richer and poor
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