Background Odysseus is a medium sized firm‚ relatively new to international business in terms of how to operate outside of its local market where it has been successful by being able to build a niche with its coupling and clutch products. Key Facts: Product • 8 products with 600 sizes and types – small batches of orders (not mass production) • Patents across the globe Sales • Odysseus Flexible coupling product - 33% of sales revenue‚ total from $64M to $169M in 2007 • Largest customer
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Four-Firm Concentration Ratio Definition of the Four- Firm Concentration Ratio This is one of the most common concentration ratios. The four-firm concentration ratio is commonly used to indicate the degree to which an industry is oligopolistic and the extent of market control held by the four largest firms in the industry. How would you describe an industry with 20 firms and the CR is 20% and its implications?
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sellers b. significant nonprice competition among firms c. a standardized product produced by firms d. no barriers to entry e. no barriers to exit 4. Firms in a perfectly competitive market cannot influence a. the quantity of the good that they produce b. how much labor to use in production c. how much capital to employ in production d. the level of advertising that they use e. the price of the product they sell 5. Firms are assumed to be price takers in a perfectly competitive
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The balance sheet consists of assets and liabilities of any firm. The assets are called as the uses of the firm and the liabilities are called as the sources of the firm. Sources of the firm: (Debts or liabilities): The debts or liabilities are the claims of the outsiders against the assets of the firm. The liabilities refer to the amount payable by the firm to the claimholders; i.e. the amount owed by the firm to other parties. For an obligation to be recognized as a liability‚ it must meet three
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bound by idea. Matter and spirit are of a piece but distinguishable; God has a stake guaranteed in all the world. And the universe is real and not a dream‚ not a manufacture of the senses; subject may know object‚ knowledge may proceed‚ and Holy the Firm is
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The House Hesser Firm has brought evidence to show that the Catholic Church did not establish geocentrism using the common definition of establish to mean create. The prosecution debated the definition of establish and was looking at establishing as gaining full recognition
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Barriers to Entry of New Firms For a firm to maintain its monopoly position there must be barriers to entry of new firms. Barriers also exist under oligopoly‚ but in the case of monopoly they must be high enough to block the entry of new firms. Barriers can be of various forms. • Economies of scale. If a monopoly experiences substantial economies of scale‚ the industry may not be able to support more than one producer. • Network economies. When a product or service is used by everyone in
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Table of Contents 1.INTRODUCTION: 2 2. MARKETING FEASIBILITY 4 2.1 MARKETING PLAN: 5 3. TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY 6 3.1 RAW MATERIALS REQUIRED 6 3.2 Manufacturing Process 7 3.3 PLANT CAPACITY 11 3.4 INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES: 12 4. FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY 15 4..1 Plant and machinery: 16 4.2 Miscellaneous fixed assets 16 4.3 WORKING CAPITAL ASSESSMENT 18 4.4 Preliminary & Preoperative Expenses 18 4.5 PROJECT COST: 19 4.6 MEANS OF FINANCING: 20 4.7 PROJECTED PROFITABILITY
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appropriate goal of a firm? Maximization of shareholder wealth is said to be the primary goal of a firm. The financial manager has the responsibility to act in their best interests. Since‚ the common stockholders are the firm’s most important stakeholders to continue operate the business. This goal means that the financial manager can best serve business owners by identifying goods and services that add value to the firm because the market place desires and values what the firm offers. Firms should make
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“Strategy of the Top Six Firms” “There are two broad strategic objectives that each of these companies is engaged in: content and distribution. In terms of content‚ every firm has either developed or acquired significant content brands well known to consumers.” “Radio was the first to fall victim to their crystal-gazing; when it first made its appearance many mistakenly believed that the sale of the radio set and not advertising sales would be the main source of revenue (Schulberg‚ 1994). Later
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