2013 Due dates for each section are provided in the Course Description. Part A – Microeconomics – Worth 10% of total assessment: Answer any five (5) of the following questions. Each question is worth 10 marks; Question 1: (a) Explain the impact of external costs and external benefits on resource allocation; (2.5 marks) Ans : Resources are over - allocated when negative externalities exist because the equilibrium price is too low. Resources are under - allocated when positive externalities
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Overall Cost Leadership Porter defines “Overall Cost Leadership” as the strategy in which a company differentiates from others by having the lowest prices of the market. One example of this strategy correctly performed in Australia is Woolworths. According to Jhon Steen (2009)‚ in order to accomplish such prices‚ Woolworths focus on two main points: Logistics and Economics on Scale. They have learned to manage the supply chain in a very efficient way‚ investing in technology and reducing the
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Cost of Capital at Ameritrade What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? Mr. Ricketts believes that his role as CEO is to maximize shareholder value by accepting any project whose expected return on investment is greater than the cost of capital. Therefore‚ the main factors that Ameritrade management should consider are the expected return on investment for the project‚ and how this compares to the project’s
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You have two types of inventory making up your cost of goods sold: 1. Direct materials: This is the inventory the you purchase to make the products. For example‚ to handcraft a leather purse‚ you may purchase leather‚ zippers‚ snap‚ grommets etc. 2. Work in process: This inventory category includes direct materials that have been partially but not completely made into sellable products - for example‚ your leather purse is missing a zipper closure or straps. Ok‚ now that you understand the two different
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Asset………………………………………………………….......29 9. Conclusions And Recommendations on Investment Potential…30 10. Appendix……………………………..………………..32 1. Executive Summary The purpose of this project is to analyze the financial statements of Allied Motion Technologies‚ Inc. in order to make recommendations for investment potentials with the company. The paper begins through a discussion of the company’s history from its transition of Hathaway Corporation and Hathaway Instruments to Allied Motion Technologies‚ Inc. The transition
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Journal of Cleaner Production 11 (2003) 667–676 www.cleanerproduction.net The use of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) for identifying environmental costs Christine Jasch ∗ ¨ Institute for Environmental Management and Economics‚ IOW‚ Rechte Wienzeile 1915‚ A-1040 Vienna‚ Austria Received 28 August 2001; accepted 27 June 2002 Abstract The Expert Working Group on “Improving the Role of Government in the Promotion of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA)” was set up by the
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modeled using a computer simulation that replicated the acquisition of the system’s parking spaces by George Mason University (GMU) plans to grow to 30‚000 students by 2007 and decrease its teacher to student ratio to 1:14. The effective growth rate between 2002 and 2007 will be approximately 1000 a year. Figure 1 displays the historic and projected student
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Marriott cost of capital Objective: 1) Calculate the divisional and the company cost of capital and explain the calculation. 2) Evaluate Marriott’s use of company cost-of-capital rate for the individual divisions. Cost of Capital for Lodging Division can be expressed as CC = We*Ce + Wd*Cd. For the weights of debt and equity (We and Wd)‚ the 1988 target-schedule rates of debt-to-assets and debt-to-equity were used as the only measures available in the case. Cost of Equity
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Article Review: Target Cost Management An article by Louise Ross puts target costing in effect with agricultural and the farming industry‚ explaining how this system may already be partially in use. Louise Ross provides evidence of the advantages and disadvantages of target costing within the food supply chain. According to Ross‚ participants in the food supply chain were already using some form of target cost management‚ but the system was not formalized into specific aspects. Ross (2008)
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Microeconomics Spring 2010 1. Your cousin Vinnie owns a painting company with fixed costs of $200 and the schedule for variable costs as below. What is the efficient scale of the painting company? Quantity of Houses Painted per Month | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Variable Costs | $10 | $20 | $40 | $80 | $160 | $320 | $640 | 2. Your aunt is thinking about opening a hardware store. She estimates that it would cost $500‚000 per year to rent the location and buy the stock. In addition‚ she would
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