1. Consider a personal computer market with two firms‚ X and Y. Suppose that Firm X and Y have the following total cost function: TCX=10QXTCY=10QY . The market is given by P=100-QX-QY. (a) Calculate the Cournot equilibrium outputs of firm X and Y in this market. (b) Calculate their market price in the Cournot equilibrium. (c) Calculate their profits in the Cournot equilibrium. (d) Suppose that firm X is considering implementing a proprietary technology they have developed. The onetime sunk cost
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Reid’s Imperfect Identity Theory and Theseus’ Ship February 11‚ 2013 PP111-B Dr. Dwayne Moore Word Count: 1‚021 Theseus’ Ship set sail with a cargo of lumber‚ and each day‚ Theseus used the lumber to replace parts of the ship. By the time it arrived at its destination‚ the cargo was empty and all the parts of the ship had been replaced. Was it still the same ship? And if not‚ at what point did it stop being the same ship? Was it when the first change was made? When Theseus replaced half
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Wage determination in perfect and imperfect markets Perfect competition In perfect labor markets‚ everyone is wage taker – both the employee and the employer. On the one hand‚ the employer and his firm cannot control the market as there are too numerous firms and the firm is price taker on the product market and labor market. On the other hand‚ the workers cannot control their wage as they have no economic power to do so or they are of a clearly definite type. In perfect competition there
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affect consumers/producers? 5 What is likely to be the price and income elasticity of demand for its main products? 6 If the firm is operating in an imperfect market‚ and it’s very likely to be‚ which type is it and why‚ and what are the implications for the consumer? 7 What are the characteristics of the firm’s labour markets in both economies and how have these affected its business? Macro Questions 8 Which of the major trading blocs does the company operate in and how does this
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Picture imperfect The Economist‚ March 9‚ 2013 Digital imaging: Insurers‚ publishers‚ law-enforcement agencies and dating sites are using software that can detect the digital manipulation of photos THE photo splashed across front pages worldwide in July 2008 showed four Iranian test missiles blasting skywards. Released by the media arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard‚ Sepah News‚ the picture (top) was soon found to have been manipulated: one missile had been cloned and appeared twice‚ evidently
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price nor making delivery of the goods. Bullish: The market is called bullish or having a bullish tendency when there is a general expectation of o rise in price level rises up as a result of this trend because the bull operator buys goods with the hope of making profit by selling them at a higher rate in future. Dumping: In the modern age of industrialization and economic devolvement‚ every country is anxious to capture foreign market for her own product. This may be done‚ when the first country
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[pic] Why Do Businesses Fail? Analyze the reasons and provide a case study of one or more companies that have failed or suffered serious setbacks before they recovered. Name: YAN Hong ID number: 100004456 Tutor: Mrs. Dawn Cremonese It is well known that the financial crisis which started in 2008 is a worldwide recession. Even the Lehman Brothers Holdings‚ which was a global firm with a high reputation‚ went bankrupt on September 15th‚ 2008. Lehman Brothers Holdings failed because it was unable
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Imperfect Competition In a perfectly competitive market—a market in which there is many buyers and sellers‚ none of whom represents a large part of the market—firms are price takers. That is‚ they are sellers of products who believe they can sell as much as they like at the current price but cannot influence the price they receive for their product. For example‚ a wheat farmer can sell as much wheat as she likes without worrying that if she tries to sell more wheat‚ she will depress the market
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Why Do Businesses Fail? A common reason for business setbacks or even failure is market competition. A rise in a competitor’s market share is often synonymous with a loss for others. Such downturns occur for two main reasons. First‚ a new competitor with creative products‚ financial support and dynamic employees has a competitive advantage over others. Second‚ more established companies do nothing to change their strategies in response to the new competition. This essay will examine four examples
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Perfectly imperfect! I’m Hime‚ a senior high school‚ who had a dream and tried to make it happen but‚ it seems like time and chances don’t want me to reach my dreams. I cry without tears in front of all people and laugh with drams of tears when I’m alone. Could you imagine that a big childlike girl puts her hands up while fighting? I’m trying to survive while I’m half alive‚ and struggling to live although thorns and spikes hug me so tight‚ while deeply breathing. “Nobody’s perfect.” No‚ that’s
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