and sells a single product called the “Sting Ray‚” which is a patent-protected automatic cleaning device for swimming pools. PoolVac’s Sting Ray accounts for 65 percent of total industry sales of automatic pool cleaners. Its closest competitor‚ Howard Industries‚ sells a competing pool cleaner that has captured about 18 percent of the market. Six other very small firms share the rest of the industry’s sales. Using the last 26 months of production and cost data‚ PoolVac wishes to estimate its unit variable
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Unions represent the interests of their members‚ whether they are nurses‚ teachers‚ care assistants or cleaners. A trade union such as UNISON is set into a national structure with local branches‚ which have locally elected officials. Typical issues the union involves itself with are: Pay discussions. Average earnings are 8% higher in trade union workplaces. Bargaining for better holidays. Average trade union members get 29 days annual leave against 23 days for non-unionised workers. Gaining compensation
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BBUS1006 Session 12 08 August 2014 Exercise 1 - MCQs: Imperfect Competition and Monopolistic Competition (11.2 and 11.3) 1) Which of the following products is best considered a differentiated product? A) wheat B) steel C) soap D) petrol 2) A characteristic common to most imperfectly competitive markets is A) inelastic market demand curves. B) a homogeneous product. C) non-price competition among firms. D) common pricing among firms. 3) In an imperfectly competitive market‚ changes
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would pick it up‚ but how many of them would actually do that? Sadly there are not many people in our country who bothers themselves to do so. “Leave it to the cleaners! If Singapore so clean right‚ then the cleaners no need work ready!” Most Singaporeans will reply when they are asked to pick up rubbish that they see on the floor. Cleaners are of course here to help keep our country clean‚ but that doesn’t mean that we can be irresponsible for our country’s cleanliness. However‚ if this irresponsible
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deals with the activities of those who will do anything to gain publicity. Perhaps Bransonesque stunts are not appropriate for establishing convincing social responsibility‚ but certainly widespread advertising of a particular endeavor (such as BP’s cleaner fuel promise) will be beneficial. The Second model describes the modern complexities of the growingly accurate one-way information for corporations. An effective example of this can be seen in Shells unexpectedly honest environmental reporting; companies
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well known county. Wild animals roam the streets ‚ the sidewalks are dark and dirty‚ walls are tagged all over the county and what do we do about it? To be honest‚ we do very little to nothing. With me in office I will do my best to make LA a safer‚ cleaner‚ and more attractive environment. Speech Hello my name is_______ and I’m running for your next Los Angeles Mayor. I’m just another guy that grew up on the Southern California coast‚ I spent most of my time in school
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should do is to stop using so many household cleaners that have hazardous chemicals in them. As shown in the documentary‚ the advent of household cleaners becoming more used since the end of World War II is theorized to be linked to the increase in breast cancer in women. The website Breast Cancer Fund‚ list several household chemicals that have been shown to have carcinogenic chemicals makes a person’s risk to get cancer higher. It is best to use cleaners that do not use these chemicals that can increase
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A Mighty Cleaner and Soldier “You’ll stop paying the elbow tax‚ when you start cleaning with Ajax!” was the first commercial jingle to air on television in the United States. In 1948‚ this jingle was used for Ajax Cleanser. Colgate-Palmolive popularized this manufactured cleaner in 1947. The mythological entity Ajax helped the company come up with their original and most popular catchphrase‚ “Stronger than dirt!” Ajax All-Purpose Cleaner with Ammonia was made as a current seller in 1962‚ and became
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Date of Experiment: June 17‚ 2012 Report Submitted: June 17‚ 2012 Title of Experiment: Observation of Chemical Changes Purpose: To examine the reaction of common chemicals from household consumer products‚ and the changes they undergo. Procedure: After combining the chemicals listed below in Data Table 1‚ I observed the mixture against white and dark backgrounds by slipping white and black paper underneath the well plate. For every reaction‚ I wrote down the chemical combination‚ the
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1.What areas of housekeeping have implications regarding Health and Safety legislation and who is responsible? Both employer and employee have responsibilities of housekeeping when it comes to the health and safety legislation. “It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure‚ so far as is reasonably practicable‚ the health‚ safety and welfare at work of all his employees.”(Section 2 of HASWA) This states that the employer has a duty of providing a safe working atmosphere for their employees. Examples
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