207 1/16/14 Freakonomics Theme Analysis Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner shows that in life‚ everything has a hidden side. The book also discusses many topics‚ such as: incentives are the cornerstones of modern life‚ the conventional wisdom is frequently wrong‚ dramatic effects often have distant causes‚ “experts” often use their informational advantage to serve their own agenda‚ and knowing what to measure and how to measure it makes a complicated world much less so
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Chapter 02 - Economists’ View Of Behavior CHAPTER 2 REVIEW QUESTIONS 2–1. Which costs are pertinent to economic decision making? Which costs are not relevant? The marginal (incremental) costs and benefits are pertinent to economic decision making. Sunk costs and benefits are not relevant. In economics‚ “bygones are forever bygones.” 2-3. The Solace Company has an inventory of steel that it originally purchased for $20‚000. It currently has an offer to sell the steel for $30‚000. Should
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history is the study of everyone and everything that has existed from the earliest point studied to present day. It includes all areas of the world and everything that has happened‚ often going into why things happen‚ and what happens afterwards. 2. What interests you about studying history? What does not? Studying history is interesting to me because you can see the difference from other areas and eras and compare them to present day. I also love to learn about wars‚ why they started and how
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Chapter 1 Caste Study 1 1. What skills does Black think employees need to work successfully in the area of HR? They must commercial‚ challenging‚ and focused on delivery and excellence. They must understand change and transformation‚ excel at operations‚ and balance tactical and strategic thinking and activity. They should be able to manage and navigate organizational complexity and ambiguities and not be afraid to say no occasionally in order to establish appropriate boundaries with the business
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ch2 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. An operations and supply chain strategy must be integrated with the organization’s corporate strategy. True False 2. One of the competitive dimensions that form the competitive position of a company when planning their strategies is cost. True False 3. One of the competitive dimensions that form the competitive position of a company when planning their strategies is delivery speed. True
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Problems From Chapter 2 2.12 a) and b) Forecast (86 + 75)/2 (75 + 72)/2 etc = = 80.5 73.5 77.5 107.5 98.5 87.5 100.0 78.5 79.5 95.0 = = Period 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 21.6 717.5 Actual 72 83 132 65 110 90 67 92 98 73 et +8.5 -9.5 -54.5 42.5 -11.5 -2.5 +33.0 -13.5 -18.5 +22.0 c) MAD MSE = = (216)/10 (7175)/10 MAPE = 100 1 n ∑D i ei = 25.61 2.13 Fcst 1 Fcst 2 223 289 430 134 190 550 210 320 390 112 150 490 Demand 256 340 375 110 225 525 Err 1 33 51 -55 -24 35 -25 Err 2 46 20 -15
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Esteemed economists and writers‚ Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner‚ wrote the book Freakonomics to delve into the inner workings of economics. Freakonomics discloses the unpredictable effects of incentives beneath ordinary situations. Levitt and Dubner sail on an informal tone by asking questions and breaking up their writing‚ in order to maintain a witty connection with the audience. Levitt and Dubner’s crackdown on human behavior begins with the common scenario of picking up kids from school. The
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Chapter 1 Philosophy means philein: love and sophia: wisdom‚ the love or pursuit of wisdom Philosophy beings with wonder‚ a search for the answer to a greater question Philosophy is a dynamic process‚ the dynamic nature of philosophical thinking‚ a process that is dialectical in the sense that ideas are continually analyzed in terms of their opposites‚ with the ultimate goal of creating a more enlightened synthesis The ultimate aim of philosophy is the goals is 1. the complete liberty of the
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Chapter 2: Aid for investment -What is the financing gap? Gap between required investment and domestic saving -Explain the Harold-Domar approach and its failings? GDP growth will be proportional to the share of investment spending in GDP. Its failings are that this model applied more to the short-run business cycle in rich countries. Also‚ he was writing in the aftermath of the Great Depression‚ thus taking high unemployment as given. -True or False. There is no relationship between aid and
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Chapter 1 1. What positive and negative managerial characteristics does Jamika possess? Positives: She set objectives by ordering Marianne to call both employees to have them to bring in a doctor’s note when they return back to work after having to reschedule the clients hair appointments. She is doing the best she can do by showing leadership by saying to herself that she would take care of the situation personally. Negatives: She didn’t show great communication with her employees that were
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