A cartel is a formal (explicit) "agreement" among competing firms. It is a formal organization of producers and manufacturers that agree to fix prices‚ marketing‚ and production.[1] Cartels usually occur in an oligopolistic industry‚ where the number of sellers is small (usually because barriers to entry‚ most notably startup costs‚ are high) and the products being traded are usually homogeneous. Cartel members may agree on such matters as price fixing‚ total industry output‚ market shares‚ allocation
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Section: D115 December 6‚ 2010 Compare and contrast the ‘social contract theories’ of Thomas Hobbes and John Rawls. Which theory is more persuasive? Be sure to explain what Rawls means by ‘the original position‚’ and the ‘veil of ignorance‚’ and why those concepts do not figure in Hobbes’ theory. Social Contract Theory holds that the only consideration that makes actions right is that action is in accordance with an agreement made by the rational people for governing their society. In this paper
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Why do they call these contracts derivatives? Where is the optionality in these contracts? Weather derivatives structures commonly used are: i) cap - a call option; ii) Floor - a put option; iii) Collar - a put and a call option‚ usually with little or no premium; iv) Swap - a derivative with a profit and loss profile of a futures contract v) Digital option - an option that pays either a predetermined amount if acertain temperature or degree day level is reached‚ or nothing at all in other
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Fixed-Price Contract or Cost-Reimbursement Contract Willie Glover BUS 501 February 20‚ 2011 Dr. Nick Nayak Abstract Fixed-price contracts and cost-reimbursements are two different forms of contracts used by the federal government while determining contract pricing. Contracting officers may use either when contracting however there are several types of fixed-price contracts. Fixed-price type of contracts provide for a firm price or an adjustable price. Fixed-price contracts consist of firm-fixed-price
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Discuss | Print | | | | Works Contract Composition Scheme - Restriction on input credit for certain input services MARCH 01‚ 2011By Santosh HatwarWORKS Contract (Composition Scheme for Payment of Service Tax Rules‚ 2007 provides that a service provider engaged in provision of ‘works contract service’ has an option to pay an amount of 4% of the gross amount charged for the works contract.For this purpose the ‘gross amount charged for the works contract’ means an amount which includes the value
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forward and futures contracts are traded on exchanges. b) Forward contracts are traded on exchanges‚ but futures contracts are not. c) Futures contracts are traded on exchanges‚ but forward contracts are not. d) Neither futures contracts nor forward contracts are traded on exchanges. 2. Which of the following is not true (circle one) a) Futures contracts nearly always last longer than forward contracts b) Futures contracts are standardized; forward
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Business Law | Contract Analysis | Westwood College | Eric Givens 2/12/2013 | Contract Analysis A contract is a legal document between two or more parties. There are several elements that are necessary in order to make a contract enforceable. The specifics of these various elements may differ from state to state‚ but all seven of the elements must be present in order for the contract to exist. As such‚ if one of these elements is missing‚ a contract can be voided and the parties
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Contract Bundling 1. What is contract bundling? According to FAR 2.101 the definition of a bundled contract or bundling refers to the consolidation of two or more procurement requirements for goods or services previously provided or performed under separate smaller contracts into a solicitation of offers for a single contract that is likely to be unsuitable for award to a small business. What this really means is that contract bundling happens when two or more contracts intended for small businesses
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Law of Agency – the Contracts Act 1950 Great Northern Railway Co v Swaffield states that where impossible to get principal’s instructions‚ the agent’s action is necessary to prevent loss and the agent has acted in good faith‚ an agency of necessity arises. The Contracts Act 1950 states that an agent has to obey principal’s instructions. The Contracts Act 1950 states that an agent has to be careful‚ diligent and use any skill that he may
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is this class about‚” I thought to myself when I first registered for the Intro to Acquisition and Contract Management Class. Once I attended the class‚ I quickly realized that Government contracting is a big deal‚ because this is how the Government procures their goods and services. The U.S. federal government is the leading consumer of goods and services in the world‚ awarding Billions in contracts every year. There are rules and regulations mandated by Congress that have to be followed when procuring
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