Question 5.1 Explain the difference between fixed costs‚ semi-fixed costs‚ and variable costs. Fixed costs are those which do not change with the level of activity within the relevant range. These costs will incur even if no units are produced. For example rent expense‚ straight-line depreciation expense‚ etc. Fixed costs are those which do not change with the level of activity within the relevant range. These costs will incur even if no units are produced. For example rent expense‚ straight-line
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External environment factors PESTEL analysis stands for "Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ and Technological‚ Environmental and Legal analysis". It is a part of the external analysis when conducting a strategic analysis or doing market research and gives a certain overview of the different macroenvironmental factors that the company has to take into consideration. Political factors‚ or how and to what degree a government intervenes in the economy. Specifically‚ political factors include areas such
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Trade Problems 1 Trade Issues between Developed and Developing Nations Friday‚ January 22‚ 2010 Trade Problems 2 There are trade problems that exist for a less developed nation when trading with a more developed nation. These trade problems can prevent the less developed nations from maximizing possible gains from international trade. Some of these problems are temporary and resolved in time‚ while others are more stubborn and unable to be resolved. I will
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1‚ 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement‚ replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)‚ which commenced in 1948.[5]The organization deals with regulation of trade between participating countries; it provides a framework for negotiating and formalizing trade agreements‚ and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants’
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INTRODUCTION Free trade has long been considered important for countries for hundreds of years as it opens up billions of dollars for nations‚ as well as new resources and technology. (Economy Watch 2010‚ P.1) Countries trade when on their own; they do not have the resources or ability to satisfy their wants and needs. They produce a surplus of a certain resource and trade it for something they need. (Heakel 2003‚ P.1) Countries have different resources from which they can trade and this is why there
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several barriers to entry which help an existing leading firm earn positive economic profits in imperfectly competitive market structures. These barriers are: the financial burden of non-price competition‚ legal barriers‚ economies of scale‚ and the large expenditure for capital to enter certain industries. A firm that wishes to enter into an imperfectly competitive market must bear the cost of differentiating its product or service from that of the existing firms. This includes switching costs for
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:- After the Second World War‚ many countries got down together to work on ways and means to promote international trade. The result was signing of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) by 23 countries in 1947. India was one of the founder members of GATT. GATT was created to reduce global depression and to liberalise and regulate the world trade by reducing tariff barriers. GATT has been replaced by WTO in 1995. WTO is wider in scope as it regulates world trade in goods‚ as well as in
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FREE TRADE Free trade is a policy by which a government does not discriminate against imports or interfere with exports by applying tariffs (to imports) or subsidies (to exports) or quotas. According to the law of comparative advantage‚ the policy permits trading partners mutual gains from trade of goods and services. Under a free trade policy‚ prices emerge from supply and demand‚ and are the sole determinant of resource allocation. ’Free’ trade differs from other forms of trade policy where
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The World Trade Organisation was officially started on the 1st of January‚ 1995. It replaced the General Agreement for Tariffs and Trade (GATT) as the world’s principal authority overseeing international trade. The WTO currently consists of 153 member nations‚ which represent over 97% of the world’s population‚ and is based in Geneva‚ Switzerland. The process of becoming a WTO member is different for every nation applying. The terms of accession are dependent upon the country’s phase of economic
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) website defines itself as an organization as “born out of negotiations”. The WTO of today was created on January 1‚ 1995 and is comprised of 153 countries as of February 2011. The WTO’s mission statement centers around 3 agreements between its members: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)‚ the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)‚ and the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) (WTO‚ 2012). The WTO also serves the function
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