Firm Reputation and Horizontal Integration∗ Hongbin Cai† Ichiro Obara‡ March 14‚ 2008. Abstract We study effects of horizontal integration on firm reputation. In an environment where customers observe only imperfect signals about firms’ effort/quality choices‚ firms cannot maintain good reputation and earn quality premium forever. Even when firms choose high quality‚ there is always a possibility that a bad signal is observed. Thus‚ firms must give up their quality premium‚ at least temporarily
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Some people may support minimum wage legislation because they believe it will help struggling workers to make ends meet. What do you think about that? Minimum wage‚ as a kind of price floor‚ refers to the least amount of money that employers can legally pay labors for per hour of work. Therefore‚ government sets a price that is under the market equilibrium price in order to reduce the poverty and ensure that young employees and minority will not be treated unequally. However‚ those aimed goals
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Minimum Wage Laws Really Help? Minimum wage laws were first implemented in the United States in the early 1900’s and since then‚ economists have all agreed that they play a large role in our economy. They were first implemented to put an end to the sweat shops in America‚ however things have changed dramatically since then. The minimum wage is an important topic to consider and understand because "minimum wage workers" account for 1.7 million Americans. In the past‚ when the minimum wage has been
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Labor rate variance is the difference between the actual labor rate and the applied overhead rate (standard rate multiplied by the number of actual hours worked). Consider this and respond to the following: • "Our workers are all under labor contracts. Therefore‚ our labor rate variance is bound to be zero." Do you agree or disagree that the labor rate variance will be zero if all workers are under labor contracts? Explain giving reasons. The concept of labor rate variance and its application
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DIVERSIFICATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION Anil M. Pandya and Narendar V. Rao Abstract Diversification is a strategic option that many managers use to improve their firms’ performance. This interdisciplinary research attempts to verify whether firm level diversification has any impact on performance. The study finds that on average‚ diversified firms show better performance compared to undiversified firms on both risk and return dimensions. It also tests the robustness of these
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Part One When the minimum wage is increased‚ there comes an assumption that there will be a negative impact on employment. Despite this expectation of unemployment‚ historical trends have shown that no such rise in unemployment exists overall‚ but can be found with specific groups. Workers are now easily replaced by technology in low skill fields and businesses have the option of switching over to machines for the same tasks. While an increase in minimum wage has little impact overall‚ youth employment
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Research in organizational behavior clearly demonstrates that employee attitudes influence behavior‚(2) and participant attitudes toward performance appraisal systems are no exception.(3) The attitudes of system participants play a key role in both the short and long term success of a performance appraisal system.(4) The goal of this research is to identify the characteristics of municipal government performance appraisal systems that are associated with perceived employee acceptance as reported by a national
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relationship between profit and output is as follows: ( = -40 + 20Q – 2Q2 a. What value of Q maximizes profit? b. How can you be certain that this quantity maximizes (as opposed to minimizes) profit? Demonstrate this. 4) A firm produces 2 goods‚ Q1 and Q2‚ and has the following profit function. ( = -80 + 30Q1 + 25Q2 – 4Q12 – 3Q22 - 2Q1Q2 a. Find the partial derivative‚ with respect to Q1‚ of the firm’s profit function.
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All children are unique and develop at their own rate but they tend to follow a similar pattern. There are a number of areas of development like‚ Physical‚ communication‚ Social‚ emotional‚ behavioural‚ Intellectual and moral development. Development is very rapid in the early years of a child’s life and tends to slow down the older they get. Moral development is usually adapted from the setting a child lives and would usually deem something wrong and right‚ based on what their parents believe is
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leadership and management team‚ the CFO currently occupies a very crucial and viable position in today’s global business society. However‚ this present level of CFO’s recognition has not always been identifiable or appreciated by non-for-profit and profit organizations. May (2001) state that “CFOs are some of the most misunderstood people on the universe. Somewhere along the way‚ they got mistaken for accountants” (p. 12). As the position of the CFO continues to evolve‚ so will the expectations
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