Q3: An economic consultant advises a firm which is a monopolist in the production stage of an industry. He argues that this firm should take over the firm(s) at the successive retail stage. Explain the circumstances under which such a takeover raises the profits of the monopoly producer. Also‚ discuss why vertical integration might not increase the profits of the producer. It is commonly believed that vertical integration is an attempt to create monopoly and to seek rents. Monopoly theories of
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TABLE OF CONTENT 1 | Introduction | 2 | 2 | Question 1 | 3 | 3 | Question 2 | 4 | 4 | Question 3 | 6 | 5 | Question 4 | 9 | 6 | Question 5 | 11 | 7 | Conclusion | 12 | INTRODUCTION Century National Bank has offices in several cities in the Midwest and the southeastern part of the United States. Mr. Dan Selig‚ president and CEO‚ would like to know the characteristics of his checking account customer. To better understand the customers‚ Mr. Selig asked Ms. Wendy Lamberg‚ director
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For the following change management assignment‚ Bank of Ceylon Nugegoda branch has been selected to analyses its change efforts done in resent three years. Bank of Ceylon is a major commercial bank in Sri Lanka which is government owned. The bank’s head office is located in an iconic cylindrical building in Colombo‚ the commercial and political capital of the island. It was established in 1939 and celebrates the 75th anniversary in this 2014. The bank consists of a network of over 618 branches‚ and
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Problem: State Bank has over time increased salaries to tellers that were so high that of the 23 tellers at State Bank they were being paid over what other local tellers were being paid; additionally no other employees outside of the tellers were receiving an exceedingly higher salary based on the other local banks averages. All of this information was compiled in a report based on survey results taken from State Bank and the other local surrounding banks. Analysis: Now that this information
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1. What are the core business processes1 (i.e. high level; major business and financial services) performed at Bank of America as part of its product and service offerings? Core Bank of America Business Process: Activities within the Core Process people management recruiting performance management staff development payroll benefits administration financial management general ledger accounts payable accounts receivable reporting and compliance cash management asset management supply-chain management
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Problem I: 1. Yes‚ the First Student Bank should comply with the risk-based capital rules. This is because‚ these rules is mandatory for financial banking and non-banking institutions and is supervised by the Federal Reserve. 2. The common equity capital of First Student Bank is $5‚000‚000. Tier 1 Capital = Common Equity + Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock Tier 1 Capital = 5‚000‚000 + 5‚000‚000 = $10‚000‚000 3. Total Capital = Tier 1 Capital + Tier 2 Capital Total Capital = 10‚000‚000
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Part 1: In 2000‚ Radio One‚ Inc. sees strategic opportunity in the opportunity to grow through acquisition‚ following a Clear Channel divestiture mandated by the FCC. The divestiture poses the opportunity to Radio One to acquire twelve (12) urban stations that are in the top 50 African American markets in the U.S. Even though the company saw tremendous growth through acquisition over the prior decade‚ this unique situation has the potential to generate significant shareholder value and further
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1 Why does Radio One want to acquire the 12 urban stations from Clear Channel Communications in the top 50 markets along with the nine stations in Charlotte‚ NC‚ Augusta‚ GA‚ and Indianapolis‚ IN? What are the benefits and risks? After the Telecommunication act in 1996 significant consolidation occurred in the Radio Industry‚ thereafter Radio companies were able to obtain cost savings by acquiring multiple stations in one area and reaching economies of scale. The nation’s two biggest radio company
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Buckeye National Bank 1. a) PDOR- Est. MOH/Est. Act. (Total indirect costs/total value of checks processed) $2‚850‚000/$95‚000‚000= $0.03 per dollar processed. b) (i) Retail Line—(Value of checks processed X cost per dollar processed) $9‚500‚000 X $0.03= $285‚000 (ii) Business Line $85‚500‚000 X $0.03= $2‚565‚000 The allocations are driven by the dollar value of the checks processed. c) (i) Total indirect cost proportion for Retail Line (Allocation amount/Est. MOH) $285‚000/$2
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The budget at Springfield is an imposed “top-down” budget that fails to consider both the need for realistic data and the human interaction essential to an effective budgeting/control process. The President has not given any basis for his goals‚ so one cannot know whether they are realistic for the company. True participation of company employees in preparation of the budget is minimal and limited to mechanical gathering and manipulation of data. This suggests there will be little enthusiasm for implementing
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