MANAGEMENT‚ ECONOMICS AND DECISION-MAKING MANAGEMENT * Making decisions * Choosing between alternatives * Making choices based on economic analysis and evaluation MANAGER * Anyone who participates in and affects the decision-making process‚ regardless of how informal and unstructured that process might be * Someone who is engaged in a decision involving choice and utilizes some form of economic evaluation REASON FOR STUDYING MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS * Because
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A. Introduction 1. What is economics? Economics is the study of how societies choose to use scarce productive resources that have alternative uses‚ to produce commodities of various kinds‚ and to distribute them among different groups. We study economics to understand not only the world we live in but also the many potential worlds that reformers are constantly proposing to us. 2. Goods are scarce because people desire much more than the economy can produce. Economic goods are scarce‚ not free‚
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ECONOMIC VALUE Hong Kong prides itself as an open and international city with a level playing field for all. If we really want to be a world class city like New York‚ London or Toronto‚ we would need to demonstrate our tolerance and be receptive of people coming from diverse backgrounds. Literally we need to put our money where our mouth is‚ not just pay lip service to it but guarantee it by law. Hong Kong is a very multiracial society. We have many kinds of Chinese alone: Hong Kong Chinese‚ Mainland
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headed for an economic collapse? By: John Shepherd America’s collapse Is America headed for an economic collapse? Research indicates the possibility of an economic collapse because of the exorbitant national debt‚ loss of jobs‚ and the falling stock market. History can tell a story that many people overlook. People tend to repeat their mistakes and if we take a look at what is in the past we can predict what the future may hold. In the 1930’s the United States faced an economic emergency that
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especially for new entrants. 2. Buyers In times of unstable law and order situation‚ fluctuations are seen in sales‚ affecting the company negatively on the whole. However there is no check and balance if low quality raw material is being used. 3. Substitutes No effect 4. Suppliers Imposition of additional taxes or charge of import duty will affect bargaining power of suppliers. 5. Rivalry No effect. Economic Factors: 1. Entrants Rapid growth in inflation poses a threat
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Economics Assessments 1.1.1 Scarcity‚ Choice‚ Opportunity Costs‚ and Comparative Advantage – Using examples‚ explain how scarcity‚ choice‚ opportunity costs affect decisions that households‚ businesses‚ and governments make in the market place and explain how comparative advantage creates gains from trade. 1. Willie loves ice cream. He has found a store that sells ice cream cones at a bargain price of $0.50 each. He has just eaten two of these cones but has not decided to buy a third one
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Essays for Public Economics Please send ONE essay by mail to bernasconi@unive.it by Saturday‚ March‚ 2nd (midnight) Please note that HG refers to the textbook: Hindriks‚ Jean and Gareth D. Myles‚ 2006‚ Intermediate Public Economics‚ MIT Press. In order to write the essay‚ I expect that you read ALL the material marked with *‚ regardless whether the material is under one particular essay. This because in order to write good essays I expect that you have a general knowledge of all the material covered in *
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Part 1: Executive summary The current essay demonstrates the scenario of Indian economic crisis in 2014. Causes and impact to India was talked in the first section; influence on other economy especially to Australia was analyzed and Stolper-Samuelson Theorem was applied in section 2; similar situations in history were mentioned in the third section. 1. Describe its causes - economic or non-economic (2% for creativity). In 2014‚ many emerging economies are facing liquidity crisis‚ especially
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Economic Systems The way a country’s resources are owned and the way that country takes decisions as to what to produce‚ how much to produce and how to distribute what has been produced determine the type of economic system that particular country practises. 1. MARKET ECONOMY (also called FREE ENTERPRISE ECONOMIES or CAPITALIST ECONOMY) 2. CENTRALLY – PLANNED or CONTROLLED ECONOMY 3. MIXED ECONOMY 1. MARKET ECONOMY in comparison to 2. PLANNED ECONOMY e.g. USA‚ Japan Private firms
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Meaning Scope Features Uses Limitations Post : Gaurav Akrani Date : 11/10/2010 08:36:00 PM IST No Comments Labels : Economics‚ Study Notes Study of Economics - Micro & Macro Economics The study of economics is divided by the modern economists into two parts viz. Micro economics and Macro economics. This division is shown in the figure / chart above. Micro economics and Macro economics‚ both the terms were used in 1933 by Prof. Ragnar Frisch from Oslo University of Norway. The word micro has been
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