05/08/2012 Last topic: THEORY OF THE FIRM Topic 5 Market Structures (I) Nature of the firm Theory of production Fixed v/s Variable factors Time periods Product concepts – TR‚ AR‚ and MR Product curves & Economic intuition Theory of costs – Short Run TC‚ FC and VC (AFC‚ AVC and SAC) SAC and SMC Cost curves & Economic intuition Relationship between product and cost curves Theory of costs – Long Run TC LAC and LMC Cost curves & Economic intuition Economies and Diseconomies of scale Theory
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Objective function of firm: y-w-β+κ‚ for which β=ũy‚κ=dka Production Function: y=ka The objective function of firm has been added two functions based on the basic model‚ -β and +κ‚ showing the cost and the benefit of non monetary rewards respectively. They are allocated in the firm’s objective function‚ because the firm is the sender of the rewards‚ which the firm will have a cost and benefit of the reward from the worker. β is a negative function‚ since it is the cost of non monetary rewards
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12-Sep-13 Objectives of firms 1. Profit Maximisation In neo-classical economics it is assumed that the interest of owners or shareholders are the most important. Just as consumers attempt to maximise utility‚ shareholders main motivation is to maximise their gain firm the company. Therefore‚ one of the main objectives of firms is to maximise profit. Profit is the reward for the risk-bearing function of the entrepreneur. The firm is in equilibrium‚ and is maximising profit‚ when it
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The Audit Firm Culture and its Affects on Quality Audits By Danielle Reynolds A company’s culture has a large impact on the ethical behavior of employee’s and an employee’s ethical behavior plays an important role in the quality of the audit. Now‚ there are several factors that affect the quality of an audit but the one that will be focused on in this paper is the effect the audit firm culture has on the audit quality. Audit firm culture effects so many different things at a firm including
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adequate service The level of service quality a customer is willing to accept. aftermarketing Marketing technique that emphasizes marketing after the initial sale has been made. after-sales surveys A type of satisfaction survey that addresses customer satisfaction while the service encounter is still fresh in the customer’s mind. ambient conditions The distinctive atmosphere of the service setting that
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2012 DIVIDEND POLICY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF LISTED FIRMS IN NIGERIA Uwalomwa UWUIGBE1 Covenant University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria Jimoh JAFARU Auchi Polytechnic‚ Edo State‚ Nigeria Anijesushola AJAYI Covenant University‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT This study basically investigates the relationship between the financial performance and dividend payout among listed firms’ in Nigeria. It also looks at the relationship between ownership structure‚ size of firms and the dividend payouts. The
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Professional Standards do not allow a company’s auditors to also provide tax services and retain independence. There have been myriad restrictions placed on professional service companies by the SEC and PCAOB. These companies are restricted on the nonaudit services that the company’s auditors can provide clients. If a service company provides auditing services for a particular company‚ they are restricted in terms of other services that they can provide. These restrictions were not always in place‚ but
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complex conditions of modern business and increase in almost all aspects of services operation have compelled the management of every service industry to place emphasis on the efficient and effective method of presenting its service. The need for marketing in service industry cannot be overemphasized‚ the degree of marketing activities in a company depends on the size of the market. Traditionally‚ executives in service industries have not been market driven. They have lagged behind sellers of products
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------------------------------------------------- Firms Duties to the Employee “Hey Placement season is full on.” “Which all companies are coming to recruit?” “DHL‚ FedEx‚ Unilever‚ P&G‚ Damco and many more you ever dreamt of” “What is the average package they are offering?” “Must be around 12‚000 UAE Dhms.” “That’s great!” It rarely ever happens that a probable employee ever thinks of whether the company would do all duties due to the employee. The employee once enters the company becomes
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Independence of outside audit firms has been an ongoing issue for a long time in the US corporate world. The fundamental problem arises for the lack of clarity about whom does the audit firm really works for‚ the shareholders or the client company. According to Anandarajan et all (2008)‚ this lack of clarity has resulted in auditor’s independence being impaired. In the US‚ the client hires‚ pays‚ and fires the auditor and therefore‚ the culture of the auditors serving at the pleasure of the client
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