1) Discuss the owner-manager conflict within the firm. Provide two real world manifestations of the conflict. Owner-manager conflicts finds it basis on the self-interested behaviors of managers‚ owners and shareholders. Firm managers may have personal goals that conflict with the owner’s goals of maximizing shareholder wealth. Potential conflicts occur when managers seek to maximize their own utility at the expense of the firm’s shareholders. Conflict between owners and managers typically arise
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THE UTILITY CONCEPT THE term utility refers to satisfaction a consumer gets from whatever goods and services he consumes. It will be useful to discuss between two utility concepts: (i) total utility (ii) marginal utility Total utility attained from a commodity refers to the sum total of satisfaction which a consumer receives by consuming the various units of the commodity. The more units he consumes‚ the greater will be his total satisfaction upto a certain point. As he keeps on
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4.) A firm contemplating an advertising campaign that promises to yield $120 one year from now for $100 spent now. Explain why the firm should not undertake the advertising campaign. Because of the Time Value of Money; the $120 might have a Present Value that is lower than the $100 spent now‚ therefore the campaign would have a negative Net Present Value and should not be undertaken. 5.) Determine which of two investment projects a manager should choose if the discount rate of the firm is 10
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1. Question : (TCO A) Wages paid to an assembly line worker in a factory are a Student Answer: Prime Cost YES.....Conversion Cost NO. Prime Cost YES.....Conversion Cost YES. Prime Cost NO....Conversion Cost NO. Prime Cost NO.....Conversion Cost YES. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 2 Points Received: 6 of 6 Comments: 2. Question : (TCO A) A cost incurred in the past that is not relevant to any current decision is classified as
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Market in which firms can enter freely‚ each producing its own brand or version of a differentiated product. 2 Key characteristics Compete by selling differentiated products that are substitutes Free entry and exit Short Run Firm has some market power and faces downward sloping demand curve Price exceeds marginal cost When P>AC firms earn positive economic profits Long Run Positive economic profits in short run attracts new firms Firm’s market share falls and demand curve shifts
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These are the automatically computed results of your exam. Grades for essay questions‚ and comments from your instructor‚ are in the "Details" section below. | Date Taken: | 8/3/2013 | Time Spent: | 24 min ‚ 43 secs | Points Received: | 90 / 100 (90%) | | Question Type: | # Of Questions: | # Correct: | Multiple Choice | 10 | 9 | | | Grade Details - All Questions | 1. | Question : | (TCO A) Which of the following statements is CORRECT? | | | Student Answer: | |
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Perfect Competition: 1. Same product + No barriers to entry + No NPCF easy to switch. 2. Increase P slightly above market P‚ no sales demand is perfectly elastic. 3. D curve is horizontal at the P determined by the intersection of market S&D curves Profit Maximzing decision 1. Since MR=MC 2. Set P (price) = MC 3. MR curve = Demand curve 4. Firms can sell all they want at this market price Q* is the profit maximizing level of output. 1.For output < Q*‚ P < MC. Increase output
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1. “If an investment does not fit with an organization’s strategic plan‚ it is probably not a good idea‚ even if the net present value is positive.” Under what conditions would this be a true statement? When would it be false? The statement is generally true. Investments should be made that are consistent with the company’s strategy. Sometimes a deal comes along that is too good to pass up. In such a case‚ a company might depart from its strategic plan (or revise the plan to accommodate the
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Economics Over the last couple of weeks‚ there has been a lot of valuable information about what economics is and how it works through the presentations and the guest speakers.. Economics is basically the understanding of how different economies function. Economics is the study of how to best allocate scarce resources among competing uses. Scarcity in the economy is the main problem. There are not enough resources to keep up with the demand for them. Within the discipline of economics‚ there
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Page: | 1 2 | 1. | Question : | (TCO F) Assume there is no beginning work in process inventory and the ending work in process inventory is 100% complete with respect to materials costs. The number of equivalent units with respect to materials costs under the weighted-average method is: | | | Student Answer: | | the same as the number of units put into production. | | | | less than the number of units put into production. | | | | the same as the number of units completed
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