movies. A session at the gym costs the same as the cost to see a movie. Ralph says‚ that for his current consumption of gym sessions and movies‚ he values one more movie twice as much as he values one more session at the gym. Rebecca is studying economics‚ and she tells him that he cannot be choosing at his optimal bundle given his preferences exhibit a diminishing marginal rate of substitution. Is Rebecca correct? Explain. Section II Answer Three of the following four questions. Show all your
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Exogenous consumption: factors other than disposable income that affect consumption. So when consumers feel optimistic about their future‚ they will generally spend more and save less at any given level of disposable income. Reversely if consumers feel pessimistic about their future then the opposite will occur‚ where they will spend less and save more at all level of disposable income. An example of where the exogenous consumption would increase would be in times of economic boom‚ where share prices
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GROWTH OF MICRO-CREDIT IN INDIA: AN EVALUATION (90th Conference volume of Indian Economic Association 2007 Dr. Md. Tarique * & Ranjan Kumar Thakur † The success of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh has established the fact and several literatures in this regard also acknowledge the fact that poor are bankable in terms of capacity to save and repay the loans provided the same are collected at the doorstep in small amount at frequent intervals. This is the basic principle of micro-finance‚ which
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for more than two-thirds of total expenditure. 4. Real GDP is the production of goods and services valued at constant prices. Nominal GDP is the production of goods and services valued at current prices. Real GDP is a better measure of economic well-being because changes in real GDP reflect changes in the amount of output being produced. Thus‚ a rise in real GDP means people have produced more goods and services‚ but a rise in nominal GDP could occur either because of increased production
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Macro-environmental trends. This portion requires you to discuss and analyse the impact on the industry of the following factors (in case the industry competes in overseas markets‚ your analysis should have a corresponding dimension): · Social‚ cultural‚ demographic and environmental forces; · Political‚ governmental and legal forces; · Technological forces; and · Economic forces. Macro-Environment Definition Major external and uncontrollable factors that
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Distinct Questions of the Family Business __________________________________________________ Nepotism in Family Businesses Nepotism is defined as the granting of favors to relatives without regard to merit. While most non-family owned firms exercise strict policies stressing the prohibition of nepotism‚ the vast majority of family owned businesses are found to have made it common practice to appoint family offspring as successors. In the course of the essay this phenomenon will be discussed
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Literature Review: Family Businesses Continuation Name: Harshil Mahesh Patel Student Number: 10811278 Word Count: 2627 Module: CA381 – Small Business & Entrepreneurship Module Tutor: Clifford Conway Date: 13/12/2012 Abstract In the 21st century where our societies are highly developed‚ technology advancements and trade have lead to business growth all around the world. Within this vast business industry there are all types of players‚ one significantly powerful group that
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Analyze the impact of global factors on UK business organization . Global Factor Global Factors can be defined as the environmental factors that affect the organization at global level. These factors can also be known as PESTEL (macro-environment). Organization’s future is linked to an increasingly global environment. Analyzing how global factors impact on UK business organization Political factors and legal factors Government policy affects the whole economy as well as business organization
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Macro Environmental Analysis Boost Juice strategies will differ between countries in order to adapt to the different Macro Environmental related factors. The following are the Macro environment related analysis: Political Factor Different governmental policies must be researched for measures that may impact this industry and its ability to trade within that country. Boost Juice must carefully investigate this factor in order to certify that it is feasible to set up a store in certain locations. This
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Demand side factors 1.Monetary policy The central bank tries to maintain price stability through controlling the level of money supply. Thus‚ monetary policy plays a stabilizing role in influencing economic growth through a number of channels. The contribution that monetary policy makes to sustainable growth is the maintenance of price stability. Since sustained increase in price levels is adjudged substantially to be a monetary phenomenon‚ monetary policy uses its tools to effectively check
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