ECON 352x – 26363 – Macroeconomics for Business Syllabus – Spring 2013 – MW – 6:00-7:50 pm Professor: F. Ibrahimi Nazarian Office: Bridge Hall 204C Office Phone: (213) 740-3934 Office Hours: Monday &Wednesday 3:00-4:00 pm‚ or by appointment E-mail: ibrahimi@marshall.usc.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION Making sound business decisions requires knowing the economic environment in which firms operate. It requires an understanding of key economic indicators‚ the relationship among economic
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Starbucks Macro-Environmental Analysis Starbucks is very well positioned to take advantage of sustained income due to a variety of strategic macro-environmental variables affecting its performance. Starbucks stage is the entire world‚ therefore must take into consideration the local countries current technological‚ economic‚ cultural‚ and political/legal environment‚ but also the interplay between countries as well. Starbucks cannot simply adapt completely policies and marketing
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1.0 MACRO ENVIRONMENT ELEMENTS There are many factors in the macro-environment that will effect the decisions of the managers of any organization. Tax changes‚ new laws‚ trade barriers‚ demographic change and government policy changes are all examples of macro change. 1.1 Political and Legislation Factors The political-legal dimension of the general environment also affects business activity. The philosophy of the political parties in power influences business practices. The legal environment
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Unit-1 Q1. Define micro and macro economics‚ Distinguish between them‚ and explain the scope‚ importance and its limitations Ans. modern economy analysis has been divided into two major branches that is micro and macro economics. Micro economics means the economics system which deals individual economics unit on the other hand macro economics means the economics unit which deals aggregate as a whole that is national income‚ general employment‚ and total out –put‚ general price level etc. These two
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refreshing beverage on a hot‚ sunny day‚ it plays a big part in the Canadian heritage. The overall beer consumption over the years has been steady‚ however with increased competition‚ it is becoming harder for Canadian breweries to keep up with market trends. Hence‚ all the major Canadian breweries have been merged with or acquired by the international giants. The competition is rising not only between beer brands‚ but also within beverage types. Wine consumption in Canada has been increasing substantially
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1. Micro Environmental The microenvironment consists of five components. The first is the organization’s internal environment—its several departments and management levels—as it affects marketing management’s decision making. The second component includes the marketing channel firms that cooperate to create value: the suppliers and marketing intermediaries (middlemen‚ physical distribution firms‚ marketing-service agencies‚ financial intermediaries). The third component consists of the five types
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Instructor Guo Ji Public email bnuwec@gmail.com‚ PIN interbusiness Contact Information guoji@bnu.edu.cn Course Prerequisites Micro and Macro Course Description This course is an introduction to international business with an emphasis on the contemporary issues of China. The basic content of the course includes (1) an overview of the means of conducting international business‚ with an emphasis on what makes international different from domestic (2) the effects of the social systems within countries
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Because of the influences from the technological upgrading of products and related policies‚ the sales revenue of China’s digital cameras showed the fluctuation trend during 2009-2012. But with the improvement of national economy and living standards as well as the increasing market of consumer electronics products‚ it is predicted that the sales revenue of digital cameras will increase in the future few years and will reach CNY 85 billion by 2017.In 2012‚ Canon‚ Nikon and Sony ranked the top three
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Macro environment of apple company. Macro environment is a far environment which comprise of several forces that raise strategic issue to Apple. These forces are social force‚ economic force‚ politic force‚ and technology force which well known as PEST (figure 3). Figure 3 Macro Environment Technology forces The first force that influences computer industry structure is rapid and sustained technical progress. Each year‚ integrated circuits and other electronic components become better
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I chose catering. There are unlimited reasons why I chose catering‚ and so many fields in catering I could do. I could stick to what I know‚ or what I learned during my time in an institute‚ or anything else. There are many elements to catering‚ or any job for that matter‚ like earnings‚ description‚ advantages and disadvantages‚ etc. Job Description and Duties So you want to know about catering huh? Well do you even know what catering is? According to Thorndike Barnhart catering means to
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