so that the organization can predict trends. The Macro Environment There are a number of common approaches for how the external factors‚ which describe the macro environment‚ can be identified and examined. These factors indirectly affect the organization but cannot be controlled by it. One approach is the PEST analysis. The PEST analysis is a political‚ economic‚ social‚ and technological analysis that describes the framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning
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Name: _________________________ (Last name‚ first name) SID: _________________________ GSI: _________________________ Econ 100B Macroeconomic Analysis Professor Steven Wood Fall 2012 Exam #1 ANSWERS Please sign the following oath: The answers on this exam are entirely my own work. I neither gave nor received any aid while taking this exam. I will not discuss the questions on this test until after 5:00 p.m. on September 27‚ 2012. _______________________________________ Signature
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economy would project otherwise. The following information will give you a history of Southwest Airlines and the airline industry‚ an overview of their business strategy‚ a financial analysis covering the past four years‚ a valuation of the company’s stock and a recommendation to purchase the stock. B. ANALYSIS OVERVIEW I. Company Background Southwest Airlines is one of the most well-known and recognized names in the airline industry today. Known for its inexpensive‚ yet efficient
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respect of launching product W at the state level. As a consulting firm‚ we will perform a cost-volume-profit [CVP] analysis whereby we will examine where the Company stands now and where the Company intends to be. CVP analysis is extension of break-even analysis – a situation where a business earns no income and incurs no loss. From the analysis we shall then deduce results and make recommendations. Theoretical Background In order to carry out a CVP analysis‚ we need to have an understanding of its
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COST – volume –profit analysis LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students should be able to: 1. Explain the nature of CVP Analysis and name and illustrate planning and Decision-making situations in which it may be used‚ 2. Separate semi-variable (mixed) costs into their fixed and variable components. 3. Construct profit/volume charts given selling price‚ costs and volume data. 4. Construct a cost/volume/profit (CVP) model representing the data in a marginal
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The term Macro has been taken from the Latin word Macros which means big. The field of economics that studies the behavior of the aggregate economy. Macroeconomics examines economy-wide phenomena such as changes in unemployment‚ national income‚ rate of growth‚ gross domestic product‚ inflation and price levels. Macroeconomics Concerns Production Prices Income Employment National Production/Output Total Industrial Output Gross Domestic Product Growth of Output Aggregate Price Level Consumer
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CHEMUNG COUNTY (WENY) - After working in the community for nearly 20 years‚ a non-profit dog rehabilitation program has announced it’s closing down. Since 1999‚ 936 dogs have single handedly been welcomed into the founder of the Kramer Foundation‚ Juli Lathrop’s home. However‚ Juli says without proper housing for the dogs‚ she no longer can keep the program going. She’s no longer taking in new dogs and over teh next years will be phasing out theO foundation as current dogs get placed in new homes
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Marginal Analysis and Profit Maximization Task A At the point of profit maximization within any firm‚ the aspects of both marginal revenue and marginal cost play a major role. The economically working definition of marginal revenue is termed as: the extra revenue that an additional unit of product will bring. It is the additional income from selling one more unit of a good; sometimes equal to price (MoneyTerms‚ 2005). The marginal revenue of the output of any given product ties closely in the
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COST-VOLUME PROFIT (CVP) ANALYSIS This is a technique used for planning short-term run profits by finding the relationship between profits and factors that influence profits. The following factors are taken to be influencing profits:- • Selling price • Variable cost of production • Fixed costs • Activity level (production and sales units) Profit planning is based on break-even analysis and can be worked out using either; a) Algebraic method b) Contribution method c) Break-even
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COST-VOLUMEPROFIT ANALYSIS Julie E. Colandog A systematic examination of the relationship among cost‚ cost driver or level of activity (volume)‚ and Sales Less: Variable Costs Contribution Margin Less: Fixed Costs Net Profit xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx CONTRIBUTION MARGIN INCOME STATEMENT e s Sa l Total Cost Break-even point Fixed Cost Break-even point is a condition where total revenue equals total cost and profit is equal to zero BREAK-EVEN POINT Break-even point (pesos) = Total Fixed
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