MBA 5600 Managerial Economics Assignment #1 1. What impact will the prospect of deprivatization have on investment by managers of privatized firms? The impact will be: - Loosing corporate focus; - Missing planned CEO turnover; - Affecting planned managerial objects and strategic efficiency Obviously‚ normal managers invest in long-term projects‚ products and services‚ deprivatization may come up with a different strategy that not aligned with corporate goals and its profit will probably
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Chapter 2 Cost Terms‚ Concepts‚ and Classifications Exercise 2-2 (15 minutes) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 . 15 . Depreciation on salespersons’ cars ................ Rent on equipment used in the factory .......... Lubricants used for machine maintenance ..... Salaries of personnel who work in the finished goods warehouse.............................. Soap and paper towels used by factory workers at the end of a shift ...................... Factory supervisors’ salaries
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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1 MB0042 – Managerial Economics - 4 Credits (Book ID: B 1625 ) Assignment Set -1 (60 marks) Note: Assignment Set -1 must be written within 6-8 pages. Answer all questions. Q1. Discuss profit maximising model in detail. 10 marks(350-400 words) Answer : Profit maximization is the rational behaviour of equilibrium assumption. Any firm which aiming at profit maximization model; will go increasing its output till it reaches maximum profit output
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Introduction Alonzo Forrest is a 68 year old man who enjoys the benefits of good health. Mr. Forrest lifestyle is active and he jogs at least five miles on a day-to-day basis. Along with his wife and friends‚ he regularly plays tennis and enjoys swimming activities at the local YMCA. Annually‚ he actively participates in at least three half marathons. Moreover‚ he and his wife of 46 years have enjoyed residence in a home that boasts 4000 square feet for 31 of these years; however‚ he
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Cost drivers‚ as propounded by Porter (1985) are the structural causes of the cost of an activity in the value chain. They determine the behaviour and level of costs within an activity. A cost driver can be completely‚ partly or not at all under the control of a firm. It is therefore important for a manager to understand these factors because according to the Neo-classical model of the firm‚ the firm’s objective is to maximise profit by producing a given level of output at the minimum cost level
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Will Forrest Will Forrest is a Spanish and history teacher at Paonia High School. He is a cross country coach and always seems to have Spanish music blaring from his classroom. Little does everyone know that Mr. Forrest’s original plan was to graduate college and go into the military. Why isn’t he in the military? Why is he a teacher at a school with under 200 students‚ instead of following his plan‚ “I expected to graduate with a degree in history and teaching‚ and I expected to end up joining some
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Minimum Wage Ordinance Cap. 608 is an ordinance enacted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to introduce a minimum wage in Hong Kong in July 2010. The executive branch proposed a minimum wage of HK$30 (~US$3.871) per hour in November 2010‚ which the Legislative Council voted to accept after much debate in January 2011. It came into effect on 1 May 2011. Prior to this‚ there had also been a fixed minimum wage for one specific class of workers‚ foreign domestic
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Managerial and Financial Accounting Report Week one paper Chuck Youman Finance 540 George Peterson July 26‚ 2006 MFAR 2 Introduction This report is intended to discuss the differences between financial accounting and managerial accounting. By discussing the differences in the types of reports that are generated by the two different accounting systems‚ this report will compare and contrast the types of decisions made using the information that the two types of accounting would
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purpose of a product-costing system? The purpose of a product-costing system: * Determine product and service cost‚ and value inventory. * Facilitate management planning‚ cost. * Control and performance evaluation. * Facilitate managerial decision making. Q(4-5): define the term equivalent units and explain how the concept is used in process costing.? A term used in process costing to refer to the amount of manufacturing activity that has been applied to a batch of physical unites
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Content 1 Introduction 1 1.Task one 2 The models and concepts affecting the pricing decisions taken by organisations‚ critically reflecting upon their usefulness 2 2‚ Task two 6 The role of standard costing and variance analysis in management accounting and a critically discussion of the value and limitations of variance analysis as a means of identifying key areas which have contributed to the overall profit figure. 6 3‚ The advantages and disadvantages of introducing an Activity Based Costing
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