W. Cris Lewis MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (Economics 4010) Business 302A T-TH 12:00-1:15 pm (Business 209) clewis@econ.usu.edu (CRN #10732) Office Hours: T-Th 10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. and by appointment Spring 2007 Text: H. Craig Petersen and W. Cris Lewis‚ Managerial Economics‚ 4th edition (New York: MacMillan) 1999 (Required) Workbook: H. Craig Petersen and W. Cris Lewis‚ Managerial Economics: Study Guide w/Software (New York: MacMillan) 1999 (Not required but useful and on reserve in the library). Course
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Chapter 03 - Markets‚ Organizations‚ And The Role Of Knowledge CHAPTER 3 MARKETS‚ ORGANIZATIONS‚ AND THE ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE CHAPTER SUMMARY This chapter answers three primary questions: How do market systems work? What are the relative advantages of market systems compared to central planning in large economies? Why do we observe so much economic activity conducted within firms in market economies? In addition to covering the basic principles of exchange and supply-and-demand analysis‚ the chapter
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Managerial Economics HW #4 (Chapter 5) 1.A firm can manufacture a product according to the production function Q F(K‚ L) K3/4L1/4 a. Calculate the average product of labor‚ APL‚ when the level of capital is fixed at 16 units and the firm uses 16 units of labor. How does the average product of labor change when the firm uses 81 units of labor? Saat (Capital) K = 16 (Labour) L = 16 Q = (16)0‚75(16)0‚25 Q = (8)(2) = 16 APL =Q/L =16/16=1. Saat K= 16 Q= 81 Q = (16)0‚75(81)0‚25 Q = (8)(3)
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Chapter 3 3. Before the industrial revolution the cottage industry was an industry that was centered in self-sufficient rural households. After the industrial revolutions production moved to urban factories where production was more efficient and on a larger scale. Advances in technology such as the advent of the steam power brought about specialized factories that drastically improved the productivity of the workers. 4. If the cost of producing a good for a household is below the market price
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Managerial Economics Section A 1) a. Macroeconomics 2) c. Demand function 3) b. Arc elasticity 4) b. Consumer goods 5) c. The Indifference Curve 6) a. Future costs 7) c. Equilibrium 8) b. Gross national product 9) b. Product approach 10) c. GDP PART TWO: 1) The elasticity of one variable with respect to another between two given points. It is used when there is no general function to define the relationship of the two variables. Arc elasticity is also defined as the elasticity between two points
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CHAPTER 9 Three conditions for a market to be perfectly competitive? Many buyers and sellers‚ with all firms selling identical products‚ and no barriers to new firms entering the market. In perfectly competitive markets‚ prices are determined by The interaction of market demand and supply because firms and consumers are price takers. Price taker Buyer or seller that is unable to affect the market price. A buyer or seller that takes the market price as given When are firms likely to be
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THE FIRM’S BASIC PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PROBLEM Chapter 2 slide 1 What Quantity of Output should the Firm Produce and Sell and at What Price? The Answer depends on Revenue and Cost Predictions. The Solution is Found using Marginal Analysis. Expand an Activity if and only if the Extra Benefit exceeds the Extra Cost. MAXIMIZING PROFIT FROM MICROCHIPS 2.2 A1. Focus on a single Product‚ A2. whose Revenues and Costs can be predicted with Certainty. Revenue can be predicted using the Demand
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military C) The same as the web D) a large network of networks Answer: D Section Ref: The Internet and How It Works 2) The concept of the Internet was developed in response to the ________ War. A) Korean B) Vietnam C) Cold D) Gulf Answer: C Section Ref: The Origin of the Internet 3) The World Wide Web was based on a protocol developed by ________. A) Microsoft B) Apple C) Tim Berners-Lee D) the U.S. government Answer: C Section Ref: The Origin of the Internet 4) The "fathers"
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Chapter 5: Question 3: Suppose that two units of X and eight units of Y give a consumer the same utility as four units of X and two units of Y. Over this range: a. If the consumer obtains one more unit of X‚ how many units of Y must be given up in order to keep utility constant ∆Y∆X=2-84-2= - 62= -3 ~ Utility unchanged‚ if consumer exchanges 3 units of Y for 1 unit of X. b. If the consumer obtains one more unit of Y‚ how many units of X must be given up in order to keep
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Chapter Chapter 1: Introduction to Managerial Economics 1 Introduction to Managerial Economics CHAPTER SUMMARY Managerial economics is the science of directing scarce resources to manage cost effectively. It consists of three branches: competitive markets‚ market power‚ and imperfect markets. A market consists of buyers and sellers that communicate with each other for voluntary exchange. Whether a market is local or global‚ the same managerial economics apply. A seller with market
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