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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Chapter 5 DEMAND ANALYSIS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Q5.1 Q5.1 Is the economic demand for a product determined solely by its usefulness? ANSWER No‚ two basic conditions must be met before economic demand is created. First‚ there must be value associated with acquiring and using the good or service. For individuals‚ this value is in terms of utility‚ well being‚ or satisfaction through consumption. For firms‚ this value is measured in terms of the profit created through resource employment. Second‚ there
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Week 2 Assignment Crystal G Tanner BUS640: Managerial Economics Brian Shaw April 23‚ 2012 CH 3. 2. Appalachian Coal Mining believes that it can increase labor productivity and‚ therefore‚ net revenue by reducing air pollution in its mines. It estimates that the marginal cost function for reducing pollution by installing additional capital equipment is MC = 40P where P represents a reduction of one unit of pollution in the mines. It also feels that for every unit of pollution reduction the
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price ceiling of $3 will result in a A. B. C. D. shortage of 30 units. shortage of 15 units. surplus of 30 units. surplus of 12 units. 2. In a competitive market‚ the market demand is Qd = 60 - 6P and the market supply is Qs = 4P. The full economic price under a price ceiling of $3 is A. B. C. D. 6. 7. 8. 9. 3. The buyer side of the market is known as the: A. B. C. D. income side. demand side. supply side. seller side. 4. The law of demand states that‚ holding all else constant:
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associated with high price causes decline in the value for money. It exists when the amount of money in the country is in excess of the physical volume of goods and services. Explain the reasons for this monetary phenomenon. Ans: Inflation: In economics‚ inflation is a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. It can be defined as too much money chasing too few goods. When the general price level rises‚ each unit of currency buys fewer
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where they live; and consumers typically have a very limited set of goods to choose from. As a result‚ many of the tools and concepts of microeconomics are of limited relevance in those countries. •macroeconomics Branch of economics that deals with aggregate economic variables‚ such as the level and growth rate of national output‚ inter· est rates‚ unemployment‚ and inflation. Trade-Offs In modern market economies‚ consumers‚ workers‚ and firms have much more flexibilityand choicewhen
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MBA MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Arcadia IMBA Module 2 University Wide Individual Assignment (UWIA) 12th July 2013 PROBLEM SET #1 1. Complete the following table and answer the accompanying questions. a. At what level of the control variable are net benefits maximized? Net Benefit is also profit. The formula for this is MB = MC. As seen in the table completed above‚ after applying the formula then net benefit is maximized where Q = 106. b
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Science of Managerial Economics Running successful businesses requires involvement of well experienced and talented managers; all companies’ stakeholders concern‚ in running companies‚ is to make profits and expectation is on managers’ part to make such desire become the fact of reality. One of the tools managers use to analyse company’s performances and be able to make intelligent decisions- for further profitability and sustainability of the corporations- is by economical tool. “managerial economics
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Applied Managerial Decision Making MGMT600-1301B-03 Phase 3 individual project Rocklyn Kee Colorado Technical University Online Professor Donald Pratl March 11‚ 2013 There are 500 employees in the sales force of Company W that are spread out over Southeast‚ Northeast‚ West‚ and Central regions. The company has recently incorporated a new software program in and attempt to monitor how many sales are generated by each employee. It is expected that each month each region should sell the same
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Murzakarimova Balzhan Management 343 Q1.6 Which concept—the business profit concept or the economic profit concept—provides the more appropriate basis for evaluating business operations? Why? Businesses i know are there to maximize profit and minimize cost.On this basis‚i think the business profit concept is the most appropriate basis for evaluating business operations because banks‚lenders or creditors will the creditworthiness of such business if loan or any other facility has been advanced
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