Microfinance Enters the Marketplace by Elisabeth Rhyne and Robert Peck Christen ABSTRACT The past few years have seen an acceleration in the creation of commercial microfinance programs. The demonstration effect of profitable microfinance institutions (MFIs)‚ combined with market forces in newly-liberalized financial markets‚ created the conditions for this rapid expansion. Bolivia‚ Chile‚ Paraguay‚ Uganda and Bangladesh are the focus countries for this paper‚ although the authors draw examples
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Global Supply Chain Management Simulation Debrief Slides ©© Enspire Enspire Learning Learning and and Harvard Harvard Business Business School School (revised Dec 2010) 1 Board Members’ Objectives Member Objective Betty Forecasting: choice of options (consensus vs. mean) Doug Forecasting: choice of options (role of risk) Yvonne Stocking Levels: Weighing the costs of over/understocking Meryl Production flexibility: accurate response/ sourcing strategy (focus on flexibility) Paul Production
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Marketplace Fairness Act This Marketplace Fairness Act is not about being fair to traditional local stores or about the competitive advantage that virtual stores have over brick-and-mortar retailers but about many States needing revenue to provide social services and other important emergency services that are vital to the city‚ county and states. It is true that online retailer have many advantages over the traditional local stores taxes are not the only disadvantages they have there is
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E-Marketplace Business to Business (B2B) e-marketplaces are the growing trend in the B2B e-commerce business model. Businesses from all industries and countries can gather‚ perform commerce functions‚ share mission- critical information‚ and deploy infrastructure applications that allow those organizations to tie their internal systems to each other. But some companies - the largest ones - don’t have to play in the generic B2B e-marketplaces. Instead‚ they can build their own and literally require
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Market Structure Simulation Quasar Computers When industries are selling similar products this makes up market structure. I will be discussing economic profit that Quasar computer is able to make. The market structure is made of the following pure monopoly‚ pure competition‚ monopolistic competition‚ and oligopoly. In the simulation I learn about pricing and non pricing strategies and understanding the diverse market structure. Quasar put out a new first all-optical notebook that is called
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SSA 2015 MAR 4804 Test Strategic Marketing Quarters 3 & 4 decisions NOTE: Use the Question numbers below (59 through 99) in completing the Blue Sheet 59. The issue of pricing does not need to be addressed during your brand design efforts. a. True b. False 60. When deciding on price you should consider a. What the market will bear b. Your production costs c. The price your competition will charge d. All of the above
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Marketing Simulation: Managing Segments and Customers Prepare Tab Video Transcripts How to Play Video and Initial Customer Interview Videos “How to Play” Audio Script In this simulation‚ you are the newly appointed CEO for Minnesota Micromotors‚ a medical motors device manufacturer. You must determine the company’s overall marketing strategy and make critical decisions around Minnesota Micromotors positioning relative to ever-changing market segment needs and behaviors. These include setting the
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1. What did you observe in inventory and back order levels when you play the game in uncoordinated and coordinated modes? What are the underlying reasons for the problems associated with uncoordinated decision-making? Based on the results you found in the previous part‚ list the potential benefits of coordination. (max 0.75 page) 2. What are the steps companies can take in order to reduce the problems associated with uncoordinated decision-making? Discuss also the potential implementation issues
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The Bailey Prospect[1] It is Thursday‚ May 18‚ 1988. Your assignment is to help Sprigg Lane Natural Resources evaluate the risks associated with a potential investment in the "Bailey Prospect‚" a natural gas opportunity in Doddridge County‚ West Virginia. Your colleague‚ Lisa Weatherford has done a thorough base-case analysis and constructed a spreadsheet model that you can use in your analysis. You and Lisa are financial analysts at Sprigg Lane Investment Corporation. Background Sprigg
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Chapter 1: Types of Simulation Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 2 The Basic Simulation Process................................................................................................... 2 Figure 1.01: Basic Simulation Process............................................................................ 2 Figure 1.02: Decision Cycle.........................................
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