FINAL EXAMINATION PROGRAMME: MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA): GENERAL AND TOURISM- YEAR ONE MODULE: ECONOMICS DATE: 21 NOVEMBER 2011 DURATION: 3 Hours EXAMINER: Mr I Govender INTAKE: JANUARY 2011 TIME: 09h00 – 12h00 TOTAL MARKS: 100 MODERATOR: Dr D Mukuvisi INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE: 1. Questions must be attempted in the answer book provided. 2. All queries should be directed to the invigilator; do not communicate or attempt to communicate with any other candidate. 3. You have THREE
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Identify and rank the five countries sending the largest numbers of immigrants to the U.S. Include numbers for the latest year available. Mexico 166‚000‚ India 65‚000‚ China 60‚000‚ Philippines 53‚000‚ and Vietnam 40‚000. 3. What is the net economic impact on the U.S. of immigrant taxes and welfare benefits? The welfare benefits are around twenty thousand while the average yearly family income is just eleven thousand. 4. Briefly outline the main points of the Immigration Act of 1990 (IMMACT
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Mahindra War Room 2014 Financial Services Business Caselet MAHINDRA FINANCE SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESS CASELET Mahindra Financial Services Sector offers a range of financial products and services to the under-served customers in rural and semi-urban India. Mahindra Finance is fabled as a success story in rural penetration and poverty reduction through financial inclusion. BUSINESS BACKGROUND Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited (MMFSL) is one of India’s leading Non-Banking
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Most schools offer a variety of activities‚ classes‚ and clubs‚ my favorite activity is band. First‚ band is an extraordinary activity to be involved in. Second‚ band requires to interact with the other students so I get to talk to my friends. Last but not least I get to go on a lot of different field trips throughout the school year. As can be seen‚ I think band is the best activity offered in school. First of all‚ band is a great activity that the school offers. I get to play my own instrument
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- consumers: all individ.s in ec. that consume goods and services to satisfy needs and wants - consumer sovereignty: refers to the fact that patterns of consumers spending determine patterns of production. Through spending dec. consumers express their preferences. Factors influencing individual consumer choice: Income: disposable income – after tax (main determinant on consumer spending) More income‚ more demand for good and services But APS will rise as income rises
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There is more than one way for an economy to organize its economy. The government may decide what’s best or the government might stay out of it‚ leaving the economic system- structure of methods and principles that a society uses to produce and distribute goods and services- to be determined by the combined decisions of millions of individual people. Economic system is defined as how a society chooses to produce‚ distribute‚ and consume goods and services. Since resources are scarce and not always
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assets in the period 2008-2009 but it increased back regularly from 2009 to 2012. Therefore‚ Haiha has ability to develop well in the future. INCOME STATEMENT: (VND) | 2011 | 2012 | Net Sales | 637‚219‚539‚120 | 676‚798‚449‚471 | Cost of Goods Sold | 544‚347‚917‚672 | 573‚561‚735‚096 | Expenses | 74‚206‚313‚071 | 85‚460‚459‚021 | Net Income | 20‚250‚771‚925 | 21‚886‚619‚910 | Sale revenues have stayed on the rise from 2008 to 2012
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Green‚ recently stated the following: “Let’s face it. The market economy is based on a fundamental deception: I (a company) know how much it costs to make something‚ and I’m going to fool you‚ the consumer‚ into paying as much as possible. I find this assertion false and misguided. While some markets are more desirable than others‚ no one is being fooled into paying as much as possible. In the following essay I will evaluate each of the four market types (monopoly‚ oligopoly‚ perfectly competition‚ and
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There are 1‚440 minutes in every day. Use 30 of them for physical activity. Do you want to live a long‚ healthy life? I know I do. Being physically active every day is one important aspect of a healthy lifestyle. To be physically active‚ you do not have to be an athlete. Research shows that regular physical activity can promote psychological well-being and even aid in reducing feelings of depression and anxiety. Because of this‚ each and every one of you should be active for at least 30 minutes
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Consumer expenditure Mini Case John Hawksworth “Opinion: Economic Trends - Saved by the consumer?”‚ Accountancy‚ London‚ Mar 2002 (with minor editing) How long can the UK economy buck the global trend just because our consumers keep spending money? Have we avoided the recession that has gripped the US‚ Japan and Germany over the past six to 12 months or are we just postponing the day of reckoning? And are we storing up worse problems for the future as a result of rising household debt levels
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