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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Benedictine University Managerial Economics Individual Work-1 Unit Tutor: Char Lee Racine Student name：Gu Haizhen (Vivian) Date of issue: September 6‚ 2010 Date of submission: September 13‚ 2010 Contents I. 3 II. 4 III. 7 VI. 9 Technical problems I. During a year of operation‚ a firm collects $175‚000 in revenue and spends $80‚000 on raw materials‚ labor expense‚ utilities‚ and rent. The owners of the
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alternative. It is reasonable to assume that all organizations have to work with scarce resources‚ no matter how large or profitable. A key role that managers play is to decide how best to allocate their organizations’ scarce resources. From an economic standpoint‚ optimal decisions involve their weighing of the benefits associated with a particular decision against the opportunity cost of this decision. 2. Define the market process‚ the command process‚ and the traditional process‚ How does
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Q1. A. “The objective of economic analysis is not merely to discover the truth but also to assist in the solution of concrete problems.” Comment. Economic analysis provides a systematic approach for studying the allocation of resources to achieve an organization’s objectives. Techniques of economic analysis help ensure efficient operations‚ minimize overhead and compare costs and benefits Function • Economic analysis provides a systematic approach for industry‚ government agencies and nonprofit
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Gus Bonilla MBA 217 Managerial Economics Individual Assignment 2) A firm’s product sells for $2 per unit in a highly competitive market. The firm produces output using capital (which it rents at $75 per hour) and labor (which is paid a wage of $15 per hour under a contract for 20 hours of labor services). Complete the following table and use that information to answer the questions that follow. K | L | O | MPK | APK | APL | VMPK | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | 50 | 50 | 50
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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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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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SUPPLY supply curve - in economics‚ graphic representation of the relationship between product priceand quantity of product that a seller is willing and able to supply. Product price is measured on the vertical axis of the graph and quantity of product supplied on the horizontal axis. In most cases‚ the supply curve is drawn as a slope rising upward from left to right‚ since product price and quantity supplied are directly related (i.e.‚ as the price of a commodity increases in the market‚ the
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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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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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