Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Used to Measure the Business Cycle Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is used quarterly as an indicator of economic activity to measure the business cycle. A business cycle is when there are periods of economic growth and periods of economic decline. A business cycle consists of four stages‚ contraction‚ recession‚ expansion‚ and peak. Contraction is when the economy starts to slow down. When a contraction begins to occur the Federal Reserve will lower interest
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THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE A product’s life cycle (PLC) can be divided into several stages characterized by the revenue generated by the product. The life cycle concept may apply to a brand or to a category of product. Its duration may be as short as a few months for a fad item or a century or more for product categories such as the gasoline-powered automobile. Product development is the incubation stage of the product life cycle. There are no sales and the firm prepares to introduce the product. As
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Chinese people to achieve financial goals and I have found a theory called “life cycle financial planning”‚ which is designing the financial plan by different important factors in one’s lifetime. I hope it can be helpful to Chinese people to realize the important of life planning‚ and both private sectors and public sectors can contribute on new methods based on this theory. From the following‚ I will introduce what is life cycle financial planning and the main factors in it. What is financial planning
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The performance management cycle is another tool used to measure and monitor performance through professional supervision. As mentioned above it is important to plan in supervisions‚ it means setting performance expectations‚ this can be in one-one supervisions or group supervisions for individuals to focus their efforts towards achieving organisational objectives. It is important that staff are involved in the planning process as they will gather a better understanding of the overall goals of the
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Life Cycle Cost Analysis James Pappas Logistics Management and Operations‚ TLMT 353‚ Spring 15 American Public University Professor Ernest Hughes 29 June 2015 Life Cycle Cost Analysis Life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) is a process of evaluating the costs that can be identified and quantified‚ to include all factors like acquisition‚ sustaining‚ maintaining and final disposition of the item‚ that can have an impact on the whole system cost during its life span. (Blanchard‚ 2004)
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The international product life cycle (IPLC) theory‚ developed and verified by economists to explain trade in a context of comparative advantage‚ describes the diffusion process of an innovation across national boundaries. The life cycle begins when a developed country‚ having a new product to satisfy consumer needs‚ wants to exploit its technological breakthrough by selling abroad. Other advanced nations soon start up their own production facilities‚ and before long LDCs do the same Efficiency/comparative
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Software Development Life Cycle A program may result from some problem‚ in this case problem means some task requiring a solution‚ or from a bright idea‚ or because it is a project which has been set for student. No matter what their first causes computer programs‚ aka software‚ and software systems‚ collections of softwares‚ have quite well-defined life cycles. The need for a program is recognised‚ the requirements are analysed‚ a possible solution is designed‚ the prototype is built and tested
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The Accounting Cycle Deanna Ruocco ACC 421 June 18‚ 2012 Bryan Lichau The Accounting Cycle The accounting cycle is a process that normally uses accounting procedures to record transactions and prepare financial statements of a company. The accounting cycle is made up of nine steps: Journalizing‚ posting‚ trial balance‚ adjusting entries‚ adjusted trial balance‚ preparing financial statements‚ closing‚ post-closing trial balance‚ and reversing entries. This presentation
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Stages in the Product Life Cycle Abstract This paper defines and discusses in depth the four stages in the Product Life Cycle. Most successful products pass through these four stages which are Introduction‚ Growth‚ Maturity and Decline and the following will help to distinguish the transition between each stage while presenting their differing components. Additionally‚ it will display the direction in which companies take when faced with being in each varying stage. An understanding of the outcome
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Product Life Cycle: Definition: Products come and go. A company’s challenge is to hold on to its customers longer than it holds on to its products. It needs to watch the market life cycle and the customer life cycle more than the product life cycle. Someone at Ford realized this: “If we’re not customer driven‚ our cars won’t be either.” One selects marketing tools that are appropriate to the stage of the product’s life cycle. For example‚ advertising and publicity will produce the biggest payoff
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