Microfinance Council of the Philippines‚ Inc. Brief History The Microfinance Council of the Philippines‚ Inc. (MCPI) is a network of 41 institutions working towards the rapid development of the microfinance industry in the Philippines. The 41 institutions include 34 practitioners and 7 service providers. While membership among the practitioners is currently dominated by non-government organizations (NGOs)‚ the roster of practitioners also includes microfinance-oriented rural banks‚ one thrift
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The Macro Environment Analysis is traditionally the first step of a strategic analysis; it is sometimes referred to as an external analysis‚ a pest analysis or a pestle analysis. The purpose of the Macro Environment Analysis is to identify possible opportunities and threats to your industry as a whole that are outside the control of your industry. There are many factors in the macro-environment that will affect the decisions of the organisation. Tax changes‚ new laws‚ trade barriers‚ demographic
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consumers process the advertising message consciously. If an advertisement manages to catch consumers’ attention‚ it has an opportunity to motivate and affect their behavior‚ which is ultimately the goal of advertising. However‚ the most important factor is considered to be information people expect to get valuable information about a product. According to Ronald J. Faber (1997) there is a difference between short-term advertising effects and long-term advertising effectiveness. In contrast to effects
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resources. Capital in economics can actually be used to produce goods and services. 3 Explain the difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics. Give example of the areas of concern to each branch of economics. Micro: individual unit. Eg household‚ market‚ industry Macro: economic behavior of aggregate (national level) Eg national output‚ unemployment rates‚ etc. page 6 4 Explain why it is important for an economic model to be an abstraction from the real world. TO UNDERSTAND THE
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Topic: “The Internet and its Effect on the Music Industry Value Chain” National University MGT/602: Strategic Decision-Making in Global Business Instructor: Prof. July 17‚ 2009 The purpose of this paper is to explain why the growing popularity of downloading music from the Internet gave rise to a new music industry value chain that differs considerably from the traditional value chain. The internet has helped usher in the "New Age of music/media access”. The internet has it used
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01DEFINE AND EXPLAIN A RANGE OF CORE ECO TERMS AND CONEPTS INCLUDING ECONOMIC SURPLUS OPP COST AND SUNK COST DEFINE AND EXPLAIN A RANGE OF CORE ECO TERMS AND CONEPTS INCLUDING ECONOMIC SURPLUS OPP COST AND SUNK COST CHAPTER !: THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMIST Scarcity principal: due to limited resources to satisfy unlimited wants‚ trade offs occur in terms of having more of one good and less of another Economic decision: any decision when securing something of value means going without something
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Sociological theories can be divided into two categories‚ macro-sociological and micro-sociological theories‚ otherwise known as structural and action theories‚ respectively. As sociological theories‚ they both aim to explain the society we live in‚ but differ in where they choose to focus their explanation‚ with macro-sociological theories observing society as shaping the individuals that live in it‚ and micro-sociological theories observing individuals as shaping the society they live in. Structural
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1. Suppose that changes in bank regulations expand the availability of credit cards so that people need to hold less cash. If the central bank does not respond to this event‚ what will happen to the price level? Use a diagram to assist in answering this question. 2. Use the loanable funds model to explain what happens to interest rates and investment if a government moves from a balanced budget position to a budget surplus. 3. Suppose that the T-account for The Open Campus National
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Problem Set 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which of the following topics is NOT a primary concern of macroeconomists? A) relative wages of skilled and unskilled workers B) unemployment C) differences in standards of living across countries D) fluctuations in the level of economic activity 1) 2) Primarily‚ macroeconomists use microeconomic principles to study A) business cycles and trends in the stock market
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I believe the three videos show good examples of the macro level approach. They provide help to the community and at the same time‚ they help individuals to feel better. In the video Women of Hull House‚ I think it started more as a micro. They were helping the people that were living in the house; however‚ it became macro after they kept adding more services and programs that were beneficial for an entire community. “They provided community services‚ supported unions‚ and undertook vigorous crusades
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