1. Explain Porter’s Diamond Porter introduced group of interconnected firms‚ suppliers‚ related industries‚ institutions. Competitive advantage of nations have been the outcome of four interlinked advanced factors and activities: these interrelated links Factors for Competitive Advantage for the countries or regions in Porter’s Diamond are as follows: 1 Factor conditions - such as skilled labor‚ land‚ natural resources‚ capital and infrastructure. Porter argues that the "key" factors
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KUMAUN UNIVERSITY NAINITAL ANNUAL EXAMINATION SCHEME 2013 Programme of M. A. (Previous) & M.A. (Final) |Day & Date |SUBJECT |PAPER / TIME | | | |11 AM- 2 PM | |Thursday‚ 18.4.13 |1. English (Previous)
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PRODUCTION FUNCTION Objectives After going through this unit‚ you should be able to: familiarise with the concepts and rules relevant for production decision analysis; understand the economics of production; understand the set of conditions required for efficient production. Introduction to Microbes Structure 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 Introduction Production Function Production Function with one Variable Input Production Function with two Variable Inputs The Optimal Combination
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and how engineering and technology may be used to alleviate them‚ example of Green Revolution and White revolution. Reasons for their success and can we replicate them. Sustainable Development. Unit 1V : Elementry Economic Analysis; Interest formulas and their Applications; Calculations of economic equivalence‚ Bases for Comparison of Alternatives: Present Worth Method‚ Future worth method‚ Annual equivalent‚ Internal Rate of return; Evaluating Production Operations‚ Business
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low feedstock pricing in Asia Pacific is expected to be a major benefit for industry participants in terms of production. To request a sample copy or view summary of this report‚ click the link below: http://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/polyurethane-pu-market Further key findings from the study suggest: • Global PU market demand was 15‚670.6 kilo tons in 2013 and is expected to reach 22‚058.4 kilo tons by 2020‚ growing at a CAGR of 5% from 2014 to 2020. • Automotive applications
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Place your answer on the answer sheet. There are 50 questions‚ each worth 2 points. 1) In 1985‚ Alice paid $20‚000 for an option to purchase ten acres of land. By paying the $20‚000‚ she bought the right to buy the land for $100‚000 in 1992. When she acquired the option in 1985‚ the land was worth $120‚000. In 1992‚ it is worth $110‚000. Should Alice exercise the option and pay $100‚000 for the land? A) Yes. B) No. C) It depends on what the rate of inflation was between 1985 and 1992
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Certain agricultural markets are perhaps closest to perfect competition. The market for fresh vegetables is an example. Nevertheless‚ despite the lack of real-world cases‚ the model of perfect competition plays a very important role in economic analysis and policy. Its major relevance is as an ‘ideal type’. Many on the political right argue that perfect competition would bring a number of important advantages. The model can thus be used as a standard against which to judge the shortcomings of
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think Bose goes about analysing its competition? (25 marks) Business Philosophy: - • Technical • Product • Production method • Sales • Marketing Elements of these in all organisations – put them in order of importance for Bose. How Bose analysis its competitors • Maslow’s hierarchy of needs • Competition important consequence of the paradigm change: sellers -> buyers market (diagram) • Onslaught of new business weather – increment‚ competition‚ choice • Customer value more pronounced
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they get the lowest prices from our suppliers and pass the savings on to the customers. They update operations eliminating every feature that increases cost and prices. II. Objectives and Scope Our group was given a task to do the case study analysis on Aldi. We need to find out how Aldi’s strategy leads to competitive advantage and how they achieve this strategy. We also need to find out whether Aldi’s low-cost strategy implies that they offer low quality products and why quality is important
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or cost based pricing the selling price of a product is determined by adding a percentage of profit to the product cost. There are two methods in cost oriented pricing. They are 1. Cost plus pricing and 2. Target profit pricing or break-even analysis. Cost plus Pricing Selling price of a product is calculated by aggregating all the costs of the product such as manufacturing cost‚ marketing cost and distribution cost plus a predetermined margin of profit. Giving below an example of cost
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