1. What is a barter system? A barter system is a trade of goods or services for other goods or services. No money is involved. This allowed people to get rid of what they don’t need so they can obtain what they do need. 2. What is the principle of supply and demand? The principle of supply and demand is that the price of goods and services will depend on the supply and demand. If there’s a high demand for a certain good but a low supply‚ the price of the goods will rise. 3. What are tariffs? How
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Barriers to entry: In theories of competition in economics‚ barriers to entry are the obstacles and hindrances that make it difficult for a company to enter a given market or industry. The most common barriers to entry include government regulation and economies of scale‚ but nowadays it is increasing for entry barriers to be viewed as a cost. Stigler defined barriers to entry as “A cost of producing which must be borne by a firm which seeks to enter an industry but is not borne by firms already
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Business Economics 2012 Table of Contents Q1) Explain (using example) the law of diminishing marginal productivity (DMP). Also‚ explain the difference between the law of DMP and law of returns to scale............................................................. 3 Q2) Explain how profit maximizing output is determined in a .............................................................. 9 a) Perfect competitive market ........................................................................
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Commercializing the Kunst 1600 Dry Piston Vacuum Pump Q1. List the major quantifiable value and price elements associated with the Kunst 1600. Answer: With its enhanced features‚ the Kunst 1600 is able to pump just as efficiently as a traditional 6 CFM pump in the same amount of time‚ but because it is a compressor‚ it can run longer and cooler than any conventional pump and requires no oil changes! Savings on oil changes‚ cleanup costs‚ and disposal fees alone can equal almost $1‚300* per
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The Hospitality Management The hospitality industry supported 7.5 million USA jobs in 2011(“selectusa.commerce.gov”). It includes a broad variety of service industries that incorporate food service‚ tourism‚ and hotels (“economywatch.com”). The business depends in large part on the number of people traveling for business or pleasure. Economy has a big impact on travelers’ decisions. When individuals and corporations are doing well financially‚ they are more likely to take vacations and spend
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1Would you say that Google and Yahoo are direct or indirect competitors? What about McDonalds and Macaroni Grill? Explain why? Indeed Google and yahoo are both direct competitors because the both provide the same services such as : email ‚ search ‚chatting groups ‚ blogs ‚for McDonalds and Macaroni they are indirect since both provide food but of different types which make them compete for different products . - 2 . Given the example of Atari and Nintendo games‚ which one was the first
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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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6.1a) A monopoly is facing the demand and marginal cost curves which is P = 12 - 0.002Q and MC = 3 + 0.001Q. When the demand curve is P = a- bQ‚ the marginal revenue curve will be MR = a- 2bQ ‚ therefore‚ MR = 12 - 0.004Q.(Refer to figure1) Figure 1 To maximize the profits‚ the company should produce at the output level where marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost. If the marginal revenue is higher than marginal cost‚ the firm can increase profit by producing more. If
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Ateneo de Manila University 2nd Semester 2013-2014‚ EC 102 I and C Reviewer for the 2nd Long Exam I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. II. TRUE OR FALSE In the short-run‚ the average fixed cost (AFC) curve will be asymptotic to the origin. This simply means that the average fixed cost curve will come closer and closer to zero‚ but will never be zero. TRUE Variable costs usually change as the firm alters the quantity of output produced. TRUE In a perfectly competitive market‚ firms are unable
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Version 18 October 2007 Managerial Economics – Concerned with the application of economic principles and methods to the decision making process under conditions of uncertainty. Theory Tools: Micro Economics‚ Statistics‚ Econometrics (OLS) Software and Decision Support Tools: Excel‚ Matlab‚ B34S Goal: Develop a systematic and reproducible decision making strategy. Common Tasks facing a Modern Manager: Whether to lease or buy equipment? How to determine the shape of the cost curve
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