©2005 Pearson Education‚ Inc. & ©Y.E.Riyanto Lecture 1 1 Themes of Microeconomics Microeconomics deals with limits that economic agents (consumers‚ workers‚ firms‚ etc) face: Limited budgets Limited time Limited ability to produce How do we make the most of limits? How do we allocate scarce resources? ©2005 Pearson Education‚ Inc. & ©Y.E.Riyanto Lecture 1 2 Themes of Microeconomics Limited resources (constraints) Choices must be made Unlimited
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HERMES OUTSTRIPES DEMAND AND SUPPLY Based on Bloomberg article by Andrew Roberts‚ November 4 2011 Hermes wanted to build two more factory because they reach their full target until 4 November and since they know they quantity demand will always increase‚ their goal in 2012 to raise the quantity demand until 14 percent. They think Europe debt crisis would not effect their selling on 2011. They are thinking about increasing the price of their product due to the increase price for raw materials
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Chapter 2 Q5: Explain the term satisfice as it relates to the operations of large corporation. The argument is that today’s large corporations do not aim to maximize profits but instead‚ their aim is to satisfice. The two parts of this idea that we must consider are the following: The position and power of stockholders in today’s corporation as opposed to the position and power of professional management in today’s corporation. Large corporations today are not managed by the owners or the shareholders
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UNIT 3 Microeconomics MULTIPLE-CHOICE SAMPLE QUESTIONS Sample Multiple-Choice Questions Circletheletterofeachcorrectanswer. 1. True statements about the theory of the firm in the short run and long run include which of the following? I. All input costs are fixed in the short run. II. All input costs are variable in the long run. III. At least one input price is fixed in the short run. (A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and II only (E) II and III only 3. Whichofthefollowingstatementsabouta
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American consumers. May was a month of records that broke one after another‚ and that came on the heels of months of rising prices. And then the cycle continued‚ with prices eventually falling and then inching toward the $4.00 mark again in 2011. Gasoline is the bloodline that keeps America moving‚ and tracking gas prices can feel like a roller coaster ride. They ’re down a little one month‚ up the next‚ and then they shoot up more than 50 percent in a year. Plus‚ they ’re different depending on where
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Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices June 2009 Axia College/University of Phoenix Crude Oil And Gasoline Prices Since the early Seventies‚ energy consumers have been on a roller-coaster ride of wild and woolly price swings‚ producing a kind of economic whiplash. Petroleum and gasoline prices are especially prone to price volatility. Sometimes the cause of a price increase is obvious and dramatic‚ like an oil embargo or hurricane. Other times less so‚ as when a refinery goes offline for periodic maintenance
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Jacob Paxton Mr. Rusert World Literature and Composition April 9‚ 2009 Which Vehicle Will Be the New Standard? This world has prospered with gasoline cars since the late eighteen hundreds and nineteen hundreds. In fact‚ the world we live in today cannot stand without the benefits of gasoline-powered vehicular travel. Since the modernization of travel‚ the public can drive cars anywhere‚ including other countries‚ cities‚ streets‚ houses‚ or even backyards. The mass want of private automobiles
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Between microeconomics and macroeconomics. Identify each of the following topics as being part of microeconomics or macroeconomics‚ and state your reason why: 20 Marks (2 Marks each) a. the impact of an increase in consumer income on the purchase of luxury automobiles Answer to A. Microeconomics because it looks at economic problems faced by individual within the overall economy. b. the effect of a change in the price of Coke on the purchase of Pepsi Answer to B. Microeconomics because
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comparing their main features. As the terms suggest‚ macroeconomics deals with the market on a large-scale and its aggregate problems‚ while microeconomics concerns markets on a small-scale and individual aspects of the problems. There are six distinct aspects of the two approaches that are shown as in the following table: Microeconomics Macroeconomics (a) Units of the study Individual consumers‚ producers workers‚ traders‚ etc. Aggregate units such
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Reading: Microeconomics of Customer Relationships Reading: Microeconomics of Customer Relationships The follow is a critique and review of the reading of Microeconomic of Customer Relationships by Fred Reichheld. I will review the article and evaluate Mr. Reachheld. I will also apply economic theories into why and how I came to my conclusions. Overview on the Reading Microeconomic of Customer Relationships by Fred Reichheld is based on a simple survey based customer-relationship metric
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