VCE CAT 3 1998 64 Question 1 64 Question 2 64 Question 3 64 Question 4 64 Question 5 65 Question 6 65 Question 7. 65 Question 8. 65 Question 9 66 Question 10. 66 CAT 3: Written examination 1998 66 VCE REPORT 1999 68 CAT 3 1999 Case study The Keen Loan Company have branch offices in most cities and provide loans for people wanting to
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Discuss why China decided to take firm action against North Korea’s unpredictable and volatile behaviour in relation to its recent ballistic missile tests. Before the emerge of North Korea conflict in undergoing sanctions under the United Nations‚ China and North Korea were closed together as the ‘lip and teeth’ they called it. The Korean War that had happen has pushed the two regime to be closer as well as the Treaty which they signed as a symbol of friendship – Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and
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barriers to entry which help an existing leading firm earn positive economic profits in imperfectly competitive market structures. These barriers are: the financial burden of non-price competition‚ legal barriers‚ economies of scale‚ and the large expenditure for capital to enter certain industries. A firm that wishes to enter into an imperfectly competitive market must bear the cost of differentiating its product or service from that of the existing firms. This includes switching costs for technological
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1. Discuss how the two cases in this chapter illustrate the major theme of this text: Changes in the macro environment affect individual firms and industries through the microeconomic factors of demand‚ production‚ cost‚ and profitability. Drawing on current business publications‚ find some updated facts for each case that support this theme. Drawing on current business publications and the two cases in this chapter it is prevalent that several changes in the macro environment have had an effect
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1. INTRODUCTION Innovation is essential to the success of a firm in today’s business environment. "Innovation is the lifeblood of the modern economy" (Bridgman‚ 2001‚ p.1). Firms must continue to become more and more adaptive and responsive to today’s ever changing business environment if they are going to succeed. The purpose of this report is to "explain how an entrepreneur can build an adaptive firm that balances entrepreneurial characteristics with managerial style." By researching a number
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Centralized exporter: Home country managed firm. Firm specific advantage in its final products. Standardized products manufactured at home. Only the transferable firm specific advantages are taken to the host country‚ meaning that they try to make exporting successful in international markets. No development of location bound firm specific advantages. International projector: Clones home operations into host countries. Knowledge based firm specific advantages are replicated
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1) If you were one of the board members‚ how would you have initially voted for the proposal? What would your vote be after the recess in the meeting? Why? At first hand‚ I would be one of the ten board members that voted for the development of the plant. After reviewing the new point given at the recess‚ I would surely disagree with the use of the new plant. That would have a great impact in the number of many lives‚ and overall with a city that had experience a huge loss when the plant first
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criteria must be met if firms are to achieve a competitive advantage through their employees? Organizations which have happy employees have the upper hand on their competitors. An organization’s success depends on KSA (knowledge‚ skills‚ and abilities) of employees‚ as they help to establish a set of capabilities that distinguishes a firm from its rivals‚ which is to gain a competitive advantage. A firm can achieve a stable competitive advantage through talented employee in case if they are valuable
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productivity as it relates to making improvements in their firm. Proper use of productivity measures can give the manager an indication of how to improve productivity: either increase the numerator of the measure‚ decrease the denominator‚ or both. Managers are also concerned with how productivity measures relate to competitiveness. If two firms have the same level of output‚ but one requires less input this is due to a higher level of productivity‚ that firm will be able to charge a lower price and increase
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Topic: ADVANTAES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SMALL VS. LARGE FIRMS 1. Size and financial Requirements 2. Economies of Scale 3. Strategies for Growth 4. Management and Control 5. Lack of Record Keeping 6. Working Capital Deficiencies 7. Poor Management Skills 8. Regulations and Legislations 1. Lack of Record Keeping Businesses should keep track of their records and documents for the following reasons: * To ensure payments were made to the suppliers for materials
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