Economic Analysis for Managers CHAPTER 11 (TECHNICAL QUESTIONS) 1. Do government statistics calculate GDP by simply adding up the total sales of all business firms in one year? Explain. GDP is the market value of all good and services produced in the United States in one year. It includes only final goods and services‚ so the sales of any firms producing intermediate goods are not included. GDP is usually calculated by adding up spending on consumption‚ investment‚ government‚ and net
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war for market share goes on yet Samsung is able to maintain a high market share in TVs and smartphones. It is the innovative ideology of Samsung that has driven it to the top. Smart Camera & Smart TV as a monopoly What is Monopoly? In Economic terms ‘Mono’ means ‘one’ and ‘Poly’ means ‘Seller’. So basically it occurs when there in only one seller of a particular commodity in a market. There is no close substitute for the product in the market so the seller has complete power to set its
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Basic economic ideas Scarcity‚ choice and resource allocation – Meaning of scarcity and the inevitability of choices at all levels (individual‚ firms‚ governments) – Opportunity cost – Basic questions of what will be produced‚ how and for whom Unlimited Wants Human beings‚ in order to survive need a lot of things. Some of these things are very important for our existence. For example‚ food‚ clothing‚ water‚ shelter and air. These things can be classified as Needs. Apart from this there are
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PROBLEM SET # 3 JUDO ECONOMICS The Problem is premised on the following phased structure; | Decision Maker | Decisions To Be Made | Stage 1 | Entrant | Whether to enter or opt out | Stage 2 | Entrant | Set up the price(Pe) and the number of target customers(T) | Stage 3 | Incumbent | Whether to fight or accommodate; 1) Price war 2) Set up the price for remaining customers (100-T) | Stage 4 | Buyer | Consumers buy from whoever offers them the highest surplus. There is no cost to capacity
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1.Consider the following entry game. Here‚ firm B is an existing firm in the market‚ and firm A is a potential entrant. Firm A must decide whether to enter the market (play "enter") or stay out of the market (play "not enter"). If firm A decides to enter the market‚ firm B must decide whether to engage in a price war (play "hard")‚ or not (play "soft"). By playing "hard"‚ firm B ensures that firm A makes a loss of $1 million‚ but firm B only makes $1 million in profits. On the other hand‚ if
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Chapter 1 What Is Economics? 1) All economic questions are about A) how to make money. B) what to produce. C) how to cope with scarcity. D) how to satisfy all our wants. 2) An incentive A) could be a reward but could not be a penalty. B) could be a penalty but could not be a reward. C) could be either a reward or a penalty. D) is the opposite of a tradeoff. 3) An inducement to take a particular action is called A) the marginal benefit. B) the marginal cost. C) opportunity cost
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ECM002 Business Economics Instructions: Please answer four out of the following six following questions: Question 1. Suppose Cola- Sol and Miniranda are the only two companies producing a particular type of cola drink in the soft drink industry. Both companies are considering launching a new drink with a light lemon twist. They can launch their products either at a low price or at a high price. The expected net payoffs are the following: If both companies choose a high price strategy‚ Cola-
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FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMICS 11th December 2011 EXAMINATION PAPER Section A Section B Answer ALL questions in SECTION A. Answer TWO questions in SECTION B. Clearly cross out surplus answers. Time Allowed: 2.5 Hours Candidates are allowed to bring in a scientific calculator for this module. Graph paper will be provided by the Centre. © NCC Education Ltd 2011 SECTION A ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS Question 1 a) Explain what is meant by the opportunity cost of producing a good. (2 marks) b)
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1. (a) Explain how a firm operating in an oligopolistic market might attempt to increase its market share. Oligopoly: A market or an industry dominated by a few firms The key point in Oligopoly is that whether the number of the firms in the industry is big or small‚ a large proportion of the market/industry’s output is shared by just a small number of firms. The number of ‘a few’ firms that dominate the market varies depending on the sections of industry. For example 90% of petrol sold in a
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ECONOMICS conimists- 16th and 17th centuries. hysiocrats (farmers) ercantalists (traders) Father of Economics/ Father of the classical school of economic thought- Adam Smith (In 1776‚ he wrote ’An enquiry into the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations’) According to Smith‚ self interest was an invisible hand which would work for the common benefit of the community. The Great Depression of 1929 was a phase in which supply exceeded demand. John Maynard Keynes (a British economist)
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