percentage of their business or product. Andrea felt that the chapter was an easy read and was more of a review on how businesses stay profitable and viable. From this chapter Andrea was able to learn that creating a fresh product at the optimal price is the key to success. Katrina was most interested in Technological Advance and Efficiency section covered in the chapter. The fact that improving ones technology can also contribute to economic efficiency was something that Katrina found interesting
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Question 3 5 out of 5 points The Saturn Corporation (once a division of GM) was permanently closed in 2009. What went wrong with Saturn? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Saturn sold cars below the prices of Honda or Toyota‚ earning a low 3% rate of return. Saturn sold cars below the prices of Honda or Toyota‚ earning a low 3% rate of return. Question 4 To reduce Agency Problems‚ executive compensation should be designed to: Selected Answer: Correct Answer: 5 out of 5 points create
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ECON1202/2291 QUANTITATIVE MEHODS A FINAL EXAMINATION SESSION 2 2008 TIME ALLOWED - 3 HOURS THIS PAPER IS WORTH 60% OF THE TOTAL SUBJECT MARK Questions: 7 Students must attempt no more than 6 questions Marks per question: 10 Exam weighting: 60%. Instructions to Students: - Complete all of the details required on the front page of the examination booklet. - Make sure that you note the SIX(6) questions attempted on the front of your examination
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chain in the United States. Office Depot is first in total number of stores‚ first in average sales per store‚ first in average weekly store sales‚ first in total delivery sales and first in net earnings. Most importantly‚ Office Depot is the lowest price competitor among office superstore chains. Staples‚ also found in 1986 in Framingham‚ Massachusett‚ is the second-largest office superstore chain in the United States which has annual revenue (2013) is over $24 billion‚ 90‚000 employee worldwide
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Analysis on "On Keeping a Notebook" Joan Didion’s tone in her essay "On Keeping a Notebook‚" is explanatory and a little sarcastic. She wasn’t so much explaining how to keep a notebook as she was explaining why she kept hers the way she did; which made the reader interested in reading it. Didion’s sarcasm comes from her explanation. Joan Didion’s diction in her essay was informal and abstract. "Since the note is in my notebook‚ it presumably has some meaning to me‚" (pg. 79) "In fact I have
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to look else while where they will receive more for their money. It is also important to note that the revenue that is generated from tuition has a direct effect on the product price and the quantity demanded. For the school to generate and receive revenue from raising the tuition they will need to ensure that the elasticity of demand is
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“When prices are volatile it is in the best interests of both consumers and producers for governments to control and moderate that volatility.” Examine and illustrate why the prices of some goods are more volatile than the prices of others. (10) Given their role in resource allocation‚ is it best for the government to accept whatever volatility of prices may occur in a free market? “Monopolistic competition is the worst of all possible worlds‚ failing to achieve either the pricing efficiency
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but they didn’t make my old model anymore. My printer was only 8 months old and I really liked it but unfortunalty I was forced to upgrade to higher quality printer since the cheaper models were old out. I had to pay a price difference of $59.00 out of pocket when its original price was $159.00. I am assuming that the reason the cheaper quality printers sold out is because they economically make more sense to purchase especially for college students. My new printer prints higher quality images
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Independent reading - Book review The notebook is a romantic novel by novelist Nicholas Sparks‚ which is based in a true story. It is considered a fiction book and has 224 pages. The novel opens in a nursing home when 80-year-old Noah Calhoun‚ "a common man with common thoughts‚" reads a love story from a notebook; it is his own story. Noah‚ newly returned from the war‚ is restoring a plantation home to its former glory‚ and he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met 14 years earlier
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necessities Electric Power company Sporting Goods (clothing) Automobiles Barriers to entry Very low High Moderate High Number of organizations Many competitors Thousands Single Many competitors Few 3 or 4 major competitors Price elasticity of demand Inelastic demand curve will be less than 1 Inelastic demand curve will be less than 1 Elastic demand curve will be greater than 1 Elastic demand curve or Kinked demand curve will be greater than 1 Is there a presence of economic
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