Problem Set Seven Solutions Chapter 9 1. Two car manufacturers‚ Saab and Volvo‚ have fixed costs of $1 billion and constant marginal costs of $10‚000 per car. If Saab produces 50‚000 cars per year and Volvo produces 200‚000‚ calculate the average fixed cost and average total cost for each company. On the basis of these costs‚ which company’s market share should grow in relative terms? Answer: Average total cost is average fixed cost plus marginal cost: ATC = FC/Q + MC. Volvo’s average fixed cost
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Industrial Organization‚ Spring Semester (2013) Mark McCabe Problem Set 1 Due in class on 27. March Instructions: Please show all of your work‚ e.g. all of the calculations associated with each solution. Your solutions should be typed and not handwritten. As I mentioned in class‚ students may work together to solve these problems‚ but plagiarism or copying is not permitted. On the 27th‚ please bring a paper copy to class‚ and e-mail me a digital copy (mccabe@umich.edu) before the beginning
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Petrol Concept of Operation Operation : * Categorised into * Manufacturing operations and Service operations * Manufacturing operations is a * Conversion process that includes mfg yields and * produce a tangible output called product * Service operations is a * Conversion process that includes service yields and * produce an intangible output like performance‚ an effort etc Manufacturing v/s Service Operations \ ACTIVITIES OF
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OPERATION MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION: KFC is one of the largest franchise company. One of the branch of KFC consists of 100 employees. This business report critically underpin the issues which emerge during the processes‚ designs and supply chain of the business. It will also unveil that how can KFC become the market leader and gain the competitive advantage over all the rivals. It also reveal that brand name like KFC can increase the productivity‚ market share avoid wastage
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Operations Management Critical Evaluation of Relevant Issues - IKEA case � TABLE OF CONTENTS 2Executive Summary � 2Introduction � 2Company profile and Situational Analysis � 3Growth and profitability � 5Culture � 5Goals � 5Competitors � 5SWOT analysis � 6PESTLE Analysis � 6Political Analysis � 6Economic Analysis � 6Technology Analysis � 7Sociological Analysis � 7Legal Analysis � 7Environmental Analysis � 7Input-Transformation-Output � 8Corporate Objectives � 9Quality � 10Speed
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FIN 350 Prof. Porter Problem Set 4 1. Describe what happens to the total risk of a portfolio as the number of securities is increased. Differentiate between systematic risk and unsystematic risk and explain how total risk and systematic risk are measured. As the number of securities increases‚ the total risk of the portfolio decreases. This decrease occurs due to the benefits of diversification which is the process of acquiring a portfolio of securities that have dissimilar risk-return characteristics
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Problem Set 2 – Strategy I 1. Why do price misreads (or more generally the inability to observe prices with precision) encourage firms to lower prices? [Note: assume all prices are subject to misreads.] Misreads occur when a firm are competing with no information about competitors and assumes that competitors have taken an uncooperative pricing action when in fact they are cooperative. This assumption makes the firm react in an uncooperative manner‚ lowering the price. This asymmetric information
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Problem Set 1 Gmt 201 Autumn‚ 2010 1. Consider the markets for DVD movies‚ TV screens‚ and tickets at movie theaters. a. For each pair‚ identify whether they are complements or substitutes: • • • DVDs and TV screens DVDs and movie tickets TV screens and movie tickets b. Suppose a technological advance reduces the cost of manufacturing TV screens. Draw a diagram to show what happens in the market for TV screens. c. Draw two more diagrams to show how the change in the market for TV screens affects
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Problem Sets Chapter 5 A1. (Bond valuation) A $1‚000 face value bond has a remaining maturity of 10 years and a required return of 9%. The bond’s coupon rate is 7.4%. What is the fair value of this bond? Calculating PV factor: i= required return = 9% = 0.09 n= 10 years Using Cash Flow of $1000 to calculate present value‚ Cash flow= $1000 PV factor = 1/(1+i)^n = 0.42241 PV = $1000*0.42241= 422.41 Using Coupon Rate to calculate present value of Annuity Cash flow= $1000 * 7.4/100 =
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Why is Operations Management so important in this organisation? In order to define why Operations Management is needed in an organisation knowledge of operations management is required. Operations management is an area of management concerned with overseeing‚ designing‚ and redesigning business operations in the production of goods and/or services. It includes the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient by using as few resources as needed‚ and effective in terms
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