Problem Based Learning (PBL) project for MS1381 – Part 1 ________________________________________________________________________ Instructions to Students (a) Please form groups of 2 or 3. (b) There are 2 parts to this project. This is part 1. Part 2 will be released later. (b) The PBL project constitutes 10% of your overall assessment. (c) Analyze and work out the whole problem together as a group. (d) Each group must submit 1 written group report and 1 progress report for part 1 of this project
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Question 1 4 out of 4 points A firm selling in two markets is practicing price discrimination Selected Answer: b. when it is charging different consumers different prices and the price difference is not based upon cost differences. Question 2 4 out of 4 points To maximize profit a price discriminating firm should Selected Answer: d. both a and c Question 3 0 out of 4 points If a firm is selling a product in two markets‚ A and
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are smokers‚ generating revenue of 13.37 billion Euros in the year 2009. Demand and supply are then used to explain the market and the influencing factors. Demand is mainly influenced by the increased income and the availability of substitutes‚ whereas supply’s main driving force is the increased prise due to taxation and substitutes as well. Consolidation of these numbers leads to the interesting discovery that demand elasticity for tobacco in Germany seems to be indeed highly elastic. Cigarettes smuggled
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MBA Managerial Economics Review Questions for the Final Exam (Illustrative Answers) PRICE IS LOWER IN A MORE ELASCTIC MARKET!!!!!!!!!! 0.1-1 Introduction:Managerial Decision-Making and Market Processes (a) How does operational effectiveness differ from organizational strategy? Operational effectiveness is achieving excellence in individual activities while organizational strategy is about combining these activities to fit and reinforce one another and create competitive advantage and
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profit margin or maintaining the U.S. dollar price? To answer this question‚ the price elasticity of demand must be known for the Porsche Carrera. If the car is relatively inelastic‚ the company can count on high exchange rate pass-through. Meaning‚ that the Porsche may keep the profit margin by increasing the price of the car as the U.S. dollar weakens in relationship to the Euro. If the car has elastic demand‚ meaning that price elasticity is less than 1‚ the car maker will have
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service and due to unforeseen circumstances the demand increases? What happens if the price increases? How does this change affect your goods and or services? The Price of Elasticity of Demand can help determine each of these situations and calculate whether the price should be raised or dropped due to cost and demand of a product. Explanation is key; we will use these examples and explain how Price of Elasticity of Demand is used: If the demand for corn increases due to its use as an alternative
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of the model. According to this theory‚ modern firms are managed by both the manager and the shareholders. A manager aims to maximize the rate of growth of the firm and the shareholders will try to maximize the dividend and the increase the share price. Sales Maximization Model: This is alternative model for profit maximization model. The model has been propounded by W.J. Baumol who was an
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marketing strategy for the first half of 2012 for The McKenzie Hotel Group’s newest hotel‚ a luxury 5 Star property on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. The input provided has considered the service on offer‚ cost scenarios‚ target markets‚ supply and demand effects‚ market structure‚ pricing strategies and the impact of recession and currency effects. The service to be marketed is a 5 Star hotel with 380 luxury rooms supported by a range of food and beverage outlets. Located in Dubai‚ the domestic market
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MR c) What is cross-price elasticity? (2 marks) d) For each of the following pairs of goods state whether the cross-price elasticity is likely to be greater‚ smaller or equal to zero. (8 marks) i) Petrol‚ car ii) Tea‚ coffee iii) Nike trainers‚ generic brand trainers. tie‚ business suit. iv) e) In the discussion of elasticity and raising and lowering prices‚ economists suggest that if you have an elastic demand you should hesitate to raise your price‚ and that lowering price can possibly increase
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decrease in the cost of labor for producing bicycles. (4 pts.) What happens to bicycle supply? (6 pts.) What happens to bicycle demand? Student Answer: When there is an increase in the price of labor for making bicycles the supply would decrease because it would cost more to make the bikes and the supply curve would shift to the left. There would be no change in the demand for the bicycles. Instructor Explanation: Since a change in costs to produce the product is a supply factor‚ a decrease
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