Name: _______________________ Team: _______________________ AP Macro Problem Set #2 Unit 2: Measurement of Economic Performance 1. (_____/15) Article Analysis Read each of these current articles and identify three different concepts we learned that are mentioned. Define and summarize what is being said for each concept that you identify. a. GDP Article (_____/5) b. Unemployment Article (_____/5) c. Inflation Article (_____/5) 2. ( ____/15 Points) Gross Domestic Product
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Analysis of Macro-Strategy Dynamics: Automotive Industry 1.1 1.2 Background and scope India is one of the largest markets and one of the fastest growing markets in the world for an automotive industry. By 2015 the annual vehicle sales are projected to increase by 4 million units per year. In the year 2010 India was crowned as the second fastest growing automobile market in the world after china‚ and is a home to 40 million cars in which 37 million are produced in the country. India
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Information Packet: Evidence of The Coca Cola Company’s Human Rights Abuses and Environmental Violations brought to you by: Saint Joseph’s University Students for Workers’ Rights sju_swr@hotmail.com Table of Contents 1. SJU Students For Workers’ Rights Resolution …………………..………. 2. Overview of Coca Cola Injustices & Campaign Demands: ....................... by United Students Against Sweatshops ..……page 4 ..……page 7 …….page 12 3. Corporate Profile on The Coca Cola Company:
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Qn; 1 1. Supply chain management Swatch supply chain includes direct sourcing like material supply for Swatch products‚ such as components‚ parts‚ packaging‚ contract manufacturing‚ software development‚ and research and development) and indirect sourcing example office equipment‚ services just name a few. Meaning that Swatchs company has in house capacity as most of the components used are manufactured in one of their company. Its production companies supply movements and components to third-party
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The external environment of a business includes a variety of factors such as competitors‚ suppliers and regulations that influence major strategic decisions. Scanning and assessing the external environment is a vital part of strategic decision-making in entrepreneurial ventures. This helps small-business managers locate factors that pose opportunities or threats to their businesses. A better understanding of the ramifications of external environmental factors can improve success and survival for
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3/19/2013 Opening Case • It was the early 1930s when a physician –turned textile trade in rural Karnataka found his business getting interrupted for want of regular supplies of cloth from the weavers. When he enquired with weavers about the reason for their irregularity‚ he was told that there was no working capital available to them. There were no banks in the area. The one located in the town was not interested in lending to small operators particularly in the rural area. Local money lenders used
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1.0 Introduction 1.1 The marketing environment which made up of microenvironment and macroenvironment surrounds and impacts upon the organization. The microenvironment includes forces close to the company that affect its ability to serve consumers‚ such as other company departments‚ suppliers‚ competitors‚ and consumers. According to Armstrong et al (2006‚ pg. 61) the macroenvironment consists of larger societal forces that affect microenvironment which is the demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological
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1. INTRODUCTION As an old adage goes‚ “When the US gets a Cold‚ the rest of the World gets Pneumonia”‚ in the globally open economy. One reason for this might be that Stock Market depends on the overall health of the Economy‚ and real Economic variables which tend to display persistence. Therefore‚ an interesting question in finance is: what derives stock market volatility? Understanding the nature of stock market volatility gives some important implications for policy makers‚ economic
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clients’ attractions. Competitors: Boots has numerous contenders and it should mindful of the exercises and results of its rivals. It ought to utilize cutting edge innovation in its generation and comprehend the exchanging condition and client conduct. Macro environmental factors These elements are not firmly identified with the association but rather it has dependable and devastative effect on the association. Full scale ecological components focus the dangers and chances of the association. Full scale
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control of Nestle has to be conducted (Grant et al. 2011‚ 101). The tool tasked with conducting an external analysis of the macro environment is PEST while the external micro environment will be analysed with the help of Porter’s Five Forces. However it is worth mentioning that Nestle is not however exclusively influenced by the mentioned factors below (Shaw 2004). Macro Environment Analysis: PEST Analysis: Political: Nestlé is a global company and in the food and beverage industry one of the
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