simple: What determines the level of profit in an industry. * The prerequisite for profit is the creation of value for customers. * Surplus distributed depending on the forces of competition. * Firms profit determined by 3 factors. * The value of the product to customers * The intensity of competition * The bargaining power of producers relative to their suppliers and buyers * The joys of niche markets * Perfect competition / monopoly / barriers -> table 3.2
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price paid for it summed over the quantity bought. A) Consumer surplus B) Shortage C) Surplus 2) D) Producer surplus Answer: A 3) When the Smith’s were shopping for their present home‚ the asking price from the previous
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Adam Smith‚ Karl Marx and Karl Polanyi‚ have influenced capitalism in different ways. Adam Smith known as the father of the political economy‚ developed the concept of the invisible hand; which explains how self-interest and competition in a free market economy‚ would allow economic prosperity. Likewise‚ Smith developed the concept of the division of labour which articulates that different jobs in a business should be specialised‚ instead of one person having to carry out all the processes. Karl
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Econ 1011 Study Guide Opportunity Cost The opportunity cost is the cost of the forgone alternative. (If you have many alternative it is the one which has the highest value) Total opportunity cost / economic cost = Explicit cost + Implicit cost Production Possibilities Frontier - Points inside the PPF vs. outside the PPF - Shape of the PPF - Economic growth and PPF Law of Demand Other things remaining constant‚ the quantity demanded of a good rises when the price of the good
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There would be a surplus because there is not very much of a demand from consumers for more fruits and vegetables. Now if there was a surplus of fruits and vegetables that would mean a shortage of modified food such as corn and soybeans. There would be a shortage of modified foods such as corn and soybeans‚ because there is a greater
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Economics Chapter 2 Chapter 2 * Opportunity cost is a ratio. It is the decrease in the quantity produced of one good divided by the increase in the quantity produced of another good as we move along the production possibilities frontier. * The outward-bowed shape of the PPF reflects increasing opportunity cost. The PPF is bowed outward because resources are not all equally productive in all activities. * When goods and services are produced at the lowest possible cost and in the
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A project Report on “LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF AMUL MILK” Submitted by AKANSHA JAISWAL AT AMUL GUJARAT
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|Business Economics and the Distribution of Income | By the end of these course notes students are expected to have covered the following from the specification: • The range of market structures • How costs and revenues vary in different market structures • Changes in costs and revenues in different market structures The range of market structures |Type
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Globalization – Threat or Opportunity? 1 Introduction Globalization is a term used to describe the political‚ economic and cultural climate of today’s world. Some say it is the movement of people‚ language‚ ideas‚ and products around the world. Others see it as the dominance of multinational corporations and the destruction of cultural identities. Since the dawn of man‚ economies have been changing and expanding‚ but most importantly‚ converging
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Chapter 2 1．Home has 1200 units of labor available. It can produce two goods‚ apples and bananas. The unit labor requirement in apple production is 3‚ while in banana production it is 2. a．Graph out the production possibilities frontier: b．What is the opportunity cost of apples in terms of bananas? [pic] c．In the absence of trade‚ what would the price of apples in terms of bananas be? In the absence of trade‚ since labor is the only factor of production and supply
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