Factors of Production 1. Land 2. Labor 3. Capital (Money) is not actually considered as capital in economics as it does not produce a good and service but it is rather a form of asset that is used as a medium of exchange. 4. Entrepreneurship The 3 E’s in ECONOMICS 1. Efficiency refers to productivity and proper allocation of economic resources. 2. Equity means justice and fairness. 3. Effectiveness means attainment of goals and objectives. Types of Economic Systems To address
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Principle 10 of Mankiw and Taylor’s Ten Principles of Economics: The Phillips curve shows the relationship between unemployment and inflation in an economy. Unemployment involves people who are registered as able‚ available and willing to work at the going wage rate but who cannot find work despite actively searching for work. Unemployment can be counted by using the claimant count which includes all those who are unemployed and actually claiming benefit in the form of Jobseekers Allowance
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THE PRODUCTION PROCESS :THE BEHAVIOR OF PROFIT-MAXIMIZING FIRMS THE BEHAVIOR OF PROFIT-MAXIMIZING FIRMS Production : The process by which inputs are combined‚transformed‚and turned into outputs. Firm : An organization that comes into being when a person or group of people decides to produce a good or services to made a perceived demand Three decisions that all firms must make: 1. How much output to supply 2. How to produce that output 3. How much of each input to demand a) PROFITS AND ECONOMIC
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Apply the Learning Curve Theory Julia Salazar OPS/571 January 28‚ 2013 Hiram Velez Apply the Learning Curve Theory According to Chase‚ Jacobs‚ and Aquilano (2006)‚ a learning curve is a line displaying the relationship between unit production time and cumulative number of units produced (p. 135). Any business environment on individual or organizational level can benefit from using the learning curve. Additionally‚ “learning curve theory is based on three assumptions: 1. The amount
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1. Suppose there are 100 consumers with identical individual demand curves. When the price of a movie ticket is $8‚ the quantity demanded for each person is 5. When the price is $4‚ the quantity demanded for each person is 9. Assuming the law of demand holds‚ which of the following choices is the most likely quantity demanded in the market when the price is $6? Explain and show calculations‚ While the question asks of the choices given what the quantity demanded will be‚ there are no choices
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companies laying a network of water pipes and sewage systems across the country? No. It is better to have 1 firm. This is an example of an industry which is a natural monopoly because of the extensive fixed costs. Industries like car production and airline production also have significant economies of scale so it makes sense for firms to have some degree of market power. * However‚ just because a firm has monopoly power doesn’t mean that the industry necessarily has economies of scale or that
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Marx and the Marxist theory of historical materialism‚ a mode of production (in German: Produktionsweise‚ meaning ’the way of producing ’) is a specific combination of: * productive forces: these include human labour power and available knowledge given the level of technology in the means of production (e.g. tools‚ equipment‚ buildings and technologies‚ materials‚ and improved land). * social and technical relations of production: these include the property‚ power and control relations governing
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________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________ ID: A Test 2 5. If the economy is in a recessionary gap and the price level falls very slowly‚ then the result will be a prolonged period of a. high unemployment. b. production above potential GDP. c. shortages in supply. d. inflation whenever supply increases. Figure 10-8 6. The slope of the consumption function is measured by the marginal propensity to save. 7. If the stock market falls by 25 percent next year
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ECON 1. (Demand Under Perfect Competition) what type of demand curve does a perfectly competitive firm face? Why? A horizontal or a perfectly elastic‚ demand curve. A perfectly competitive firm is called a price taker because that firm must “take‚” or accept‚ the market price- as in “take it or leave it.” 2. Explain the different options a firm has to minimize losses in the short run. A firm in perfect competition has no control over the market place. Sometimes that price may be so low
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ANSWERS Answer 1: * Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is a family of business models in which the buyer of a product (business) provides certain information to a vendor (supply chain)supplier of that product and the supplier takes full responsibility for maintaining an agreed inventory of the material‚ usually at the buyer’s consumption location (usually a store). A third-party logistics provider can also be involved to make sure that the buyer has the required level of inventory by adjusting
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