Why We Should Stop Grading Students on a Curve by Adam Grant‚ is about a professor who is dealing with grade inflation and deflation the problem with higher education. This professor promises to his students that he will never curve down but only up. He also tries to guide his student to work together while studding so that they will do better on the test. He was trying to get the student to work together so that they will all succeed instead of only a few. He gets them to support one another instead
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What is cost of capital? The cost of capital is the cost of obtaining funds‚ through debt or equity‚ in order to finance an investment. It is used to evaluate new projects of a company‚ as it is the minimum return that investors expect for providing capital to the company‚ thus setting a benchmark that a new project has to meet. Importance The concept of cost of capital is a major standard for comparison used in finance decisions. Acceptance or rejection of an investment project depends on the
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Sunk Cost-cost that has already been incurred and cannot be avoided no matter what a manager decides to do. A business segment should only be dropped if a company can avoid more in fixed costs than it loses in: contribution margin Which of the following techniques describe how a bottleneck should be managed: Find ways to increase the capacity of the bottleneck‚ ensure there is minimal lost time at the bottleneck due to breakdowns and set-ups‚ focus business process improvement efforts on the bottleneck
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economics and business decision-making‚ sunk costs are retrospective (past) costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Sunk costs are sometimes contrasted with prospective costs‚ which are future costs that may be incurred or changed if an action is taken. Both retrospective and prospective costs may be either fixed (continuous for as long as the business is in operation and unaffected by output volume) or variable (dependent on volume) costs. Note‚ however‚ that many economists consider
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room night” stay is by a male (68%)‚ age 35–54 (47%)‚ employed in a professional or managerial position (54%)‚ earning an average yearly household income of $116‚578. Typically‚ these guests travel alone (61%)‚ make reservations (91%)‚ and pay $124 per room night. * The typical “leisure room night stay” is by two adults (52%)‚ ages 35–54 (37%)‚ and 55+ (37%)‚ earning an average yearly household income of $87‚327. The typical leisure traveler also travels by auto (79%)‚ makes reservations (88%)‚
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Microeconomics Spring 2010 1. Your cousin Vinnie owns a painting company with fixed costs of $200 and the schedule for variable costs as below. What is the efficient scale of the painting company? Quantity of Houses Painted per Month | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Variable Costs | $10 | $20 | $40 | $80 | $160 | $320 | $640 | 2. Your aunt is thinking about opening a hardware store. She estimates that it would cost $500‚000 per year to rent the location and buy the stock. In addition‚ she would
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Cost Classifications for Decision-Making. Every decision involves choosing from among at least two alternatives. Only those costs and benefits that differ between alternatives are relevant in making the selection. This concept is explored in greater detail in the chapter on relevant costs. However‚ decision-making contexts crop up from time to time in the text before that chapter‚ so it is a good idea to familiarize students with relevant cost concepts. 1. Differential Costs. A differential cost
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Cost management | Wilkerson Company Case | | 1. What is the competitive situation faced by Wilkerson? The competitive situation faced by Wilkerson is quite severe. Price cutting in its main product has led to a huge drop in profit. While price increase in another product line partially made up the loss. We will discuss the detailed situation line by line. (1) Valves It was the first product line developed by Wilkerson and its high quality brought it a loyal customer base. Even
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Lab – Solubility Curve for Potassium Nitrate I. Purpose: To plot a solubility curve for potassium nitrate in aqueous solution. II. Safety: Wear eye protection throughout the experiment. Be cautious of hot water. Wash hands if you come into contact with potassium nitrate. III. Procedure: 1. Carefully weigh out your assigned mass of potassium nitrate on a piece of weigh paper. Carefully pour the sample into the large test tube. 2. Add 20. mL of distilled water to the tube.
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Cost Benefit Analysis A cost benefit analysis is done to determine how well‚ or how poorly‚ a planned action will turn out. Although a cost benefit analysis can be used for almost anything‚ it is most commonly done on financial questions. Since the cost benefit analysis relies on the addition of positive factors and the subtraction of negative ones to determine a net result‚ it is also known as running the numbers. A cost benefit analysis finds‚ quantifies‚ and adds all the positive factors. These
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