A brokerage firm‚ or simply brokerage‚ is a financial institution that facilitates the buying and selling of financial securities between a buyer and a seller. Brokerage firms serve a clientele of investors who trade public stocks and other securities‚ usually through the firm’s agent stockbrokers.[1] A traditional‚ or "fuAn investment brokerage firm is a commercial enterprise‚ which functions like an helps its clients in multiple aspects. An investment brokerage firm acts as an intermediary between
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Q4. What criteria must be met if firms are to achieve a competitive advantage through their employees? Organizations which have happy employees have the upper hand on their competitors. An organization’s success depends on KSA (knowledge‚ skills‚ and abilities) of employees‚ as they help to establish a set of capabilities that distinguishes a firm from its rivals‚ which is to gain a competitive advantage. A firm can achieve a stable competitive advantage through talented employee in case if they
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DIVERSIFICATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION Anil M. Pandya and Narendar V. Rao Abstract Diversification is a strategic option that many managers use to improve their firms’ performance. This interdisciplinary research attempts to verify whether firm level diversification has any impact on performance. The study finds that on average‚ diversified firms show better performance compared to undiversified firms on both risk and return dimensions. It also tests the robustness of these
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model of the flexible firm (b) What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the Atkinson model? ANSWER PLAN: Introduction/Background o What are the aims of flexibility o Guest (1987) de-centralisation helps to create flexibility o What are the main forms of flexibility that modern organisation need Body: 4 types of flexibility o Functional/Temporal/Numerical/Financial Body 2: Atkinson’s Model o Core group o Frist/Second peripheral groups How each of these differ
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CHAPTER 9 OLIGOPOLY AND FIRM ARCHITECTURE 1. The demand function for a product sold by an oligopolist is given below: QD = 370 – P The firm’s marginal cost function is given below: MC = 10 + 4Q Calculate the equilibrium price and quantity. Solution: P = 370 – Q so TR = 370Q – Q2 and MR = 370 – 2Q MR = 370 – 2Q = 10 + 4Q = MC so Q = 60 and P = 310 2. The demand function for a product sold by an oligopolist is given below: QD = 135 – 0.5P The firm’s marginal cost function is given
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against stakeholders e.g. customers‚ employees‚ suppliers‚ public‚ communities”. Do you agree or disagree? Explain what you answer is and why have you reached that conclusion. You are to include a clear rational argument for your case that has strong examples to support your thinking. Unlike shareholders who are solely interested in return dividends and share price growth‚ stakeholders have wide variety of interests in how companies operate. Freeman (1984) stated that stakeholders are‚ “any group or
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Price Discrimination in Airline Industries Jennifer Solomon University of Maryland University College In many cases we run into industries that charge various customers different values for an identical good. These industries find that they intensify their revenues by using this method. Those industries that aid by this structure of moneymaking have participated in price discrimination. When you are boarding a flight I am sure you know that the passengers around you have not paid the same
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About thE movie The Firm is a 1993 legal thriller directed by Sydney Pollack‚ and starring Tom Cruise‚ Jeanne Tripplehorn‚ Gene Hackman‚ Ed Harris‚ Holly Hunter‚ Hal Holbrook‚ and David Strathairn. The film is based on the 1991 novel The Firm by author John Grisham. Plot Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is a young man with a promising future in law. About to graduate from Harvard Law School‚ he is approached by Bendini‚ Lambert & Locke‚ ’The Firm’‚ and made an offer he cannot refuse. He and his
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05/08/2012 Last topic: THEORY OF THE FIRM Topic 5 Market Structures (I) Nature of the firm Theory of production Fixed v/s Variable factors Time periods Product concepts – TR‚ AR‚ and MR Product curves & Economic intuition Theory of costs – Short Run TC‚ FC and VC (AFC‚ AVC and SAC) SAC and SMC Cost curves & Economic intuition Relationship between product and cost curves Theory of costs – Long Run TC LAC and LMC Cost curves & Economic intuition Economies and Diseconomies of scale Theory
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How do members of congress decide to vote (45 Mark) Congress decides how to vote due to a number of factors such as influence‚ this influence can come from members of the party and administration itself‚ other influence can come from pressure groups. A vote in congress is very important as it decides the fate of legislation‚ an important historic legislation is the emancipation proclamation. Every vote in congress counts so many people will try to influence as much as they can. Other factors are
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