Monopoly is a firm that produces a good for which there are no close substitutes in a market that other firms are prevented from entering because of a barrier to entry. A monopoly has more market power than any other type of firm. A market consisting of a large number of firms selling a differentiated product with low barriers to entry is called monopolistic competition. Monopoly and monopolistic competition are very different market structures‚ but firms in both of these market structures possess
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accounting software that processes many of these steps simultaneously” (Averkamp‚ n.d.‚ para. 3). The accounting cycle consists of: identifying‚ journalizing‚ posting‚ trail balance‚ adjusted entries‚ adjusted trial balance‚ preparing financial statements‚ closing‚ post-closing trial balance‚ reversing entries‚ and financial statements (Kieso‚ Weygandt‚ & Warfield‚ 2007). Identifying a transaction or event is the first step in the cycle; businesses engage in various activities on a daily‚ as a result
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(2006) China Logistics Development Report in 2005 to 2006. Beijing: CFLP Geroski‚ P. A. (1995) International Journal of Industrial Organization 13‚ 421-440 McAfee‚ R. Preston and Mialon‚ Hugo M. and Williams‚ Michael A.‚ (2003) What is a Barrier to Entry?. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=594601 [Accessed 10 Dec 2013] Schumpeter‚ J. (1942) Capitalism‚ Socialism and Democracy. New York: Harper Wang‚ L. (2006) The influence of economic globalization on China ’s logistics industry organization
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FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS WORKSHEET Exhibit III-1 Five Forces Affecting Industry Structure ENTRY BARRIERS Economies of scale Proprietary product differences Brand identity Switching costs Capital requirements Access to distribution Absolute cost advantages Proprietary learning curve Access to necessary inputs Proprietary low-cost product design Government policy and international treaties Expected retaliation RIVALRY DETERMINANTS Industry Growth Fixed (or storage) costs/value-added Intermittent overcapacity
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Comparison of Zara and Mango stores Logistics operations Logistics operations M31EKM Presented by; Farhan Ahmad Student ID 4847234 Table of contents 1. Executive summary 2. Introduction 3. Mango stores 4. Zara stores 5. Comparison of logistics operations between Mango and Zara. 5.1 Inbound and outbound transportation. 5.1.1 Transport mode strategies 5.1.2 Outsourcing of logistics operations 5.1.3 3PL companies 5.2 Warehousing 5.3 Inventory management
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Porters 5 Forces: Suppliers The bargaining power of suppliers‚ one of Porter‟s Five Forces‚ can have a significant effect on an organization. Suppliers hold power over a firm when they increase prices and reduce the quality of their product and the firm cannot use their own pricing to recover these changes in costs. Switching costs is the “negative costs that a consumer incurs as a result of changing suppliers‚ brands‚ or products”. Switching costs can represent a variety of things: time and
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ACC501: COMPUTERISED ACCOUNTING TUTORIAL 4 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS i. ‘Why are adjusting entries necessary? Surely they cause too much delay in preparing financial statements‚ and the financial effect of any entries made is immaterial in the long run.’ Respond to this criticism. ii. The owner of a business reviews the income statement prepared by you and asks‚ “Why do you report a profit of only $30 000 when cash collections of $100 000 were received and cash payments for the period totalled only
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Three generations of Data Management in Decision Support 1. Early 1970s - required a repository of data : sourced from operational system + other data (e.g. external data) - Data was customized for the specific DSS - Application-centric approach : data support a single or a few related applications used to help make the business case for the warahouse - Sprague provided the Data-Dialog-Models (DDM) paradigm 2. Late 1980s - Telecommunications‚ retailing and financial services
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different from satellite providers‚ Internet service providers‚ or VoIP services‚ whose main difference is in infrastructure. Main players in the cable industry operate on a nation-wide basis. The biggest threat to this industry is high barrier to entry. This is due to a number of factors. First‚ capital requirements are high because infrastructure is costly such as the fiber-optic lines that have been introduced to offer customers higher-priced‚ enhanced or bundled services. There is a medium level
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efficient scales of production. 2. The competitive structure of the brewing industry using Porter’s five forces model. a. Risk of entry by potential competitors. New micro brewing companies have low barriers of entry. New micro brewing companies do not rely heavily on brand loyalty or economies of scale. Mass market brewers our faced with higher barriers to entry because of brand loyalty of customers and absolute cost advantages. b. Intensity of rivalry of previously established companies new
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