MBA Programme 2007 Period 1 – Jan/Feb PRICES AND MARKETS Core Course PUSHAN DUTT Date: 5th March‚ 2007 Time: 9am – 12noon Duration of the exam: 3 hours Closed-book exam (two A4 sheets allowed). You may NOT use a computer or a PDA Your answers must be in English Write all answers in a separate booklet‚ not on this question paper. At the end of the exam you can find blank pages as “scratch paper” for calculations. This exam is worth 200 points (you get an endowment of 5 points for showing up)
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Barriers to Entry While India has gone through economic reform and seems like a good potential for investment‚ they are still dedicated towards protecting domestic businesses in several areas (The World Bank‚ 2011). The dormancy of the government to change regulations on the foreign direct investment (FDI) for retail companies has created a large barrier to entry for companies that want to involve themselves in this industry (Thathoo & Kacheria‚ 2007). While the government has been relatively
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ALTERNATIVE MARKET STRUCTURES It is traditional to divide industries to categories according to the degree of competition that exists between the firms within the industry. There are four such categories. At one extreme is perfect competition‚ where there are many firms competing. Each firm is so small relative to the whole industry that it has no market power to influence price. It is a price taker. At the other extreme is monopoly‚ where there is just one firm in the industry‚ and hence no competition
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Market structures Analysis- Term Paper INTRODUCTION Generally the concept of market structures can be essential to marketing and economics. Both emphasize the environment in which these companies operate and its importance it has on strategic decision making. Economics is more concerned about the degree of market competition and the pricing strategies of these firms. Marketing‚ on the other hand‚ concentrates its focus on consumer behaviour. Basically there are four major market structures
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Using real world examples‚ compare and contrast foreign market entry strategies used by different Multinational Enterprises. Evaluate the success of these entry strategies by referring to real world examples. You may refer to cases discussed in seminars and also provide new examples. Multinational corporations are those with bases and production plants in several countries‚ usually but not always with headquarters in the more developed countries. Multinational enterprises invest overseas to
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port market entryA. This report has been ... ... various business experts. Demand for energy has been rather weak in recent years and alternative energy providers in particular have been suffering because of very low GDP growth rates in most countries. In the People’s Republic of China‚ however‚ economic growth and energy consumption are unabated and the excessive use of fossil fuels has caused dangerously high pollution levels. As a result‚ Chinese authorities are now offering financial
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industry profits towards competitive floor in order to resist market dominance. Porter’s five forces model reflects that an industry has absolute market power if threat of entrants and substitutes are low along with weak bargaining power among suppliers and buyers‚ and if industry is not competitive. 2. Comment on the following: All of wisdom contained in the five-forces framework is reflected in the economic identity: Profit = (Price – Average Cost) x Quantity [π = (P-AC) x Q] Porters
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Last week ( February 17‚ 2014 -2014 February 21 ) in the international market prices of important commodities continue to rise overall ‚ non-ferrous metal prices well supported by the rise in the euro zone economic data . But the market ‚ the U.S. economic growth concerns limit the price increase .price of sand and gravel production line Last week‚ Germany and France show strong economic growth in the fourth quarter is expected ‚ indicating the euro zone economic recovery accelerated . However
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Perfect competition Is a market structure in which small firms take part. All producers sell the same product. There are no barriers to enter the market. All customer and producers have the same information. Firms sell all they produce‚ but they cannot set a price. They are said to be ‘price takers’ Monopolistic competition Is a market structure in which firms sell similar products nut not identical. There are no barriers to enter the market. Customers and producers have part of the information
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MARKET STRUCTURE AND COMPETITION EXERCISES Exercise 1: The own firm’s price elasticity is a measure that evaluates how the firm’s demand changes when it alters the price of the good or service offered‚ given that the rest of the variables remain fixed. While the cross-price elasticity measures how a firm’s demand changes when some other firm alters its price. Therefore‚ the second term considers the existence of interrelated firms in the market‚ that is‚ the fact that one firm’s actions affect
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