1. Consider a personal computer market with two firms‚ X and Y. Suppose that Firm X and Y have the following total cost function: TCX=10QXTCY=10QY . The market is given by P=100-QX-QY. (a) Calculate the Cournot equilibrium outputs of firm X and Y in this market. (b) Calculate their market price in the Cournot equilibrium. (c) Calculate their profits in the Cournot equilibrium. (d) Suppose that firm X is considering implementing a proprietary technology they have developed. The onetime sunk cost
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Kerala’s development experience: a search for a micro response to a macro process abstract The concept of development‚ in the sense of achieving ‘human good’ has always been there since the advent of human society‚ only with varying understanding‚ emphasis‚ and implications. It is seen as a process‚ requiring constant response and continuous solutions and also as a result of human action‚ only through which‚ reorientation of any development process becomes possible (Varma‚ 1989:34). The past
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Þ Political Aspect: The first factor which shall be kept in mind while studying the macro environment of Starbucks is the political aspect. It has been seen that‚ Starbucks has significant levels of presence in the coffee market. Starbucks consists of various types of products for government offices‚ corporate offices‚ etc. In the year 2011‚ Seattle Coffee has been reported a growth double digit. It shall be taken into consideration that‚ the volume of growth in the overall coffee market has
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MACRO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY Due to the fact our industry deals with medical supplies‚ the healthcare sector‚ as a whole‚ tends to be our main focus area. Health care is traditionally funded through contributions paid by individuals as a percentage of their salaried income. There are‚ however‚ some countries that also provide a free public medical service funded by a national budget. Regardless of the coverage it is the quality of the medical supplies and medical personnel
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1.0 Introduction In this essay we are going to evaluate the micro economic factors on the activities and performance of Tesco. Tesco Plc (2011) states‚ that the retail industry is a highly competitive environment. Tesco competes with a wide variety of retailers of varying sizes and faces increased competition from UK retailers as well as international operators in the UK and overseas. Failure to compete with competitors on areas including price‚ product range‚ quality and service could have an
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Cornell University ILR School DigitalCommons@ILR Articles and Chapters ILR Collection 10-1-2008 Economic Development Strategies and Macro- and Micro-level Human Resource Policies: The Case of India’s “Outsourcing” Industry Sarosh Kuruvilla Cornell University‚ sck4@cornell.edu Aruna Ranganathan Massachusetts Institute of Technology Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/articles Part of the Human Resources Management Commons This Article is brought
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EFFECT OF MACRO ECONOMIC POLICY ON NIGERIAN ECONOMICS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ABSTRACT This research work focus on the appraisal of Macroeconomic Policy on Inflation in Nigerian Economy‚ also to determine how it enhances the growth of Nigerian Economy. The aim of this research work is to look into challenges and numbers of hypothesis were drawn. Information necessary to address the test of hypothesis was gathered through secondary data‚ source from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Economic analysis
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commercial setting‚ the employer conceives of a productive activity‚ generally with the intention of creating profits‚ and the employee contributes labour to the enterprise‚ usually in return for payment of wages and to the extent that employment or the economic equivalent is not universal‚ unemployment exists. However‚ according to Business Dictionary‚ labor is the aggregate of all human physical and mental effort used in creation of goods and services. It is a primary factor of production. The size of
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full entry in the end bibliography. Entries in the bibliography must be matched by entries in the text; if nor they should be deleted. Citations must include all information necessary to enable the reader to locate the referenced publication. The examples in the format section below reflect the information considered adequate for each type of publication. Citations should be in alphabetical order by the first author ’s last name (if there is a name); by the first word of the publication or authoring
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Depression in the 1920s‚ Simon Kuznets first developed the idea of an instrument‚ which could - just like a clinical thermometer - measure the economic development within a country‚ the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This new approach in modern Macroeconomics‚ though it cannot measure human happiness‚ admittedly is the most important indicator of a national economic performance. In order to raise a national GDP‚ the state’s government has the duty to intervene. John Keynes championed the idea of a contra-
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