must monitor six major forces in the broad environment: Demographic Political-Legal Economic Technological Socio-Cultural Natural 1. Demographic Environment The main demographic force that marketers monitor is population because people make up markets. Marketers are keenly interested in the: Size and growth rate of populations in cities‚ regions‚ and nations. Age distribution and ethnic mix. Educational levels. Household patterns. Regional characteristics and movements Worldwide Population Growth
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Running head: HOW PEOPLE MAKE ECONOMIC DECISIONS How People Make Economic Decisions Misty D. Johnson University of Phoenix How People Make Economic Decisions There are four principles of individual decision-making‚ individuals facing trade-offs‚ analyzing what individuals give up to get‚ analyzing marginal costs and benefits‚ and reviewing incentives. Furthermore‚ many individuals could see how these principles affect the economy as a whole. Making decisions in the economic
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1.0 Introduction In today’s competitive environment organizations thrive and survive on their human resources. Values‚ attitudes‚ perceptions and behavior‚ which form these resources‚ influence employee performance. It is a key factor in realizing organizational and individual goals that in turn greatly depends on individual’s self-motivation and job satisfaction. 1.1 What is job satisfaction? Job satisfaction is one’s attitude towards his job (positive or negative)
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uk/2/hi/7048600.stm Wednesday‚ 2 January 2008‚ 22:36 GMT What is driving oil prices so high? Oil prices have hit a record high at $100 a barrel. Prices have doubled from the rates seen in January 2007 and more than quadrupled since 2002. What factors are causing this unremitting increase and what are the likely consequences for consumers and the global economy? What is causing the latest price spike? This was triggered by concerns about violence in Nigeria and Algeria as well as the delay of the
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following factors: * forecasting future demand and container usage * managing inventory and tracking the flow of containers * planning distribution capacity * creating the shipping schedule * managing supply chains ESM managers can enhance forecast accuracy by integrating the variable causal factors in the operational forecasting. Collaboration and accurate data collection is a must in current chemical industry for relevant prediction of future demand. Supply chain model
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Work ethics and ethical behavior To understand what is the work ethics and what is meant by ethical behavior and what are the factors influencing the ethical behavior‚ we need to know the meaning of some key words. Ethics is a philosophical term derived from the Greek word "ethos" meaning character or custom and can be defined as the code of moral principles that sets standards of bad or good or wrong or right in one’s conduct. Work ethics can be defined as carrying out one’s business in a morally
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Supply and Demand Simulation ECO/365 August 12‚ 2013 Supply and Demand Simulation In this paper I will discuss and identify two microeconomics and two macroeconomics principles or concepts from the simulation. I will explain why I have categorized these principles or concepts as macroeconomic or microeconomic. I will also identify at least one shift of the supply curve and one shift of the demand curve in the simulation‚ and what causes the shifts. I will discuss how each shift‚ and analyze
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Factors Affecting Reactions I. Factors Affecting Reactions [545] • Every chemical proceeds at its own rate. • By changing the conditions of the reaction‚ the rate of almost any reaction can be modified. • The rate of a chemical reaction depends upon: o Temperature o Concentration o Particle Size[SA] o Catalyst A. Temperature [545] • Increasing the temperature causes molecules to move faster‚ so there’s an increased chance of them colliding
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Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions in Chapter 3 1. Assume that the (weekly) market demand and supply of tomatoes are given by the following figures: |Price (£ per kilo) |4.00 |3.50 |3.00 |2.50 |2.00 |1.50 |1.00 | |Qd (000 kilos) |30 |35 |40 |45 |50 |55 |60 | |Qs (000 kilos) |80 |68 |62 |55 |50 |45 |38 | (a) What are the equilibrium price and quantity
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Aggregate Demand and Supply Models Team C Ellen Campbell‚ April 6‚ 2013 Stephen Martin University of Phoenix Introduction Leaning team C is a group of International reporters. The team has the task of describing and critiquing the current state of the U.S. economy. The current state of the following economic factors is: unemployment‚ expectations‚ consumer income‚ and interest rates. Team C will identify the existing effect of the economic factors on aggregate demand and supply. Team will
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