The traditional profit maximizing theories of the firm have been criticised for being unrealistic. As a result‚ alternative theories of the firm were introduced (Sloman & Sutcliffe‚ 2001). One of the alternative theories of the firm is Growth maximization. Following are the main motives for the firms to grow: The cost motive: A growth maximising firm can lower its long run average costs by exploiting economies of scale and economies of scope. Economies of scale come into effect when increasing
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What are the entry barriers to the Las Vegas Casino Resort market? When one thinks of casinos‚ one cannot escape from Las Vegas. Despite Nevada legalizing gambling in 1931‚ today‚ the notorious Las Vegas strip is dominated by several key players and the reason why this is so is due to the barriers to entry‚ defined as obstacles faced by potential new entrants‚ existent in the Las Vegas casino resort market. The entry barriers are explained below. Government Policy While the lucrative nature
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Qns 6 Entry and Exit will determine the extent of competition in an industry. Apply to the airline‚ pharmaceutical or supermarket businesses. Using the industry of your choice‚ how can this company deter entry? Entry is the beginning of production and sales by a new firm in a market‚ and exit occurs when a firm ceases to produce in a firms. The existence of high start-up costs or other obstacles that prevent new competitors from easily enter an industry or area of business. Barriers to entry
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Market entry and exit constitute major business strategy decisions reflecting a strategic initiative on the part of a firm to develop‚ or reshape‚ its product or market positioning Barriers to entry are obstacles in the way of firms attempting to enter a particular market‚ which may operate to give established firms particular advantage over investment. They are factors that allow incumbent firms to earn positive economic profits‚ while making it unprofitable for new comers to enter the industry. Barriers
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other variations of the DDM can one use and Why?” asked Dwayne. What should Jonathan’s response be? Jonathan’s response should be like this‚ “The other variation of the DDM can one use is by calls for recognizing that the dividend payments may grow as a small but constant rate. With this approach‚ the equity of the company is considered to be a perpetuity. Understanding which scenario is applicable to the stock under consideration is very important‚ as it will impact how the dividend payment relates
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of industry profitability? Rivalry Among Existing Firms. The greater the degree of competition among firms in an industry‚ the lower average profitability is likely to be. The factors that influence existing firm rivalry are industry growth rate‚ concentration and balance of competitors‚ degree of differentiation and switching costs‚ scale/learning economies and the ratio of fixed to variable costs‚ and excess capacity and exit barriers. Threat of New Entrants. The threat of new entry can
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Kayla Yelton Dehr/ Huffman ENG W131-46 10/11/2012 Final Draft Rhetorical Analysis Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself ACLU’s website is very large and a reader would probably only come across it if he or she was on a search for specific information. The website is built mostly off of their credibility. The main point made by the website is that the reader has to protect his freedom‚ someone has to take a stand. ACLU builds up much of their credibility‚ and through articles and blog posts they
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The External Environment Multiple Choice Questions 1. (p. 81) The external environment can be divided into various subcategories: A. Remote‚ political‚ social B. Remote‚ social‚ operational C. Remote‚ industry‚ operating D. Technological and social Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: 1 2. (p. 81) A firm’s external environment includes a remote sector‚ industry sector and an operating sector. The remote sector includes which of the following categories? A. Political
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BARRIER TO ENTRY FOR NEW FIRMS Celano and Cornetto have been the two biggest firms in Viet Nam ice cream cone market for a long time. Therefore‚ it’s very difficult or even impossible for new firms to enter the market. Such barrier can be listed as: - Advertising: Celano and Cornetto spend so heavily on advertising that new firms would find difficult to aford (that is known as the market power theory of advertising). The use of advertising of these two established firms creates a consumer perceived
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GLOBAL STRATEGY: FURNISHING THE WORLD 1） What are IKEA’s firm specific advantages? Country specific advantages? 2）.What are the cultural factors which make expansion abroad in retailing difficult? What has made it possible in IKEA’s case? 3） Describe how IKEA’S expansion has re-energized mature markets around the world and changed the competitive situation. 4） How does the TV advertising campaign initiated by IKEA overcome the entry barrier of high advertising expenditures? 5）Should IKEA expand
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