An Empirical Investigation of Arbitrage Pricing Theory: A case Zimbabwe Petros Jecheche University of Zimbabwe ABSTRACT This study investigates the Arbitrage Pricing Theory for the case of Zimbabwe using time series data from 1980 to 2005 within a vector autoregressive (VAR) framework. The Granger causality tests are conducted to establish the existence of causality among the variables like inflation‚ exchange rate and Gross Domestic Product. The VAR estimates as shown by the impulse response
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The Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP) mechanism is one of the most commonly employed tools for market settlement in the deregulated power system environment. The proposed work is to determine LMP considering the transmission congestion in Optimal Power Flow (OPF) for an open access power market. The main function of LMP is to give an economic signal to the system operator for the competitive power market. The generator bids are supposed to same as their incremental costs in order
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Pricing Introduction Peter Drucker‚ who is widely regarded as the greatest management thinkers of our time once said: “Because the purpose of business is to create a customer‚ the business enterprise has two–and only two–basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs. Marketing is the distinguishing‚ unique function of the business.” Looking at the problems faced by most businesses today‚ it seems obvious that Drucker was right when he
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Case study 3 pricing and performance Question 1: From the given last two years sales figure‚ it is showing an average of 4% price is increased in every boat. Based on last 2 years pricing pattern and the condition attached with B16 & B35.Before considering the price of B33‚ Billing Boats AS has to think about the challenge of B29 and market popularity both of these two boats .After considering all these factors the manufacturer’s selling price for the next year can be followed by: B16 30‚888
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hil61217_ch20_case.qxd 5/12/04 17:17 Page 46 ADDITIONAL CASES ■ CASE 20.3 PLANNING PLANERS This was the first time that Carl Schilling had been summoned to meet with the bigwigs in the fancy executive offices upstairs. And he hopes it will be the last time. Carl doesn’t like the pressure. He has had enough pressure just dealing with all the problems he has been encountering as the foreman of the planer department on the factory floor. What a nightmare this last month has been! Fortunately
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Posted by Petra at 1:43 PM No comments: Wednesday‚ January 9‚ 2008 9. Pricing Price is the amount of money a buyer has to sacrifice in order to get what he/she wants. Pampers’ tends to make their products available to wide range of customers‚ so their price must also be affordable‚ reasonable and relatively low. I’ve already mentioned that Pampers’ makes constant improvements of the products‚ but also of the production process with new technology. That makes possible lowering of the
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Case Cowgirl: 1. What markets do you think the “hot and spicy truffles” is competing in—the hot and spicy food market‚ the chocolate candy market‚ the gift niche market‚ or other? Discuss (5 points) 2. Using the cost and financial information provided in Exhibits 2‚ 4‚ and 5 in the case‚ compute Cowgirl’s the breakeven sales revenue. Make reasonable assumptions and show your calculations in order to get credit. (Thinking question???) 10 points 1. Based on the information given by the case
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Pricing Course Module in Marketing Management Course Modules help instructors select and sequence material for use as part of a course. Each module represents the thinking of subject matter experts about the best materials to assign and how to organize them to facilitate learning. Each module recommends four to six items. Whenever possible at least one alternative item for each main recommendation is included‚ as well as suggested supplemental readings that may provide a broader conceptual context
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CASE SUMMARY: It’s a classic case of a company who has proved itself since inception that it was built to last and how long term planning of a company can help it sustain against all odds. Music World is a part of the Rs. 65 billion Rama Prasad Goenka [RPG] group of companies. In a very short span of time after its launch in the 1990s‚ Music World had reportedly become a major factor that changed the way music was sold in India. In setting up of Music World a lot of planning and strategic
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Case Analysis: Case of the Pricing Predicament I. Major Facts A. Scott is a salesman for Standard Machine B. Scott received a call from Joann‚ the purchasing agent at Occidental Aerospace C. Occidental is Standard’s largest and most loyal account D. Scott followed Standard’s fixed price policy and submitted a bid of $429K E. Joann informed him that two competitors submitted bids of “under 390K” and another bid of “a little over 400K” F. Scott needs to cut his bid by
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