. The four phases of a business cycle are trough‚ recovery‚ peak‚ and recession. The length of an average business cycle can be anywhere from 2-15 years. Capital goods and durable goods last‚ and therefor purchases can be postponed. This may happen when a recession is predicted to be lurking. Durable goods industries therefor suffer large output declines during recessions. However‚ consumers cannot postpone the buying of nondurables; therefore recessions only slightly reduce non-durable output
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QUIZ ON CONCEPTS OF DEMAND‚ SUPPLY AND MARKET PRICE 1. THE LAW OF DEMAND SUGGESTS THAT AN INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF GOOD X DECREASES THE DEMAND FOR GOOD X. True False [1 pts.] 2. A DEMAND CURVE SHOWS THE [1 pts.] AMOUNTS OF GOODS THAT SELLERS SELL WHEN INCOME‚ PRICES OF RELATED GOODS‚ AND EXPECTATIONS CHANGE. True False 3. AN INCREASE IN THE WAGES OF COAL [1 pts.] MINERS DOES NOT CAUSE A DECREASE IN THE SUPPLY OF COAL. True False 4. THE LAW OF SUPPLY SUGGESTS THAT THE ELIMINATION
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Political: Prior to the worldwide recession‚ Pakistan was considered an attractive region for investment owing to a liberal investment policy. However‚ in present times the situation has completely changed‚ with the country losing its high investment value for both domestic and international investors. One of the main reasons behind this issue is political instability. A weak government‚ inefficient political parties and instable political culture‚ amalgamate to create the basis for a politically
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The Lua Architecture Advanced Topics in Software Engineering Mark Stroetzel Glasberg Jim Bresler Yongmin ’Kevin ’ Cho Introduction Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed to extend applications. Lua started as a small language with modest goals. The language has grown incrementally. As a result‚ Lua has been re-architected and rewritten several times in the past ten years. The original functional requirements and motivation of the architecture were documented in the
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What is the macro and industry environment in the Southeast Asian region for the entrance of new budget airlines? What opportunities and challenges are associated with this environment? Answer: Competition for the Southeast Asian budget traveler has increased significantly in recent years as more carriers have entered the market. These new entrants are attracted by the large number of potential travelers‚ and the fact that government regulations in the region have decreased making it easier
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market consists of all the actual and potential buyers of yoghurt products. The macro-environment consists of six types of forces economic‚ demographic‚ cultural‚ natural‚ technological and political. “Vital Foods” must ensure that they take into account the trends‚ changes and alterations in these environments which can both pose threats and reveal opportunities. Economic Environment The economic environment is best described as having the “factors that affect consumer buying power and spending
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The airline industry is very much influenced by the rapid and dramatic changes taking place in the environment. All around the world‚ aircraft carriers are facing increases in fuel prices and are vulnerable to expensive disruptions like the 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland. (paragraph 1‚p.11) Trade unions‚ who drive up costs‚ and regulators are legal factors which prevent aircraft companies from implementing their own ways of cutting costs. (paragraph 6‚p12) Ryanair‚ the largest low-cost carrier
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federal budget is being prepared in accordance with the budgeting and accounting classification system that has been approved by the Government of Pakistan as an integral part of the New Accounting Model. This is the first year the federal budget is being prepared using the newly adopted Medium-Term Budgetary Framework (MTBF). Under this method macro projections are made over a rolling 3-year budgetary horizon. This year‚ expenditure ceilings were issued to Ministries on recurrent budget after Cabinet’s
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Executive SummaryThe macro-environment consists of larger societal forces that affect entire micro-environment. The six forces making up the company’s macro-environment include demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological‚ political/legal‚ and social-cultural forces. Companies must constantly watch and adapt to the marketing environment in order to seek opportunities and ward off threats. “The marketing environment comprises all the actors and forces influencing the company’s ability to transact
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Business Environment Analysis Background Environmental analysis is a systematic process that starts from identification of environmental factors‚ assessing their nature and impact‚ auditing them to find their impact to the business‚ and making various profiles for positioning. A common process of environmental analysis or scanning is discussed in the following section. Environmental Analysis Process A business manager should be able to analyze the environment to grasp opportunities or face the threats
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