THE MACRO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF MICRO-ECONOMIC MARKET FAILURES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS – THE CASE OF SA. Nicola Theron ECONEX www.econex.co.za Department of Economics University of Stellenbosch nmb@sun.ac.za 1. INTRODUCTION This paper will examine the micro-economic market failures and the rationale for regulation in the South African telecommunications sector. The role of telecommunications in economic growth will be emphasized by analysing the effect that the micro-economic market failures
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4) a)What Is an IP Address and what is it is also known as? -A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the Internet. b) What are the four categories of output? -Output is data that has been processed into a useful form called information. Four types of output are text‚ graphics‚ audio‚ and video. Text consists of characters (letters‚ numbers‚ punctuation marks‚ or any other symbol requiring one byte of computer storage space) that are used to create words‚ sentences
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Macro and Micro environment: How external factor can influence marketing decisions. Introduction While the managers making efforts to take advantages of their competitors on the on the inside business structure such as to cut the cost down by simplifying the staff group‚ the macro and micro factors are escaping detection. Unlike internal environment‚ the macro and micro environments of a business are not changed by the behavior of its own whilst it is hard for most firms to be ready for reaction
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Micro Environment; It means the internal environment of the company and it is also called small environmental forces which directly or indirectly affected the company. It has some forces which are discussed below Company; Cadbury dairy milk is a company which manufactures the products like chocolate. There are different departments in the company who collectively responsible to make the products. Suppliers; Suppliers are those persons who provide the raw material to the company like cocoa
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Definition The economic environment consists of external factors in a business’ market and the broader economy that can influence a business. You can divide the economic environment into the microeconomic environment‚ which affects business decision-making such as individual actions of firms and consumers‚ and the macroeconomic environment‚ which affects an entire economy and all of its participants. Many economic factors act as external constraints on your business‚ which means that you have little
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Explain some of the factors which may affect recruitment and training in an international business. Recruitment and training are two essential and unavoidable aspects of multinational firms. International businesses have designed their recruitment policies around either selecting Parent country nationals (PCN) also known as home country nationals; a citizen of the country where the multinational resides‚ host country nationals (HCN) or local people hired by a multinational or third country nationals
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reform society or to study it dispassionately? 2. Of the three theoretical perspectives‚ which one would you prefer to use if you were a sociologist? Why? 3. Considering the macro- and micro-level approaches in sociology‚ which one do you think better explains social life? Why? Considering the macro- and micro-level approaches in sociology‚ which one do you think better explains social life? Why? I had never felt heat like this before. This was northern Africa‚ and I wondered what it must
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Micro economics is a branch of economics which studies individual firms and consumers. The basis of micro economics is supply and demand; how does the market react to changes in supply and demand and inevitably how does it affect price. Microeconomic decisions by both firms and individuals are motivated by cost and benefit considerations. Costs can be either be in terms of financial costs such as average fixed costs and total variable costs or they can be in terms of opportunity costs‚ which consider
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Report for Micro and Macro Theory and Application Introduction This is a report with lots of theory which referenced to the case--Sonny’s “move”‚ you can find the cost theory‚ the oligopoly market and other market structure theory‚ profit theory with lots of information relatively‚ and the author had given analysis about these theory. 1.0 Cost theory 1.0.1 Total cost 1.0.1.1 Definition The total cost is the sum of fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs: fixed costs are business expenses that
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By Alistair Walters – A913910 1 Five years on from the beginning of the worst financial crisis he world has seen we are still in a perils state of low or negative growth and low interest rates. It is clear that there were a number of factors both macroeconomic and microeconomic that created the situation and that the responses by the British government have been mixed at best. Although able to avert a full-scale meltdown of the financial system the British government has been criticised
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