Industry Analysis Assess Industry Competitive Structure Within the restaurant industry‚ the quick service restaurants (QSR) sector‚ or better known as fast-food restaurants‚ are classified as “Perfectly Competitive” along the Industry Competitive Structure below. Monopolistic Oligopolistic Suppliers Perfectly Competitive Oligopolistic Buyers Monopsonistics Characteristics of the industry that places it within a perfectly competitive environment are as follows: 1. Rivalry within
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MARKETING ENVIRONMENT The aim of this lecture is: • To describe important role of Marketing Environment. • To differentiate between Macro and Micro Environments. • To assess the impact of Marketing Environment on Marketing Practices. • To describe various method/Model of Marketing Environment Scanning. Background Information Marketing cannot be practiced in a vacuum; as a business function is affected by various factors or elements within the business environments. According to Lancaster
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Chapter 1: Page 20; Questions - 4‚ 7‚ 9‚ 10‚ 11 4) What are the key elements of the scientific method and how does this method relate to economic principles and laws? The key elements of the scientific method are the observation of real world behavior and outcomes. Based on those observations‚ formulating a possible explanation of cause and effect which is a hypothesis. Next‚ testing this explanation by comparing the outcomes of specific events to the outcome predicted by the hypothesis. Then‚ accepting
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COMPANY AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS REPORT INDUSTRY ANALYSIS Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM) as an area of research has been getting increasing attention from academicians and practitioners over the last two decades since it may lead to reduced operational costs‚ improved delivery performance and increased customer satisfaction levels‚ thereby making an organization more competitive in terms of cost‚ quality‚ delivery and flexibility. The importance of logistics and SCM is increasing also
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Topic One: The Marketing Environment 1. What is meant by the term marketing environment? The marketing environment consists of the actors and forces that affect a company’s capability to operate effectively in providing products and services to its customers. It is useful to classify these forces into the micro-environment (customers‚ competitors‚ distributors and suppliers) and the macro-environment (political and legal‚ economic‚ social/cultural‚ technological‚ environmental‚ legal forces). These
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The dimensions of the service environment The main dimensions in the service environment the following: • The ambient conditions • Music • Scent • Color • Spatial layout and functionality • Signs‚ symbols and artifacts • People The ambient conditions The ambience is what the five senses experience – namely‚ the sights and the visual appeal‚ the sound‚ the smells‚ the texture and it even includes attitudes and behaviour. The many design elements and detail that must resonate with each other to create
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Question 1: Assume that Econoland produces haircuts and shirts with inputs of labor. Econoland has 1000 hours of labor available. A haircut requires ½ hour of labor‚ while a shirt requires 5 hours of labor. Construct Econolands PPF. Answer 1: To construct Econolands Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) we first need to understand what is a PPF. A production possibilities frontier (PPF) is a graph showing the different quantities of two goods that an economy can efficiently produce with limited
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Macroeconomics Exam 1 Instructor: Prof. Phelps Name: Results: Class: Period: Date: Read each question carefully then circle the correct answer. When you are finished transfer the answers to the Scantron sheet. Make sure that you enter your name on both the exam and the scantron sheet. You have 1 hour to complete the exam. 1. For economists‚ the word "utility" means: a) versatility and flexibility. b) rationality. c) pleasure or satisfaction.** d) purposefulness
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1. From the definition of GDP we arrive at the following expression: c + i + g + x-m = y = c + s + t Discuss the three important economic relationships that can be derived from this expression related to the definition of GDP and explain each carefully. The expression above depicts two different ways to come up with real GDP for a country. The left side of the expression explains expenditure side of computing real GDP which can be rewritten as: y = c + i + g +x – m In real terms‚ it could
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