3. How do the entry and exit of firms in a purely competitive industry affect resource flows and long‐run profits and losses? LO3 Answer: Entry and exit help to improve resource allocation. Firms that exit an industry due to low profits release their resources to be used more profitably in other industries. Firms that enter an industry chasing higher profits bring with them resources that were less profitably used in other industries. Both processes increase allocative efficiency. In the long
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declared to be in recession following two consecutive quarters in 2008 during which economic growth dropped (BBC‚ 2009). Many businesses‚ including British Airways‚ have found it increasingly difficult to survive in the resulting testing macroeconomic environment. The Recession A recession will often occur when inflation grows rapidly; goods become more expensive at a time when consumers have less money to spend. As consumers spend less money‚ supply begins to exceed demand within the markets. This causes
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The Global Car Industry Facing Recession and a Credit Crisis Case study Reference no 309-032-1 This case was written by Nick S Potter‚ Birmingham Business School‚ University of Birmingham. It is intended to be used as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. The case was compiled from published sources. © 2009‚ Birmingham Business School‚ University of Birmingham. No part of this publication may be copied
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Standard Chartered is the world’s leading emerging markets bank headquartered in London. Standard Chartered employs 30‚000 people in over 500 locations in more than 50 countries in the Asia Pacific Region‚ South Asia‚ the Middle East‚ Africa‚ the United Kingdom and the Americas. It is one of the world’s most international banks‚ with a management team comprising 70 nationalities. Standard Chartered has been committed to Hong Kong and China for nearly 150 years. Standard Chartered Bank opened its
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Diageo is a company that produces and distributes alcoholic beverages. Its products include all three branches of this industry – spirits‚ wine and beer. The brands that the company produces include well-known names like Smirnoff‚ Johny Walker scotch whiskey‚ Baileys‚ Captain Morgan rum‚ Tanqueray gin‚ Guiness beer‚ Don Perignon champagne‚ and many others. One can find the products produced by this company in nearly 180 countries all around the world. The company’s offices are located in 80 countries
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The car industry environment is very complex due to the large number of product markets‚ buyers‚ suppliers and customers‚ which spread across the globe. As such‚ it has often been described as "the industry of all industries". There are various forces that influence this environment. Hence‚ this report analyzes some of the political‚ economic‚ socio-cultural and technological trends‚ key to understanding their impact on the industry‚ with particular reference to the Western European market. First
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MACRO AND MICRO FACTORS AFFECTING THE STEEL INDUSTRY (TATA STEEL) The world GDP‚ as reported by International Monetary Fund‚ was on an upturn‚ growing by 5% in 2010 as compared to a negative growth of 0.5% in 2009. While the growth in the advanced economies was 3.0% in 2010‚in contrast to -3.4% in 2009‚ the emerging and developing economies grew by 7.3% in 2010 when compared to the growth of 2.7% in 2009. The growth in the developing and emerging economies slowed down during the end of 2010
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production industries‚ such as manufacturing and mining. However‚ there has been an increasing interest in the environmental effects of the service industry (Goedkoop‚ van Halen‚ te Riele‚ & Rommens‚ 1998). And this industry comprises a variety of activities‚ from restaurants to hospitals to financial institutions. The service industry merits its attention because of its large size and consequently the potential for environmental impacts (both negative and positive). And one of the service industries that
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Nintendo Micro Environment Analysis Suppliers: Companies being the developers of their own video games become the suppliers themselves. The augmented products used in the development of these games may include cd’s‚ hard disks‚ electronic components‚ software’s‚ game writers‚ packaging of the consoles‚ printing of manuals and additional features like graphics etc to make the games more popular. Distributors: Distributors play a vital role in the video game industry. They include the
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Chapter 1 1. The scientist usually considered the first to see microorganisms‚ which he called "animalcules"‚ was A) Redi B) van Leeuwenhoek C) Pasteur D) Tyndall 2. The idea of Spontaneous Generation postulated that A) organisms could evolve into the next generation of organisms B) organisms could spontaneously combust C) organisms could spontaneously arise from other living organisms D) living organisms could spontaneously arise from non-living material 3. The work of Tyndall
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