CHAPTER 13 Investment Centers and Transfer Pricing ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS 13-1 Goal congruence means a meshing of objectives‚ in which the managers throughout an organization strive to achieve goals that are consistent with the goals set by top management. Goal congruence is important for organizational success because managers often are unaware of the effects of their decisions on the organization’s other subunits. Also‚ it is natural for people to be more concerned with the performance
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was often more valuable than gold. Silver is currently about 1/50th the price of gold by mass‚ and 70 times more valuable than copper. Silver did once trade at 1/6th to 1/12th the price of gold‚ however‚ the discovery of great silver deposits in the Americas. These new discoveries made the price of silver fall dramatically‚ due to the excess supply prices were forced down‚ as the demand did not match supply at so high price levels. Demand for silver has changed over the past years. Firstly‚ the
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shows the price of aluminium over the past six years. It can be seen from Figure 1 that the price of aluminium has fluctuated a great deal during this period. For example: between July 2008 and February 2009 the price fell by 57%; in August 2009 alone the price rose by 16%. In an essay of 1500 words or fewer‚ use economic analysis to explain changes in the price of aluminium over the period shown in Figure 1 and why the price fluctuations have been so great. Figure 1: The monthly LME spot price for aluminium
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Price objective and strategies According to Köehler (1996)‚ the skimming price strategy is a high price strategy which provides a healthy margin but risks a depressed sales volume. Since high prices also attract piracy‚ protection costs against piracy basically eat up margins. In the case of Apple‚ the buyers are not attracted by pirated versions of products because of the image of the brand linked to the snobbism of the “members of the Apple family”. In the graph below‚ we compared iPod sales
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Price Elasticity Elasticity‚ in layman terms can be defined as the ability of an object to stretch or transform in shape‚ and return to its original form. This definition can be applied to many facets of life. In business we say that it is a measure of responsiveness; ‘measure’ being an expression that suggests numerical factors. In economics‚ elasticity is commonly measured in the price elasticity of demand‚ and the price elasticity of supply. Price elasticity of demand is the measure
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TOPSHOP L.A This chart will show the price range and varies of merchandise in Topshop. Clothing: Category: | Tops | Price | | Blouses & Shirts | $50-$90 | | Cropped Tops & Bralets | $24-$68 | | Cami’s & Vest Tops | $22-$130 | | Tee’s & Tunics | $30-$240 | | Topshop Brands | $50-$92 | | - Goldie | | | -Wal G | | | -Witchy Freak of Nature | | | Bralets | $20-$70 | | Cami’s | $24-30 | | Casual Shirts | $24-120 | | Going Out Tops | $24-$96
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT‚ VOL. 46‚ NO. 2‚ MAY 1999 Price Elasticity and the Growth of Computer Spending Kar Yan Tam and Kai Lung Hui Abstract—Recent works have indicated that the price of computers is a key factor in explaining the growth of computer spending. However‚ it remains unclear whether the price elasticity of the demand for computers is constant over time. Findings on the pattern of price elasticity will have important implications in the study of information technology
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OWOYOMI OLUWATOSIN ADEDAPO 1/16/2013 | ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS | AN ESSAY OF THE EVALUATION OF FACTOR PRICE EQUALIZATION THEORY. | MAT NO: SSC0905121 | INTRODUCTION Factor price equalization is an economic theory‚ by Paul A. Samuelson (1948)‚ which states that the prices of identical factors of production‚ such as the wage rate‚ or the return to capital‚ will be equalized across countries as a result of international trade in commodities. The theorem assumes that there are two goods
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that they knew a price increase for framed items would soon be on the way. In an effort to dissuade him from increasing the transfer price for framed prints‚ several store managers e-mailed him with detailed analyses showing how framed-print sales had given stores a strong competitive position and had increased revenues and profits. The store managers mentioned‚ howeve4‚ that while they were opposed to an increase in the cost of frarned prints‚ they were looking forward to a price decrease for unframed
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suppliers and so on. A hedger is someone who wants to avoid or at least minimize price risk at all costs (Cheney‚ 2012). There are also people that are considered a speculator. Recently I have become a speculator within the wheat futures market. Wheat is the fourth-biggest U.S. crop‚ valued last year at $14.4 billion. (Wilson‚ 2012) Being a speculator‚ I was hoping to make a profit by accepting all risks associated with price variations. Personally‚ as a speculator‚ I have no interest in the commodity
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