BUSINESS ECONOMICS Assignment 1 Case study: Mintel batteries report a) What happened to sales of batteries in the period 2004-8? Provide a quantitative estimate. How do you explain the fact that over that period the amount of batteries sold increased whereas the value of sales declined? From figure 20 we can see that the volume of sold batteries from 2004 (584 million batteries) to 2008 (611 million batteries)
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Business Law 265 Spring 2008 Exam #1‚ February 26‚ 2008 1. Jerry sent a letter containing an offer to sell his mountain bike to Bill for $300. This letter was sent on Oct. 1 and it was received on Oct. 4. On Oct. 5 Bill sent a letter to Jerry accepting the offer. But then Bill changed his mind; on Oct 6 Bill sent a message by personal messenger to Jerry‚ rejecting Jerry’s offer. The messenger delivered the rejection and it was received by Jerry on Oct. 7. The letter containing Bill’s
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Accounting for Foreign Currency Transactions And Hedging Foreign Exchange Risk Multiple Choice 1. A discount or premium on a forward contract is deferred and included in the measurement of the related foreign currency transaction if the contract is classified as a a. hedge of a net investment in a foreign entity. b. hedge of an exposed asset or liability position. c. hedge of an identifiable foreign currency commitment. d. contract acquired to speculate in the movement of exchange rates. 2. The discount
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7 Great Persuasion Techniques To Use In Business 1. Give and you shall receive When someone does you a favour‚ you know instinctively that you will have to do something in return in the future. Psychologists call this the reciprocity rule‚ and it can be very useful in persuasion. Try it out next time a colleague or your boss needs help with something by being the first to stand up and lend a hand. Even better‚ think ahead and be aware of the deadlines and meetings your boss has to reach so
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role of banks in economic recessions 05.05.2009 In today’s wavering global economic context‚ the word `crisis` is omnipresent‚ taking the media by assault and infringing into the population’s daily life‚ although many countries haven’t even officially entered recession yet. Although recession is generally referred to as a negative Gross Domestic Product growth for a period of at least two consecutive quarters‚ other important economic change
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NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE) Course: Business Economics SEM – I 1. Calculate Elasticity in the following cases: a) Assume that a business firm sells a product at the price of Rs 500. The firm has decided to reduce the price of the product to Rs 400. Consequently‚ the demand for the product is raised from 20‚000 units to 25‚000 units. Calculate the price elasticity of demand. ANSWER A: PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND: MEANING: Price elasticity of demand
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$500‚000 x 14% = $70‚000 Explicit Costs: What is paid for products/services = $80‚000 Total Economic Costs: Implicit Costs + Explicit Costs = $70‚000 + $80‚000 = $150‚000 b) Economic Profit: Total Revenues – Total Economic Cost = $175‚000 - $150‚000 = $25‚000 c) Accounting Profit: Total Revenues – Explicit Costs = $175‚000 - $80‚000 = $95‚000 d) New Implicit Costs = $500‚000 x 20% = $100‚000 Economic Profit: $175‚000 – ($100‚000 + $80‚000) = $ (5‚000) Chapter Two Technical Problem 1 Qd
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Suppose we’ve done the computation of the Z test statistic. For each of the following situations determine the p-value that goes along with Z. a. Z = 2.12‚ two-sided test b. Z = 4.55‚ two-sided test c. Z = -1.40‚ lower-tail test 2. Suppose Z = 1.92.Which has a smaller p-value‚ the upper-tail test or the two-sided test? From this‚ is it more likely to have a result that is significant at the 5% level using-a one-sided test or using a two-sided test? 3. Agricultural researchers at K-State sometimes
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Test 1 READING 1 hour PART ONE Questions 1-8 · Look at the statements below and at the five extracts on the opposite page from an article giving advice to people setting up a business. · Which extract (A‚ B‚ C‚ D or E) does each statement (1-8) refer to? · For each statement (1-8)‚ mark one letter (A‚ B‚ C‚ D or E) on your Answer Sheet. · You will need to use some of these letters more than once. 1. You should plan ahead in case a founder of the company chooses to leave it. 2. A company
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Chapter 1 Susan has a part-time "cottage industry" producing seasonal plywood yard ornaments for resale at local craft fairs and bazaars. She currently works 8 hours per day to produce 16 ornaments. a. What is her productivity? b. She thinks that by redesigning the ornaments and switching from use of a wood glue to a hot-glue gun she can increase her total production to 20 ornaments per day. What is her new productivity? c. What is her percentage increase in productivity? a. 16 ornaments/8
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