Di 3a) What distinguishes a developing country from a developed country (10mks) ADVICE: All the indicators are examined here with supporting statistics. There won’t be time to include statistics for all the indicators‚ so you’ll include those that you most easily remember). Countries can be classified as developed or developing according to the value of the gross national product (GNP) per capita. A developing country can be distinguished from a developed country by examining
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Superior Manufacturing is thinking of launching a new product. The company expects to sell $950‚000 of the new product in the first year and $1‚500‚000 each year thereafter. Direct costs including labor and materials will be 55% of sales. Indirect incremental costs are estimated at $80‚000 a year. The project requires a new plant that will cost a total of $1‚000‚000‚ which will be depreciated straight line over the next five years. The new line will also require an additional net investment in inventory
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Incremental vs. Comprehensive Analysis Sergio Robles‚ Lina Langford‚ Ricardo Cham and Iliana Durazo ACC/561 Allen Glenn June 23‚ 2014 Incremental vs. Comprehensive Analysis In a business setting‚ managers make decisions on cost effectiveness based on what information is provided to them. This day-to-day decision can lead to the success or failure of the business. Two types of analysis that a manager can use are incremental and/or comprehensive analysis. Incremental Analysis Incremental
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How does service innovation influence the performance of a company? Starbucks has not only established itself in the coffee industry but essentially it has become its own entertainment business‚ by constantly innovating it has added to the customer experience by incorporating music into the stores to create an emotional response for customers and to allow them to feel a certain way when they enter the stores. At a shareholder meeting it was declared that a deal was signed with Paul McCartney that
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3M CASE STUDY Q1) Conservative Approach: Three Product Concepts * Mandate from management * Should not risk new process; Dunlop may use “revolution” against new method * Need to validate method at least once before basing major strategic decisions on it. * Not enough data yet to make such a drastic recommendation * Three concepts appear very promising and are enough of a “success” already. Radical Approach: New Business Unit Strategy * Team was charged with finding breakthroughs;
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Manufacturing Minn » CONTENTS I. Presentation of the company 1. Brief history 2. Description of the Businesses/products 3. Influence made by the different types of environment II. SWOT analysis III. Organizational focus: 1. Organizational structure 2. Type of structure in relation with the type of business IV. Brief Financial analysis and trends (3 years): 1. Liquidity 2. Equity 3. Debt ratios 4. Profitability ratios 3M Company was founded in 1902 by five businessmen‚ a lawyer‚ a doctor‚ two
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------------------------------------------------- Case Study: 3M Q: Can other Companies just copy 3M’s structures and culture and become successful innovators also? 3M’s organizational structure is built around cultures that encourage innovation. From this angle‚ the company was able to develop 6 business strategies to promote entrepreneurship and increase customer satisfaction. For decades‚ 3M has been known as an entrepreneurial organization that pursues growth through innovation. Innovation was encouraged originally in an
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Distinguish between diminishing returns and economies of scale (15 marks) In Business Economics‚ the short run is defined as the concept that within a certain period of time‚ in the future‚ at least one input is fixed while others are variable and the long run is defined as a period of time in which all factors of production and costs are variable. The law of diminishing returns is a short run concept‚ which states that increasing successive units of a variable factor to a fixed factor
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Chapter 2 Types of Innovation LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to: • Distinguish the different forms that innovation can take‚ such as product‚ process and service innovation • Differentiate and distinguish between the different types of innovation‚ such as radical and incremental innovation • • Describe each type of innovation Analyse different types of innovation in terms of their impact on human behaviour‚ business activity and society
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1Distinguish between international marketing‚ multinational marketing and global marketing. If we talk in general‚ both Global and International marketing are used interchangeably now-a-days. But if we are talking in terms of marketing theories‚ international marketing was a stage in the evolution of global marketing. Let us see how‚ Stage 1 : Domestic Marketing : Companies manufacturing products and selling those within the country itself. So‚ no international phenomenon at all. Stage 2 : Export
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