Joe Chatman Ashford University BUS 640 Managerial Economics Dr. David Brownfield January 14‚ 2013 Chapter 11‚ Applied Problem‚ 8 a. This particular industry has a constantly increasing cost. There will be an increase in the demand for input factors for one key reason. Every day‚ new companies will be introduced into this market of remodeling‚ economic profits being the encouraging factor. Because of this‚ there will be a bid
Premium Supply and demand Economics Microeconomics
Jorge Escobar ASHFORD UNIVERSITY BUS 640: Managerial Economics February 25‚ 2013 John Sellers 1. PV = FV x [ 1 ÷ (1 + i)n ] PV = $11mil x [ 1 ÷ (1 + 0.06)2 ] PV = $11mil x [ 1 ÷ (1.06)2 ] PV = $11mil x [ 1 ÷ 1.1236 ] PV = $11mil x [ 0.88999644] ← PV factor PV = $9‚789‚960.80 If I were chose between alternative 2 and the first $10min alternative I would go with alternative 1. It reflects a bigger present value than alternative with an opportunity
Premium Decision theory Management Risk
BUS 640 Dr. Shaw Week 3 Assignment 1 Date Submitted: 9/29/12 Chapter 5: Applied Problem 1 Bridget has limited income and consumes only wine and cheese; her current consumption choice is four bottles of wine and 10 pounds of cheese. The price of wine is $10 per bottle‚ and the price of cheese is $4 per pound. The last bottle of wine added 50 units to Bridget’s utility‚ while the last pound added 40 units. a) Is Bridget
Premium Supply and demand Household income in the United States Price elasticity of demand
Managerial Decision Kathy Stamps BUS. 640: Managerial Economics Michael Thirtle March 19‚ 2011 oAbstract Should we buy a new machine or upgrade the old one? One of the managerial decisions that our local hospital had to make was whether to transition into a digital format with our portable x-ray machines by performing transformation upgrades to both existing analog units or to trade them in and use their value to offset the total price incurred by the purchase of new units. This
Premium X-ray Radiography Rate of return
Week 5 Assignment BUS 640 Managerial Economics Ashford University January 2014 Week 5 Assignment Problem 1: Jessica Alba‚ a famous actress‚ starts the baby and family products business‚ The Honest Company‚ with Christopher Gavigan. Alba and Gavigan set up their site so families can choose what kinds of non-toxic‚ all-natural products they would like to use and get them in a bundle. Families can choose all kinds of products from food to hygiene necessities and cleaning supplies. They
Premium Pricing Cost Marketing
Abstract One of the biggest decisions that many people will have to make is whether they should rent or purchase their next residence. There are many advantages and disadvantages in each individual decision. Explicit costs‚ “monetary opportunity costs of using market-supplied resources‚” (Thomas & Maurice‚ 2011) and implicit costs‚ “nonmonetary opportunity costs of using owner supplied resources‚” (Thomas & Maurice‚ 2011) are important opportunity costs that each household should dissect
Premium Real estate Costs Property
This file of BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems comprises: Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems. Please‚ complete the following 2 applied problems in a Word or Excel document. Show all your calculations and explain your results. Submit your assignment in the drop box by using the Assignment Submission button. 1. What is the profit-maximizing price and output level? Solve this algebraically for equilibrium P and Q and also plot
Premium Supply and demand English-language films Economics
Transported (tons) 1 5 2 12 3 21 4 32 5 40 6 46 7 51 8 50 a. Which inputs are fixed and which are variable in the production function of Jennifer Trucking Company? Over what ranges do there appear to be increasing‚ constant and/or diminishing returns to the number of drivers employed? The inputs that are fixed are the driver’s monthly salaries. The variable inputs are the amount of trips the drivers take and the amount they haul each time. Drivers 1‚ 2‚ and 3 appear to be delivering a diminishing
Premium Marginal cost Cost Costs
3. Do you expect this profit level to continue in subsequent years? Why or why not? As the marginal expense of manufacturing is more than the marginal income‚ it is not feasible for the company to manufacture a positive amount of output although it has got monopoly power by the patent. During the 1st year‚ the company has incurred the fixed expense of 120 that it can ’t do anything about. But‚ in the following years the company would go out this market and consequently prevent the fixed expenses
Premium Supply and demand Elasticity Price elasticity of demand
Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) BUS 640 Managerial Economics Ashford University January 2014 Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) Introduction Apple Inc. commonly known as Apple has effectively managed to be a successful company in a very competitive consumer electronics industry by been innovative and differentiating the company’s products with similar products in the markets by offering high quality products and good customer service while the actual manufacturing of the products is outsourced to trusted third party
Premium Apple Inc.