1. Which of the following is an example of systematic risk? IBM posts lower than expected earnings. Intel announces record earnings. The national trade deficit is higher than expected. None of the above. 2. Which of the following is an example of unsystematic risk? IBM posts lower than expected earnings. The Fed raises interest rates unexpectedly. The rate of inflation is higher than expected. None of the above. 3. What
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Assignment 3: Saving and Investing (20.0 points) 1. Describe a real or made up but realistic situation that could cause you or someone you know to have to use money from a financial reserve. (3-6 sentences. 2.0 points) when a person loses their job they lose their source of income. When a person loses their income they’ll need to dip into their financial reserves. They need to have a large enough reserve to pay their expenses until they find new work. 2. How many months’ worth of expenses do you
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M2. Finance department This is the main department as they have to cover all the budgets for most departments such as the human resource. They include in their budget to help the Logistics & Distribution Centre department to provide new materials or stock holders for products in retail businesses. The financial department have to focus on how to gain that profit in order to support most functions such as: Logistics & Distribution Centre The distribution centre is responsible for bringing stock of
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246 Eleventh Five Year Plan 11 Consumer Protection and Competition Policy CONSUMER PROTECTION 11.1. Promotion of consumer welfare is the common goal of consumer protection and competition policy. At the root of both consumer protection and competition policy is the recognition of an unequal relationship between consumers and producers. Protection of consumers is accomplished by setting minimum quality specifications and safety standards for both goods and services and establishing mechanisms
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lifestyle of modern consumers are quite complicated and questioned by a number of scholars like Bauman‚ Smart‚ Bourdie and Featherstone. An actual description of ‘lifestyle’ as a term is very broad. If refer to a sociological explanation lifestyle explained as ‘distinctive style of life of specific status groups‚ within contemporary consumer culture it connotes individuality‚ self-expression and a stylistic self-consciousness.’ (Featherstone‚ 1991:92) Contemporary consumers are drifted from a traditional
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Promotion A consumer profile report for a specific retailer or brand discussing how the brand/retailer utilises fashion promotion methods and principles to influence their target consumer. The report should be 2500 words‚ (excluding tables‚ reference page and appendices). The report layout should be professionally presented with numbered headings and subheadings‚ page numbers and should include relevant headers and footers. The report should be written in the third person with no
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Consumer Buying Behaviour Introduction: Consumer buying behavior is the study of human responses to products or services and the marketing of products/services. The study of consumer behavior focuses on how individuals make their decisions to spend their available resources (time‚ money‚ effort) on consumption related itemsor consumption related aspects (What they buy? When they buy? How they buy?).It also study of individuals‚ or organisations and the processes consumers use to search
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THE DEMAND SIDE OR CONSUMER BEHAVIOR Islamic perspective by MONZER KAHF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 SECTION ONE: EXOGENOUS AND ENDOGENOUS FACTORS IN CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR 3 Exogenous Factors: 3 I. Effect of wealth and income II. Effect of technology 6 III. Effect of biological and material surroundings 7 Effect of the amount‚ nature and cost of information 8 IV. 4 V. Effect of tastes and desires 8 VI. Effect of beliefs‚ religion‚ culture and legal and political framework 9 Endigenous
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into this “Global Village”. The concept called globalization has led various firms to operate on a worldwide level which has drastically affected consumer buying behavior. Being influenced by different nationalities and cultures‚ consumers are becoming more prone to buying international brands than the local ones. Not only did globalization affect consumers buying tendencies‚ it has also affected marketing strategies making them more complex. If any bias resulting from these strategies is present in
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Marketing can undoubtedly bring benefits to society‚ although some aspects of marketing may be questionable on ethical grounds. The aim of this assignment is to raise criticism of marketing and show that consumer behaviour is affected by ethical issues. Do consumers really care about marketing ethics? Ethics is a complex concept to define‚ and there is an attempt made by contemporary theorists to highlight ethical behaviour in a marketing context. Issues surrounding marketing ethics and social responsibility
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