by: Q = 5000 - 200P Firm 1 has a unit cost of production c1 equal to 6 whereas firm 2 has a higher unit cost of production c2 equal to 10. a. What is the Bertrand-Nash equilibrium outcome? b. What are the profits for each firm? c. Is this outcome efficient? Answer: (a) At equilibrium‚ assuming that if both firms charge the same price‚ then the firms split the market evenly. (b) The higher cost firm makes zero profit‚ whereas the lower cost firm’s profit is (c) No‚ this
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thoroughly planned out. Living on your own and being independent involves two very important expenses: Start up and recurring expenses. Start up expenses are the costs associated solely with the implantation of a plan‚ project‚ or business. In our case it would be for a plan. Start up costs
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Today‚ rising cost of living is an everyday theme. In the bus‚ at the office and at the market‚ almost all conversations revolve around the rising prices. Increase of general price levels is generally known as ‘inflation’. The common man feels the inflation when the prices of his consumer goods go up. He feels the rising cost of living with each increase of bus fare‚ bread prices and utility bill prices. The causes a lot of social problems which at its extreme form‚ cause social unrest. Over the
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organizations refrain from providing training because of its cost elements involved. How far do you agree with this policy. It is true that training involves a lot of cost but it also has many advantages. The cost are incurred though different ways; a) The procurement of training material and various media like computers‚ handouts‚ and audio visual. b) Trainers fees‚ travelling arrangements c) Lodging and boarding cost d) Costs involved on losing a man day at work for sending him for
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Concepts of Throughput Accounting In 1890s when cost accounting was introduced‚ labour was the greatest fraction of manufactured cost and considered as a variable cost. Very often workers did not know about the actual time of hours that they have to perform in a week when they reported for duty since the systems of time-keeping were undeveloped. Here comes the importance of throughput accounting which removes the dependence of standard cost accounting on efficiencies‚ particularly the
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P 69‚994. If the cost of making a forging is P 56 per unit and its selling price is P 135 per forged unit‚ find the number of unit to be forged to break-even. Solution: Let: x = number of units to be forged to break-even Income = 135x Expenses = 69‚994 + 56x To break-even: Income = Expenses 135x = 69‚994 + 56x 79x =69‚994 x = 886 units Steel drum manufacturer incurs a yearly fixed operating cost of $ 200‚000. Each drum manufactured costs $ 160 to produce and
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Overall Cost Leadership Porter defines “Overall Cost Leadership” as the strategy in which a company differentiates from others by having the lowest prices of the market. One example of this strategy correctly performed in Australia is Woolworths. According to Jhon Steen (2009)‚ in order to accomplish such prices‚ Woolworths focus on two main points: Logistics and Economics on Scale. They have learned to manage the supply chain in a very efficient way‚ investing in technology and reducing the
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ECONOMIC AND ACCOUNTING ASSETS Assets are the resources of a business organization that were acquired in a market transaction and that will provide future economic benefits to the organization. It is important to understand the distinction between assets that are recorded and those that are not. The definition of assets above reflects two criteria: they (1) were acquired in a market transaction‚ and (2) will provide future economic benefits to the corporation. Accountants typically rely heavily
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"What is responsibility accounting? Is it used at your current (or former) place of employment‚ and if not‚ would it work? Why‚ or why not?" According to allbusiness.com‚ responsibility accounting is defined as a “collection‚ summarization‚ and reporting of financial information about various decision centers (responsibility centers) throughout an organization” (allbusiness.com). The article also explains that responsibility accounting helps an organization trace costs‚ revenues and profits to
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corporations have to take. Cost analysis is one of the factors that should be taken into consideration while evaluating financial and investment decisions. This paper reviews the concept of cost analysis‚ how it is used in decision making‚ and how firms usually involve cost analysis in evaluating different projects. Furthermore‚ the paper discusses some of the main concepts that are derived from cost analysis such as cost allocation‚ cost-effectiveness analysis‚ and cost-benefit analysis. In addition
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