marks) The law firm of Smith‚ Jones‚ and Greene provides accounting service for some of its clients. The person who handles this service and her secretary cost the law firm an average of $80‚000 per year in salary and benefits. Furthermore‚ the law firm incurs an additional charge of $50 per client for computer time‚ postage‚ and supplies. Clients are charged $300 a year for these accounting services. a) Determine the cost‚ revenue‚ and profit functions for the law firm in terms of the number
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emeraldinsight.com/0951-3574.htm Value‚ profit and risk: accounting and the resource-based view of the firm Steven Toms The York Management School‚ University of York‚ Heslington‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to argue that the principal components of the Resource-Based View (RBV) as a theory of sustained competitive advantage are not a sufficient basis for a complete and consistent theory of firm behaviour. Two missing elements are value theory and accountability mechanisms. Design/methodology/approach
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»The effects of corruption on firm performance« Ljubljana‚ 27.5.2014 ABSTRACT In this seminar project we are going to present some of the basics of the effects that corruption has on firm performance. At the beginning of the paper we are going to describe the spread of corruption across companies‚ its consequences and why it is good to avoid it in general. Examples supporting those facts will be provided. We are going to mention some concrete effects on firms‚ most of which are negative
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The decisions of one firm therefore influence and are influenced by the decisions of other firms. Strategic planning by oligopolists needs to take into account the likely responses of the other market participants. Description[edit] Oligopoly is a common market form where a small number of firms are in competition. As a quantitative description of oligopoly‚ the four-firm concentration ratio is often utilized. This measure expresses the market share of the four largest firms in an industry as a
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Managerial Theories of Firm Marris and Williamson’s Models Marris’ Managerial Thesis of Firm Marris has put forth a significant thesis of firm as per which the managers do not optimise profits but in its place as per him‚ they look for to optimise profits balanced rate of increase of the firm. Optimisation of balanced rate of increase of the firm entails optimisation of the rate of increase of demand for the commodities of the firm and rate of increase of capital supply. If I symbolises
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SERVICE FIRM COMPETITIVENESS Service firms must constantly improve themselves about quality and productivity in order to compete with rivals. Chase & Hayes created a table to describe the role of operations in the strategic development of service firms. This is an illustration of productivity and quality development. This table categorizes service firms into 4 stages of development according to their competitiveness. This table does not mean that services have to start at stage 1. A firm may start
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the model was that there were no economic profits in the long run. In a monopoly‚ the firm typically earns a positive economic profit. Why is there this difference? The lack of barriers to entry will allow competitors to enter the market unil economic profit is zero. These firms are price takers‚ and they cannot affect prices because their demand curve is horizontal. (4 marks) 2. Assume that a single firm in a pure competitive industry has a fixed cost of $6500 and variable costs as indicated
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might be low (Mike‚ 2013‚ 19:10). The income elasticity is very important to firms in that it helps them to determine the kind of goods to produce at a particular time following the rooming income. Consequently‚ prices of goods will too‚ be determined in proportion to demand of such goods which is equally determined by the levels of income. It also allows firms to know the kind of employees to keep in employment as some firms look at rates of income of employees‚ for instance‚ long serving employees
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CEO’s compensation and firms’ performance. Before the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation (SOX thereafter)‚ which regulates the unethical wrongdoings‚ CEOs enjoyed unreasonable high remuneration despite of their mediocre performance. The overall focus of this report is to identify the relationship between CEO’s compensation and performance of the company‚ and figure out whether the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation has an impact on it. Using a sample of CEO compensation and firm performance in the
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employees. In this case‚ they ensure workers are given fair compensation for the work done. This is because workers in a union can negotiate for higher wages or safe working environment through the union (ETI member briefing 2). Unions are helpful to a firm because they ensure satisfaction of the employees. When workers’ demands are addressed‚
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