Essays on Microeconomics

An efficient capital market is one in which stock prices fully reflect available information. Professor Andrei Shleifer has suggested three conditions lead to market efficiency. (1)rationality, (2)independent deviations from rationality, and (3)arbitrage. This essay will examine investors’ behavioral biases and then discuss the behavioral and …

Imagine a country where the goods and services that are produced are based on the market. The market decides who gets them and how the economy grows. This is called a Free Market which is also known as Capitalism. In capitalistic countries citizens have sole …

Case-1 Fret and Regret 1. Explain in detail using concepts from the course what the problem Ian is faced with. Ian has 2 major problems; he doesnt want to use Iphone 4S instead of Galaxy S2 and he doenst want to broke Molly’s heart. First …

What is Reed’s Position in the Columbus market? How does a super market make money? Mans. Reed is considered as market leaders when it comes to product quality and they are high-end grocery store. Competition is present in the Columbus market with Reed’s market share …

Cost Leadership Strategy It is a low cost strategy focusing on broad mass market. Requires good scale facilities, tight cost and overhead controls and cost minimization in selected functional areas like manufacturing cost, marketing, r & d and advertising Reasons for cost reduction: Learning experience …

The market system is characterized by private ownership of resources – Pure Command Economy In this system, markets and prices are used for the coordination and direction of economic activity. A market is a place where buyers and sellers come together. It is in this …

The following is an analysis of Coach Inc. The company designs and markets both men and women bags, apparel, and accessories. Coach was founded in 1941 by Miles Cahn and was sold to food and consumer goods producer, Sara Lee, 44 years later. Today, Coach …

Market structure influences how an organization behaves according to pricing, supply, barriers to entry, efficiency and competition. More specifically, Applebee’s, a nation-wide casual dining restaurant chain, is an organization whose structure is considered to be monopolistic competition. Monopolistic competition is a structure that has many …

Metrics Mastery Worksheets are designed to be in class exercises that your students can work on in class. This is a master document that provides all worksheets questions and answers. You can modify or change it as needed in order to prepare one page two …

The theory of contestable markets, along with the static and dynamic views of competition, are used as theories to analyse how markets perform. The static view focuses on the structure of the market as the determining factor of competition, with the dynamic view focusing on …

Hung-Chang Huang 1467751 Case Questions: MontGras 1. (a) To what extent can MontGras control its own market position, as opposed to being dominated by the country-of-origin effect, and be perceived as a “Chilean Wine”? MontGras, the export-focused winery that was founded in 1992, unlike many …

mplemented effectively, have the greatest impact. Regardless of the scope of your marketing plan, you must keep in mind that it is a fluid document. Every business needs to begin with a well structured plan that is based in thorough research, competitive positioning and attainable …

Why do 4ps now being changed to 4cs? Marketing always was known with the Marketing mix or 4Ps which are: * Product – It includes your entire product or service related activities. Like product design, product development, variety, quality and branding etc. * Price – You have to …

Problem Statement: Paramount has become a market leader in global consumer products; but knows that innovation is vital to continue success. Paramount has used technology to create an innovative razor, but wants to make sure that it is positioned effectively. Situation Analysis: * Customers: Male …

The notion of paying one set cost for ‘unlimited’ quantities of a good or service is certainly appealing, and that appeal is exactly what all-you-can-eat (AYCE) restaurants take advantage of. Gobi Brighton, an all-you-can-eat barbeque restaurant in England, offers unlimited servings of Asian and Middle-eastern …

A wholly owned subsidiary offers three advantages. First, when a company’s competitive advantage is based on its technological superiority, a wholly owned subsidiary makes sense, since it reduces the company’s risk of losing control over this critical aspect. For this reason, many high-tech companies prefer …

The NIVEA® brand is one of the most recognised skin and beauty care brands in the world. NIVEA creme was first introduced in 1911 and the NIVEA brand now extends to 14 product ranges worldwide from suncare to facial moisturizers, deodorant and shower products. In …

Q1: They face once in a lifetime opportunity means that they are talking about the potential for profit and growth required following Information to Evaluate the Opportunity: -Determine the product selling point that will put it as a competitive advantage over other products. -make a …

[Case Write-Up #5, 2011-11-14] Case 6. Atlantic Computer Group 11 2010123281 Lim, Min A 2010123380 Lee, Yoon Ji 2010101026 Na, Hyeon Jung 2010123031 Park, Jae Eon ?. Executive Summary At the present, with the growth of the Internet, the basic server market is growing rapidly …

Stable equilibrium exists if any deviation from the equilibrium is restored back to the original by the market forces of demand and supply. Unstable equilibrium exists if any disequilibrium is forced away from the original equilibrium by the market forces demand and supply. Neutral equilibrium …

759 Store is one of the famous supermarkets in Hong Kong. Many people love to buy 759 Store’ products because of the lowest prices. Their marketing strategy is “small profits, quick returns” which mean they sell their products at low price in order to increase …

Strengths 1. The best global brand in the world in terms of value. According to Interbrand, The Coca Cola Company is the most valued ($77,839 billion) brand in the world. 2. World’s largest market share in beverage. Coca Cola holds the largest beverage market share …

Summary of Background and Facts Reliance Baking Soda was discovered by James Stewart Augusta in 1915. He called it the “miracle compound. ” It was founded to serve as a leavening agent in baked goods to let them rise properly. With the invention of self-rising …

ANALYSIS Background Information: The Classic Pen Company was a low-cost producer of traditional BLUE and BLACK pens with profit margins over 20% of sales. They then introduced RED pens at a 3% premium, and a year later they introduced PURPLE pens due to the 10% …

Following this powerful flow and the popularity reached with the Aviator, during the following years they Introduced In the market new versions of the classic model (this mime for shooting sports) with the “sweat bar”, and gradient lenses. Secondly, talking about lifestyle and cool, they …

Managing Distribution and Marketing Channel: TESCO Lotus This essay is to written in to express my opinion on group 4 presentation on Tesco Lotus marketing channel and further analyze the marketing channels in more details. Tesco Lotus has undoubtedly changed the way people in Thailand …

The cement industry has come a long way since 1914 when the first cement plant was set up at Porbandar. In the past, the government’s regulation restricted the growth of the Indian cement industry. The removal of these controls resulted in rapid progress in terms …

A market economy is an economic system where the factors of production, are privately owned, consumers and producers are motivated by self interest, the level of competition in the markets is very high and resources are allocated through the price mechanism. The definition is supported …

Intersect Investment is facing two major issues in a bid to gain market advantage to alleviate the current situation where in the company is barely surviving in the volatile economic market. The need to completely implement a customer intimacy model that will build long-term relationships …

Bargaining power of buyer refers to the ability of individual customer to negotiate prices that extract profit from the seller. Buyers are more price sensitive when the product is undifferentiated and there are few switching costs. The buyer’s bargaining power is determined by the number …