Essays on Microeconomics

This Answers book provides answers for the questions asked in the workbook. They are intended as a guide to give teachers and students feedback. The candidate responses supplied here for the longer essay-style questions are intended to give some idea about how the exam questions …

Macro-marketing “Macro-marketing literally deals with big/important issues, beyond comparatively simple exchanges between buyers and sellers, or even relationships between companies and customers. In a more interconnected world of markets, marketers, and their stakeholders, macro-marketing is an important mechanism to study both opportunities and shortcomings of …

Gone were the days when companies used to be product-focused, utilizing salespeople to sell their products to the market without any specific goals in mind. The advent of marketing changed all this and has since revolutionized the manner of marketing certain products and services. This …

Crust has become the number one gourmet pizza brand in its short ten year history. Recent expansion to New Zealand and Singapore over the past few years show encouraging signs that Crust Is quickly becoming a multinational force In the gourmet pizza market. The pizza …

Advertising and promotional strategies needs to be reviewed Sponsoring of the events should be continued along with the celebrity endorsements who fetch more for Nike as a brand. Marketing Information System: Nike should make extensive usage of IT and apply the same in the areas …

The impact of the recent global financial crisis is vividly seen in the reaction that consumer brands and retail stores are having with regard to their survival. In Europe, the reaction has been drastic, with automobile manufacturers offering huge discounts and trade ins just to …

To succeed in the market, Burger King (BK) should be able to carve a positive identity to set them apart from competitors and continue their good relations with their customers. Bill Dueease writes that BK needs to show consumers a good reason for them to …

Singular Product The prime characteristic of perfect competition is the existence of one single product that is sold by all suppliers at a common price, with the quality of the product being the same. This implies that the product is purchased from a supplier does …

Price Rise This is one topic in which I do not have to think before writing an article. The recent price rise in the essential commodities has hurt the common man where it hurts the most. The prices of onion , tomatoes, pulses have skyrocketed …

Abstract The theory of perfect competition is a theoretical structure of market that is principally used as the benchmark against which some other real-life structures of markets are measured. Several economists have argued that the theory is not perfect itself and cannot exist or be …

Many economies will encourage exports of specific products. This is because they want to maximize their foreign exchange earnings. For them to achieve this objective, they may use export subsidies. Export subsidies are those payments that the government makes in promoting export of locally produced …

Evaluating Advertising Campaigns It is through the process of review and evaluation that an organization has the opportunity to learn and develop. In turn, this enables management to refine its competitive position and to provide for higher levels of customer satisfaction. The use of marketing …

Activities/processes that are not-part of my core business are eligible for outsourcing unless they contribute to give a strategic advantage. For instance, it is unlikely that Carrefour or Wal-Mart would outsource their data mining IT capabilities regarding the confidentiality of this information and the advantage …

Venture capitals, business angels and grants are possible external sources of finance that BTC may wish to consider. Venture capital involves specialist companies investing a minimum of i?? 500,000 in small companies, the advantage to the small company is that such a large amount of …

Health economics – The Primer This series of articles will introduce readers to the emerging field of health economics. We will review how health economics influence decision making process in health care and the basic tools used in health economics. The Role of Health Economics …

Cooper Industries was created in 1919 as a manufacturer of heavy machinery and equipment. They were the leading producer of engines and compressors used to pump natural gas through pipes and oil out of wells. Cooper Industries’ sales reflected greatly on the sales of natural …

Sub-Saharan Africa is the part of the world most terribly influenced by AIDS.  By the end of 2004 it was estimated that twenty-six million inhabitants in Sub-Saharan Africa were suffering from AIDS. Approximately seven to eight per cent of the grown population is affected, with …

Defining Services Services are about the economic activities offered by one party to another. On the other hand is about exchange for the customer money, time, and effort, service customers expect to obtain value from access to goods, labor, facilities, environments, professional skills, networks, and …

Competitive  equilibrium is not achieved when prices are higher than the average long run cost because at this point firms are making surplus profits and this is attracting prospect firms to enter in the market. The competitive market will achieve its equilibrium when the profit …

The pricing strategy for Smartbot in international market will be different than its local pricing strategy. In US and other European countries of the worlds, Wal-Mart is considered as a company that caters all sorts of income groups’ especially low income strata. But in Asian …

Buy Nothing Day was created to protest consumerism. Though some think this is a marvelous idea of giving the finger to big companies, many others don’t see the point in a day that will not be effective because of the greed of Americans for luxurious …

Microeconomics Chapter 21: The theory of consumer choice After developing the basic theory of consumer choice, we apply it to three questions about households decisions 1)Do all demand curves slope downward? 2)How do wages affect labour supply? 3)How do interest rates affect households saving? The …

Part 1 The Efficient market hypothesis states that all financial markets are efficient in their use of information to determine prices. This means that investors cannot expect to achieve excess profits that are more than the average market profits with similar risk factors, given all …

In the world of retailers, Marks & Spencer is one of the UK’s leading retailers of foods, clothing, homeware and financial services. It operates over 450 stores throughout the UK, and has 150 stores worldwide, including over 130 franchise businesses, operating in 30 countries. However, …

Introduction Apple computer was the pioneer in the personal computer market segment of which its share started diminishing with the coming of IBM’s line of personal computers. Its brand image drastically fell even with the launch of the Apple Macintosh range of products. Apple identified …

Summary Note: The real value of “e-business models” Research Questions Asked * What is the meaning of e-business model? * Do the e-Business model really matter to create a thriving e-firm? * Can only a good e-business model will give the strength to company to …

Threats Inverter’s name could be misleading to consumers as it does not suggest the product’s other uses Strengths Never Is a multi-purpose product that has a variety of uses Including anta; corrosion, self-cleaning, and a many industrial uses. Since Never is such a versatile product …

Organizational overview Ames is a leader in North America and is known for its quality non-powered garden and lawn products. Ames was founded in 1774 by Captain John Ames. During most of the company’s past 230 years of service the company produced only shovels and …

Lay’s, known as Walkers in the UK and Ireland, is the brand name for a number of crisps varieties as well as the name of the company that founded the chip brand in 1932. Over 90% of the population is familiar with the brand-name and …

Pricing of a firm’ s product is a very important decision as it is the most essential factor that influences the demand of the products produced by the firm, thus impacting significantly on the profitability of the firm. When setting prices for the different products …