Essays on Microeconomics

Company Profile Sharekhan is a firm which is working under SSKI (Shantilal, Shevantilal, Kantilal, Ishwarlal) Ltd. SSKI was founded in 1922. SSKI is one of India’s oldest brokerage houses having eight decades of experience into: Institutional Broking Investment Banking Retail Broking It is one of …

Strategic planning at the corporate level involves the formulation of strategies to achieve the corporate goals and objectives. Corporate goals and objectives are the specific goals or objectives that the company is striving to achieve to fulfill the corporate mission and vision. Examples of corporate …

Pinewood Tractors’s pursuing a multidomestic strategy orient themselves toward achieving maximum local responsiveness. As with companies pursuing an international strategy, they tend to transfer skills and products developed at home to foreign markets. However, unlike international companies, multidomestic companies like Pinewood Tractors s extensively customize …

Financial market is a market for buying and selling of capital and credit securities. It consists of the money market which is the trade of short term securities that mature in less than a year such as treasury bills and capital market which consists of …

Question 1: financial globalization Over the years since World War 2 we have seen economists battle on the idea for and against of financial globalization. The topic had been there during previous years but not much attention was paid into it, it only attracted attention …

Managerial Economics Numerical Problems DEMAND AND ELASTICITY OF DEMAND Problem 1 The following are the demand and supply equations of a pen manufacturer. Qd = 5,00,000 – 50, 000 P Qs = -1,00,000 + 1,00,000 P Find At what average price, the level of demand …

Wal-Mart went public in October of 1970. Their IPO was 3,000 shares at a price of $16. 50 per share. By having a smart business model and keeping cost low though a variety of tactics including low employees wages and benefits, Wal-Mart has been able …

Abstract Kedai runcit or sundry shops have been a standard feature of our housing estate landscape ever since there were housing estates. These mom-and-pop operations have been selling to their surrounding residents everyday essentials such as groceries, fresh produce, poultry, toiletries, etc. Their reasonable price …

CHAPTER 4 INDIVIDUAL AND MARKET DEMAND EXERCISES 1. An individual sets aside a certain amount of his income per month to spend on his two hobbies, collecting wine and collecting books. Given the information below, illustrate both the price-consumption curve associated with changes in the …

The report discusses the relevance of adopting the marketing audit and the key external factors affecting the organisation of my choice (Argos LTD) and the industry that it operates within. Using this information I shall analyse the correlation between the external factors and planning within …

Assignment: Semester 2, 2012 DUE: Week beginning the 10th of September, 2012 Value: 20% of Total Assessment Since the assignment forms a part of the final assessment for the subject, no assistance will be provided by the staff in relation to answers to the questions. …

Branding Meaning of Branding: The word “brand” is derived from the Old Norse “brandr” meaning “to burn. ” It refers to the practice of producers burning their mark (or brand) onto their products. Branding is the practice of giving a specified name to a product …

Criteria referenceTo achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the student is able to: LO1 Understand the principles of strategic marketing management 1. 1 discuss the role of strategic marketing in an organisationUnderstand and discuss: 1. The key definition of strategic marketing 2. The …

Brand Positioning One of the aspects of brand equity is brand positioning. AsiaTravel has not distinguished itself from other competitor in terms of products and services. The company does not have clear view of which market segmentation they want to enter and has not built …

Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements AASB 138 states that “An intangible asset is an identifiable non-monetary asset without physical substance.” The asset must be controlled by the entity as a result of events in the past and something from which the …

Market Structure Simulation Quasar Computers When industries are selling similar products this makes up market structure. I will be discussing economic profit that Quasar computer is able to make. The market structure is made of the following pure monopoly, pure competition, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly. …

Branding, Pricing, and Distribution Gary D. Tate Strayer University Marketing-500 Instructor: Brett Jordon 5/17/2012 Branding, pricing, and distribution are all integral parts of a strategic marketing plan. Each segment of the plan needs to be developed individually with the entire culmination of the plan in …

Explain why Sears or Wal-Mart cannot effectively create a trendy counterculture image. High volume and mass appeal are at the core of one-stop-shop retailers like Sears and Wal-Mart. These stores are the culture others are trying to counter. Wal-Mart relies on mass production of the …

The CAPM can be criticized for the same reason as all economic models as it is formed on unrealistic assumptions, this was even acknowledged by its creator Sharpe (1964) although he believes it still has predictive power in its calculation. This power has been said …

Micro data—that is, data on individual businesses that underlie key economic indicators—allow us to go behind published statistics and ask how IT affects businesses’ economic performance. Years ago, analyses indicated a positive relationship between IT and productivity, even when official aggregate statistics still pointed towards …

Meet the Fiori family and its Fiori Pasta Company. Papa Don is the president, son Tony is vice-president of sales, and daughter Gina is vice-president of production. Fiori Pasta produces high-quality pasta products. It has estimated its demand curve for its pasta to be P=39. …

They serve as the middlemen between the sellers and purchasers of real estate especially residential houses. Expected to act in good faith to its clients at both ends, realtors minimize the actual costs of selling or buying real estate including attached transaction cost such as …

Living the fast lane generates dynamic changes concerning consumer demands in which firms and organizations must adopt to the abrupt changes brought to us by the rising trend in the industry were going global. Globalization extending Apple’s IPhone geographical scope conquering global umbrella, reaching out …

“Standard economic theory states that any voluntary exchange is mutually beneficial to both parties involved in the trade. This is because either the buyer or the seller would refuse the trade, if it won’t benefit both” (Millard, 2012, p. 11). Hubbard, Garnett, Lewis, and O’Brien, …

As I get further and further along in this simulation, I have noticed that I am beginning to understand what it takes as a marketing manager in order to be successful. Careful considerations must be made to be sure that the right decisions benefit both …

IBM 414 Study Guide Ch:12 Global Marketing Management: Planning and Organization Global Marketing – •The trend back toward localization –Caused by the new efficiencies of customization –Made possible by the Internet –Increasingly flexible manufacturing processes From the marketing perspective customization is always best •Global markets …

Q1: Have you, or anyone you know, experienced a situation similar to those described, where the marketing organization exceeded your service expectations? If so, what do you think of the company now? Yes, I have a experienced a situation that a marketing organization exceeded my …

As we know businesses fall into different sectors depending on their type and their purposes. The two companies I am going to distinguish are Tesco’s and CAFOD. From here I will be explaining the businesses type, purpose, ownership, size, scale and their aims and objective …

The company also constantly comes up with new offers to customers for all kinds of holidays. Those customers who are looking for some unique way of spending time can be sure that they will find it at Hilton. For example, Hilton Hotels Corporation came up …

ASDA have to respond to customer need so that they don’t lose sales. If ASDA respond to customer needs well then they will make a good profit. When ASDA respond to customers they listen to what they have to say. When ASDA respond to customers …