Analyze the current market conditions of Microsoft Corporation. Address the following topics in your analysis: a. Market structure b. Impact of new companies entering the market c. Prices d. Technology e. Productivity (consider the law of diminishing marginal productivity) f. Cost structure 1) Wages and benefits
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Can you please provide assistance on question below? Most of us participate in the economy every day. As households, we can provide labor to firms or government in the input market and we are also consumers of goods and services in the product market. Think of a good that you have purchased in the last six months. If you haven'
1)The following function describes the demand condition for a company that makes caps featuring names of college and professional teams in a variety of sports. Q = 2,000 - 100 P; where Q is cap sales and P is price. a)How many caps could be sold at $12 each? b)What should the price be in order for the company to sell 1,000
As vice president for Ambulatory Clinical Services for a small community hospital, you oversee various laboratory operations. To familiarize yourself with costs of operating the ECG (electrocardiography) laboratory, you do some simple breakdown of costs. Aside from equipment costs, you find that: 1. It takes about 15 minutes
A firm has total costs (TC) of $10,000 over the next three months (total for the 3 months - not per month), of which $6,000 are fixed costs (TFC) for rent on its lease that cannot be broken. If it stays in business over those months, then the firm will collect only $5,000 in revenues (TR). So, considering only this information,
The presentation to the Board went extremely well, and you made some clear points about the need to expand in the U.S. and abroad. One question that arose during the meeting was about how the firm's profitability in their toothpaste division would be impacted by the expansion. The Board asked you to assess the profit potenti
The Business Situation Two years ago, prior to a major capital-budgeting decision (see Case 4), Robert Burns, the president of Greetings Inc., faced a challenging transfer pricing issue. He knew that Greetings store managers had heard about the ABC study (see Case 2) and that they knew a price increase for framed items
Economists and businesses almost always compare costs and benefits in their decision making. This cost-benefit approach and market outcomes resulting from supply and demand framework may be undesirable to the society. We refer these issue as failures of market outcomes. Discuss these undesirable market outcomes? What are the un
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Cost Benefit Analysis Given the following information: UnitsQ Total Benefit B(Q) Total Cost C(Q) Net Benefits NB(Q) Marginal Benefits MB(Q) Marginal Cost MC(Q) MNB(Q) 100 1200 950 210 40 101 14
Describe in economic terms a managerial decision....Should our company hire temporary workers or hire new workers to handle increase demand for our product? Should we buy a new machine or upgrade the old one? What is the optimal level of parts we should order and keep on the shelf? Should we lease or buy a car? Should we rent
How would a company's profitability in their toothpaste division would be impacted by an expansion. Assess the profit potential using marginal analysis. It is assumed that the toothpaste market is perfectly competitive and the current price of a case of toothpaste is $42.00. Estimated its marginal cost function to bas follows:
In a college Residence A there are 320 students. In Residence A there are 1720 canned drinks consumed per week. In another residence, Residence B, there are 260 students who consume 1480 canned drinks per week. a.Calculate the linear function (equation) if drink consumption is a linear function of the number of students. b.
Suppose the marginal social cost of television sets is $100. This is constant and equal to the average cost of television sets. The annual demand for television sets is given by the following equation: Q = 200,000 - 500P2. If television sets are sold in a perfectly competitive market, calculate the annual number sold. Under what
Given the following information: (all dollar amounts in trillions) Personal consumption expenditures $3.0 Net private domestic investment 1.4 Depreciation 0.2 Government purchases of goods and services 2.0 Exports
A monopolist has a constant marginal and average cost of $10 and faces a demand curve of Qd=1000-10P. Marginal revenue is given by MR=100-1/5Q. Calculate the monopolist's profit maximizing quantity, price, and profit.
2. This question is based on Figure 2. a. If the Bijou did not engage in 3rd degree price discrimination, then the price of a ticket would be $______ , there would be _______ kid patrons and ______ adult patrons and total revenue from the sale of tickets would be $_______. b. If the Bijou did engage in 3rd degree price d
Glade Company produces a single product. The costs of producing and selling a single unit of this product at the company's current activity level of 8,600 units per month are: Direct materials $ 3.10 Direct labor $ 4.00 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.40 Fixed manufacturing overhead $ 5.25 Variable selling and
Solex Company manufactures three products from a common input in a joint processing operation. Joint processing costs up to the split-off point total $103,000 per year. The company allocates these costs to the joint products on the basis of their total sales value at the split-off point. These sales values are as follows: produc
1. Show the effect of dollar appreciation and depreciation with the Euro on the price of US exports and imports by updating the table below: R = Euro/$ Domestic Price Jan 01: R = 1.06 Jan 02: R = 1.14 Effect on Exports (X) and Imports (M) U.S. exports: Televisions $1,000 U.S. imports: European cars Euro 25,000
I want to know well about the United States Of America accounting system, here is my concern: why "accrual" accounting is the best practice and why it should be used, what could be the possibly changes that the "accrual" accounting or the "cash basis" could bring into the financial statements.
Please see problem attached CompuDesk, Inc., makes an oak desk specially designed for personal computers. The desk sells for $195. Data for last year's operations follow: Units in beginning inventory 0 Units produced 9,900 Units sold 8,000 Units in ending inventory 1,900 Variable costs per unit: Direct materia
Amazing Products distributes a single product, a woven basket whose selling price is $8.8 and whose variable cost is $6.6 per unit. The company's monthly fixed expense is $ 6,028. Requirement 1: Break-even point in unit sales. Requirement 2: Break-even point in sales
Speedy Parcel Service operates a fleet of delivery trucks in a large metropolitan area. A careful study by the company's cost analyst has determined that if a truck is driven 131,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost is 12.4 cents per mile. If a truck is driven only 81,000 miles during a year, the average operating
Problem Attached. Note: Problem is accounting related. A partially completed schedule of the company's total and per unit costs over a relevant range of 70,000 to 110,000 units produced and sold each year is given. Complete the schedule of the company's total and unit costs below. (Round the "total costs" to the nearest
A. What is a enterprise zones and explain the utilization of these zones by your chosen government and the state within which the government exists. b. Explain how the enterprise zones could be used to enhance the economic development implications of your policy issue. c. How can I perform a cost-benefit analysis of an econo
Which following antipollution programs should be undertaken by the government? Explain your answer? The following table shows the total costs and total benefits in billions for four different antipollution programs of increasing scope: Program Total Cost (in Billions) Total Benefit (in Billions) A-----------------
I have never had to use this before, but I am running into dead ends.Please help me. I am working on a essay from questions for school and I need a little help. I have answered most of my paper, but I have 4 that I need help with. I have chosen Wal-Mart as the company to use in my paper. 1) Is this company operating in a perf
Problem 1 Given the following total-revenue function: TR=9Q-Q(2) A)Derive the total, average, and marginal revenue schedules from Q=0 to Q=6 by 1's B)On the same set of axes, plot the total , average, and marginal-revenue schedules of part (a) c) Then draw on the same set of axes the marginal-revenue curve derived in p