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BUS 640 Your world/uophelp.com

Firm Objectives. Why do some business firms pursue a triple-bottom-line outcome while others focus only on profit maximization? Please, use a real

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BUS 640 Your world/uophelp.com

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  1. BUS 640 Your world/uophelp.com For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

  2. BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Firm Objectives. Why do some business firms pursue a triple-bottom-line outcome while others focus only on profit maximization? Please, use a real company example to illustrate

  3. BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making Under Uncertainty For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Decision Making Under Uncertainty. To save on gasoline expenses, Edith and Mathew agreed to carpool together for traveling to and from work. Edith preferred to travel on I-20 highway as it was usually the fastest, taking 25 minutes in the absence of traffic delays. Mathew pointed out that traffic jams on the highway can lead to long delays making the trip 45 minutes. He prefe

  4. BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty Applied Problems (New) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • BUS640 week 1 Assignment • We have another Set (old one) of Week 1 Assignment (But with different description, values), it can be found on this link • BUS640 week 1 Assignment • Problem 1:

  5. BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems (New) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • We have another Set (old one) of Week 2 Assignment (But with different description, values), it can be found on this link • Week 2 Assignment • Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied ProblemsPlease complete the following two applied problems:

  6. BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of Substitution For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Marginal Rate of Substitution. What is the marginal rate of substitution (MRS) and why does it diminish as the consumer substitutes one product for another? Use examples to illustrate

  7. BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand Elasticity For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Demand Elasticity. Please, read the article Hainer, R. (2010), provided in the required readings section for this week. The tobacco industry is a prime example to consider when talking about price elasticity of demand. While nicotine use can be addictive for many users, it

  8. BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 1 Relevant Costs For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Relevant Costs. Two partners own together a small landscaping business in North Carolina, called Summer Lawn Care. They have been specializing in summer grass seeding, installation, and maintenance. Recently, the partners acquired special technology and k

  9. BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution Analysis For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Contribution Analysis. Explain what is meant by “contribution analysis”. Carefully define the term and provide examples to illustrate it.

  10. BUS 640 Week 3 Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems (New) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • We have another Set (old one) of Week 3 Assignment (But with different description, values), it can be found on this link • Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied ProblemsPlease complete the following two appli

  11. BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategic Behavior Oligopolies For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Strategic Behavior Oligopolies. An interesting example of strategic behavior comes from a 1997 article about Microsoft’s investment in Apple (New Straits Times, 1997). The article is included in the Required Readings list. Facing tough anti-trust scr

  12. BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local Market Power For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Local Market Power. Bulls Eye department store specializes in the sales of discounted clothing, shoes, household items, etc. similar to the offerings at a regular Walmart or Target. Bulls Eye is the only department store in Show Low and the nearest other discount retailer is Target, located 49 miles away in Eagar. Bulls Eye, therefore, has some market power in its local area. Despite

  13. BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News

  14. BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems (New) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • We have another Set (old one) of Week 4 Assignment (But with different description, values), it can be found on this link • Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems.Please complete the following two applied problems: • Problem 1:Robert’s New Way Vacuum Cleane

  15. BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price Bidding For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Good Will in Price Bidding. Sometimes, a bidder on a work contract may bid lower than what would maximize his/her profit from the contract and the reason for that is to create goodwill (to increase expected future business from the buyer). How would you value the goo

  16. BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 2 New Product Introduction For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • New Product Introduction. Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany owns the Alka-Seltzer, which was launched in 1931 and was meant for relief of minor aches, pains, inflammation, fever, headache, heartburn, sour stomach, indigestion, and hangovers. The Alka-Seltzer Plus was a spin-off of the original medicine, meant to relieve colds

  17. BUS 640 Week 5 Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems (New) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • We have another Set (old one) of Week 4 Assignment (But with different description, values), it can be found on this link • Week 5 Assignment • Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems

  18. BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic Behavior For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Game Theory and Strategic Behavior. Suppose that GE is trying to prevent Maytag from entering the market for high efficiency clothes dryers. Even though high efficiency dryers are more costly to produce, they are also more profitable as they command sufficiently higher prices from consumers. The following payoffs table shows the annual profits for GE and Maytag for the advertising spending and entry decisions that they are facing.

  19. BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 2 Sustainable Competitive Advantage (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Sustainable Competitive Advantage. Describe the circumstances under which a firm chooses a low-cost strategy to attain sustainable competitive advantage. What about the situations when a differentiation strategy is chosen? Provide specific re

  20. BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Apple) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • e have another set of final paper based on walmart which could be found on this link • Focus of the Final Paper • Research a specific company of your choice and identify some of the managerial decisions that were made over time and in response to changes in its market or competitive environment. Use the Ashford University Online Library and web-based sources for your resea

  21. BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Wal-mart) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • We have another set of Final Paper based on Apple company, it could be found on this link • BUS640 Week 6 Paper(Wal-Mart) • Managerial Decision Making Research and AnalysisResearch a specific company of your

  22. BUS 640 Your world/uophelp.com For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

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