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2. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Entire Course BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives (Ash Course) 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 your points • BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm ObjectivesBUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making Under UncertaintyBUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty Applied ProblemsBUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of SubstitutionBUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand ElasticityBUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied ProblemsBUS 640 Week 3 DQ 1 Relevant CostsBUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution

3. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making Under BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty 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 http://www.uophelp.com/BUS-640-(Ash)/BUS-640-Week-1-Economics-of-Risk-and-Uncertainty-Applied-Problems-(Ash-Course) BUS640 week 1 Assignment • 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.

4. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and We have another Set (old one) of Week 2 Assignment (But with different description, values), it can be found on this link http://www.uophelp.com/BUS-640-(Ash)/BUS-640-Week-2-Consumer-Demand-Analysis-and-Estimation-Applied-Problems-(Ash-Course) Week 2 Assignment  Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied ProblemsPlease complete the following two applied problems: • BUS640 week 1 Assignment • Problem 1:A generous university benefactor has agreed to donate a large amount of money for student scholarships. The money can be provided in one lump sum of $12 million in Year 0 (the current year), or in parts, in which $7 million can be provided at the end of Year 1, and another $7 million can be provided at the end of Year 2.

5. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of Substitution 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 • Week 2 Assignment • Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems • Please complete the following two applied problems:  • Problem 1: • Patricia is researching venues for a restaurant business. She is evaluating three major attributes that she considers important in her choice: taste, location, and price. The value she places on each attribute, however, differs according to what type of restaurant she is going to start.

6. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand Elasticity BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 1 Relevant Costs 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 know-how for winter grass installations and maintenance. • 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 is not addictive for the so-called "social smokers".

7. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution Analysis BUS 640 Week 3 Production Cost Analysis and Estimation We have another Set (old one) of Week 3 Assignment (But with different description, values), it can be found on this link http://www.uophelp.com/BUS-640-(Ash)/BUS-640-Week-3-Production-Cost-Analysis-and-Estimation-Applied-Problems-(Ash-Course) Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied ProblemsPlease complete the following two applied problems:Problem 1:William is the owner of a small worker is paid $500 per week. Contribution Analysis. Explain what is meant by “contribution analysis”. Carefully define the term and provide examples to illustrate it.

8. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 3 Production Cost Analysis and Estimation BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategic Behavior Oligopolies 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 scrutiny from government agencies, Microsoft provided financial support to Apple in order to ensure Apple’s survival and, therefore, to ensure that competitiveness • Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied ProblemsPlease complete the following two applied problems:Problem 1:William is the owner of a small pizza shop and is thinking of increasing products and lowering costs. William’s pizza shop owns four ovens and the cost of the four ovens is $1,000. Each worker is paid $500 per week.

9. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local Market Power BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News • 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

10. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems. A small business which produces plastic vacuum-suction covers for round household dishes has a monopoly that is protected by a utility patent. The market demand curve for this product is estimated to be: – 25P where Q is the number of plate covers per year and P is in dollars. Cost estimation processes have determined that the firm’s cost function is represented by + 2500Q -0.25*Q2. • We have another Set (old one) of Week 4 Assignment (But with different description, values), it can be found on this link • http://www.uophelp.com/BUS-640-(Ash)/BUS-640-Week-4-Market-Structures-and-Pricing-Decisions-Applied-Problems-(Ash-Course) • Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems.Please complete the following two applied problems: • Problem 1:Robert’s New Way Vacuum Cleaner Company is a newly started small

11. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price Bidding BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 2 New Product Introduction 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 and flu. • 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 goodwill that is obtained in this way?

12. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 5 Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied BUS 640 Week 5 Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied Week 5 Assignment Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied ProblemsPlease complete the following two applied problems:Problem 1:Jessica Alba, a famous actress, starts the baby and family products business, The Honest Company, with Christopher Gavigan. Alba and Gavigan set up their site so families can choose what kinds of non-toxic, all-natural products they'd like to use and get them in a bundle. Families can choose all kinds of products • We have another Set (old one) of Week 4 Assignment (But with different description, values), it can be found on this link • http://www.uophelp.com/BUS-640-(Ash)/BUS-640-Week-5-Price-Quotes-and-Pricing-Decisions-Applied-Problems-(Ash-Course) • Week 5 Assignment • Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied ProblemsPlease complete the following two applied problems:

13. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 2 Sustainable Competitive 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 real world examples. • 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.

14. BUS 640 Academic Coach Course Tutorial BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Apple) BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Wal-mart) We have another set of Final Paper based on Apple company, it could be found on this link http://www.uophelp.com/BUS-640-(Ash)/BUS-640-Week-6-Final-Paper-Managerial-Decision-Making-(Ash-Course) BUS640 Week 6 Paper(Wal-Mart) Managerial Decision Making Research and AnalysisResearch a specific company of your choice and identify some of the managerial decisions that were made over time and in response to • We have another set of final paper based on walmart which could be found on this link • http://www.uophelp.com/BUS-640-(Ash)/product-14985-BUS-640-Week-6-Final-Paper-(Wal-mart) • 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

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