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2. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Entire Course BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives • BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives • BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making Under Uncertainty • BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty Applied Problems • BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of Substitution • BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand Elasticity • BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems • 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

3. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making Under Uncertainty BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty Applied Problems (New) • 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 preferred to travel along Shea Boulevard, which was longer (35 minutes) • http://www.indigohelp.com/bus-/bus-640/bus-640-week-1-economics-of-risk-and-uncertainty-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)

4. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty Applied Problems BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems (New) • http://www.indigohelp.com/bus-/bus-640/bus-640-week-1-economics-of-risk-and-uncertainty-applied-problems-(new) • Economics of Risk and Uncertainty Applied Problems. Please, complete the following 3 applied problems in a Word or Excel document. Show all your calculations and explain your results. Submit your assignment in the drop box by using the Assignment Submission button. • http://www.indigohelp.com/bus-/bus-640/bus-640-week-2-consumer-demand-analysis-and-estimation-applied-problems •  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.

5. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of Substitution • http://www.indigohelp.com/bus-/bus-640/bus-640-week-2-consumer-demand-analysis-and-estimation-applied-problems-(new) • Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems. Please, complete the following 3 applied problems in a Word or Excel document. Show all your calculations and explain your results. Submit your assignment in the drop box by using the Assignment Submission button. • 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

6. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand Elasticity BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 1 Relevant Costs • 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". • 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. They also added a tree cutting service as recent storms in the area had caused demand for this service

7. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution Analysis BUS 640 Week 3 Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems • Contribution Analysis. Explain what is meant by “contribution analysis”. Carefully define the term and provide examples to illustrate it. • http://www.indigohelp.com/bus-/bus-640/bus-640-week-3-production-cost-analysis-and-estimation-applied-problems-(new) •  Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems. Please, complete the following 3 applied problems in a Word or Excel document. Show all your calculations and explain your results. Submit your assignment in the drop box by using the Assignment Submission button.

8. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategic Behavior Oligopolies BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local Market Power • 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 in the industry remains. Moreover, the partnership • 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 having some market power, Bulls Eye is currently suffering losses.

9. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems • BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News • http://www.indigohelp.com/bus-/bus-640/bus-640-week-4-market-structures-and-pricing-decisions-applied-problems • 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 business t

10. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price Bidding BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 2 New Product Introduction • 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? • 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.

11. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 5 Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic Behavior • http://www.indigohelp.com/bus-/bus-640/bus-640-week-5-price-quotes-and-pricing-decisions-applied-problems •  Week 5 Assignment • Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems • Please complete the following two applied problems: • 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.

12. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 2 Sustainable Competitive Advantage BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Apple) • 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. • http://www.indigohelp.com/bus-/bus-640/bus-640-week-6-final-paper-(wal-mart) •  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 University Online Library and web-based sources for your research. At least three external scholarly sources must be used. Address all of the following areas:

13. BUS 640 expert tutor/ indigohelp BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Wal-mart) • http://www.indigohelp.com/bus-/bus-640/bus-640-week-6-final-paper-managerial-decision-making •  BUS640 Week 6 Paper(Wal-Mart) • Managerial Decision Making Research and Analysis • 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

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