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• ASHFORD BUS 640 Entire Course

• ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives

• ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives
• ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making Under
  Uncertainty
• ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and
  Uncertainty Applied Problems
• ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of
  Substitution
• ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand Elasticity

• 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

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ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making Under
Uncertainty
ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and
Uncertainty Applied Problems
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.
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
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ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis
and Estimation Applied Problems
ASHFORD 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
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.
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ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand Elasticity
ASHFORD 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

  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
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ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution Analysis
ASHFORD 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.
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.
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ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategic Behavior
Oligopolies
ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local Market Power
Strategic Behavior Oligopolies. An interesting
example of strategic behavior comes from a 1997
article about Microsofts investment in Apple
(New Straits Times, 1997).
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
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ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News
ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and
Pricing Decisions Applied Problems
BUS 640 Week 4 Journal  Economics in News
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
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ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price
Bidding
ASHFORD 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
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
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ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 5 Price Quotes and Pricing
Decisions Applied Problems
ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and
Strategic Behavior
Game Theory and Strategic Behavior. Suppose that
GE is trying to prevent Maytag from entering the
market for high efficiency clothes dryers.
Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied
Problems. Please, complete the following 3
applied problems in a Word or Excel document.
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ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 2 Sustainable
Competitive Advantage
ASHFORD BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper Managerial
Decision Making
  Sustainable Competitive Advantage. Describe the
circumstances under which a firm chooses a
low-cost strategy to attain sustainable
competitive advantage.
  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.
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