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BUS 640 All New Assignments FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus640genius.com   Week 1 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. 
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BUS 640 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus640genius.com   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 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty Applied
Problems (New) BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate
of Substitution BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand
Elasticity
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BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.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 your points
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BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making Under
Uncertainty FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus640gen
ius.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.
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BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
Applied Problems (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus640genius.com   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. 
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BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and
Estimation Applied Problems (New) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.com   Week 2
Assignment  Consumer Demand Analysis and
Estimation Applied ProblemsPlease complete the
following two applied problemsProblem
1Patricia is researching venues for a
restaurant business. She is evaluating three
major attributes that she considers important in
her choice taste, location, and price.
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BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of Substitution
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.com Marg
inal 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
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BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand Elasticity FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.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 is not addictive for
the so-called "social smokers".
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BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 1 Relevant Costs FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.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 know-how for winter grass
installations and maintenance.
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BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution Analysis FOR
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tion Analysis. Explain what is meant by
contribution analysis. Carefully define the
term and provide examples to illustrate it.
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BUS 640 Week 3 Production Cost Analysis and
Estimation Applied Problems (New) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.com   Production
Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied
ProblemsPlease complete the following two
applied problemsProblem 1William is the
owner of a small pizza shop and is thinking of
increasing products and lowering costs. Williams
pizza shop owns four ovens and the cost of the
four ovens is 1,000. Each worker is paid 500
per week.
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BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategic Behavior
Oligopolies FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus640gen
ius.com   Strategic Behavior Oligopolies. An
interesting example of strategic behavior comes
from a 1997 article about Microsofts 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 Apples survival and,
therefore, to ensure that competitiveness in the
industry remains.
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BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local Market Power FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.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.
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BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News FOR
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Week 4 Journal  Economics in News
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BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing
Decisions Applied Problems (New) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.com   Market
Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied
Problems.Please complete the following two
applied problems Problem 1Roberts New Way
Vacuum Cleaner Company is a newly started small
business thatproduces vacuum cleaners and
belongs to a monopolistically competitive market.
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BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price Bidding
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od 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?
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BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 2 New Product Introduction
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w 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.
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BUS 640 Week 5 Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions
Applied Problems (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus640genius.com   Week 5
Assignment Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions
Applied ProblemsPlease complete the
following two applied problemsProblem
1Jessica 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.
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BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic
Behavior FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius
.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.
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BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 2 Sustainable Competitive
Advantage FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus640geniu
s.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 real world examples.
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BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Apple) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.com   We have
another set of final paper based on walmart which
could be found on this link http//www.bus640geniu
s.com/product-24-BUS-640-Week-6-Final-Paper-(Wal-m
art) 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 research.
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BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Wal-mart) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.com   We have
another set of Final Paper based on Apple
company, it could be found on this
link http//www.bus640genius.com/product-3-BUS-640
-Week-6-Final-Paper-Managerial-Decision-Making BUS
640 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
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