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• BUS 640 Entire Course
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• 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

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• BUS 640 All New Assignments
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• 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 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives
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• 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
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• 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.

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• BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
  Applied Problems (New)
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• 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

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• BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and
  Estimation Applied Problems (New)
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• 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.

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• BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of Substitution
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• 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

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• BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand Elasticity
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• 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
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• 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
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• Contribution 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)
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• Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied
  Problems
• Please 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. 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News

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• BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing
  Decisions Applied Problems (New)
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• Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied
  Problems.
• Please complete the following two applied
  problems
• Problem 1
• Roberts New Way Vacuum Cleaner Company is a
  newly started small business that

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• BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price Bidding
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• 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?

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• BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 2 New Product Introduction
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• 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.

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• BUS 640 Week 5 Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions
  Applied Problems (New)
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• Week 5 Assignment
• Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied
  Problems
• Please 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.

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• BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic
  Behavior
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• 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
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• 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)
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• We have another set of final paper based on
  walmart which could be found on this link
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  -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.

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• BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Wal-mart)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.bus640homework.com
• We have another set of Final Paper based on Apple
  company, it could be found on this link
• http//www.bus640homework.com/BUS-640-Week-6-Final
  -Paper-Managerial-Decision-Making
• BUS640 Week 6 Paper(Wal-Mart)
• Managerial Decision Making Research and Analysis

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