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BUS 640 All New Assignments FOR MORE CLASSES
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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 BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand
Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems BUS 640
Week
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BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives FOR MORE
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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
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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), but rarely had traffic jams. Edith
agreed that in case of traffic jams, Shea
Boulevard was a reasonable alternative. Neither
of them knows the state of the
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BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
Applied Problems (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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
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Assignment Consumer Demand Analysis and
Estimation Applied Problems   Please complete the
following two applied problems   Problem 1
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BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of Substitution
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rginal 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
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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. They also added a
tree cutting service as recent storms in the area
had caused demand for this service to soar. One
of the partners insists that the name of the
business should change to Lawn and Tree Care, so
that it better reflects the range of services
and, thus, generates more
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BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution Analysis FOR
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ution 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
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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
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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.
Moreover, the partnership with Apple provided an
additional market for Microsofts products the
MS Office and the IE products were to be bundled
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BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local Market Power FOR MORE
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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. An analyst at
Bulls Eye is recommending to the manager to raise
prices, so that profitability can be improved.
The manager is unsure of this
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BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News FOR
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640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News
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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 FOR
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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
Problems   Please complete the following two
applied problems   Problem 1
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BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic
Behavior FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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.
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BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 2 Sustainable Competitive
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www.bus640genius.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
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another set of final paper based on walmart which
could be found on this link   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.
At least three external scholarly sources must be
used. Address all of the following areas
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BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Wal-mart) FOR MORE
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another set of Final Paper based on Apple
company, it could be found on this link
  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 environment. Use Ashford University
Online library and web-based resources for your
research. At least 3 external resources must be
used.
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BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing
Decisions Applied Problems (New) FOR MORE
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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 produces vacuum cleaners and
belongs to a monopolistically competitive market.
Its demand curve for the product is expressed as
Q 5000 25P where Q is the number of
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