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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Final Guide (All Possible Questions)
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com Chapte
r 9Applications of Cost Theory   MULTIPLE CHOICE
  1. Evidence from empirical studies of short-run 
cost-output relationships lends support to the  
2. The short-run cost function is   3.
Theoretically, in a long-run cost function  
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Midterm Part 1 and 2 (All Possible
Questions) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco550stud
y.com Chapter 1Introduction and Goals of the Firm
  MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The form of economics most r
elevant to managerial decision-making within the f
irm is 2. If one defines incremental cost as the 
change in total cost resulting from a decision, an
d incremental revenue
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Midterm Part 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco550study.com  Question 1    Possible 
goals of Not-For-Profit (NFP) enterprises include 
all of the following EXCEPT   Question 2  In the 
shareholder wealth maximization model, the value o
f a firm's stock is equal to the present  value of
 all expected future ____ discounted at the stockh
olders' required rate of return.
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Midterm Part 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco550study.com Question 1    The foreca
sting technique which attempts to forecast short-r
un changes and makes use of economic  indicators k
nown as leading, coincident or lagging indicators 
is known as
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 1 DQ 1 Fundamental Economic
Concepts FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.
com "Fundamental Economic Concepts" Please respond
 to the followingAnswer the following DQs based
 on the Katrinas Candies scenarioFrom the scena
rio for Katrinas Candies, examine the key factors
 affecting the demand for and the supply of a good
 in general and Katrinas Candies specifically. Di
stinguish between a change in demand and a change 
in the quantity demanded (movement along the deman
d curve).
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 1 DQ 2 Supply and Demand FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com From the e-Activ
ity, examine the key factors that influence the su
pply and demand of the selected good in general an
d Katrinas Candies specifically.  Propose two (2)
 methods in which organizations that provide the g
ood may utilize this information. Provide a ration
ale for your response.
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 1-11 All DQs FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco550study.com ECO 550 Week 1 DQ 1 Fund
amental Economic Concepts ECO 550 Week 1 DQ 2 Supp
ly and Demand ECO 550 Week 2 DQ 1 Estimating Deman
d
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 2 DQ 1 Estimating Demand FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com "Estimating Dema
nd" Please respond to the following   From the sc
enario for Katrinas Candies, examine the procedur
e Herb will use to estimate the demand model devel
oped in the scenario for Week 1.  Determine the me
aning, relevance, and importance for a manager int
erpreting the regression results.
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 2 DQ 2 Estimating Elasticity of
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m From the e-Activity, analyze the elasticity of d
emand for products within the selected industry re
levant to Katrinas Candies.  Determine the factor
s involved in making decisions about pricing these
 products that you believe to be the most influent
ial.  Provide a rationale for your response.  
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 3 Assignment 1 Demand Estimation (2
Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com
This Tutorial contains 2 Sets   Option 1 Demand 
equation  QD  - 5200 - 42P  20PX  5.2I  .20A 
 .25M (2.002)  (17.5) (6.2)    (2.5)   (0.09)   (
0.21) R2  0.55           n  26               F 
 4.88 Independent variables
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 3 DQ 1 Managing in the Global
Economy FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.c
om "Managing in the Global Economy" Please respond
 to the following           Answer the followin
g DQs based on the Katrinas Candies scenario   o
   From the scenario for Katrinas Candies, assumi
ng the absence of quantitative data, determine the
 qualitative forecasting techniques that could be 
used within this scenario.
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 3 DQ 2 Outsourcing Offshore FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com "Outsourcin
g Offshore" Please respond to the following     
      Answer the following DQs on the decision to 
outsource offshore   o   Aside from maximizing pr
ofits, list the key factors that managers should c
onsider when deciding whether or not to outsource 
offshore. Determine the key factors that you belie
ve to be the most influential. Provide a rationale
 for your response.  
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 4 DQ 1 Production Economics FOR
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k 4 DQ 1   "Production Economics" Please respond t
o the following          From the scenario for
 Katrinas Candies, determine the relevant costs f
or the expansion decision, and distinguish between
 the short run and the long run costs. 
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 4 DQ 2 Production Decisions FOR
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k 4 DQ 2   "Production Decisions" Please respond t
o the following           From the e-Activity, r
ecommend whether the company in question should or
 should not continue to produce the good or servic
e. Provide a rationale for your response
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 5 DQ 1 Applications of Cost Theory
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com   ECO 
550 Week 5 DQ 1   "Applications of Cost Theory" Pl
ease respond to the following            Answer
 the following DQs based on the Katrinas Candies 
scenario  
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 5 DQ 2 Cost Management FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com ECO 550 Week 5 D
Q 2   "Cost Management" Please respond to the foll
owing           Imagine that you are a manager o
f a chemical company. An accident has occurred in 
which chemicals leaked into the ground water nearb
y.  The community is unaware of the accident. Comp
are the primary costs involved in cleaning up the 
water immediately (and thus confessing) versus 
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 6 Assignment 2 Operations Decisions
(2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco550stud
y.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers  
Using the regression results and the other computa
tions from Assignment 1, determine the market stru
cture in which the low-calorie food company operat
es.
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 6 DQ 1 Market Structures FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com ECO 550 Week 6 D
iscussion 1   "Market Structures" Please respond t
o the following            From the scenario, a
ssuming Katrinas Candies is operating in the mono
polistically competitive market structure and face
s the following weekly demand and short-run cost f
unctions  
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 6 DQ 2 Maximizing Revenue FOR
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k 6 Discussion 2   "Maximizing Revenue" Please res
pond to the following            From the scena
rio, assuming Katrinas Candies is operating in th
e monopolistically competitive market structure an
d faces the following weekly  demand and short-run
 cost functions
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 7 DQ 1 Predicting Price-Setting
Strategies FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco550stud
y.com ECO 550 Week 7 Discussion 1   "Predicting Pr
ice-Setting Strategies" Please respond to the foll
owing            From the scenario for Katrina
s Candies, determine the importance of predicting 
the pricing strategies of rival firms in an indust
ry  characterized by mutual interdependence. Provi
de a rationale for your response.  
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 7 DQ 2 Price-Setting Strategies
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0 Week 7 Discussion 2   "Price-Setting Strategies"
 Please respond to the following           Exami
ne the common price setting strategies of airlines
 that use game theory. Predict the potential effec
ts of such pricing strategies on the demand for se
ats,  and conclude the resulting impact on the pro
fitability of the airlines.
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 8 DQ 1 Entering a Merger FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com   ECO 550 Week
8 Discussion 1 "Entering a Merger" Please
respond to the following From the
scenario for Katrinas Candies, examine the major
implications for firms entering into a merger.
Explain the criteria the U.S. Department of
Justice and the Federal Trade Commission would
follow when deciding on whether or not to approve
a proposed merger
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 8 DQ 2 Organizational Form FOR
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Week 8 Discussion 2 "Organizational Form"
Please respond to the following
Examine two (2) organizational forms of business
(e.g., functional, product, etc.). Predict the
possible implications of the principal agent
relationship
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 9 Assignment 3 Long Term Investment
Decision (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco550study.com   This Tutorial
contains 2 Different Papers Assume that the
low-calorie microwavable food company from
Assignments 1 and 2 wants to expand and has to
make some long-term capital budgeting
decisions. Use the Internet and Strayer databases
to research government policies and regulation.
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 9 DQ 1 Impact of Government
Regulation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco550stud
y.com   ECO 550 Week 9 Discussion 1 "Impact of
Government Regulation" Please respond to the
following From the scenario for
Katrinas Candies, take a position as to whether
government regulation is constraining or enabling
in this situation,
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 9 DQ 2 Government Regulation FOR
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Week 9 Discussion 2 "Government Regulation"
Please respond to the following From
the e-Activity, take a position on whether the
banking industry needs more or less government
regulation. Support your position with two (2)
examples of the impact of regulation.
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 10 DQ 1 Long-Term Investment FOR
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k 10 Discussion 1   "Long-Term Investment" Please 
respond to the following            From the sc
enario for Katrinas Candies, suggest one (1) meth
od in which Herb could use a cost-benefit analysis
 to argue for or against an expansion.  Create thr
ee (3) optimal decision rules for Katrinas Candie
s (e.g., whether to hire more staff or hire tempor
ary workers to meet production schedules).
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 10 DQ 2 Cost-Benefit Analysis FOR
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k 10 Discussion 2   "Cost-Benefit Analysis" Please
 respond to the following           Assess both 
the short-term and the long-term costs and benefit
s of obtaining a graduate degree.  Support your de
cision to obtain a graduate degree with a cost-ben
efit analysis of your particular situation.
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 11 DQ 1 Transfer It FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com ECO 550 Week 11 
Discussion 1   "Transfer It" Please respond to the
 following           Propose two (2) application
s of the knowledge that you have learned in this c
ourse to your current or a future position. Provid
e a rationale for your response.  
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ECO 550 STUDY Principal Education
ECO 550 Week 11 DQ 2 Best Practices FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.eco550study.com ECO 550 Week 11 
Discussion 2   "Best Practices" Please respond to 
the following           Create a list of three (
3) best practices to follow in the field of manage
rial economics and globalization. Provide a ration
ale for your response.
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