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BUS 640 All New Assignments   For more course
tutorials visit www.bus640.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 course tutorials
visit www.bus640.com BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm
ObjectivesBUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making
Under UncertaintyBUS 640 Week 1 Economics of
Risk and Uncertainty Applied ProblemsBUS 640
Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of SubstitutionBUS 640
Week 2 DQ 2 Demand ElasticityBUS 640 Week 2
Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied
ProblemsBUS 640 Week 3 DQ 1 Relevant Costs
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BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives   For more
course tutorials visit www.bus640.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 course tutorials
visit www.bus640.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.
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BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
Applied Problems (New)   For more course
tutorials visit www.bus640.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
course tutorials visit www.bus640.com     We have
another Set (old one) of Week 2 Assignment (But
with different description, values), it can be
found on this link Week 2 Assignment  Consumer
Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied
ProblemsPlease complete the following two
applied problems
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BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of
Substitution   For more course tutorials
visit www.bus640.com     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   For more
course tutorials visit www.bus640.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
course tutorials visit www.bus640.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
more course tutorials visit www.bus640.com     Con
tribution 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
course tutorials visit www.bus640.com   We have
another Set (old one) of Week 3 Assignment (But
with different description, values), it can be
found on this link Production Cost Analysis and
Estimation Applied Problems
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BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategic Behavior
Oligopolies   For more course tutorials
visit www.bus640.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
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BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local Market Power   For more
course tutorials visit www.bus640.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. Bulls Eye,
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BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News   For
more course tutorials visit www.bus640.com     BUS
640 Week 4 Journal  Economics in News
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BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing
Decisions Applied Problems (New)   For more
course tutorials visit www.bus640.com     We have
another Set (old one) of Week 4 Assignment (But
with different description, values), it can be
found on this link    
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BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price
Bidding   For more course tutorials
visit www.bus640.com       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   For more course tutorials
visit www.bus640.com       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. 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 course
tutorials visit www.bus640.com   We have another
Set (old one) of Week 5 Assignment (But with
different description, values), it can be found
on this link Week 5 Assignment Price Quotes and
Pricing Decisions Applied ProblemsPlease
complete the following two applied problemsso
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BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic
Behavior   For more course tutorials
visit www.bus640.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. 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
Advantage   For more course tutorials
visit www.bus640.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
course tutorials visit www.bus640.com     We have
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
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BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Wal-mart)   For more
course tutorials visit www.bus640.com   We have
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 AnalysisResearch 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
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