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BUS 640 Entire Course   For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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
Elasticity
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BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives (Ash
Course)   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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.newtonhelp.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.newtonhelp.com     BUS640
week 1 Assignment We have another Set (old one)
of Week 1 Assignment (But with different
description, values), it can be found on this
link     BUS640 week 1 Assignment
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BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and
Estimation Applied Problems (New) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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.newtonhelp.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.newtonhelp.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.newtonhelp.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.
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BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution Analysis  
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om         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)   For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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 ProblemsPlease
complete the following two applied problems
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BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategic Behavior
Oligopolies   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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.
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BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local Market Power   For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   L
ocal 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.
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BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News  
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om   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.newtonhelp.com     We
have another Set (old one) of Week 4 Assignment
(But with different description, values), it can
be found on this link     Market Structures and
Pricing Decisions Applied Problems.Please
complete the following two applied problems
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BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price Bidding  
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om     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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om     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.newtonhelp.com     We have
another Set (old one) of Week 4 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 problemsProblem 1Jessica Alba, a
famous actress, starts the baby and family
products business
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BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic
Behavior   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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 (Ash Course)   For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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.newtonhelp.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 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 course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   W
e 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 or
competitive environment.
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