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BUS 640 All New Assignments FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus640genius.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.
  Describe your answer for each item below in
complete sentences, whenever it is necessary.
Show all of your calculations and processes for
the following points   Assuming the opportunity
interest rate is 8, what is the present value of
the second alternative mentioned above? Which of
the two alternatives should be chosen and why?
How would your decision change if the
opportunity interest rate is 12? Provide a
description of a scenario where this kind of
decision between two types of payment streams
applies in the real-world business setting.
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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 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation
Applied Problems (New) BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 1
Relevant Costs BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution
Analysis BUS 640 Week 3 Production Cost Analysis
and Estimation Applied Problems BUS 640 Week 3
Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied
Problems (New) BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategic
Behavior Oligopolies BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local
Market Power BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and
Pricing Decisions Applied Problems
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BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.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
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www.bus640genius.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. 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 highway ahead of
time. After driving to work on the I-20 highway
for 1 month
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BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
Applied Problems (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bus640genius.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. Describe your answer for each item
below in complete sentences, whenever it is
necessary. Show all of your calculations and
processes for the following pointsAssuming the
opportunity interest rate is 8, what is the
present value of the second alternative mentioned
above? Which of the two alternatives should be
chosen and why? How would your decision change
if the opportunity interest rate is 12? 
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BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and
Estimation Applied Problems (New) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.com    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. The value
she places on each attribute, however, differs
according to what type of restaurant she is going
to start. If she opens a restaurant in a suburban
area of Los Angeles, then taste is the most
important attribute, three times as important as
location, and two times as important as price. If
she opens a restaurant in the Los Angeles
metropolitan area, then location becomes three
times as important as taste and two times as
important as price.
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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
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.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". What can we say
about the price elasticity of demand for nicotine
products (such as cigarettes, pipes, tobacco) in
the group of nicotine addicted users, versus the
group of "social smokers"? Can we say whose
demand is likely to be more elastic? Why?
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BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 1 Relevant Costs FOR MORE
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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 customer interest, and
thus contracts. The second partner wants to keep
the old name and argues, We have already paid
for business cards, vehicle paint, signage, and
ads in Yellow Pages. Evaluate the arguments of
the two partners. Explain and illustrate their
points by identifying the relevant and irrelevant
costs for this decision.
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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
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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
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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 strategy as recent
data points to increasing numbers of individuals
shopping more and more. What are the pros and
cons of raising the prices at Bulls Eye and would
that strategy be profitable?
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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. The
company has recently introduced a new and
improved Alka-Seltzer Plus, as described in the
TV ad The Cold Truth, (please, watch the ad
listed in the Required Readings)
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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   Jessica Alba, a
famous actress, starts the baby and family
products business, The Honest Company, with
Christopher Gavigan. Alba and Gavigan set up
their site so families can choose what kinds of
non-toxic, all-natural products they'd like to
use and get them in a bundle. Families can choose
all kinds of products from food to hygiene
necessities and cleaning supplies. Suppose they
are thinking of expanding their business into
five domestic markets Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago,
New York, and Atlanta. Assume their primary goal
of business is to maximize economic profits,
although they want to do business
honestly.   Show all your calculations and
process. Describe your answer for each question
in three- to five-complete sentences.
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BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic
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www.bus640genius.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. Based
on this information, can GE successfully prevent
Maytag from entering this market by increasing
its advertising levels? What is the equilibrium
outcome in this game?
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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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could be found on this link http//www.bus640gen
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-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. 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 Describe the company and
provide a brief history of its operations. Find
or use graphs to illustrate its financial
performance over the years.
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BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Wal-mart) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus640genius.com     We have
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company, it could be found on this link
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k-6-Final-Paper-Managerial-Decision-Making
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. Address all of the following areas  
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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 vacuum
cleaners per year and P is in dollars. Cost
estimation processes have determined that the
firms cost function is represented by TC 1500
20Q 0.02Q2.
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