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BUS 640 Endless Education/newtonhelp.com
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BUS 640 Entire Course
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  • 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 A

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BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives (Ash Course)
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  • 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
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  • 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 poi

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BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
Applied Problems (New)
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  • 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
  • Problem 1 A generous university benefactor has
    agreed to donate a large amount of money for
    student scholarships. The money can b

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BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and
Estimation Applied Problems (New)
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  • Week 2 Assignment
  • Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied
    ProblemsPlease complete the following two
    applied problemsProblem 1

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BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of
Substitution
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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 deman

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BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution Analysis
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  • 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)
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  • Production 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
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  • 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, Microsoft provided financial support to
    Apple in order to ensure Apples survival and,
    therefore,

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BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local Market Power
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  • 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,
    therefore, has some market power in its local
    area. Despite ha

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BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News
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  • BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News

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BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing
Decisions Applied Problems (New)
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  • Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied
    Problems.Please complete the following two
    applied problems
  • Problem 1Roberts New Way Vacuum Cleaner
    Company is a newly started small business
    thatproduces vacuum cleaners and belongs to a
    monopolistically competitive market. Itsdemand
    curve fo

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BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price Bidding
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  • 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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  • 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)
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  • Week 5 Assignment
  • Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied
    ProblemsPlease complete the following two
    applied problemsProblem 1

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BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic
Behavior
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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • 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

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BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Wal-mart)
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  • 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. 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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