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Managerial Economics
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• Managerial Economics
• Q1.What is the objective of Dabur? Is it profit
  maximization or growth maximization? Discuss.
• Q2.Do you think the growth of Dabur from a small
  pharmacy to a large multinational company is an
  indicator of the advantages of joint stock
  company against proprietorship form? Elaborate.
  
• Q3.Try to identify various stages of growth of IT
  industry on basis of information given in the
  case and present a scenario for the future.

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• Q4.Study the table given. Apply trend projection
  method on the figures and comment on the trend.
• Q5.Compute a 3 year moving average forecast for
  the years 1997-98 through 2003-04.
• Q6.As money costs will decrease due to decision
  to outsource human resource, some real costs and
  opportunity costs may surface. What could these
  be?
• Q7.Elaborate the external and internal economies
  of scale as occurring to Contract Counsel.

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• Q8.Can you see some possibility of economies of
  scope from the information given in the case?
  Discuss.
• Q9.Is stock market a good example of perfect
  competition? Discuss.
• Q10.Identify the characteristics of perfect
  competition in the stock market setting.
• Q11.Can you find some basic aspect of perfect
  competition which is essentially absent in stock
  market?

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• Q12.What major pricing strategies have been
  discussed in the case? How effective these
  strategies have been in ensuring success of the
  company?
• Q13.Is perceived value pricing the dominant
  strategy of major players?
• Q14.Which products have reached maturity stage in
  audio industry? Do you think that product
  bundling can be effectively used for promoting
  sale of these products?

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