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• ECO 550 Final Guide (All Possible Questions)
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• Chapter 9Applications of Cost Theory
• MULTIPLE CHOICE
• 1. Evidence from empirical studies of short-run
  cost-output relationships lends support to the
• 2. The short-run cost function is
• 3. Theoretically, in a long-run cost function
• 4. Break-even analysis usually assumes all of
  the following except

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• ECO 550 Midterm Part 1
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• Question 1
• Possible goals of Not-For-Profit (NFP)
  enterprises include all of the following EXCEPT
  
• Question 2
• In the shareholder wealth maximization model, the
  value of a firm's stock is equal to the present
• value of all expected future ____ discounted at
  the stockholders' required rate of return.
• Question 3

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• ECO 550 Midterm Part 1 and 2 (All Possible
  Questions)
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• Chapter 1Introduction and Goals of the Firm
• MULTIPLE CHOICE
• 1. The form of economics most relevant to
  managerial decision-making within the firm is
• 2. If one defines incremental cost as the change
  in total cost resulting from a decision, and
  incremental revenue as the change in total
  revenue resulting from a decision, any business
  decision is profitable if

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• ECO 550 Midterm Part 2
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• Question 1
• The forecasting technique which attempts to
  forecast short-run changes and makes use of
  economic
• indicators known as leading, coincident or
  lagging indicators is known as
• Question 2
• Consumer expenditure plans is an example of a
  forecasting method. Which of the general
  categories
• best described this example?

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• ECO 550 Week 1 DQ 1 Fundamental Economic Concepts
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• "Fundamental Economic Concepts" Please respond to
  the following
• Answer the following DQs based on the Katrinas
  Candies scenario
• From the scenario for Katrinas Candies, examine
  the key factors affecting the demand for and the
  supply of a good in general and Katrinas Candies
  specifically. Distinguish between a change in
  demand and a change in the quantity demanded
  (movement along the demand curve).

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• ECO 550 Week 1 DQ 2 Supply and Demand
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• From the e-Activity, examine the key factors that
  influence the supply and demand of the selected
  good in general and Katrinas Candies
  specifically.
• Propose two (2) methods in which organizations
  that provide the good may utilize this
  information. Provide a rationale for your
  response.

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• ECO 550 Week 1-11 All DQs
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• ECO 550 Week 1 DQ 1 Fundamental Economic Concepts
• ECO 550 Week 1 DQ 2 Supply and Demand
• ECO 550 Week 2 DQ 1 Estimating Demand
• ECO 550 Week 2 DQ 2 Estimating Elasticity of
  Demand
• ECO 550 Week 3 DQ 1 Managing in the Global
  Economy
• ECO 550 Week 3 DQ 2 Outsourcing Offshore

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• ECO 550 Week 2 DQ 1 Estimating Demand
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• Estimating Demand" Please respond to the
  following
• From the scenario for Katrinas Candies, examine
  the procedure Herb will use to estimate the
  demand model developed in the scenario for Week
  1.
• Determine the meaning, relevance, and importance
  for a manager interpreting the regression results.

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• ECO 550 Week 2 DQ 2 Estimating Elasticity of
  Demand
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• From the e-Activity, analyze the elasticity of
  demand for products within the selected industry
  relevant to Katrinas Candies.
• Determine the factors involved in making
  decisions about pricing these products that you
  believe to be the most influential.
• Provide a rationale for your response.

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• ECO 550 Week 3 Assignment 1 Demand Estimation (2
  Sets)
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• Option 1 Demand equation
• QD - 5200 - 42P 20PX 5.2I .20A .25M
• (2.002) (17.5) (6.2) (2.5) (0.09) (0.21)
• R2 0.55 n 26 F 4.88

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• ECO 550 Week 3 DQ 1 Managing in the Global
  Economy
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• Managing in the Global Economy" Please respond to
  the following
• Answer the following DQs based on the
  Katrinas Candies scenario
• o From the scenario for Katrinas Candies,
  assuming the absence of quantitative data,
  determine the qualitative forecasting techniques
  that could be used within this scenario.

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• ECO 550 Week 3 DQ 2 Outsourcing Offshore
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• "Outsourcing Offshore" Please respond to the
  following
• Answer the following DQs on the decision
  to outsource offshore
• o Aside from maximizing profits, list the key
  factors that managers should consider when
  deciding whether or not to outsource offshore.
• Determine the key factors that you believe to be
  the most influential. Provide a rationale for
  your response.

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• ECO 550 Week 4 DQ 1 Production Economics
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• ECO 550 Week 4 DQ 1
• "Production Economics" Please respond to the
  following
• From the scenario for Katrinas
  Candies, determine the relevant costs for the
  expansion decision, and distinguish between the
  short run and the long run costs. Recommend the
  key decision-making criteria that Katrinas
  Candies should use for expansion decisions in the
  short run and in the long run. Provide rationale
  for your response.

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• ECO 550 Week 4 DQ 2 Production Decisions
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• ECO 550 Week 4 DQ 2
• "Production Decisions" Please respond to the
  following
• From the e-Activity, recommend whether
  the company in question should or should not
  continue to produce the good or service. Provide
  a rationale for your response.

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• ECO 550 Week 5 DQ 1 Applications of Cost Theory
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• ECO 550 Week 5 DQ 1
• "Applications of Cost Theory" Please respond to
  the following
• Answer the following DQs based on the
  Katrinas Candies scenario
• o From the scenario for Katrinas Candies,
  determine the appropriate type of market
  structure for the situation in question.
• Cite at least four (4) defining characteristics
  that have helped you reach this decision
  regarding the appropriateness of the chosen
  structure.

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• ECO 550 Week 5 DQ 2 Cost Management
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• ECO 550 Week 5 DQ 2
• "Cost Management" Please respond to the
  following
• Imagine that you are a manager of a
  chemical company. An accident has occurred in
  which chemicals leaked into the ground water
  nearby.
• The community is unaware of the accident. Compare
  the primary costs involved in cleaning up the
  water immediately (and thus confessing) versus

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• ECO 550 Week 6 Assignment 2 Operations Decisions
  (2 Papers)
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• Using the regression results and the other
  computations from Assignment 1, determine the
  market structure in which the low-calorie food
  company operates.
• Use the Internet to research two (2) of the
  leading competitors in the low-calorie
  microwavable food industry, and take note of
  their pricing strategies, profitability, and
  their relationships within the industry
  (worldwide).

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• ECO 550 Week 6 DQ 1 Market Structures
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• ECO 550 Week 6 Discussion 1
• "Market Structures" Please respond to the
  following
• From the scenario, assuming Katrinas
  Candies is operating in the monopolistically
  competitive market structure and faces the
  following weekly demand and short-run cost
  functions

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• ECO 550 Week 6 DQ 2 Maximizing Revenue
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• ECO 550 Week 6 Discussion 2
• "Maximizing Revenue" Please respond to the
  following
• From the scenario, assuming Katrinas
  Candies is operating in the monopolistically
  competitive market structure and faces the
  following weekly demand and short-run cost
  functions
• VC 20Q0.006665 Q2 with MC20 0.01333Q and FC
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• ECO 550 Week 7 DQ 1 Predicting Price-Setting
  Strategies
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• ECO 550 Week 7 Discussion 1
• "Predicting Price-Setting Strategies" Please
  respond to the following
• From the scenario for Katrinas
  Candies, determine the importance of predicting
  the pricing strategies of rival firms in an
  industry characterized

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• ECO 550 Week 7 DQ 2 Price-Setting Strategies
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• ECO 550 Week 7 Discussion 2
• "Price-Setting Strategies" Please respond to the
  following
• Examine the common price setting
  strategies of airlines that use game theory.
  Predict the potential effects of such pricing
  strategies on the demand for seats,
• and conclude the resulting impact on the
  profitability of the airlines.

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• ECO 550 Week 8 DQ 1 Entering a Merger
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• ECO 550 Week 8 Discussion 1
• "Entering a Merger" Please respond to the
  following
• From the scenario for Katrinas
  Candies, examine the major implications for firms
  entering into a merger.
• Explain the criteria the U.S. Department of
  Justice and the Federal Trade Commission would
  follow when deciding on whether or not to approve
  a proposed merger.

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• ECO 550 Week 8 DQ 2 Organizational Form
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• ECO 550 Week 8 Discussion 2
• "Organizational Form" Please respond to the
  following
• Examine two (2) organizational forms of
  business (e.g., functional, product, etc.).
  Predict the possible implications of the
  principal agent relationship for each

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• ECO 550 Week 9 Assignment 3 Long Term Investment
  Decision (2 Papers)
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• Assume that the low-calorie microwavable food
  company from Assignments 1 and 2 wants to expand
  and has to make some long-term capital budgeting
  decisions.
• Use the Internet and Strayer databases to
  research government policies and regulation.

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• ECO 550 Week 9 DQ 1 Impact of Government
  Regulation
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• ECO 550 Week 9 Discussion 1
• "Impact of Government Regulation" Please respond
  to the following
• From the scenario for Katrinas
  Candies, take a position as to whether government
  regulation is constraining or enabling in this
  situation,
• as it relates to the operational efficiency of
  the company. Speculate on the fundamental manner
  in which government regulation could impact the

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• ECO 550 Week 9 DQ 2 Government Regulation
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• ECO 550 Week 9 Discussion 2
• "Government Regulation" Please respond to the
  following
• From the e-Activity, take a position on
  whether the banking industry needs more or less
  government regulation.

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• ECO 550 Week 10 DQ 1 Long-Term Investment
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• ECO 550 Week 10 Discussion 1
• "Long-Term Investment" Please respond to the
  following
• From the scenario for Katrinas
  Candies, suggest one (1) method in which Herb
  could use a cost-benefit analysis to argue for or
  against an expansion.
• Create three (3) optimal decision rules for
  Katrinas Candies (e.g., whether to hire more
  staff or hire temporary workers to meet
  production schedules).

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• ECO 550 Week 10 DQ 2 Cost-Benefit Analysis
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• ECO 550 Week 10 Discussion 2
• "Cost-Benefit Analysis" Please respond to the
  following
• Assess both the short-term and the
  long-term costs and benefits of obtaining a
  graduate degree. Support your decision to obtain
  a graduate degree
• with a cost-benefit analysis of your particular
  situation.

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• ECO 550 Week 11 DQ 1 Transfer It
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• ECO 550 Week 11 Discussion 1
• "Transfer It" Please respond to the following
• Propose two (2) applications of the
  knowledge that you have learned in this course to
  your current or a future position. Provide a
  rationale for your response.

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• ECO 550 Week 11 DQ 2 Best Practices
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• ECO 550 Week 11 Discussion 2
• "Best Practices" Please respond to the following
• Create a list of three (3) best
  practices to follow in the field of managerial
  economics and globalization. Provide a rationale
  for your response.

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