BUS 640 (ASH)

Question 1

BUS 640 Complete Class

Answer 1

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 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 3 DQ 1 Relevant Costs
BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution Analysis
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Question 2

BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives

Answer 2

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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Question 3

BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Answer 3

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.
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Question 4

BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty Applied Problems

Answer 4

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Question 5

BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems

Answer 5

Consumer Demand Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems. Please, complete the following 3 applied problems in a Word or Excel document. Show all your calculations and explain your results. Submit your assignment in the drop box by using the Assignment Submission button.
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Question 6

BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of Substitution

Answer 6

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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Question 7

BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 2 Demand Elasticity

Answer 7

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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Question 8

BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 1 Relevant Costs

Answer 8

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,
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Question 9

BUS 640 Week 3 DQ 2 Contribution Analysis

Answer 9

Explain what is meant by “contribution analysis”. Carefully define the term and provide examples to illustrate it.
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Question 10

BUS 640 Week 3 Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems

Answer 10

1. Jennifer Trucking Company operates a large rig transportation business in Texas that transports locally grown vegetables to San Diego, California. The company owns 5 large rigs and hires local drivers paid fixed salaries monthly, regardless of the number of trips or tons of cargo that each driver transports each month.
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Question 11

BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategic Behavior Oligopolies

Answer 11

An interesting example of strategic behavior comes from a 1997 article about Microsoft’s 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 Apple’s survival and, therefore,
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Question 12

BUS 640 Week 4 DQ 2 Local Market Power

Answer 12

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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Question 13

BUS 640 Week 4 Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems

Answer 13

Market Structures and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems. Please, complete the following 2 applied problems in a Word or Excel document. Show all your calculations and explain your results. Submit your assignment in the drop box by using the Assignment Submission button.
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Question 14

BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price Bidding

Answer 14

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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Question 15

BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 2 New Product Introduction

Answer 15

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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Question 16

BUS 640 Week 5 Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems

Answer 16

Your organization, Bright Paints, is among a dozen organizations producing a specific reflective paint utilized for traffic signals. The State Department of Transportation has requested tenders to provide 10,000 gallons of blue reflective paint to be supplied in 2 months. You may predict fitting in a manufacturing run of the blue paint and have made a decision to quote on the work. You compute your incremental expenses for this job to be $76,200.
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Question 17

BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strategic Behavior

Answer 17

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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Question 18

BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 2 Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Answer 18

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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Question 19

BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper Managerial Decision Making (Apple)

Answer 19

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:
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