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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.

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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 1 DQ 1 Firm Objectives


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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

BUS 640 Week 1 DQ 2 Decision Making Under U


ncertainty
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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 pointed out that
traffic jams on the highway can lead to long delays
making the trip 45 minutes.

BUS 640 Week 1 Economics of Risk and Uncerta


inty Applied Problems (New)
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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.

BUS 640 Week 2 Consumer Demand Analysis an


d Estimation Applied Problems (New)
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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,

BUS 640 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Rate of Substit


ution
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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

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".

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.

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.

BUS 640 Week 3 Production Cost Analysis and


Estimation Applied Problems (New)
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Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied


Problems
Please complete the followingtwo applied problems:
Problem 1:
William 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.

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, to ensure
that competitiveness in the industry remains.

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.

BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News


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BUS 640 Week 4 Journal Economics in News

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 1:
Roberts New Way Vacuum Cleaner Company is a
newly started small business that
produces vacuum cleaners and belongs to a
monopolistically competitive market.

BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 1 Good Will in Price Biddi


ng
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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?

BUS 640 Week 5 DQ 2 New Product Introductio


n
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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.

BUS 640 Week 5 Price Quotes and Pricing Deci


sions Applied Problems (New)
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Week 5 Assignment
Price Quotes and Pricing Decisions Applied Problems
Please complete the followingtwo 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.

BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 1 Game Theory and Strateg


ic
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.

BUS 640 Week 6 DQ 2 Sustainable Competitiv


e Advantage
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Sustainable Competitive Advantage. Describe the


circumstances under which a firm chooses a lowcost strategy to attain sustainable competitive
advantage. What about the situations when a
differentiation strategy is chosen? Provide specific
real world examples.

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.

BUS 640 Week 6 Final Paper (Wal-mart)


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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

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