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Managerial Economics and Business Theory

Review and answer the following questions:
1. In 100 words, what is deadweight loss and how does it impact consumer consumption, and government public planning?
2. In 100 words, explain economic efficiency, wealth transfers, and cost-benefit analysis in relation to government regulation.
3. In 100 words, describe the three types of market failures due to monopoly, externalities, and imperfect information.
4. In each of the following situations, in 50 words each, explain whether an externality is present. In your answer, address how government intervention is involved:
A. Mine safety has improved in recent years. Nonetheless, mining accidents result in 50 to 100 deaths per year and thousands of lost work days due to injury.
B. Large brokerage and financial service companies conduct intensive introductory training programs for new hires, many of whom, once trained, leave the company within the first year to work for competitors.
C. The volume of email spam has grown exponentially in the last five years.
D. A husband and wife who have put off buying a house suddenly find themselves priced out of the market by rocketing real-estate prices.

5. In 100 words, suppose Coca-Cola and Pepsi were to announce plans to merge into a single global soft-drink company. What would be the possible effects on soft-drink consumers? What kind of regulatory scrutiny should the U.S. government cast on the proposed merger?

Total Essay is a minimum of 3 pages.
Use at least two academic source in addition to the textbook…formatted in APA style.

Develop a five-year strategic plan with cost estimates

Develop a five-year strategic plan with cost estimates and a time line. It should be 5-7 double-spaced, typed (12 point) pages plus exhibits. Your plan should include/address the following points:Develop a five-year strategic plan with cost estimates and a time line. It should be 5-7 double-spaced, typedpages plus exhibits. Your plan should include/address the following points:

Describe the situation facing Mensa at the time of the case. This should include the major issues facing the company and the decisions that need to be made. You are to spend no time on corporate history. You must consider the past, but your analysis and recommendations should be forward looking.

List your specific recommendations for the firm in detail. Explain why each recommendation was made including the information used and the logic (or analysis) applied to reach your conclusion. As you prepare your analysis, remember that no decision is complete until the financial impact of the decisions is determined. Don’t forget to use cash flow analysis and Net Present Value techniques when analyzing the four divisions within Mensa, Inc.

If your recommendation(s) need to be taken in a particular sequence, be sure to indicate the proper sequence and the reasons for that sequence.

Discuss the events or uncertainties that are most likely to cause trouble in the implementation of your recommendations and how you would react to them if they were to occur.

Describe the situation facing Mensa at the time of the case. This should include the major issues facing the company and the decisions that need to be made. You are to spend no time on corporate history. You must consider the past, but your analysis and recommendations should be forward looking.

List your specific recommendations for the firm in detail. Explain why each recommendation was made including the information used and the logic (or analysis) applied to reach your conclusion. As you prepare your analysis, remember that no decision is complete until the financial impact of the decisions is determined. Don’t forget to use cash flow analysis and Net Present Value techniques when analyzing the four divisions within Mensa, Inc.

If your recommendation(s) need to be taken in a particular sequence, be sure to indicate the proper sequence and the reasons for that sequence.

Discuss the events or uncertainties that are most likely to cause trouble in the implementation of your recommendations and how you would react to them if they were to occur.

Principles of management

Principles of management

Explain why there is need for different schemes at top management, at the middle management and at functional level. How do managers use this knowledge at executive, middle management and functional level.

Discuss global supply chain management strategy

There are a number of companies that utilize a global supply chain management strategy. Identify and research a company with a successful global supply chain management strategy and provide basic background information. Discuss the strategies this company utilizes to get their product(s) distributed internationally and how they address risks and meet business demands.

Submit to your instructor your two to three page (not including title and reference pages). Your paper should be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide, and should cite at least two scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.

Wisner, J.D., Tan, K.-C., & Leong, G.  (2012). Principles of Supply Chain Management (3rd ed.).  Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.  ISBN: 9780538475464

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of regional integration and relate the stage of economic development of the economically integrated region to potential business opportunities.

Assignment: Regional Integration for and Against Articles

Select a region and choose a trading bloc (NAFTA, EU, ASEAN, etc.) within that region. Write a 700-word articles, in favor of regional integration and against regional integration. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of regional integration and relate the stage of economic development of the economically integrated region to potential business opportunities.

Analyze the elements of collecting market information

DQ 1 – Long Term Positioning

Analyze the elements of collecting market information and determine which would provide the most valuable information to a company seeking business with the federal government. Explain your rationale.

Review the eight types of information the author recommends go into a bid proposal library, as discussed in Osbornes Long Term Positioning, and recommend at least one additional type of information that could / should be included. Provide your rationale.

Review the various improper practices and conflicts discussed, and make at least one recommendation for preventing them or stopping them before they become a significant issue. Explain your rationale.

Explain challenges facing management roles in e-business

Examples of challenges in integrating e-business and technology management within functional management roles?

Benefits related to social environmental and economic impact

Benefits of Market Impacts

The benefits related to social, environmental, and economic impacts are often categorized as either market or nonmarket impacts.

Market benefits include:

Increased sales quantities due to increased market demand
Increased prices due to quality and reputation
Reductions in costs due to increased efficiencies
Increased productivity
Reduced future costs related to environmental cleanup, internal control, and ethics breach

What are examples of this impact in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (middle east)? In a 3-4 page paper, provide as many examples are you can of the five benefits listed above.

Develop a project network for the certification program

1) A certification program consists of a series of activities that must be accomplished in a certain order. The activities, their immediate predecessors, and estimated durations.

(a) Develop a project network for the certification program.

(b) Determine the EST, EFT, LST, LFT, and slack for each activity. Also determine the total program completion time and the critical path(s).

2) The Pickett Marketing Firm is developing a new Web-based media campaign for a client. The following table describes the relationships between the activities that need to be completed.

(a) Develop a project network for this problem.

(b) Determine the EST, EFT, LST, LFT, and slack for each activity. Also determine the total project completion time and the critical path(s).

3) An office complex is to be renovated. Before the job can be completed, various tradespeople and skilled workers must install their materials. The table describes the relationships between the activities that need to be completed/

(a) Develop a project network for this problem.

(b) Determine the EST, EFT, LST, LFT, and slack for each activity. Also determine the total project completion time and the critical path(s).

Describe the nature of leadership and relate leadership

Describe the nature of leadership and relate leadership to management. B: what are the distinctions between management and leadership?