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ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Research Analysis for Business (Starbucks)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com Purpose of Assignment This week students will review and revise their Week 3 Research Analysis for Business Signature Assignment based on economic analysis and the feedback provided by their facilitator. Students will also expand their Week 3 analyses to evaluate the challenges of expanding their chosen company's production to a foreign market. About Your Signature Assignment This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments might be graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements. Assignment Steps Revise your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business, using the feedback provided by your facilitator. This Week 6 report should only include one conclusion, so you will need to rewrite the conclusion you included in your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business. Select a foreign market in which to expand your chosen product. If you wish, you may use one of the countries your team analyzed in their Week 5 Comparative and Absolute Advantage Assignment. Prepare a

minimum1,750-word report addressing the points listed below. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged, you may submit any economic data in Microsoft® Excel® format in a separate file. You may use the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, and World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. The new sections of your report should: • Evaluate current global economic conditions and their effects on macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Provide forecasts for population growth, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth. • Evaluate any competitors' existing production in the chosen country. • Assess sales forecasts in the selected country by using the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. • Categorize the type of economy that exists in your selected country as closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion? • Assess how your chosen country's current credit market conditions, especially interest rates and the availability of financing, affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country. • Analyze the role of the selected country's central bank on that country's economy. • Compare the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss any additional challenges of international production, such as political stability, availability of government

financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks. • Explain any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to make your product in your chosen country and selling the product in other countries. • Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. • Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government. • Recommend any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors currently operating in that country, and defend your position, either for or against, expanding your company's production into your chosen country based on your research. Integrate with the Week 3 Individual Assignment, and incorporate corrections and suggestions from the instructor's feedback. The final report should be a minimum of 2,800 words. Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook. Include all peer-reviewed references and government economic data sources/references from Week 3. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign Location (General Motors)

Comparative and Absolute Advantage Assignment. Prepare a minimum1,750-word report addressing the points listed below. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged, you may submit any economic data in Microsoft® Excel® format in a separate file. You may use the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, and World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. The new sections of your report should: • Evaluate current global economic conditions and their effects on macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Provide forecasts for population growth, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth. • Evaluate any competitors' existing production in the chosen country. • Assess sales forecasts in the selected country by using the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. • Categorize the type of economy that exists in your selected country as closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion? • Assess how your chosen country's current credit market conditions, especially interest rates and the availability of financing, affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country. • Analyze the role of the selected country's central bank on that country's economy. • Compare the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss any additional challenges of international

production, such as political stability, availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks. • Explain any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to make your product in your chosen country and selling the product in other countries. • Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. • Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government. • Recommend any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors currently operating in that country, and defend your position, either for or against, expanding your company's production into your chosen country based on your research. Integrate with the Week 3 Individual Assignment, and incorporate corrections and suggestions from the instructor's feedback. The final report should be a minimum of 2,800 words. Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook. Include all peer-reviewed references and government economic data sources/references from Week 3. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

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ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign Location (GameStop)

your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business. Select a foreign market in which to expand your chosen product. If you wish, you may use one of the countries your team analyzed in their Week 5 Comparative and Absolute Advantage Assignment. Prepare a minimum1,750-word report addressing the points listed below. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged, you may submit any economic data in Microsoft® Excel® format in a separate file. You may use the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, and World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. The new sections of your report should: • Evaluate current global economic conditions and their effects on macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Provide forecasts for population growth, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth. • Evaluate any competitors' existing production in the chosen country. • Assess sales forecasts in the selected country by using the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. • Categorize the type of economy that exists in your selected country as closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion? • Assess how your chosen country's current credit market conditions, especially interest rates and the availability of financing, affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country. • Analyze the

role of the selected country's central bank on that country's economy. • Compare the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss any additional challenges of international production, such as political stability, availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks. • Explain any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to make your product in your chosen country and selling the product in other countries. • Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. • Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government. • Recommend any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors currently operating in that country, and defend your position, either for or against, expanding your company's production into your chosen country based on your research. Integrate with the Week 3 Individual Assignment, and incorporate corrections and suggestions from the instructor's feedback. The final report should be a minimum of 2,800 words. Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook. Include all peer-reviewed references

and government economic data sources/references from Week 3. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 6 DQ 1 (UOP)

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ECO 561 Week 6 Challenges Of Expansion To A Foreign Location (2 Papers)

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THIS TUTORIAL CONTAINS 2 PAPERS ECO 561 WEEK 6 CHALLENGES OF EXPANSION TO A FOREIGN LOCATION Revise your Week 3 economic analysis using the feedback provided by your facilitator to evaluate the challenges of expanding your company's production to a foreign market. This will require you to revise previously recommended pricing and nonpricing strategies for your company's product based on the selected country's economy's stage in the business cycle and the projected economic conditions. Discuss the evidence that supports your recommendations. Select a foreign market in which to expand your chosen product. Write a 1,750-word paper (including any material you include from your Week 3 assignment) detailing your findings. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. Describe current global economic conditions and their effect on local macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Consider forecasts for population growth, GDP growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth. Evaluate the competitors' existing production in the chosen country. Evaluate forecast sales in the selected country. Determine the type of economy that exists in your selected country - closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion? Describe how your chosen country's current credit market conditions affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country. Analyze the role of the selected country's central bank on that country's economy. Evaluate the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss the additional challenges of international production, such as political stability, availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and

exchange rate risks. Discuss any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to sell your product made in your chosen country to countries outside of that market. Discuss any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors in that country. Recommend either for or against expanding your company's production into your chosen country based on your research. Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 5 Team Assignment Comparative and Absolute Advantage (New Syllabus, 2 Papers)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Paper 1: USA, China,France Paper 2: USA, China, Democratic republic of Congo, Saudi Arabia Develop a minimum 1,050-word analysis of the international economy in which you do the following: Research each country below, using resources such as the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Federal Reserve Bank. Research each of your three chosen country's economic, political, and cultural development: • USA • France • China • Analyze measures of economic growth and of

comparative and absolute advantage in international trade. • Use tables and/or graphs to compare the following economic statistics/indicators of your three chosen countries for the most recent year available and for 2009 (the trough of the last economic cycle): • Country Real GDP • Country CPI • Country Real Exports • Country Real Imports • Country Unemployment Rate • Country Industrial Production • Discuss reasons why the economic growth of the three countries varies. How does international trade influence the strength of the economy worldwide? • Discuss the following for each country: • At least two products that have provided the country an absolute advantage in trade (if any). • At least two products that have provided the country a comparative advantage in trade. • Factors that might have prevented any of your three chosen countries from achieving absolute and/or comparative advantages. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 5 Team Assignment Comparative And Absolute Advantage (2 Papers)

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This Tutorial contains 2 Papers ECO 561 WEEK 5 TEAM ASSIGNMENT COMPARATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE Develop a 1,750-word analysis of the international economy in which you do the following: Analyze measures of economic growth, and comparative and absolute advantage in international trade for the following countries: USA China Saudi Arabia Democratic Republic of Congo Research each country, using such resources as the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, and World Trade Organization. Research its economic, political, and cultural development. Compare the following using tables or graphs, for most recent year available and for 2009 (the trough of the last economic cycle): Country GDP per Capita Country GDP as a % of World GDP Country exports per capita Country exports as a % of GDP Country exports as a % of World exports. Country imports per capita Country imports as a % of GDP Country imports as a % of World imports (world imports = world exports) Discuss reasons why the economic growth of the four countries varies so markedly. How does trade influence the strength of the economy worldwide? Determine the stage in the lifecycle for each country's economy. Discuss the following for each country: At least two products that have provided the country an absolute advantage in trade (if any) At least two products that have provided the country a comparative advantage in trade Factors that have prevented a country from achieving either Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com How would you evaluate monetary policy today? Is monetary policy contradictory with fiscal policy? Why or Why not? Support your analysis with examples.

ECO 561 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com How does the Federal Reserve's monetary policy affect your industry's, or company's growth? =================================================== =================================

ECO 561 Week 5 Assignment Effectiveness of the CounterCyclical Policies (2 PPT, Housing Market)

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This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations Purpose of Assignment This assignment addresses how both monetary and fiscal policies have been used during the so-called Great Recession, which began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, to the present to moderate the business cycle. Assignment Steps Resources: Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft® Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products. Create a minimum 12 minute 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation to present to the class, including detailed speaker notes, in which you analyze your choice of one the following markets or industries: • The housing market • Financial markets • Commodity and stock markets • An industry of your choice, such as the automobile industry, the airline industry, retail trade, or any other major industry that suffered heavy losses during the Great Recession Your analysis will extend from the beginning of the Great Recession, which was December 2007, to the present and should include the following: • An Excel® workbook with the following datasets: o One dataset related to the U.S. housing industry such as housing starts, the FHFA housing price index, or another dataset of your choice related to the housing market. o One dataset related to personal or household income or to personal or household saving. o One dataset related to the labor market such as the unemployment rate, initial claims for unemployment insurance, or another dataset of your choice related to the U.S. labor force. o One dataset related to production and business activity within the market or industry you choose to analyze. • Find your datasets by using different internet data sources, including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's FRED site, U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of

Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, and The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Using data results analyze the economic and sociological forces that drove the market equilibrium to unsustainable heights, commonly referred to as "bubbles," and the shocks that brought the markets back down. • Discuss specific changes in supply and demand within the markets and/or industries you chose to analyze. • Examine prior government policies and legislation that might have exacerbated the impact of the shocks. Also, discuss government actions/regulations that might be undertaken, and/or have been undertaken, to moderate the effects of extreme economic fluctuations. • Evaluate the actions of the federal government (fiscal policy) and the Federal Reserve (monetary policy) to restore the economy and foster economic growth. Base your evaluation on information available at Internet sources such as, but not limited to, the Fed's The Economy Crisis and Response website as well as other appropriate sources found on the Internet and in the University Library. Be sure you address the effectiveness of those counter-cyclical policies. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources and economic data not including the course text. Submit the data results in a separate Microsoft® Excel® file. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 5 Assignment Effectiveness of the Counter Cyclical Policies (2 PPT)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations Purpose of Assignment This assignment addresses how both monetary and fiscal policies have been used during the so-called Great Recession, which began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, to the present to moderate the business cycle. Assignment Steps Resources: Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft® Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products. Create a minimum 12 minute 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation to present to the class, including detailed speaker notes, in which you analyze your choice of one the following markets or industries: • The housing market • Financial markets • Commodity and stock markets • An industry of your choice, such as the automobile industry, the airline industry, retail trade, or any other major industry that suffered heavy losses during the Great Recession Your analysis will extend from the beginning of the Great Recession, which was December 2007, to the present and should include the following: • An Excel® workbook with the following datasets: o One dataset related to the U.S. housing industry such as housing starts, the FHFA housing price index, or another dataset of your choice related to the housing market. o One dataset related to personal or household income or to personal or household saving. o One dataset related to the labor market such as the unemployment rate, initial claims for unemployment insurance, or another dataset of your choice related to the U.S. labor force. o One dataset related to production and business activity within the market or

industry you choose to analyze. • Find your datasets by using different internet data sources, including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's FRED site, U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, and The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Using data results analyze the economic and sociological forces that drove the market equilibrium to unsustainable heights, commonly referred to as "bubbles," and the shocks that brought the markets back down. • Discuss specific changes in supply and demand within the markets and/or industries you chose to analyze. • Examine prior government policies and legislation that might have exacerbated the impact of the shocks. Also, discuss government actions/regulations that might be undertaken, and/or have been undertaken, to moderate the effects of extreme economic fluctuations. • Evaluate the actions of the federal government (fiscal policy) and the Federal Reserve (monetary policy) to restore the economy and foster economic growth. Base your evaluation on information available at Internet sources such as, but not limited to, the Fed's The Economy Crisis and Response website as well as other appropriate sources found on the Internet and in the University Library. Be sure you address the effectiveness of those counter-cyclical policies. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources and economic data not including the course text. Submit the data results in a separate Microsoft® Excel® file. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 4 Team Assignment Business Cycles, Economic Shocks, And Restoring Equilibrium

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com ECO 561 WEEK 4 TEAM ASSIGNMENT BUSINESS CYCLES, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, AND RESTORING EQUILIBRIUM As a manager, it is important to understand how the business cycle affects supply and demand, prices, and how economic shocks will impact your company's markets, supply chain, and financing. The recent collapse of the housing market, the near failure of our financial system, the wild swings in commodity and stock prices, and the deep recession of 2007-2009 provide a virtual laboratory for the study of the economic shocks and stabilization measures taken to restore equilibrium. Create a 1,400-word analysis based on the team's assigned market in which you include the following: Analyze the economic and sociological forces that drove the market equilibrium to unsustainable heights and the shocks that brought the markets back down. What might be done to moderate the effects of these economic swings? Discuss specific changes in supply and demand. Examine prior government policies and legislation that exacerbated the impact of the shocks. Evaluate the actions of the federal government and the Federal Reserve to restore equilibrium. How effective were these counter-cyclical policies? Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the text. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

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ECO 561 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com How would you evaluate monetary policy today? Is monetary policy contradictory with fiscal policy? Why or Why not? Support your analysis with examples. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP)

ECO 561 Week 4 AssignmentInflation and Analyses of Monetary Policies (2 Papers)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Inflation and Analyses of Monetary Policies Purpose of Assignment This assignment will introduce students to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data and provide students with the skills to calculate inflation and interpret the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Note: The BLS is the primary source of information on inflation, but their data is re-posted in other sources, such as the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED site, among others. Assignment Steps Use an internet search or the University Library to locate information on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Internet sites you might find useful include the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Federal Reserve of St. Louis FRED web site although you are allowed to use other sources. Develop a minimum 700-word analysis of inflation by including the following: • Choose a product or service you currently consume/use, such as apparel or educational services, that is included in the CPI's "market basket." Find the annual CPI index numbers for your chosen good or service for the years 1995, 2005, 2010, and 2015. Enter those index numbers in an Excel® file and calculate the percent change (inflation rates) in those index numbers from 1995 to 2005, from 1995 to 2010, and from 1995 to 2015. • Analyze the trends in overall inflation

over the last five years and whether your income has kept pace with inflation. How has inflation over the last five years affected you and/or your family? â&#x20AC;˘ Discuss how a business manager, such as a human resources manager, might use CPI statistics. Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 4 Assignment Inflation and Analyses of Monetary Policies Presentation (2 PPT)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com This Tutorial contains 2 Presentation ECO 561 Week 4 Assignment Inflation and Analyses of Monetary Policies ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 3 Team Managing Fixed and Variable Cost (2 PPT)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com This Tutorial contains Presentations Purpose of Assignment In this week, students are learning about managing different types of economic costs. Organizations typically have either high fixed costs or low fixed costs, and it is important to understand how business decisions differ in organizations with high fixed costs from organizations with low fixed costs. Assignment Steps Resources: Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft® Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products. Hoover's Company Profiles by ProQuest located in the University Library Choose two publicly-held organizations. One organization must have high fixed costs and low variable costs, and the other organization must have low fixed costs and high variable costs. Note: A publicly-held organization is a private-sector firm that is owned by stock holders. Companies with high fixed costs include manufacturing companies, such as automobile manufactures, whereas service companies, such as accounting firms, might have low fixed costs. Create and Present to the class a minimum 15 minute 8-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®presentation, including detailed speaker notes , analyzing the methods of managing cost depending on the cost construction. Research the University Library for recent publications regarding each company and the industry data. The analysis should include the following: • Analyze your two chosen companies' cost construction. Do the companies have high fixed costs or low fixed costs? Do the companies have high variable costs or low variable costs? What evidence presents itself to support your findings? •

In Excel®, chart the relationship between total cost and the number of units produced (output) for each organization/company. Plot two lines on the graph - one line for each company you analyzed. Copy your graph from Excel® and paste it into your PowerPoint® presentation. • Analyze currently used methods to minimize costs for the companies and provide recommendations how to improve the process of minimizing costs based on the available information for the industries in which the companies operate. Note: Companies are categorized by the industries they operate in. For example, Wal-Mart is a company operating within the retail trade industry. Hoover's Company Profiles by ProQuest located in the University Library may be helpful. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your PowerPoint® presentation and your Excel® file. Note: Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a grade based upon his/her contributions to the team assignment. Students might receive different grades for the team assignment depending on their contributions to the team assignment. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 3 Market Structure And Pricing Power

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www.eco561mart.com ECO 561 WEEK 3 MARKET STRUCTURE AND PRICING POWER Select a new, realistic good or service for an existing industry, preferably an industry you current work in or one in which you are interested in working. Develop a 1,400-word evaluation of pricing strategies available producers of your selected product. This will include statements about the market structure and the elasticity of demand for the product, based on text book principles and real world products under development. Identify the market structure of the industry (monopoly, oligopoly, competitive monopoly). Determine elasticity of demand for various quality ranges of the product based on textbook theory and judgments about the degree of luxury vs. necessity represented by various brands (e.g. a luxury car vs an economy car). Determine how pricing relates to elasticity of demand for competing models. Explain how changes in the quantity supplied as a result of pricing decisions might affect the company's marginal cost, marginal revenue, and market share as production volume rises. What reaction might be expected by other producers if one producer changes its pricing strategy? Determine strategies that a company might use to develop product differentiation and market segmentation. What alternative non-pricing strategies are available? What alternative nonpricing strategies can be used to increase barriers to entry? Discuss how producers might alter the mix of fixed and variable costs to support their pricing strategy. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com In your industry, would you support regulation or deregulation and why or why not? ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com Do you think that competition can be counted on to discipline the industrial business firms of a modern economy? Explain. =================================================== =================================

ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (Starbucks)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com Research Analysis for Business Scenario: Imagine you are a business consultant to a Business. You have been asked to analyze, advise, and create recommendations on how the firm can ensure its future success in its current market. Prepare a minimum 1,050-word analysis of economic data and business data to explain how the core economic principles impact the sustainability of the firm and what actions the firm can take to ensure success. Address the following: • Identify the market structure your chosen firm operates in, analyze your chosen firm's current market share, and identify the firm's local/global competitors. Analyze the barriers to entry in this market to illustrate the potential for new competition and its impact on your firm's future in the market. Hints: Be sure you review the barriers to entry discussed in the course text. You might consider presenting the data graphically. • Identify and explain trends in current macroeconomic indicators for last three years including: • Current stage of the business cycle. • Real gross domestic product (GDP). • Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). • Unemployment rate. • Federal funds rate. • Current rate for borrowing funds such as the so-called "prime rate." Note: A requirement of the Week 1 Influence of Economics on Household Decision Making report was to gather data on the CPI, GDP, and interest rates, so you should consider reviewing the feedback you received on the Week 1 report. • Evaluate trends in demand over last three years and explain their impact on the industry and the firm. Include quarterly (last two quarters) and annual sales (last three years)

figures for the product your firm sells. Create business strategies by analyzing information and data related to the demand for and supply of your firm's product(s) to support your recommendation for the firm's actions. Remember to include a graphical representation of the data and information used in your analysis. • Examine available, current data and information, such as pricing and the availability of substitutes, and explain how you could determine the price elasticity of demand for your firm's product. Assess how the price elasticity of demand impacts the firm's pricing decisions and revenue growth. • Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm's level of output. • Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. • Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government policies. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references and a minimum of two government economic data sources/references. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

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ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (General Motors)

(CPI). • Unemployment rate. • Federal funds rate. • Current rate for borrowing funds such as the so-called "prime rate." Note: A requirement of the Week 1 Influence of Economics on Household Decision Making report was to gather data on the CPI, GDP, and interest rates, so you should consider reviewing the feedback you received on the Week 1 report. • Evaluate trends in demand over last three years and explain their impact on the industry and the firm. Include quarterly (last two quarters) and annual sales (last three years) figures for the product your firm sells. Create business strategies by analyzing information and data related to the demand for and supply of your firm's product(s) to support your recommendation for the firm's actions. Remember to include a graphical representation of the data and information used in your analysis. • Examine available, current data and information, such as pricing and the availability of substitutes, and explain how you could determine the price elasticity of demand for your firm's product. Assess how the price elasticity of demand impacts the firm's pricing decisions and revenue growth. • Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm's level of output. • Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. • Propose how the

firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. â&#x20AC;˘ Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government policies. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references and a minimum of two government economic data sources/references. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (GameStop)

Analyze the barriers to entry in this market to illustrate the potential for new competition and its impact on your firm's future in the market. Hints: Be sure you review the barriers to entry discussed in the course text. You might consider presenting the data graphically. • Identify and explain trends in current macroeconomic indicators for last three years including: • Current stage of the business cycle. • Real gross domestic product (GDP). • Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). • Unemployment rate. • Federal funds rate. • Current rate for borrowing funds such as the so-called "prime rate." Note: A requirement of the Week 1 Influence of Economics on Household Decision Making report was to gather data on the CPI, GDP, and interest rates, so you should consider reviewing the feedback you received on the Week 1 report. • Evaluate trends in demand over last three years and explain their impact on the industry and the firm. Include quarterly (last two quarters) and annual sales (last three years) figures for the product your firm sells. Create business strategies by analyzing information and data related to the demand for and supply of your firm's product(s) to support your recommendation for the firm's actions. Remember to include a graphical representation of the data and information used in your analysis. • Examine available, current data and information, such as pricing and the availability of substitutes, and explain how you could determine the price elasticity of demand for your firm's product. Assess how the price elasticity of demand impacts the firm's pricing decisions and revenue growth. • Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm's level of output. • Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a

conclusion in which you: • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. • Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government policies. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references and a minimum of two government economic data sources/references. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 2 Government Interventions vs. Market Based Solutions (2 PPT)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com THIS TUTORIAL CONTAINS 2 PPT ECO 561 WEEK 2 GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS VS. MARKET BASED SOLUTIONS The theory of market

economies emphasizes freedom of choice and limited government intervention. The classic argument for government intervention is market failure - the inability of the market economy to correct itself from a dysfunctional state (such as the Great Depression). Examine one case of significant government intervention as it relates to your current industry of employment or an industry in which you are interested in working. Examples of intervention programs include, but are not limited to: US agriculture support programs Low income support programs (Food Stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, Obamacare Low income rent controls and housing vouchers Government promoting renewable energy sources, discouraging fossil fuel sources Develop a 16-slide presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following: Describe the intervention and detail its history. Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention. Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention. Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation. Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions. Defend the use of or discontinuation of the selected intervention. Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. Cite a minimum of three scholarly references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com Among the types of costs faced by a firm (short-run costs, fixed and variable, as well as long-run costs), how can technology help firms to lower their costs? What are some specific examples of how firms have used technology to lower costs? ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com Cost is a big issue with every company, and changing the technology is the biggest cost for most companies, how your company was able to cope with this problem and maintain the level of profit in a very competitive

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ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Unemployment Insurance)

FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco561mart.com The theory of market economies emphasizes freedom of choice and limited government intervention. The classic argument for government intervention is market failure - the inability of the market economy to correct itself from a dysfunctional state (such as the Great Depression). Students will examine articles from the University library to analyze real-world examples of U.S. government intervention programs and apply current week readings to make intelligent conclusions about the economic policies. Examples of intervention programs you may select, but are not limited to: US agriculture support programs Low income support programs (Food Stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Low-income rent controls and housing vouchers Government promotion of renewable energy sources to discourage use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil Unemployment Insurance Bailout of

U.S. banks and other financial institutions during the Great Recession Bailout of U.S. auto makers during the Great Recession Social Security retirement benefits Develop a minimum 10-slide MicrosoftÂŽ PowerPointÂŽ presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following: Describe the intervention and detail its history. Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information in our course textbook on market failures. Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention. Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention. Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation including whether costs are increasing, decreasing, or vary with the state of the economy. Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions. Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified and defend your recommendation. Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. However, if your source includes the copyright symbol, which looks like this: ÂŠ, then you should not copy any table and/or charts from that source. You could use, but are not required to use, charts/graphs retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED web site as long as the data sources used by FRED to create those charts are government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peerreviewed references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Lowincome rent controls and housing vouchers)

retirement benefits Develop a minimum 10-slide MicrosoftÂŽ PowerPointÂŽ presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following: Describe the intervention and detail its history. Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information in our course textbook on market failures. Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention. Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention. Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation including whether costs are increasing, decreasing, or vary with the state of the economy. Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions. Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified and defend your recommendation. Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. However, if your source includes the copyright symbol, which looks like this: ÂŠ, then you should not copy any table and/or charts from that source. You could use, but are not required to use, charts/graphs retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED web site as long as the data sources used by FRED to create those charts are government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peerreviewed references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ========================================================== ==========================

ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Low income support programs)

voiceover including the following: Describe the intervention and detail its history. Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information in our course textbook on market failures. Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention. Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention. Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation including whether costs are increasing, decreasing, or vary with the state of the economy. Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions. Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified and defend your recommendation. Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. However, if your source includes the copyright symbol, which looks like this: ÂŠ, then you should not copy any table and/or charts from that source. You could use, but are not required to use, charts/graphs retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED web site as long as the data sources used by FRED to create those charts are government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peerreviewed references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ====================================================================================