Answer:
D. Arranging for a market offering to occupy a clear, distinctive, and desirable place relative to competing products in the minds of target consumers
Explanation:
Positioning simply consists in establishing a specific market position for the product or service relative to the products or services that the competition offers.
For example, Wal-Mart has found that its most effective positioning strategy is to occupy the market place of the cheapest retail store. Wal-Mart does not try to appeal to everyone, it tries to offer the cheapest products in the market (which in itself has a very wide appeal, but the appeal is not universal anyway).
Answer:
B. A strategic action because such a large plant expansion will require a major commitment of resources.
Explanation:
There are two major forms of action in business decision making: strategic and tactical. Strategic action deals with decision that require major planning and investment of resource. Strategic actions have long term implementation and effect and are difficult to reverse.
Tactical actions, on the other hand, are flexible and involves actions taken on short term basis. Tactical actions are majorly bye-product of strategic decision.
On this note, Circus Aircraft`s decision to double its plant capacity over the next two years is a strategic action because such a large plant expansion will require a major commitment of resources. And the action will not easily reversible.
Other options in the question are not totally right.
Answer:
single seller competition in the short run
Explanation:
because Monopoly is considered a product maximizer so it can't be minimal and it most definitely is not close substitute for their products and services
Currency exchange rates based on many different factors. These factors are interest rates, inflation, public debt, deficits, terms of trade and political stability or the economic performance. Due to the many factors that affects currency exchange rate, it is almost impossible to predict where it is heading.
Answer:
a. 1.27%
b. 15.24%
c. 16.35%
Explanation:
a. What is the monthly return on this investment vehicle?
The formula for the value of a Perpetuity is;
Value = Payment/ rate
Rate = Payment/ Value
Rate = 1,450/114,000
= 0.0127
= 1.27%
b. What is the APR?
APR is the annual rate. The above figure is the monthly rate.
APR = Monthly rate * 12
= 1.27 * 12
= 15.24%
c. What is the effective annual return?
Effective annual return = [1 + (APR/n)]^n – 1
n is the number of compounding periods which is 12 here for monthly compounding.
= [1 + (15.24%/12)]^12– 1
= 16.35%
