Answer:
either using its low-cost edge to underprice competitors and attract price sensitive buyers in large enough numbers to increase total profits or refraining from price-cutting and using the low-cost advantage to earn a bigger profit margin on each unit sold.
Explanation:
Competitive advantage is the edge that a firm has over others in the same industry that results in higher profit margins for them.
One of the importance competitive advantages is price advantage.
This results from the firm being a low cost leader. Their cost of production is low enough for them to attract customers that are price sensitive leading to increased profits.
Also they can underprice their competitors or earn profit margins on the reduced cost of production per unit
Answer:
The advantages of starting own business:
- Flexibility: a person who starts his own business does not necessarily have to work 9/5 monday-friday, he can set his own schedule. Needless to say, many business owners work longer hours than regular employees, but the do so because of the hope to earn more money from profits than from a regular wage.
- The possibility of profit: an employee in a legal firm will not be able to obtain any dividends (unless he owns stock), while the very definition of a business owner is someone who obtains profits.
- Fulfillment: it is probably more fulfilling to see your own business develop and grow than go to work everyday for someone else's company.
Some disdavantages are:
- Risk: starting a business is risky. The business might result in losses instead of profits, in other words, the business may fail.
- Capital needs: to start a business, you need some capital, and it is not always easy to obtain. Most business owners either get debts, or liquidate some of their own assets (house, car, etc) to finance the company.
- Longer work hours: as stated above, it's very likely that a business owner will have to work night and day, especially during the first stages.
Answer:
False
Explanation:
The general purpose of idea generation is to come up with the largest amount of possible ideas, it doesn't matter how crazy they might seem.
The purpose of succeeding stages will be to funnel the ideas and only work and develop the most promising ones.
In 2012,70%of rich people were self made in the USA.That is the updated answer in 2012.
