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Economists say that individuals make decisions at the margin. What does its menas?

leva [86]

Answer:

When Economists say that humans make decisions at the margin they mean that decisions are made on the basis of the cost and benefit of getting an additional unit of a good/ service.

Marginal benefit refers to the additional utility that we will derive from consuming one extra unit of a good or service and factors in heavily into our decision making. We usually accept a decision if the Marginal benefit is higher or equal to the Marginal cost ( cost of the additional unit) of the good/service.

If the Marginal Cost is instead higher, the decision would most probably be cancelled.

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3 years ago

Years ago in the overnight delivery business, providing package tracking capability gave some firms a competitive advantage. Now

Morgarella [4.7K]

When a company gains a competitive advantage over an action that becomes mandatory in the line of business, such as providing package tracking capability, this is an example of profitability factors becoming productivity factors over time.

<h3 /><h3>What are profitability factors?</h3>

It corresponds to factors that enable a company to be positioned and competitive in the market in which it operates, determined by internal and external agents, such as:

Demand force
Advertsing
Substitute products
Economy of scale
Costs

Therefore, an organization's profitability factors became productivity factors by instituting new forms of work management that generated competitive advantages for the organization.

So, the correct answer is:

D. Profitability factors; productivity factors.

Find out more information about profitability here:

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2 years ago

Washington state university lost its football game against notre dame in overtime, when the kicker missed. the kicker got death

erik [133]

Scapegoat theory - apex

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3 years ago

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Both faith and business can bring humans together in progress and security, and yet both can also create divisions and sow the s

AysviL [449]

Answer:

If by Dark Ages, we mean the Middle Ages, then, one can safely say that business did more to bring the dark ages to an end and restore the world to civilization and progress.

The Middle Ages represented a decline in several areas, especially trade, when compared with classical antiquity (Ancient Greece and Rome).

By the late Middle Ages, several cities, especially in Italy, had began to develop trade networks again, and a merchant class was emerging.

With time, more cities became trade hubs, and this prompted economic development. Businesses grew, science and technological progress increased, and in general terms, civilization advanced more quickly in a few centuries than in the past millenia.

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4 years ago

Toy Town is considering a new toy that will cost $49,100 in startup costs. The toy is expected to produce cash flows of $47,500

Tasya [4]

Answer:

NPV with a 14.9% discount rate: 6,329.06

The toy should be produced as the NPV is positive.

IRR = 26.65%

Explanation:

First we calculate for the NPV using the given discount rate of 14.9%

We will calculate the present value of each year cash inflow:

$\frac{inflow}{(1 + rate)^{time} } = PV$

Year 1 cash inflow: 47,500.00

time 1.00

rate 0.149

$\frac{47500}{(1 + 0.149)^{1} } = PV$

PV 41,340.30

Year 2 cash inflow: 18,600.00

time 2.00

rate 0.149

$\frac{18600}{(1 + 0.149)^{2} } = PV$

PV 14,088.76

Then, we add them and subtract the investment to get NPV

NPV = 14,088.76 + 41,340.3 - 49,100 = 6,329.06

The toy should be produced as the NPV is positive.

Now for the IRR

That is the rate at which NPV equals zero we can solve for this using the quadratic equation as there are only two cash flow:

Year 1 will discount at (1+IRR)

Year 2 will be discount at (1+IRR )^2

So we can express and recreate the quadratic formula:

18,600 X^2 + 47,500 X - 49,500 = 0

A = 18,600

B = 47,500

C = -49,100

$x_1 = \frac{-b+\sqrt{b^{2} -4ac}}{2a}\\x_2 = \frac{-b -\sqrt{b^{2} -4ac}}{2a}$

We can solve and get:

x1 = 0.78957

x2 = -3.3433

We take the positive value.

and now solve for IRR

$\frac{1}{1+ IRR} = 0.78957\\IRR = \frac{1}{0.78957} -1$

IRR = 0,2665121 = 26.65%

This will be the IRR for the project.

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4 years ago