Answer:
D. an increase in the price of a good causes a decrease in market demand for that good.
Explanation:
First, if prices decrease, then people will feel wealthier and consume more and the aggregate demand increases. (Pigou´s effect)
Second, if interest rates decrease available domestic investors will invest in foreign countries where return (interest rates]) on investments are higher. If domestic investors invest in foreign countries the supply of dollars will increases. This will decrease the real exchange rate and then exports will be affected in a positive way; exports will increase and thus the aggregate demand.
Third, when the price level is down, consumers demand less currency, which means that they will keep more money in their bank accounts. If banks have more money, then the interest rate for loans decrease. If interest rates decrease, the cost of investment decreases too. Then, if the price for investment decreases, the demand for it increases and the aggregate demand decreases too.
Answer: interdependence
Explanation:
Price fixing - incorrect. This is an illegal practise where 2 competing companies from the same market unlawfully agree that they won't sell their goods below a specific price. Hewlett - Packard and Dell did not enter into an agreement to limit their sales prices to a specific amount.
Cutthroat competition - incorrect. This is a practise where competitors within the same market aim to cripple or even eliminate their competition, by using heavy promotion or predatory pricing techniques (setting low prices to try an remove rivals). Hewlett - Packard is not aiming to use destructive techniques to eliminate Dell, and in this case isn't even considering lowering it's prices at all.
Collusion - incorrect. This is an illegal secret conspiracy, usually committed by competitors joining forces to mislead and deceive others within or linked to the market. This doesn't apply as Hewlett Packard 's intentions not to raise prices aren't to deceive Dell and other competitors. Further Hewlett - Packard has not made a secret pact of any form with its competitors.
Interdependence - correct. Interdependence is companies relying on each other to fulfil their objectives. Hewlett Packard relies on its competitors and how they will behave to a change in prices and other economic factors. The market is quite fragile, so any change by a company could have chain - reaction level effects to other companies and its customers operating within that same market. Both companies thus need each other in order to succeed.
B. the number of similar yet supposedly different products,
Like toilet paper, though people come up with new designs, there truely is no new product, its just different
Answer:
The correct answers are letters "A" and "B": Your project is unimportant; I am unprofessional.
Explanation:
In business writing, it is very important to be <em>concise, clear, </em>and <em>professional</em>. Mason is showing none of that by sending a report using an old template without dedicating some minutes to review the content before sending the message. Mason's <em>unprofessional </em>behavior is reflected in not even changing the title of the report which is one of the most visible areas of the file. Under those circumstances, <em>the client may just believe making his report is not important for Mason</em>.
