Answer:
B) Focusing on a more narrowly defined segment and "outfocusing" the focuser.
Explanation:
Ikea is a cost leader, but it also focuses on offering differentiated features that appeal to its target market (young buyers interested in stylish furniture at low cost), like unique designs, extended hours, playrooms for customers' children, etc.
So if another firm wants to beat Ikea at its own game, it must offer similar but better services and products by focusing on Ikea's strengths and beating them on their own game.
Answer:
The price of fertilizer must be greater than average variable cost.
Explanation:
- Being a perfectly competitive market the prices of the fertilizers will rise. As the forms are making economic losses the prices must be greater the average variable costs.
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Businesses and corporations relocate to developing nations so they
don't have to pay the wages that developed nations pay their workers.
Many of these nations do not have the same regulations in regards to
workers' rights, benefits, safety, and environmental impact. Because
companies aren't subject to these regulations, they are able to save
millions of dollars. As a result, businesses shut down operations in the
U.S. and other developed nations and move those jobs abroad.
Answer: 6.42%
Explanation:
To calculate this, we use the formula for the Dividend Discount Model/ Gordon Growth Formula as follows:
P = D1/(r - g)
Where,
P = current stock price
D1 = Next dividend
r = required return
g = growth rate
We can make r the subject of the equation by,
P = D1/(r - g)
P(r - g) = D1
r - g = D1/P
r = D1/P + g
Calculating therefore we have,
r = 2.65/43.15 + 0.045
= 0.06417728852
= 6.42%
6.42% is the required return.
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