25 POINTS- APE X

Because it takes many years before newly planted orange trees bear fruit, the supply curve in the short run is almost vertical.

Sergeu [11.5K]

Because it takes many years before newly planted orange trees bear fruit, the supply curve in the short run is almost vertical. In the long run, farmers can decide whether to plant oranges on their land, to plant something else, or to sell their land altogether. Therefore, the long-run supply of oranges is much more price sensitive than the short-run supply of oranges.

Assuming that the long-run demand for oranges is the same as the short-run demand, you would expect a binding price ceiling to result in a Shortage that is Larger in the long run than in the short run.

Answer: (a) shortage,(b) Larger

Explanation:

Binding ceiling price which is set by government.Ceiling price is the maximum price above which we cannot sell the goods. Binding ceiling price means price that is set below the equilibrium price.Firms cannot sell there goods above that price. Now equilibrium price means ,a price which is determined at a point where demand and supply curve meets.

When there exist binding ceiling price than there might be some firms who are not willing to sell at that price .So there can be shortage of supply .This shortage will be larger in long run than in short run because in short run supply remains same irrespective of change in price.

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3 years ago

The death benefit of a(n) _____ life insurance policy may go down because of poor investment returns.

ICE Princess25 [194]

The death benefit of a(n) variable and universal life insurance policy may go down because of poor investment returns.
Universal life insurance and variable life insurance are two types of permanent life insurance, in this case if the the person who insured dies any time as long as there is enough cash value to pay the costs of insurance in the policy, the death benefit will be paid.

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4 years ago

Alberto is working with a group of fifteen people to coordinate the merger of two corporations. Everyone in the group is highly

ololo11 [35]

Answer:

Decrease the size of the group

Explanation:

Since in the question it is mentioned that there is a group of fifteen people for coordinating the merger of two corporations. Everyone is highly qualified but the work of a group seems to very slow.

So if Alberto wants to increase the cohesiveness and productivity, so he should decrease the group size so that the working could come in a normal cycle and every task could be completed within a prescribed time.

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3 years ago

Overton Corporation, a manufacturer of household paints, is preparing annual financial statements at December 31, 2019. Because

Andre45 [30]

Answer:

The answer is "Operating expense of $800,000 and liability of $800,000".

Explanation:

It's obvious from its government that the company must recall any paint cans which have proved health hazardous. Its organization must remember its $800,000 in canned cans. The cost of recall would also be referred to as administration fees since these costs aren't linked to its production of the paints. All operations of the company were performed. It must be held responsible for the calculation of the recalling costs.

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3 years ago

An electronics firm is considering how best to supply the world market for microprocessors used in consumer and industrial elect

nadezda [96]

Answer:

Explanation:

The total value of the world market for this product, over the next 10 yes is minimum of 10 billion dollars.

In a year, this will be 1 billion dollars

To start the manufacturing, a plant worth 500 million dollars has to be erected. This is half of a billion, meaning that the company will make total revenue of 1 billion and have total cost of at least half a billion, in a year.

So the company's yearly profit will be equal to the amount used to erect a manufacturing plant

But hey, the company will pay workers and its workers are highly skilled (will deserve a high pay for their skills) so the company won't even make up to the above calculated profit in a year!

Now, owing to this situation - the situation whereby the expected revenue for the product is not so much above the cost of production - we prescribe CONCENTRATED or CENTRALIZED MANUFACTURING.

This is a case where just a single plant or manufacturing facility will be used to produce the microprocessors. Since the company is virtually just starting out, starting with one plant will be better for them. The customization of their product will be efficient here, as opposed to Decentralized manufacturing (where they'll use a number of plants).

Also, centralized/concentrated manufacturing reduces production cost per unit of the good.

The cost of production is also relatively lower and there is almost no leakage in the utility of resources at the plant because that is the only plant the company has. There'll b maximum utility of facilities and resources.

(B) What kind of locations should the firm favour for its plants??

Here, we consider the fact that the prevailing tariffs in this industry are currently low.

This means that we can focus on other things like:

Nearness of the plant to source of raw materials

Nearness to the required kind of labour (highly skilled labour)

Proximity to consumers (those who purchase the product)

Of these and more factors, I prescribe nearness to highly skilled labour. If raw materials also happen to be in the same region as the required workforce, that is a plus to the company.

The company will hence be better of with a Concentrated manufacturing strategy and a location that favours lower cost of factors of production (land, labour, capital, entrepreneurship)

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3 years ago