Answer:
a.Georgeland has an absolute but not a comparative advantage in producing clothing.
Explanation:
A country has a comparative advantage in production if it produces at a lower opportunity cost when compared with other countries.
A person has an absolute advantage in production if it produces more quantities of the good when compared with other countries.
Georgeland produces more quantities of both food and clothes when compared to Alland, so it has absolute advantage in both activities .
The opportunity cost of georgeland in producing clothes = 36 / 18=2
The opportunity cost of georgeland producing food = 18 / 36 = 0.5
For Alland,
the opportunity cost of producing clothes = 32 / 16= 2
the opportunity cost of producing food = 16 / 32 = 0.5
Neither countries don't have a comparative advantage in the production of either clothes of food bedside they have the same opportunity costs in both activities.
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Answer: e. To drive up market share
Explanation:
Differentiation strategies involve adding features to a good to make it stand out from the Competition. Since these features are usually beneficial, the value of the good goes up and the company selling them can charge more. This is the main way things are done in Monopolistic markets.
However, sometimes it is best to charge the same price the Competition is charging even though you have a better product. This way the company is able to capture Market Share because the consumers will believe they are getting a better value for their money. For instance, if a company was selling Toyotas at $2,000 and it's competitor was selling the same Toyota but with 2 extra tires for the same $2,000 who would you use? The Competitor most likely.
This is why a firm might want to keep prices in line with competitors.
Answer:
the Sharpe ratio of the optimal complete portfolio is 0.32
Explanation:
The computation of the sharpe ratio is shown below:
= (Return of portfolio - risk free asset) ÷ Standard deviation
= (17% - 9%) ÷ 25%
= 8% ÷ 25%
= 0.32
Hence, the Sharpe ratio of the optimal complete portfolio is 0.32
We simply applied the above formula
Answer:
The answer is: False
Explanation:
Whenever a company wants to go international it has a lot work to do before creating an international division. Several things must be done before, mostly research, for example:
- Research if your product is know overseas, is there any possible market for it, are there any restraints for your products in those new markets.
- Any legal constraint or logistical problem you have to consider.
- Any local competition you have to worry about.
- Does your product fit in a new culture.
- And very many etceteras.
That should all be done before considering spending money on creating an international division.
Probably when the internet didn´t exist, communications were scarce, no Tv existed, people in one country didn´t know anything about other cultures, etc., a comp nay would have first created an international division to scout foreign markets but right now it doesn´t make sense.
