<u>Solution and Explanation:</u>
(a). Firm in perfect competition produces at minimum efficient scale, MEC where average cost AC is minimum. The price is determined by the market supply and demand.
(b) Note that q1 is at the minimum of AC while Q* is to the left of q1. Similarly, P1 is equal to MC while P* is higher than MC. This shows that firms in perfect competition produce more and charge less than the firms in monopolistically competitive market.
(c) All firms in monopolistically competitive market as well as perfectly competitive market earn zero economic profit in the long run. This is because there is a free entry and exit
(d) Demand is steeper for firms in monopolistically competitive market so that demand is elastic. Demand is horizontal for any quantity which means it is perfectly elastic for a firm in competitive market.
Answer: 1. 18 times
2. Park is in better position
Explanation:
1. Times interest earned is a financial ratio that measures interest coverage. It's essentially to check if a company can pay it's debt payments and is calculated by either EBIT or EBITDA divided by the total interest expense. The higher the better and anything above 2.5 times is usually considered.
Calculating would therefore be,
= $6,120,000 /$340,000
= 18 times.
2. As mentioned in the first answer, for the Times interest earned, the higher it is, the more favourable it is. So Park Company will be considered safer and are most definitely in a better or worse position than its competitor to make interest payments if the economy turns bad. The fact that theirs is 18 means that they can pay off their interest expense 5 times more than their competitor who can only repay 12 times.
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higher prices and higher outputs
Answer:
Explanation: Cultural differences can affect the workplace and how employees cooperate. In a business it is crucial to determine employers and employees' cultural differences to decipher how these differences can be incorporated into the work place so that everyone can operate cohesively.
So it is important to take the best choice and investigate this situation further. Before forming an opinion, make sure you have viewed everyone's perspective. Try and figure out why the workers are disobeying Kenji's orders, but also determine why Kenji has such a dominating and unreadable personality.
It is important to note that Sweden is a low - context culture. This means that Swedish people communicate information in explicit and direct ways. Facial expressions, gesture and other forms of non verbal communication aren't heavily used or taken into consideration when communicating, and people often communicate verbally only, to get taken their points across. Japan however is a high context culture and relies on non - verbal cues such as traditions and context to communicate information.
Because of the different cultural contrasts Kenji should consider providing more clearer, more verbal (and less ambiguous) instructions to his employees so that communication is better understood by all the parties involved.
Answer:
Authority - Responsibility Balance & Incentive Development.
Explanation:
Authority refers to the power to command, give orders to somebody. And enjoying the position of having right to get it obeyed.
Responsibility refers to being in a position of accountability, answerability for an allocated task or job & its performance.
For Eg : A manager given responsibility to complete a task of production targets achievement, is also given authority to command the entire staff at the production site.
Joe had problem while working for someone else that :- he had responsibility to complete employers allocated task, but may be not given enough authority to do so, thats why he felt he is being 'commanded by, working for' someone else. Also, he doesn't owe the rewards of his acts, so lacks incentive.
Being an entrepreneur will entitle him with managerial responsibilities, but at the same time will also give him higher authority to take his own independent decisions. And, he is himself responsible for his acts, will bear losses or enjoy profits for himself. So, it also incentivises him to work for himself.
