Answer:
Which of the following statements about brand names is true?
- 1. Brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand.
Options 2 and 3 are wrong:
2. Brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions.
⇒ FALSE, just because a product has a certain brand it doesn't make it better and therefore more expensive. There are brands that consumers associate with luxury and expensive products, while there are other brands that consumers recognize while not necessarily being more expensive than others, e.g Coke.
3. It is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes.
⇒ FALSE, it depends on the type of product. Generic medicines as just as effective as banded medicines.
Read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising.
- This illustrates a common <u>CRITIQUE</u> of advertising. This ad targets young people that are susceptible to believing exaggerated or materialistic aspects of a product that cannot be proven correct or wrong.
Answer: Profit of charging the optimal block price is 73.5 cent or $0.74.
Explanation:
Given that,
The inverse demand function: P = 25 − 3Q (in cents)
Cost of producing = C(Q) = 1 + 4Q (in cents)
By charging the optimal block price, the firm produce at a point where
Price = Marginal Cost (MC)
MC = 4
Therefore,
25 − 3Q = 4
Q = 7
Consumer Surplus = Profit of charging the optimal block price=0.5 × (y-intercept of the demand curve -MC) × Q
= 0.5(25 - 4) × 7
= 73.5 cent
It is equivalent to $0.74.
Answer:
A. determining a few key ideas and how to best sequence them.
Explanation:
The effective communication is one in which the speaker is able to disseminate his ideas to the listener correctly. The panel of successful entrepreneur is interested in investing in the venture. The meeting is limited to 15 minutes so we should cover only key points and focus on their benefits of investing. The Entrepreneur has time to listen key ideas and its upon us to best sequence those ideas which leave a positive impact on the panel.
Answer:
The maximum investment is $6,360.111
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
The placement of a new surface would reduce the annual maintenance cost to $500 per year for the first 3 years and to $1000 per year for the next 7 years. After 10 years the annual maintenance would again be $2500.
We need to find the net present value. The maximum initial investment will be the amount that makes the NPV cero.
NPV=∑[Cf/(1+i)^n]
Cf= cash flow
<u>For example:</u>
Year 1= 500/1.05= 476.19
Year 3= 500/1.05^3= 431.92
Year 5= 1,000/1.05^5= 783.53
NPV= 6,360.111
The maximum investment is $6,360.111
