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POLITICAL FORCES: Forces in the marketing environment that are shaped by elected (and sometimes appointed) officials that impact the decisions made by a business organization. Government officials can enact laws that could cause serious harm to specific business sectors. For example, a state that passes laws prohibiting off-shore drilling would dramatically affect an oil drilling company's business outlook. Through environmental scanning a business looks at these political forces that might affect them in the short and long term.
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Lesson 11: Elasticity Basics | Unit 1: The Concept
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Some Definitions
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- The working, measurement based definition goes something like this:
- Elasticity is the percentage change of one variable relative to the percentage change in another variable.
- When applied to market analysis, specific elasticity definitions work for both demand and supply:
- The price elasticity of demand is the percentage change in quantity demanded resulting from a percentage change in demand price.
- The price elasticity of supply is the percentage change in quantity supplied resulting from a percentage change in supply price.
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PERFECT COMPETITION, LONG-RUN EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS The long-run equilibrium of a perfectly competitive industry generates six specific equilibrium conditions, including: (1) economic efficiency (P = MC), (2) profit maximization (MR = MC), (3) perfect competition (MR = AR = P), (4) breakeven output (P = AR = ATC), (5) minimum production cost (MC = ATC), and (6) minimum efficient scale (MC = ATC = LRAC = LRMC).
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BLUE PLACIDOLA [What's This?]
Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time driving to a factory outlet trying to buy either a set of serrated steak knives, with durable plastic handles or a pair of blue silicon oven mitts. Be on the lookout for fairy dust that tastes like salt. Your Complete Scope
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Mark Twain said "I wonder how much it would take to buy soap buble if there was only one in the world."
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"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. " -- George Allen, U.S. senator
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CRA Community Reinvestment Act, Contemporaneous Reserve Accounting
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