What role does the U.S. Federal Reserve System play in the economy?
How does the Fed increase or decrease the money supply?
How does the change in the money supply affect the interest rate in the economy?
When is it appropriate to “cut” or “raise” the interest rate?
What are effects of too high or too low interest rates on inflation rate and the production of an economy?
Given the general direction of the current economy, what do you think the appropriate Fed policy should be in the next 6 months? Defend your answer with statistics and good economic reasoning.
Topic 1: Service Quality
Recall the last time you had an unsatisfactory encounter with a service provider. Given the dimensions of service quality, exactly where were the negative gaps between expectations and the actual service. Next, contrast the unsatisfactory experience with a positive one.
Topic 2: Technology service for your business
What would happen if you had a small tablet start-up business and you only had one person on call for service issues? How could you turn a negative product launch into a positive experience using social media? Any ideas?
THIS IS NOT A PROJECT, but A DISCUSSION POST (500 words max with APA cited work)
By Wednesday, January 13, 2016 find an advertisement for a product that is relatively common such as cosmetics, household goods, or appliances, which is being marketed to a global audience. Write a 3- to 5-page paper discussing the potential target market segments likely to purchase this product. Justify your response.
Discuss potential ethical issues (positive or negative) that the advertisement conveys. What will a consumer need to consider when deciding to purchase this product?
Scan a copy of the advertisement into your paper or provide a detailed description of the advertisement, including a link to view the advertisement if possible. Remember to cite your sources using the APA format.
Respond the following questions:
Question A
Several companies use their brand as a competitive advantage. Given your knowledge of the global economy, which brands do you believe have the strongest likelihood of remaining a source of advantage in the twenty-first century? Why? What effects do you believe the Internet' s capabilities have on this brand, and what should the manager of the brand do in light of them?
Question B
- What is corporate-level strategy and why is it important?
- Then, choose a company and evaluate its corporate-level strategy.
- What are some specific risks associated with using a corporate level strategy, as the manager what would you do to mitigate them for your firm?
- Buy vs. Make
Discuss how a product' s life-cycle can impact the buy/make aspect of the supply chain (refer to Section 9.3 in your text). Are there different times/phases in a product life-cycle when it would make sense to change from a buy/make aspect to an outsourced aspect (for the same part/aspect)?
- Wal-Mart
Read the Case: Wal-Mart Changes Tactics to Meet International Tastes (p.309-311) in chapter 10. Other than profit, what other reasons would Wal-Mart have for opening stores globally? Why would Wal-Mart want strong centralized or localized control of its stores?
Give an example of a product and why you bought/buy it. Be specific in referring to the 7 Ps in your post, and include which of the Ps is less relevant to you as well. Don’t forget that the Ps often are inter-related – there may be more than one P that influences your decision to buy a product.
how best to implement ways to make the workplace more conducive to human thriving based on the situational context of the organization.
(Tip Top Markets) Tip Top Markets is a regional chain of supermarkets located in the Southeastern United States. Karen Martin, the manages initiated to reduce of one of the stores, was disturbed by the large number of complaints from customers at her store, particularly on Tuesdays. On July 15, a quality complaint. Do the results of the last two weeks reflect improvement? She obtained complaint records from the store' s customer service desk for the last nine Tuesdays and identified the following six types of complaints: pricing, checkout speed & charging mistakes, long waiting lines, store & parking lot conditions, out of stock and quality of products am Complaints were tallied in the check sheet below. Checkout speed & Long Store & charging waiting parking lot Out of Quality of mistakes conditions stock lines products Date Pricing June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 V June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 (Tip Top Markets) Use the check sheet to fill in the seven blanks below. Type of complaint Ut of teak #checks An or formant’s July 27 (Tip Top Markets) Use the check sheet to fill the seven blanks below. #checks Type of complaint Out of stock Store &parking lot conditions Checkout speed & charging mistakes Quality of products Long waiting lines Pricing Total [Answer format: integer] [Answer format: integer] [Answer format: integer] [Answer format: integer] [Answer format: integer] [Answer format: integer] [Answer format: integer] late: There are seven answers To this question.) Write your answer(s) 12, 34, 56, 78, 91, 2, 345
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There are five dimensions of Service Quality:
- Tangibles are the appearance of physical characteristics associated with the service
- Reliability is the dependability entailed in the service performed.
- Responsiveness is the promptness and helpfulness of the service delivers.
- Assurance is the competence, courtesy, and credibility with which the service is provided.
- Empathy is the degree to which the service provider communicates with the customer and understands the customer' s needs and concerns.
As a manager for a house cleaning business, select one of those dimensions and suggest marketing manager activities to achieve success of the dimension.
Editing Contracts: Is the phrase: ” You also warrant that, to the extent you are not the exclusive holder of all Rights in a Submission, any third party holder of any Rights, including moral rights in such Submissions, has completely and effectively waived all such Rights and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to grant the license stated above.” ambitious? if so, why? Explain
What opportunities did American Airlines and US Airways airlines have to collude through multimarket contact before the merger?
Make an argument for whether or not the merger will represent a significant change. Support your argument with an estimate of the post-merger opportunity to collude through multimarket contact with other airlines.
44.a business that purchases products in large quantities from producers and then sells it to another entity is known as a
45. A company may partner with intermediaries because:
A. the producer needs the ability to lend the consumer credit.
B. the consumer needs the right producers.
C. The producer needs shipping and handling capabilities
D. the producer needs to contact other producers
E. the consumer needs marketing expertise
Interview an employee working in the same service business identified above. Ask the person to discuss each of the five dimensions of service quality with you as it relates to the person’s company. Which dimensions are most important? Are any dimensions not relevant in this context? Which dimensions does the company do best? Why? Which dimensions could benefit from improvement? Why?
Interview an employee working in the same service business identified above. Ask the person to discuss each of the five dimensions of service quality with you as it relates to the person’s company. Which dimensions are most important? Are any dimensions not relevant in this context? Which dimensions does the company do best? Why? Which dimensions could benefit from improvement? Why?