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GB 540 Unit 5 Assignment For this Assignment, you are to continue using the same Fortune 500 company you selected in Unit 4. The focus here is on its domestic (American) operations, with global issues left for Unit 6. Begin by reading through the material on economic indicators in the Webliography. Select 6-10 indicators that are of particular relevance to your firm and explain why. Next, outline a strategy for how the firm should respond to t ...

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GB 540 Unit 6 Discussion 3 Quantity supplied and demanded for products change as the prices of the products change. Similarly, supply and demand for foreign currency result in changing prices of a currency. The price of a currency changes as demand for foreign currencies changes. This price of foreign currency, in terms of U.S. currency, is known as the foreign exchange rate. Exchange rate simply indicates how many USA dollars it will cost us ...

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GB 540 Unit 4 Discussion 3 Both inflation rate and unemployment rate are closely watched aspects of macroeconomic performances of the economy, and they are also among the key variables guiding macroeconomic policy targets. Moreover, the sum of inflation rate and the unemployment rate is described as the misery index, which purports to measure the health of the economy and welfare. The existence of high unemployment rate is a serious problem f ...

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GB 540 Unit 6 Discussion 1 The gains from specialization and trade are based on comparative advantage, which reflects the relative opportunity cost. When countries specialize in producing goods and services for which they have comparative advantages, total production in the global economy rises. Trade advocates argue that this increase in the size of the economic pie can be used to make all trading countries better off through international tr ...

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GB 540 Unit 6 Assignment The Final Project is to be submitted as a PowerPoint presentation of approximately 20-25 slides. Material from the Unit 4 and Unit 5 Assignments can be used to provide a background and foundation upon which to build. While the primary focus of the Final Project should be on your firm’s global operations, integrate information on the regional and national level, as well. How have they done in the past? What is th ...

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GB 540 Unit 2 Assignment According to the law of demand, if price increases, quantity demanded of a good or service will decrease or vice versa. Price elasticity of demand tells us how much quantity demanded will decrease when price increases or how much quantity demanded will increase if price decreases. On the other hand, according to the law of supply, if the price increases, quantity supplied of a good or service will increase. Similarly, ...

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GB 540 Unit 4 Assignment Select a GLOBAL Fortune 500 company (it cannot be one you work for) that operates in the United States and in other nations around the world. You will be using the same firm for the Unit 5 Assignment and the Unit 6 Final Project, so make sure it is one you are interested in and that has plenty of good sources of information available. 1. Summarize the firm’s history, its recent and current operating results, an ...

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GB 540 Unit 3 Assignment For most firms today, success or failure is determined by the ability to find, attract, keep, develop, and tap into the most talented workforce that can be assembled. Use the Kaplan Online Library to search for articles related to this topic. Write a 5-page report outlining what firms need to do in order to bring in the most talented people (from anywhere) and make the fullest possible use of their abilities. Support y ...

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GB 540 Unit 1 Assignment All problems below are to be completed and submitted to the Unit 1 Dropbox by the end of Unit 1. Problem #1:Using either a graph or table (Refer to pages 11-15 for help with graphs and tables) use two goods to construct a production possibilities curve. Clearly explain what a variety of different points on the curve mean. What would make the curve expand or contract? Why is efficiency lost at the extremes, as when sub ...

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GB 540 Unit 5 Discussion 3 The textbook describes how banks “create” money. It also highlights the impacts of this money creation during the periods of inflationary gap and recessionary gap. During the period of a recessionary gap, higher rates of unemployment may be accompanied by lower prices. Banks have a role in the recovery process with their lending roles. The modern money is called fiat money. Fiat money is a currency, w ...

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