Publications by Gustavo Regalado
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Chater Openning Questions A manager needs to monitor: Summary Managing through the Business Cycle Steps Description Assess vulnerability to the recession “How vulnerable is our company to recession or a slowdown in sales?” Assess the vulnerability in terms of magnitude and timing of slowdowns in sales using national data on the company�...
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Chater Openning Questions A manager needs to: Summary Table of possible options in a contiengency plan Expecting a downturn During moderate downturns During severe recessions capital spending reevaluate cut entirely or almost entirely not only cut entirely, but consider selling assets employment slow hiring freeze hiring, layoff generic produ...
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Evaluate your client company’s contingency plan In This week’s Best Practice 7 we learned how to prepare for a recession and what steps to take in case a recession occurs. The company Grappone that I have been researching has already created a list of steps, but there are still some more actions that they can take as a precaution. If they...
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Chater Openning Questions A manager needs to: Be concerned about business cycles in other countries Summary For a major industrialized country, the monitoring system would closely resemble that used in the United States with an addition of foreign exchange risk. For a less developed country, Risk Indicators monetary policy varies depending ...
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None of our client companies operate in a foreign country. They don’t sell into a foreign market. Nor do they manufacture in a foreign market. So we will use a hypothetical manufacturing company, Daewoo, for the assignment. Daewoo is an American automobile manufacturing company that makes cars in the U.S. and sells in the U.K. market. Assum...
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Chapter Opening Questions A business manager, to assess the risk of a regional recession, needs to monitor Summary Although a regional economic cycle is not perfectly synchronized with its national counterpart, it tends to move up and down with the national economy. In addition to the broader national economy, two other factors influence a r...
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Economic Dashboard Location Quotient https://www.analyticsforeconomics.com/ Your interpretation Examine the chart above and answer the following questions in at least 200 words. What is the status of New Hampshire’s economy now? Is it in a recession? Is a recession around the corner? As of right now New Hampshire is not in a recession as ...
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Chapter Opening Questions A business manager in a capital-intensive industry needs to monitor its own industry cycles because they routinely experience ( cycles of over investment and price weakness). Summary Why capital-intensive industries are different Capital-intensive industries are prone to cycles of overinvestment and can lead to unpr...
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Assume Daewoo, a hypothetical oil extraction company, has the following cost structure. It spends: • $40/barrel on labor costs, raw materials, energy, and • $35/barrel on interest, depreciation, insurance, and administrative staff expense. Read the textbook carefully, and answer the following questions. A recession hits, the market price ...
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Write one key takeaway per chapter. Write at least 100 words for each chapter summary. Ch1 It’s Not Just about Forecasting Understanding economics can help you to diagnose the causes of increases or decrease in sales volumes and costs. Some businesses try to get away from dependence on an economic forecast. No forecast is likely to be perf...
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