Publications by Sam Bolinsky
Best Practices 7
Chater Openning Questions A manager needs to: Summary Table of possible options in a contingency 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 produc...
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applications 4
Economic Dashboard Grappone outputPrice = Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: New Vehicles in U.S. City Average inputPrice = Producer Price Index by Industry: New Car Dealers: New Vehicle Sales Bank of New Hampshire outputPrice = Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity inputPrice = Market Yield on U....
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Best practices 8
Chapter Openning Questions A manager needs to: Be concerned about business cycles in other countries and not just the U.S. 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 p...
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Applications 5
The vunerability assessment Analyze the data for your client company’s industry and answer the following questions. How much have sales in the industry declined in the recession? What’s the worst that has happened in the past? During the recession sales have declined 11.3% and the worst decline happened in the 4th quarter of 2008 when sa...
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Applications 7
Evaluate your client company’s contingency plan Read your client company’s response, see whether it is consistent with lessons we learned in chapter seven and whether you can improve it by applying this week’s lessons. Elaborate at least in 200 words and cite the lessons from the Best Practices 7 assignment. Business response to the qu...
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applications 9
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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Best Practices 9
Chapter Opening Questions A business manager, to assess the risk of a regional recession, needs to monitor the National economic cycle, the National cycle of the most important industries in the state, and the internal growth cycle. Summary Although a regional economic cycle is not perfectly synchronized with its national counterpart, it tend...
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Best practices 10
Chapter Opening Questions A business manager in a capital-intensive industry needs to monitor its own industry cycles because they routinely experience cycles of overinvestment and price weakness. Summary Industry cycles can happen anytime and fluctuate regularly with the national cycle playing a major influence. Why capital-intensive indust...
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Applications 8
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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Best Practices 11
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 diagnose why there are changes in sales volumes and costs. A wise business leader considers the risk of cost increases before committing to a fixed price. Business decisions are all...
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