Reference no: EM131427373
Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions 1: Good Will in Price Bidding
Sometimes, a bidder on a work contract may bid lower than what would maximize his/her profit from the contract and the reason for that is to create goodwill (to increase expected future business from the buyer). How would you value the goodwill that is obtained in this way?
Guided Response:
Think about an example that pertains to you. If there is expected goodwill would you be prepared to bid lower to get a contract? Explain your reasons. In 300 words or more APA.
Discussion Questions 2: New Production Introduction
Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany owns Alka-Seltzer, which was launched in 1931 and was meant for relief of minor aches, pains, inflammation, fever, headache, heartburn, sour stomach, indigestion, and hangovers. Alka-Seltzer Plus was a spin-off of the original medicine, meant to relieve colds and flu.
The company has recently introduced a new and improved Alka-Seltzer Plus, as described in this TV ad.
The ad shows that Alka-Seltzer Plus can fight congestion, unlike NyQuil.
Explain how Alka-Seltzer Plus has been quality and price-positioned in an existing market. In your opinion, has Bayer positioned their product appropriately in the market for cold and flu symptoms relief products? Would you advise Bayer to use a skimming or a penetration pricing strategy? Explain your reasoning.
How do you think Proctor and Gamble, the company who produces Vicks NyQuil, would respond to the ad?
Guided Response:
In 300 words or more, please, provide your response to the above discussion question. If Bayer is currently making normal profits on most of the products in its product line, but is making pure profits on its new Alka-Seltzer Plus with decongestant, what should Bayer do to increase its profits?
|
Find the sample proportion
: Find the sample proportion and the 95% margin of error for the proportion of undergraduates who spend no time on Facebook.
|
|
Develop two strategies that will help your company reduce
: Develop two strategies that will help your company reduce expatriate turnover. Summarize both ideas in memo format to present to your boss. Create compelling arguments in favor of your solution to persuade your boss.
|
|
Discuss about the dhhs article related to cost and quality
: The Department of Health and Human Services has oversight of several agencies (i.e., FDA, CDC, AHRQ, NIH, CMS) that regulate health care in the United States. Regulation encompasses insurance plans, cost, research, safety, all in the name of deliv..
|
|
Construct confidence interval for average number of minutes
: Explain why you might expect the population distributions of these two variables to be highly skewed to the right. Do you think this fact makes your confidence intervals invalid? Explain your answer.
|
|
How would you value the goodwill that is obtained
: How would you value the goodwill that is obtained in this way? In your opinion, has Bayer positioned their product appropriately in the market for cold and flu symptoms relief products?
|
|
Provide an estimate of given difference
: Provide an estimate of this difference.- Explain why it is incorrect to use the two-sample t test to see if the means differ.
|
|
How effective do you think tims posts are
: How effective do you think Tim's posts are in terms of expressing his charisma and how effective do you think Tim's posts are for purposes of inspiring the sales representatives to sell more auto parts and supplies?
|
|
What functional dependencies exist between the attributes
: Identify the Primary Key(s) and the Foreign Key(s). What issue does this entity have that can be solved by normalization? What functional dependencies exist between the attributes?
|
|
How can a smaller class have an impact of education
: How can a smaller class have an impact of education.
|