Who benefits more from competition: Consumer, firms or government.

Grade 8B

News 1: Increase Competition Among Banks to Help Small Businesses

News 2: Energy: Is there enough competition in the market?

News 3: Cement firms to face more competition after inquiry

News 4: Can India's traditional family firms beat competition?

News 5: More competition in banking depends upon a more feasible plan

News 6: Competition Commission orders two healthcare groups to sell nine hospitals

News 7: European Commission rejects Google's latest proposals to settle antitrust case

News 8: Car insurance too high, says Competition Commission

News 9: Google, the EU and antitrust Search over: The third attempt at a settlement is likely to be the last

News 10: Ed Miliband to call for banking competition inquiry

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Case Studies based Question

Please read above mentioned news articles and use the information in preparing your article for the given question. I will appreciate if you use other referenced information in support of your answer.   

In business competition encourages the firms to be more efficient, productive and cost effective. It helps them to gain greater market share, maintaing higher profits and boasting themselves as a market leader. But all this comes at a cost. Firms spends lots of resources to maintain their advantage over the rival firms through price and non price competing strategies. 

  Discuss up to a what extent you agree that competition is more beneficial to consumers then to firms as it provides them better goods and services.    

Last date for Submission: 

March 2nd 2014

Please Write Your Response in 500 Words

Note: 

1. Write with references.

2. Market evidence in support of your reasons.

3. Marks allocation for this article is 20

    Rubrics for Marks.

    A. Theoretical Explanation 5 Marks

    B. References. 5 Marks [Use Harvard referencing style]

    C. Use of Key words. 5 Marks

    D. Examples from various Markets 5 Marks

Who benefits more from competition: Consumer, firms or government.

Grade 8A

News 1: Increase Competition Among Banks to Help Small Businesses

News 2: Energy: Is there enough competition in the market?

News 3: Cement firms to face more competition after inquiry

News 4: Can India's traditional family firms beat competition?

News 5: More competition in banking depends upon a more feasible plan

News 6: Competition Commission orders two healthcare groups to sell nine hospitals

News 7: European Commission rejects Google's latest proposals to settle antitrust case

News 8: Car insurance too high, says Competition Commission

News 9: Google, the EU and antitrust Search over: The third attempt at a settlement is likely to be the last

News 10: Ed Miliband to call for banking competition inquiry

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Case Studies based Question

Please read above mentioned news articles and use the information in preparing your article for the given question. I will appreciate if you use other referenced information in support of your answer.   

In business competition encourages the firms to be more efficient, productive and cost effective. It helps them to gain greater market share, maintaing higher profits and boasting themselves as a market leader. But all this comes at a cost. Firms spends lots of resources to maintain their advantage over the rival firms through price and non price competing strategies. 

  Discuss up to a what extent you agree that competition is more beneficial to consumers then to firms as it provides them better goods and services. 

March 2nd  2014

Please Write Your Response in 500 Words

Note: 

1. Write with references.

2. Market evidences in support of your reasons.

3. Marks allocation for this article is 20

    Rubrics for Marks.

    A. Theoretical Explanation 5 Marks

    B. References. 5 Marks [Use Harvard referencing style]

    C. Use of Key words. 5 Marks

    D. Examples from various Markets 5 Marks

Why poverty is a biggest challenge for development?

News 1: More than 270,000 poorest households in England face £80 council tax rise. [BBC]

News 2: Redefining Poverty [Los Angeles Times]

News 3: Caught in the cycle of poverty [Los Angeles Times]

News 4: India, China have resources to tackle poverty, says David Cameron [The Economic Times]

News 5: More than 270,000 poorest households in England face £80 council tax rise [The Guardian]

News 6: Africa's Poverty [BBC]

Article: Are we helping the poor? [The Economist]

Grade 9 Business

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Case Studies based Question

Please read above mentioned news articles and use the information in preparing your article for the given question. I will appreciate if you use other referenced information in support of you answer.   

Explain various reasons for the extreme poverty in some of the developing nations. Discuss how Government measures can effectively reduce the level of extreme poverty in a specific country.    

Last date for Submission: 

February 16 th 2014

Please Write Your Response in 500 Words

Note: 

1. Write with references.

2. Present market examples in support of your reasons.

3. Marks allocation for this article is 20

    Rubrics for Marks.

    A. Theoretical Explanation 5 Marks

    B. References. 5 Marks [Use Harvard referencing style]

    C. Use of Key words. 5 Marks

    D. Examples from various Markets 5 Marks

Advantages and disadvantage of Large scale production

News 1: Indonesia's hotly-contested mineral ban takes effect

News 2: Swallowed by coal: UK profits from Indonesia's destructive mining industry

News 3: Honda India sacrifices profits in short term to build scale

News 4: Where Are the Economies of Scale We Were Promised?

News 5: Fat profits: how the food industry cashed in on obesity?

News 6: Sony considering selloff of Vaio PC business as sales dwindle

News 7: Panasonic 'to quit' loss-making plasma TV business

News 8: China Mobile Probes Loss-Making Exit From Hong Kong TV (1)

News 9: Acer Posts Record Loss After Making Further Write Offs

News 10: Nintendo Mulls New Business Model After Forecasting Loss

Grade 8A

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Case Studies based Question

Please read above mentioned news articles and use the information in preparing your article for the given question. I will appreciate if you use other referenced information in support of you answer.   

Explain various reasons for the exorbitant level of profits and losses with some of the firms in this world. Discuss how firm can benefit with Theories of Economics in improving profit margins or containing the losses.

Last date for Submission: 

February 16th 2014

Please Write Your Response in 500 Words

Note: 

1. Write with references.

2. Present market examples in support of your reasons.

3. Marks allocation for this article is 20

    Rubrics for Marks.

    A. Theoretical Explanation 5 Marks

    B. References. 5 Marks [Use Harvard referencing style]

    C. Use of Key words. 5 Marks

    D. Examples from various Markets 5 Marks

Advantages and disadvantage of Large scale production

News 1: Indonesia's hotly-contested mineral ban takes effect

News 2: Swallowed by coal: UK profits from Indonesia's destructive mining industry

News 3: Honda India sacrifices profits in short term to build scale

News 4: Where Are the Economies of Scale We Were Promised?

News 5: Fat profits: how the food industry cashed in on obesity?

News 6: Sony considering selloff of Vaio PC business as sales dwindle

News 7: Panasonic 'to quit' loss-making plasma TV business

News 8: China Mobile Probes Loss-Making Exit From Hong Kong TV (1)

News 9: Acer Posts Record Loss After Making Further Write Offs

News 10: Nintendo Mulls New Business Model After Forecasting Loss

Grade 8B

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Case Studies based Question

Please read above mentioned news articles and use the information in preparing your article for the given question. I will appreciate if you use other referenced information in support of you answer.   

Explain various reasons for the exorbitant level of profits and losses with some of the firms in this world. Discuss how firm can benefit with Theories of Economics in improving profit margins or containing the losses.

Last date for Submission: 

February 16th 2014

Please Write Your Response in 500 Words

Note: 

1. Write with references.

2. Present market examples in support of your reasons.

3. Marks allocation for this article is 20

    Rubrics for Marks.

    A. Theoretical Explanation 5 Marks

    B. References. 5 Marks [Use Harvard referencing style]

    C. Use of Key words. 5 Marks

    D. Examples from various Markets 5 Marks

Advantages and disadvantage of Large scale production

News 1: Indonesia's hotly-contested mineral ban takes effect

News 2: Swallowed by coal: UK profits from Indonesia's destructive mining industry

News 3: Honda India sacrifices profits in short term to build scale

News 4: Where Are the Economies of Scale We Were Promised?

News 5: Fat profits: how the food industry cashed in on obesity?

News 6: Sony considering selloff of Vaio PC business as sales dwindle

News 7: Panasonic 'to quit' loss-making plasma TV business

News 8: China Mobile Probes Loss-Making Exit From Hong Kong TV (1)

News 9: Acer Posts Record Loss After Making Further Write Offs

News 10: Nintendo Mulls New Business Model After Forecasting Loss

Grade 8C

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 Case Studies Based Question

Please read above mentioned news articles and use  information in preparing your essay for the given question. I will appreciate if you use other referenced information in support of your answer.   

 Explain various reasons for the exorbitant level of profits and losses with some of the firms in this world. Discuss how firm can benefit with Theories of Economics in improving profit margins or containing the losses.   

Last date for Submission: 

February 16th 2014

Please Write Your Response in 500 Words

Note: 

1. Write with references.

2. Present market examples in support of your reasons.

3. Marks allocation for this article is 20

    Rubrics for Marks.

    A. Theoretical Explanation 5 Marks

    B. References. 5 Marks [Use Harvard referencing style]

    C. Use of Key words. 5 Marks

    D. Examples from various Markets 5 Marks

Reasons and Solution to poverty

Grade 9 Business

News 1: We need new ways to measure poverty, UN meeting told

News 2: Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy 2013 Annual Report

News 3: News Flash: Antipoverty Programs Can Reduce Poverty

News 4: Income not the only measure of poverty

News 5: The War on Poverty at 50

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New Case Studies Discuss Question

Please read above mentioned news articles and use the information in preparing your article for the given question. I will appreciate if you use other referenced information in support of you answer.   

 Explain various reasons for the wide spread poverty around the world. Discuss the possible solutions to remove the last traces of poverty from this globe. 

Last date for Submission: 

February 10th 2014

Please Write Your Response in 500 Words

Note: 

1. Write with references.

2. Present market examples in support of your reasons.

3. Marks allocation for this article is 20

    Rubrics for Marks.

    A. Theoretical Explanation 5 Marks

    B. References. 5 Marks [Use Harvard referencing style]

    C. Use of Key words. 5 Marks

    D. Examples from various Markets 5 Marks 

A problem of Plagiarism

Important Notice for All

Grade 8 A/B/C and Grade 9B

Dear Students,

Its a great pleasure for me that you are taking a keen interest in writing essays for the given topic. You all are showing immense improvement in term of writing skills, researching appropriate case studies and referencing. But at the same time I have noticed some signs of plagiarism in your articles (copying others work).

I do agree with your logics that it may be a simple coincidence that your writings matched with some one else's writing in the world. So its a time to be unique and save ourself from this blame one day. Its important to improve ourself from the blame of some one else in the world by practicing hard and checking our work with the established writing works around the world.

For saving ourself from the blame of plagiarism I suggest you all to check your essays with the help of some renown websites which give completely free service for the common cause this evil work of copying. Websites are http://plagiarisma.net/ and http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/

These two websites can help us to see where our writing work is common with others. So you have to do a simple work.

First: Copy your article.

Second: open www.plagiarisma.net

Third: Paste your article in place provided in above mentioned website.

Fourth: Wait for few seconds and the website will show the level of copying done by you.

Fifth: Congratulations if copying recognised by the firm is less then 85 percent, publish your essay on the blog with score shown by the website.

Sixth: If Score is less then 85%,  redraft  your essay again and follow the procedure First to Fifth again.

God Bless You All.

How merger can benefits the society?

For Grade 8B

News 1: Microsoft-Nokia move could revolutionise mobile market, competing with Apple, Google

News 2: Microsoft buys Nokia’s handset business

News 3: Microsoft buys Nokia phones: smart move or desperate gamble?

News 4: Washington Post sold to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

News 5: Fly the merging skies

News 6: VW, Porsche shares gain on tie-up plans

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New Case Studies Discuss Question

Please read the above mentioned news articles and use the know knowledge in preparing your article for give question.  

Its generally said that Mergers and Acquisitions are always in the favour of Multinational companies and big corporate houses, but are against the consumers and government finances. 

Discuss up to what extent you agree with the statement. 

Submit your article before 

February 10th 2014

Please Write Your Response in 500 Words

Note: 

1. Write with references.

2. Present market examples in support of your reasons.

3. Marks allocation for this article is 20

    Rubrics for Marks.

    A. Theoretical Explanation 5 Marks

    B. References. 5 Marks [Use Harvard referencing style]

    C. Use of Key words. 5 Marks

    D. Examples from various Markets 5 Marks 

How merger can benefits the society?

For Grade 8C

News 1: Microsoft-Nokia move could revolutionise mobile market, competing with Apple, Google

News 2: Microsoft buys Nokia’s handset business

News 3: Microsoft buys Nokia phones: smart move or desperate gamble?

News 4: Washington Post sold to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

News 5: Fly the merging skies

News 6: VW, Porsche shares gain on tie-up plans

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New Case Studies Discuss Question

Please read the above mentioned news articles and use the know knowledge in preparing your article for give question.  

Its generally said that Mergers and Acquisitions are always in the favour of Multinational companies and big corporate houses, but are against the consumers and government finances. 

Discuss up to what extent you agree with the statement. 

Submit your article before 

February 10th 2014

Please Write Your Response in 500 Words

Note: 

1. Write with references.

2. Present market examples in support of your reasons.

3. Marks allocation for this article is 20

    Rubrics for Marks.

    A. Theoretical Explanation 5 Marks

    B. References. 5 Marks [Use Harvard referencing style]

    C. Use of Key words. 5 Marks

    D. Examples from various Markets 5 Marks 

How mergers benefits the society?

News 1: Microsoft-Nokia move could revolutionise mobile market, competing with Apple, Google

News 2: Microsoft buys Nokia’s handset business

News 3: Microsoft buys Nokia phones: smart move or desperate gamble?

News 4: Washington Post sold to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

News 5: Fly the merging skies

News 6: VW, Porsche shares gain on tie-up plans

For Grade 8A

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New Case Studies Discuss Question

Please read the above mentioned news articles and use the know knowledge in preparing your article for give question.  

Its generally said that Mergers and Acquisitions are always in the favour of Multinational companies and big corporate houses, but are against the consumers and government finances. 

Discuss up to what extent you agree with the statement. 

Submit your article before 

February 10th 2014

Please Write Your Response in 500 Words

Note: 

1. Write with references.

2. Present market examples in support of your reasons.

3. Marks allocation for this article is 20

    Rubrics for Marks.

    A. Theoretical Explanation 5 Marks

    B. References. 5 Marks [Use Harvard referencing style]

   C. Use of Key words. 5 Marks

    D. Examples from various Markets 5 Marks