Suppose the world price is​ $20. a. Is this country an exporter or an​ importer? A. exporter B. importer b. How many units of the good are​ exported/imported? nothing units c. Fill in the chart below. If your answer is​ negative, put a minus sign in front of the number. Area Before Trade Value After Trade Value Change Value Consumer Surplus ​$ nothing ​$ nothing ​$ nothing Producer Surplus ​$ nothing ​$ nothing ​$ nothing Total Welfare ​$ nothing ​$ nothing ​$ nothing d. Who gains when the country allows free international​ trade? A. consumers and the government B. consumers C. no one gains D. consumers and producers E. ​consumers, producers, and the government F. producers G. producers and the government H. the government Who loses from free trade in this​ case? A. the government B. no one gains C. consumers and the government D. producers E. consumers F. ​consumers, producers, and the government G. producers and the government H. consumers and producers ​Overall, is there a net gain or a net loss when the country moves from No Trade to Free​ Trade? A. net gain B. net loss What is the overall value of the gain or​ loss? ​$ nothing ​(if your answer is​ negative, put a minus sign before your​ answer).

Jimmy owns an ice cream parlor. he designs a schedule for the different tasks the employees have to perform in order to prevent monotony at work. according to the schedule, if an employee makes waffle cones on a day, he serves ice creams the next day and clears the tables on the day after that. jimmy is using the approach at his ice cream parlor.

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

1. the political environment in india has proven to be critical to company performance for both pepsico and coca-cola india. what specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? if not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. timing of entry into the indian market brought different results for pepsico and coca-cola india. what benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3. the indian market is enormous in terms of population and geography. how have the two companies responded to the sheer scale of operations in india in terms of product policies, promotional activities, pricing policies, and distribution arrangements? 4. “global localization” (glocalization) is a policy that both companies have implemented successfully. give examples for each company from the case.