MANAGERIAL ECON.+BUS.STRATEGY (LOOSE)
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Author: Baye
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After graduation, you face a choice. One option is to work for a multinational consulting firm and earn a starting salary (benefits included) of $40,000. The other option is
to use $7,000 in savings to start your own consulting firm. You could earn an interest return of 7 percent on your savings. You choose to start your own consulting firm. At
the end of the first year, you add up all of your expenses and revenues. Your total includes $10,000 in rent, $1,000 in office supplies, $24,000 for office staff, and $3,500
in telephone expenses.
Explicit costs include all costs for which direct payments are made Rent ($10,000), office supplies ($1,000), staff salaries ($24,000), and telephone ($3,500) = $
Implicit costs include opportunity costs: foregone wages ($40,000), and foregone interest payments ($7,000x7%) = $
Suppose, that you have now operated your consulting firm for a year. At the end of the first year, your total revenues are
$78,000
Your accounting profit is $ Your economic…
After graduation, you face a choice. One option is to work for a multinational consulting firm and earn a starting salary (benefits included) of
$40,000. The other option is to use $6,000 in savings to start your own consulting firm. You could earn an interest return of 5 percent on your
savings. You choose to start your own consulting firm. At the end of the first year, you add up all of your expenses and revenues. Your total
includes $9,000 in rent, $850 in office supplies, $18,000 for office staff, and $3,500 in telephone expenses.
Your explicit costs are $
Your implicit costs are $
Chapter 1 Solutions
MANAGERIAL ECON.+BUS.STRATEGY (LOOSE)
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