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… constitutes one means by which individuals in different nations pay for their healthcare needs. When individuals hailing from poor backgrounds without any financial risk protection get sick or injured, they encounter the following difficulty: they may either make use of healthcare services, further impoverishing themselves by financing … difficulty: they may either make use of healthcare services, further impoverishing themselves by financing these services, or may forego treatment, stay sick/injured, and risk not being able to function properly or go to work. Regardless of the differences in funding and corporate structures in different nations, high-income … if one gets services outside member organizations or network (Araujo, 2020).
Role of Health Care Providers, Insurers and Integrated Delivery Systems
Healthcare insurers’ market power is leveraged to obtain price discounts from healthcare organizations and systems or providers or for screening out costly providers from the networks. … leverage about insurers. For instance,……
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… Ovens, Water Filtration Systems, Ice Makers, Trash Compactors, Laundry Units, Water Softeners and several others (GE Appliances, 2020).
GE Appliances' Competitors in the market
GE Appliances faced intense competition from other players in the market. These include the following:
1. LG Electronics
LG is a multinational electronics corporation with its main center of operations situated in South Korea. … refrigerators, washing machines, tumble dryers, vacuum cleaners, air conditioners, and microwave ovens. Moreover, in recent years, LG has intensified its rivalry in the market through the unveiling of smart appliances that permits users to communicate, control, supervise, and share information with the appliances to function.
2. Whirlpool … that permits users to communicate, control, supervise, and share information with the appliances to function.
2. Whirlpool Corporation
This is a multinational manufacturer, market, and retailer of home appliances with its center of operations situated in Michigan in the United States. The……
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Its origin dating back to Babylon in 500 BC auctions account as one of the oldest forms of price determination mechanism in the market. Auction is negotiation protocols that entail simultaneous bidding with the price determined bidders and products or services allocated based on competition amongst potential … services allocated based on competition amongst potential buyers (McAfee, 2017).
Classifications of Auctions
There are four major classifications of auctions formats in the market based on the information asymmetry and the flow of prices. The auction types include English Auction, Dutch Auctions, sealed-bid first-price auctions, and Vickrey … set optimum prices based on the forces of demand. Surge pricing entails a temporary increase in price above the regular price when the market is experiencing high demand. The rationale for surge pricing is the continued supply of a product or service when the market is experiencing unprecedented high demand. Lower willingness to……
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… used in almost every industry, country, and geography. Interest rates can also influence corporate and consumer behaviors. For example, depending on the inherent risk of a consumer, credit card rates determine how much an individual must pay on a month basis to the financial institution. Corporations looking … determine how much an individual must pay on a month basis to the financial institution. Corporations looking to borrow funds to expand their market share must consider the variable interest rates being changed and their ability to service the debt. Even governments must be mindful of the ……
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… cases of COVID-19 were observed in Wuhan, China, the current belief is that the animal-to-human transmission of the disease occurred in a “wet market” in Wuhan, China. Wet market sell both live and dead animals for human consumption. While that idea may sound exotic to people who are used to purchasing dead … While that idea may sound exotic to people who are used to purchasing dead and butchered meat for consumption, foods at a wet market include traditionally consumed animals like fish and poultry, as well as some more exotic food. Wet market are more likely to be a source of disease transmission than some other types of market because the presence of live animals makes them more difficult to keep clean; they are also usually very crowded.
Some scientists believe that … usually very crowded.
Some scientists believe that COVID-19 originated in bats. This has led some……
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… exists in a state of monopolistic competition, so brand can be one of the more reliable differentiators to combat hard economic times. This market structure means that the quality of the food, the service, and the overall brand value are the key means of differentiating from competitors. … one of these dimensions, if not more, and firms that fail seem to struggle with each. This industry structure, especially in a mature market, is not conducive to weakness.
The industry is also impacted by social forces such as trends towards healthier eating, gluten-free eating, online ordering … behavior.
The current corporate level strategy is a bit muddy. While the chain originally focused on quality,…[break]…quality, with a differentiated offering in the market. Pizza is a highly competitive business, and margins are certainly slim, so there is a risk that the company cannot do this profitably, but Papa John’s needs to define……
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… order to encourage freedom of expression and make it more comprehensive and relevant. (C-141)
1.4.2. Verification badge placed on accounts that are at risk of impersonification to indicate legitimacy. (C-141)
1.4.3. Social media platforms have implemented features such as broadcasting live videos, photo attachments to increase engagement. … fact, Senator Mark Warner of the Intelligence Committee asked Twitter to disclose any data sharing agreements they have with Chinese companies (C-148)
1.6.3. risk associated with impersonation, offensive, malicious posts/users. (C-141 & C-147)
1.7 Conclusions
Political: U.S. President Donald Trump has help boost Twitter popularity.
Economic: Twitter … help boost Twitter popularity.
Economic: Twitter is a global brand. The blue bird alone communicate twitter worldwide.
Social: Twitter accounts that are at risk of impersonification have a verification badge.
Technological: Internet access is readily available in most parts of the world. So, the number of social … users to instantly share real-time……
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… variable that corporate financial managers should be preparing for in the next 5 to 10 years is the interest rate. If rates rise, market are going to turn downward quickly. Low rates makes it easier to borrow, easier for companies to issue cheap debt, and easier for … expensive and if the economy is carrying too much debt and individuals and companies are over-leveraged a serious crisis could occur in the market. The downside to keeping interest rates low is that it encourages risk borrowing and investment in risk assets like equities. If people cannot earn a decent return on investment by putting their money in savings, they will put their money … and yet they continue to rise because rates continue to fall and the Federal Reserve also continues to pump new money into the market, which causes inflation. As the value of the dollar declines, investors seek……
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… to think about alternative investments that keep track with the rate of inflation—assets such as precious metals or real estate. There are also risk assets, such as equities. Even still no investment is risk free and bubbles blown today in market can pop tomorrow. This happened in the gold market a few years ago. The equities market have yet to pop in any meaningful way, but that does not mean they won’t. And real estate values plummeted in 2008 when … the housing bubble popped. In short, cash may lose value of time—but other assets can lose value quickly and all at once in market downturns.
For this reason, diversifying one’s investments are necessary. As Northwood and Rhine (2018) point out, “having access to mainstream financial services can … irrational when it comes to making investment decisions. Scarcity and liquidity are issues that should be discussed with families so……
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...Market risk Literature Review on Coping Through The Use Of Informal Institutions during COVID 19 in South Africa, Nigeria, and Swaziland
The institutional theory deals with the outlines, regulations, standards, and procedures that are formulated in the institutions as commanding instructions for social behavior. This theory gives an understanding of how institutions are shaped, and the societal norms and frameworks are informed to all people of an organization. Communication is the sole indicator of how organizations are formulated with the help of formal rules and regulations, as that would reflect how they are conversed across all levels of the firm and in what way people are obeying them. This would ultimately build an organizational culture for coping with social and political issues. The informal institutions are socially shared instructions, typically unwritten, that are formed, transferred and imposed outside the official boundaries (Torniainen & Sasstamoinen, 2007), for example, giving tips to the food……
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