Market Structures: Understanding Competition and Pricing
Market Structures
Definitions
Market: A medium where buyers and sellers interact to exchange goods and services.
Demand Function: Indicates the quantity of a good or service consumers are willing to buy at each price level, considering factors like prices of related goods, consumer preferences, and income.
Supply Function: Indicates the quantity of a good or service producers are willing to sell at each price level, given constant production costs and business expectations.
Excess Supply (Surplus): Occurs
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Direct Taxes and Income
Direct taxes are levied on sources of wealth, property, or income. Income taxes (Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas – IRPF in Spain) are imposed on the income of individuals, companies, or other entities.
Indirect Taxes and VAT
Indirect taxes are levied on consumption. VAT (Value Added Tax) or Impuesto General Indirecto Canario (IGIC) in the Canary Islands, is an indirect tax imposed on goods and services.
Consumption and its Elements
Consumption is the application
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IAS 1 – Presentation of Financial Statements
Objective: To establish the framework for presenting general-use financial statements, including structure and content guidelines.
Abstract: Basic principles include going concern, uniform presentation, accrual accounting, and materiality. Financial statements are usually prepared annually. Any change in period must be reported.
A complete set of financial statements should include:
- A statement of financial position
- A statement of revenue and total expenditure
- A
Strategic Business Analysis: External Forces, Internal Functions, and Marketing
External Forces and Audit
Key external forces include economic, social, cultural, demographic, environmental, political, governmental, legal, technological, and competitive factors.
An external audit identifies and evaluates trends and events beyond a single company’s control, revealing opportunities and threats to inform strategy formulation.
Internal Functions
Key internal functions of a company or business include:
- Sales
- Administration
- Human Resources (HR)
- Production
- Marketing
- Logistics Management
- Finance/
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Fourth Assessment
1. What is industry and how is it divided?
Industry encompasses all economic activities transforming natural resources and raw materials into finished or intermediate goods. It is divided into:
- Extractive Industries: Activities focused on extracting underground natural resources like minerals and oil.
- Manufacturing Industries: Economic activities producing material goods or transforming existing ones.
2. Main Branches of Mining, Quarrying, and Processing Industries
Extractive Industry
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1. Product policy is the starting point of the business strategy because without the right product to stimulate demand, it’s impossible to effectively carry out any other commercial activity.
2. Product decisions are long-term due to the higher management level involved, resulting in longer decision-making times.
3. The product concept must begin with the business addressing two fundamental questions: What does the company sell? and What business is it? After this, there are two approaches:
* Focus