Potential questionnaire design and administration problems Bias through wording and ordering of questions Since the population under research is large, there is possibility of biased questions to the respondents. For instance, a series of questions querying the respondent on the food usage patterns in different areas and their preferences on food in question may result to a biased assessment. The use of open ended questions Since a large sample size is involved, the use of open ended questions when designing questionnaire may result to a varied range of answers making the comparison meaningless. This is because the topic on food usage patterns and preferences is wide and may require a detailed information. For instance, the study of senior citizens in USA may demand clear understanding on statistical characteristics of the population (Fraser et al, 2015). Other information that may be required include; understanding the current market and future trends. This may result to complications. Questions in which respondents may have incomplete knowledge When designing a questionnaire, there is a possibility of asking questions that some senior citizens of USA food…

SUMMARY OF OPERATION AND DIGITAL BUSINESS Practising operation simulation game has significant importance of improving an individual’s decision-making process in operations management. It introduces players to the complex nature of the decision-making process within the industry as well as the volatile environment in which business operations are carried like in the case of the apparel industry. Different elements like contract specifications, production flow and shipping area are involved and for an individual to have an early introduction and experience in relation to decision making involving these elements is an immense step towards becoming an astounding manager within the industry. The goal of the first simulation was to complete five contracts on the production process. The operation flow included four major machine activities, including cutting, sewing, press transfer, and packaging. Decision making in the first module was highly influenced by customer orders, the quantity of the order, quality, and the need to prioritize. I ensured lean purchasing by ensuring that the available raw materials were just enough for producing the demanded products and went for discounts whenever necessary. In the first…

IMPACT OF TRADE WAR BETWEEN USA AND CHINA For the past two years, The United States of America and The Republic of China have been at war. A war that has had the two giants cross horns in matters trade. All this began in 2018 when the United States President Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on 300 million dollars’ worth of Chinese goods. These include foot ware, electronics, and toys. China then retaliated by imposing 10% tariffs on the USA goods. The latest taxes levied by the USA onto China’s imports are at 15%. The trade war has, over the years, resulting in adverse effects on the two economies as well as other nations that have experienced the collateral damage of the war. The trade war has dampened investment sentiment and consumer confidence among producers and businesses in China, brewing uncertainty since no company knows what to expect. Timothy Heath, The Senior International Defence Researcher RAND cooperation, believes that the lack of de-escalation it the war and the inability of both nations to solve the disputes is unsettling. Multiple businesses…

Question 1: Many governments control the price of tobacco by creating a price floor. If a government decides to create a price floor for a product, the economy will have a deadweight loss. Draw a supply and demand curve and show how the price floor will create deadweight loss. In your diagram, explain the areas for Consumer Surplus, Producer Surplus, and Deadweight Loss. One of how the government intervenes in the market is creating price floors. If the government does not intervene, the market will naturally attain equilibrium. At equilibrium, sellers are willing to sell at the prevailing price, and buyers are willing to buy at the current price. At market equilibrium, the total quantity of goods supplied is the same as the total quantity of goods demanded by the consumers. Nevertheless, in some markets and economic circumstances, the government intervene to control and reshape the economy through price ceilings, taxes, and price floors. In many economies, the government uses price floors to control the price of tobacco to monitor the amount of consumption. Price floors are the opposite of…

Objectives of determining and forecasting travel demand Travel Demand Forecasting allows the engineer to predict the volume of traffic that will use a given transportation element in the future, whether that element is an existing highway or a potential light-rail route. Like many other ‘predictive’ sciences, Travel Demand Forecasting is continually growing. Special refinements based on experience and researches are proposed each year, but the general ideology behind Travel Demand Forecasting has remained relatively untouched. The travel demand forecasting process can be confusing. Objectives of determining and forecasting travel demand Modern societies experience a growing demand for passenger and freight movement. Accurate forecasting of the total passenger and freight demand and the competitive (or substitutive) and complementary relationships among transport modes are necessary inputs in planning, designing, evaluating, and regulating transport and supply chain systems. Transport investment, especially investment in highway, rail, airport, and seaport infrastructure require long-term financial commitments, and the sunk costs can be very high if the investment projects fail to fulfill their design capacities. Therefore, accurate prediction of the long-term demand for using transport or some…

Amazon’s supply chain and Logistics Introduction Amazon is one of the largest online retailers in America. Jeff Bezos founded the company in 2994 with the mission, “We strive to offer our customers the lowest possible prices, the best available selection, and the utmost convenience.“ It initially started as a book seller. Today, it is involved in trading several customer goods and services. Some of the goods traded by the company include televisions, e-book readers, and food stuffs among others. On the other hand, services offered to customers by Amazon include cloud printing and online streaming among other digital online services. The company conducts its business transactions through its website, Amazon.com. However, The Company is in a competition race involving several other related companies. Some of the primary competitors are Walmart, Costco, Target (NYSE:TGT, Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), among others. These competitors are challenging to Amazon’s operation since they offer several similar retail goods and services as offered by Amazon. Besides, Amazon has been able to maintain a sustainable development due to its strategies as explained under its supply chain and logistics worldwide.…

 people with money and who doesn’t have in connection to nutrition and what hinders them from consuming the right food Nutrition refers to access to food with all nutrients. There are two types of nutrients, namely macronutrients and micronutrients. Proteins, carbohydrates, and fat are the three main categories of macronutrients, while vitamins and minerals are the main types of micronutrients. Malnutrition is the opposite of nutrition, and it refers to a lack of access to nutritious meals. World Health Organization explains that diet is a significant part of health and human development. It is related to the excellent infant, child and maternal health, active immune system, and lower risk of having nutrition-related disorders like diabetes, kwashiorkor, marasmus, cardiovascular, and obesity. A report released by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2017 indicated that more than 100 million adults in the US had diabetes or prediabetes. Another report in 2016 showed that around 70 million US adults were obese, equivalent to 39.6 percent of all adults in the US. This illustrates there is an excellent problem in the…

describe and analyze economic phenomena and write a coherent argument concerning the issue The general objective is to use your knowledge about economics to describe and analyze economic phenomena and write a coherent argument concerning the issue. All papers must have an introduction, body, and summary conclusion (at the very least) to merit a B-. Your introduction must tell the reader what your paper is going to be about – that is, you must have a thesis statement in your first paragraph. This thesis statement must describe what YOUR paper is about – not the newspaper article. Choose from the following topics – Market structure analysis (case study that was not previously presented); Environmental Economics, Global issues, Public Goods, Imperfect Information, other ‘market imperfections’, advanced supply and demand (i.e. including market structure and/or price controls and/or elasticity.)[unique_solution]You should get approval of your topic first to confirm it′s a viable topic. Use the textbook to find additional info to back up your case. Specifics: Format: 3-5 pages. Double-spaced. 1-inch margins. No title page necessary. Double sided if hardcopy. Content: – Reference…

Population Growth and Climatic Change Introduction One major contributor to global climatic change is the growing population. One extra person in the community means excess carbon emission because there is more burning of fossil fuel, which is the number one emitter of greenhouse gases. Moreover, as the population increases, there will be a need to increase agricultural activities to feed the people. Moreover, more land will be needed to build more shelters. This forces people to cut trees down, leading to deforestation and soil erosion. Industrialization also increases. All these consumption patterns lead to the emission of CO2 gas. The paper will cover background information on greenhouse gases and how they cause problems in the developing world, the causes of greenhouse gases, and the solutions to these problems. The developing country under scrutiny in India and specifically how agriculture, industrialization, forestry, and change in land use contributes to GHG emissions. Adopting green energy and sustainability practices is a measure that could contain GHG emissions and stabilize the climate. Background information Greenhouse gases (GHG) are gases that can absorb and produce…

Ed Miliband energy plan boost: Other EU countries already have charges capped     This article is about Ed Miliband’s proposal to freeze prices for energy. Six market giants are complaining that this will make the profits fall and could lead to blackouts.   According to the article the UK’s energy market is dominated by six firms. A market with such competition level is an oligopoly. As it consists of six large firms, they are interdependent: firms have to consider actions and reactions of their competitors. Products in an oligopoly are normally (however, not in electricity market) differentiated. Finally, there are rather high barriers to entry.   The article states that prices in the UK for electricity have been rising the quickest in Europe. Reasons are not mentioned but there could be a few possibilities. Firstly, there is a chance that every firm’s production costs have been increasing. Consider the diagram (for simplicity, a monopoly diagram is used):       Assume British Gas is producing quantity Q1 where MC1=MR and none of the Big Six are colluding formally or informally.…