How
competitive markets adjust to long run changes?
•
Technological improvement and perfect competition
• The
effect of perfect competition and size of the firm
What technological innovations may change the existing
structures of the banking industry? What technological innovations
may cause disintermediation and disruption of the banking
industry?
How can barriers to process improvement, such as staff
reluctance to change, lack of capital, technological barriers, or
clinical practice guidelines, be overcome?
What happens to the production function when there is a
technological improvement? Why? Explain.
2. What ceteris paribus assumptions are you making when
answering question 1? List all your assumptions.
3. Pick an example to analyze the overall effects of a
technological improvement.
Here is an example on what I am looking here:
https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21737501-policymakers-must-apply-lessons-horseless-carriage-driverless-car-self-driving
Improvement requires change, but not every change is an
improvement. The approach used by
most organizations is to adopt a strategy for managing change and
train their staff to facilitate the
improvement process. How would you engage front line staff in QI
programs when the day-to-day functions alone can be so
consuming?
Your response must be at least one complete paragraph.
Answer All Parts Of The Following Question
A. ) Why, in the absence of technological change, will a
county’s steady state growth rate equal its population growth
rate?
B.) Show graphically and explain how a decrease in an economy’s
depreciation rate will affect both output per worker in that
economy and the economy’s long-run growth rate.
Why is P = MC the result of Bertrand competition? Explain in
terms of dominant
strategies. You may use a best-response graph or a pay-off matrix
to help your
explanation, but neither is required.
Why is technological change so incredibly important to the
future of national competitiveness?
Can a nation leapfrog ahead in the technological landscape?
How? And why not?
Provide some examples of countries that continue to invest in
order to stay or get ahead in this era?