What is the intent of an impact analysis?

The firm creates an impact on:

Externalities are ___________

Choose two main categories of inputs in its production process.

The impact of the production operation of the firm on the suppliers of its intermediate inputs will depend all of these, except:

Sourcing raw materials from internal suppliers can create income and employment opportunities to its producers. While sourcing them from foreign suppliers will have a direct effect on a foreign economy.

Sourcing intermediate inputs from independent suppliers domestically may have greater ripple effects than sourcing it from a subsidiary of a conglomerate.

Sourcing intermediate inputs that are still very raw in product transformation will have limited multiplier effects. Sourcing semi-processed intermediate inputs imply that they have undergone several stages of processing, thus contributing several values of added.

The purchasing firm may extract market power in the industry by extracting surplus from them.

Which sourcing of factor input deals with manpower services?

It is beneficial to the laborers, firm and the community if the labor services are drawn from the community where the firm is located. Because of this, some companies willing to establish dormitories for their workers. housing facilities for their staff, and provide handsome transportation allowance for their managers.

Some big companies provide training programs for their workers to enhance their skills that may help the company gain more profit.

These refer to the working conditions of having shifts in duration of work and situations where the workers are assigned to fields and places other than the normal business office.

Sometimes, companies pay a higher salary to professionals with exceptional skills and talent in their specialized areas. But typically, the government mandates a specific minimum wage for all workers.

Direct hiring of workers may be expensive but it has a number of positive effects on the laborers. Otherwise, sourcing them from subcontractors creates greater income for manpower services company.

In large companies, laborers have a more solid union that results in the company having to cater to their demands on higher compensation, favorable working conditions, and other benefits.

__________ are needed by a company to start its operation, purchase equipment, and expand its physical plant.

Small-scaled companies usually start up a business from their own personal saving while big companies may apply for a loan from the bank.

Company managers have the responsibility to give the owners of the capital a fair rate of return of their investments to encourage them to keep investing. Sometimes, the government regulates the rate of return of companies that they support.

Companies may source their capital from foreign parties. They may borrowing money or inviting foreign partners through the foreign direct investments (FDI)

Which sourcing of input talks about the need for office space and land to ensure the continuity of business?

Refers to the high need of some industries for land like plantations and mining companies.

Land located in highly-urbanized areas like the Metro Manila are sold or leased at a high price due to the opportunity cost it has.

Which input sourcing refers to the search and training of companies for skilled professionals to make use of their talent?

In some small companies, the management team is homegrown. They start as clerks, move up to supervisors, assigned as managers, and conclude their careers as top officers of the company. They are often family, or relatives of the owner. Their loyalty and knowledge are mostly assured.

In large companies, they prefer hiring professional managers from other companies because they exhibit dynamism or creativity that help the company broaden their work. However, the loyalty of this kind of workers are not reassured.

Some professionals are being asked or sponsored by their hiring company for further training. Training may be done inside the company, from universities, or from abroad.

Payment of taxes are still considered a component of production cost just like, wages, interest, and rent.

Choose all destinations of outputs.

Outputs help in the integration of industries and enhancing productivity of the buying firms and industries through/by _________

When an output is sold to different industries as intermediate inputs, the forward and backward linkages of industries create and additional income and employment to various sectors in the economy.

If a quality output is sold as an intermediate input, buying firms will have more profit and, ultimately will be more productive in doing their business since they do not have to pay for high production costs.

The other portion of the outputs of firms can be disposed as final demand.

What does this line mean?

All are major domestic buyers of final goods and services, except:

An output of a business enterprise can affect households as consumers of these goods and services.

There are firms that produce capital goods like equipment, agricultural implements, and industrial tools that are sold to other firms not as intermediate inputs but as factor inputs.

The government can improve the community by the taxes that the companies pay to them.

Some outputs are disposed globally, especially when the product is of high quality or famous from all over the world.

Bonus Question: What is the title of this report/game?