Aspects of your Business Essay

Please read each discussion and respond to them. Please keep separate. n addition to other comments you may have, address the following in your response posts:



Are there any variable factors that other students did not consider? Did they include any that you did not think of?

Analyze the other students' answer(s) and provide a few examples of variable factors that they may not have considered. How would these factors affect output in the short run?



Use any personal experience, if appropriate, to help support or debate other students' posts. If differences of opinion occur, debate the issues professionally and provide examples to support your opinions.





I have included the topic: Discuss how to increase output in the short run.



Imagine that you own an ice cream parlor:



What is a variable factor of your ice cream parlor that must be modified or changed to increase the number of ice cream cones in the short run?

What aspects of your business cannot be changed in the short run?

Explain why only certain aspects of your business can change output in the short run.



Response 1: In the short run, there are both fixed and variable costs. In the long run, there are no fixed costs. Efficient long run costs are sustained when the combination of outputs that the ice cream parlor produces results in the desired quantity of the goods at the lowest possible cost. Variable costs changes with the output. The short run costs increase or decrease based on variable cost as well as the rate of production. If the ice cream parlor manages its short run costs well over time, it will be more likely to succeed in reaching the desired long run costs and goals.



Response 2: A variable factor that could be changed to increase the output of ice cream cones in my ice cream parlor could be a price reduction in cones. If the price was reduced in store by 20% compared to other products, that should be enough incentive to create a demand for more ice cream cones in the short run while generating more revenue. Changes that would be less effective in the short run would be updating equipment due to the time it takes to receive the equipment install it and become efficient with it, a mailing list with coupons due to the time it takes the post office to deliver the mail and a change in staff due to the recruiting time.



Only certain business changes can effect output in the short term because most significant business changes usually take into account the markets reactions of supply and demand. There's lag time between the change made by the producer and the effect it has on the consumer. By the time you make the change the investment is done. Now you have to wait for it to take effect and the result data to be generated by the consumer. Most business improvements are usually long term investments and investment take thought, planning and execution. If these elements are not done in the proper order you could end up bankrupt and out of business.