7/31/2019 DCP MECO Assignment(1)

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INSTITUTEOFMANAGEMENTTECHNOLOGY,DUBAI

DCP-MANAGERIALECONOMICS,2012-2014

INSTRUCTOR:DR.S.CHAKRAVARTY

ASSIGNMENT

Totalpoints:5percentagepointsofthetotalgrade

Duedate:5thofAugust2012

Pleasewrite(ortype)notmorethan1pageonONEofthefollowingcase/topic/

economicproblemthatisgivenbelow.

Note:Brevityisnotjustappreciated,itisrewarded.Donotexceedonepage

underanycircumstances.

1.TheIndianmobiletelecomsectorhasemergedinthelastdecadetobeoneof

thebiggesttelecomsectorsintheworld.Describebrieflythemarketstructure.

Alsowriteaboutserviceprovision,tarifflevelsandprofitabilityofthedifferent

entitiesinthissector.Finally,indicatewhetherthissectorhascontributedto

socialwelfareinadevelopingcountrylikeIndia.

2.Inrecentyears,outsourcingofvariousservicesfromWesterndeveloped

countrieshasbeenseenasprovidingemploymentincountriessuchasIndia,PakistanandindeedtheentireSouthEastAsianbelt.Whatarethevarious

economicreasonsthataredrivingthisphenomenon?Moregenerallyis

outsourcingwelfareenhancingforthirdworldcountries?Givereasons.

3.Todaywearefacinganimminentshortageoffossilfuelssuchascoal,oiland

naturalgas,givenexponentiallyexpandingdemandfortheseresources.

However,alternativeenergytechnologieshavenotincreasedasmuchas

expectedoverthelasttwodecades.Whataretheprobablereasonsforthislack

ofexpansionofalternativefueltechnologies?Alsoifthesealternativetechnologiesdonotgrow,doesithurtthelessdevelopedcountriesmorethan

theadvancedcountries?Whyorwhynot.Explain.