College Students Have a Choice in Which Classes They Take

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Essay

college students have a choice in which classes they take to earn a degree? Use what you have learned about the controllable and uncontrollable aspects of marketing in terms of how they might relate to course selection decision-making.Incorporate marketing terms in your response.

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Definitions:

Implicit Costs

Refer to the opportunity costs of using resources owned by the business for its operations, without any explicit financial payment.

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenues and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, measuring the financial success of a business beyond normal profit margins.

Explicit Costs

Refers to direct monetary expenses businesses incur in their operations, such as wages, rent, and materials.

Normal Profit

Normal profit is the minimum amount of profit needed for a company to remain competitive in the market, covering all its opportunity costs.