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• On-line Help
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    • Manage worlds
      • Initialize a new World
      • Manage passwords
      • Manage company names
      • Mmanage lienses
      • Review and change Parameters
        • Macroeconomic Parameters
          • Gross Domestic Product
          • Consumer Price Index
          • Stock Market Index and Earnings Yield
          • Short-term Interest Rates
          • Long-term Interest Rates
          • Currency Exchange Rates
          • Interest Rate Adjustment
        • Microeconomic Parameters
          • Price elasticities
          • Stock price multipliers
          • Standard labor costs
          • Standard materials cost
          • Labor cost multiplier
          • Materials cost multiplier
          • Unit labor cost savings
          • Unit materials cost savings
        • Marketing Parameters
          • Customer Orders
          • Advertising effectiveness
          • Market segment adjustment
          • Market segment migration
        • Operational Parameters
          • Production effectiveness
          • R & D effectiveness
      • Environment
      • Set Z-score weights for World
      • Set Pro-score weights for World
    • Reports
    • Graphs
    • Decisions
      • Decision entry
      • Reset decisions to last quarter
    • Simulation
    • Help
      • Getting started in 7 steps
      • On-line Help
      • Instructor's Manual
      • Players Manual
      • Quick Start Guide
      • Set language
      • Feedback
  • Decision Variables
    • Finance Decisions
      • Bank Loan
      • Certificates of Deposit
      • Dividends
      • Sale/Redemption of Bonds
        • Bond issue
        • Bond redemption
      • Sale/Repurchase of Common Stock
        • Stock issue
        • Stock repurchase
    • Marketing Decisions
      • Price
      • Advertising
      • Salespeople
        • Hire
        • Transfer
        • Discharge
      • Sales Office
        • Closing sales office 
        • Opening (reopening) a sales office
      • Changes in Sales Force Compensation
      • Model Number
      • Model Quality
      • Model Features
      • Sales Office Orders
      • Marketing Research
        • Competitie Advertising Study
        • Competitive Sales Force Study
        • Consumer Preference Study I
        • Consumer Preference Study II
        • Sales Force Compensation Study
    • Operatons Decisions
      • Research and Development Expenditures
      • Production Employee Training
      • Production Scheduling
        • First shift
        • Second shift
      • Capacity Adjustments
        • Temporary layoff
        • Deactivate first shift
        • Deactivate second shift
        • Reactivate lines
      • Investment in Facilities and Equipment
        • First shift lines
        • Second-Shift Lines
        • Additions
        • Plants
      • Plant Closing
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Finance FAQ
      • Affiliate purchase costs
      • Cash management
      • Credit rating determination
      • Credit rating must be wrong
      • Competitor's Credit rating
      • Depreciation expense
      • Dividends
      • Executive compensation
      • Inflation
      • ROI calculation
      • Stock price calculation
      • Tax loss carry-forward
    • Marketing FAQ
      • Customer orders
      • Demand forecasting
      • Inventory policies
      • Managing inventories
      • Price and demand
      • Price and exchange rates
      • Price ceiling
      • Price increases
      • Product differentiation
      • Salespeople compensation
      • Unfilled orders
    • Operations FAQ
      • Deactivate all lines but keep plant
      • Deactivate lines
      • Inventory allocation
      • New model
      • New model introduction
      • Payment for plant construction
      • Plant expansion
      • Produce in Sereno and ship to Merica
      • Production variance
      • Training expense
      • Training expense charges
      • Transferring employees from second to first shift
      • Selling to Liquidators
  • Simulation Results
    • Graph Utility
    • Print Reports
    • View/Print Reports
  • Glossary
• Quick Start Manual
  • The Business Policy Game: An International Strategy Simulation
  • BPG Environment
  • Getting Started
    • Internet Integrated Mode
    • Flash Drives
    • LAN
  • Quarterly Decisions-- Finance
  • Quarterly Decisions-- Marketing
    • Marketing Research Decisions
  • Quarterly Decisions-- Operations
  • Player’s Manual
  • Player’s Program
  • Quick Start Manual
  • Worksheet Templates
  • Output in Spreadsheet Format
  • Foreign Currency Adjustment
  • Saving Level Shown In Report E
  • Cost Summary--Page 1
  • Cost Summary--Page 2