The document outlines the topics to be covered in Week 11 of a Business English course, including futures and derivatives, market structure and competition, and takeovers, mergers and buyouts. Exercises are provided to help students learn key vocabulary and concepts related to each unit, and homework involves responding to a discussion question on the professor's Facebook page. In-class activities will involve group work to define features, discuss topics, and answer practice questions to reinforce understanding of course material.

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weekbusiness english 2 – week 11
Unit 17 – 19
Futures & Derivatives
Market Structure & Competition
Takeovers, Mergers & Buyouts
Business English 2 – week 11
Professor Hayashi

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S.No. Slide Name Slide No
1. Attendance & Homework Check 0
2. Review Presentation (Unit 14 – 16) 0
3. Unit 17 – Futures & Derivatives 3-4
4. Unit 18 – Market Structure & Competition 5-7
5. Unit 19 – Takeovers, Mergers & Buyouts 8
6. Homework 9
Today’s Class

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1.B
2.A
3.F
4.C
5.E
6.D
Unit 17 – Futures & Derivatives
Vocabulary – exercise 1A pg. 100
helpful link:
http://hubpages.com/hub/options-futures-and-hedging-
meaning-features-similarities-and-differences
Define the main features
and teach your group.
Futures, Hedging &
Speculating, Options and
Swaps

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Futures, Hedging & Speculating, Options, Swaps

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Unit 18 – Market Structure and Competition
Warm up - Discussion
Read through the discussion on
page 106 and have a quick chat
in your groups
-market leader (#1)
-market challenger (#2)
-market follower (#3,4,etc)
Market Leaders,
Challengers, Followers
Read through pg. 107 and
write headings for each
paragraph in your groups

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Market Leaders, Challengers, Followers – pg. 107
1. Market Leaders
2. Expanding Markets
3. Market Challengers
4. Market Followers
5. Establishing a Niche/ Dangers
Faced By Market Followers
* read second summary on page
108

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Unit 18 - Vocabulary
pg. 109 exercise 2A, 2B
Answers – 2A
1.perfect competition
2.monopoly
3.monopsony
4.natural monopoly
5.monopolistic competition
6.oligopoly
7.economies of scale
8.barriers to entry
9.dominant-firm oligopoly
10.cartel
Answers – 2B
1.monopsony (the government should be
the only buyer)
2.an oligopoly
3.perfect competition
4.monopolistic competition (because of
consumer preference for several marginally
different brands, which creates fragmented
markets too small to allow many
competitors)
5.a dominant-firm oligopoly (IBM –
although, mainframes have now mostly
been replaced by smaller computers)
6.a monopoly (regarding ownership of the
railway tracks)

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Unit 19 – Takeovers, Mergers and Buyouts
Do exercise 1A on pg. 112
ANSWERS 1A
1. to innovate (innovation)
2. to diversify (diversification)
3. to merge (a merger)
4. a raid
5. a takeover bid
6. horizontal integration
7. vertical integration
8. backward integration
9. forward integration
10. synergy
DO WRITING EXERCISE ON PG.
118
1.for example
2.Furthermore
3.Yet
4.in other words
5.on the contrary
6.Moreover
7.for instance
8.Even though
9.i.e.
10.however
11.Nevertheless
12.Although
13.because
14.Consequently

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Homework
Visit the Facebook “Professor Hayashi
at HUFS” page and answer the
discussion question

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11
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Homework
Visit the Facebook “Professor Hayashi
at HUFS” page and answer the
discussion question