The use of E-Books has increased in recent years, especially with the advent of mobile E-Readers.  A marketing research firm recently developed the following supply and demand schedules for E-books: Price/E-Book Quantity Demanded Quantity Supplied $18 4000 10,000 16 5000 9500 14 6000 9000 12 7000 8500 10 8000 8000 9 9000 7500 8 10000 7000 7 11000 6500 6 12000 6000 5 13000 5500 […]

Objectives: 309.3.2-01: Determine the critical path identified by a given PERT/CPM analysis. 309.3.2-02: Utilize PERT analysis to determine the probability that a given project will meet a specified deadline for completion. 309.3.2-03: Determine slack time for a given project activity. 309.3.2-04: Determine scheduled start time for a given project activity. 309.3.2-05: Determine scheduled completion time for a given project activity. 309.3.2-06: Use time-cost trade-offs to […]

Homework Assignment #1   Directions: Please answer each of the following questions in as detailed a manner as possible, and be sure to include all appropriate material discussed in the lectures and the assigned reading material.   1) Define what we mean by money and how it is used in the day to day functioning of the U.S. economy.  Be sure to include the major […]

Click here to download the selected financial statements for Micro Chip Computer Corporation. Answer questions 1 and 2 below based on the financial data.  Determine the year-to-year percentage annual growth in total net sales. Based only on your answers to question #1, do you think the company achieved its sales goal of +10% annual revenue growth in 2009? Determine the target revenue figure, and explain why you do […]

Supply Chain Management Please respond to the following:  Determine which best practices can be applied to the greatest number of small businesses. Explain your rationale.   Analyze the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Six Sigma in regard to quality control of a product or service, and make at least one recommendation for improvement. Explain your rationale. Managing Inventory   Describe a retail business […]

Explore the Social Psychology Network website, and get comfortable searching for information. Scan the professional profiles of social psychologists and learn about their social psychological research. After you have completed your reading, write a paper of 500-750 words in which you include: The names and descriptions of two social psychologists you learned about Descriptions of two different research areas you either searched for or which […]

Imagine that you own each of the following businesses: Tinker’s Home Security Service (sole proprietorship) Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service (general partnership) Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service (LP) Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service, Inc. (corporation) Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service, LLC (LLC) 1. The businesses are being sued for breach of contract. Create a matrix that lists each business, and compare […]

The questions start on page 33 of the pdf/reading titled: FinancialStmtReading Minicase: Review the requirements of the Chapter 3 Mini-Case, parts b through j. Then apply those same requirements to do an analysis of Brinker International, which is a real company. Do the analysis on the basis of the figures for the most recent year. For part g, use the 2 most recent years. Download 10K […]

Part 1 Assume that for a car manufacturer, Chrysler Ford. Your boss, the chief financial officer, has just handed you the estimated cash flows for two proposed projects. Project L involves adding a new item to the firm’s ignition line; it would take some time to build up the market for this product, so the cash inflows would increase over time. Project S involves an […]

BUS 401: Evaluation of Corporate Performance   This Paper will involve applying an analysis of a Apple Inc. using data from its annual report. You will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of Apple Inc. and write a report either recommending or not recommending purchase of the company stock. The completed report should include: An introduction to the company, including background information. A complete and thorough […]