Resources: Communiqués from the Week Four Learning Team assignment Review two communiqués from the Week Four Learning Team assignments. Evaluate each communication to determine its effectiveness. Write a 350- to 700-word summary in which you address the following questions: ·How well did the communications convey the intended message? ·Would another type of communication have been more appropriate? Why? ·Is the communication at the appropriate level for the intended audience? […]

 Dennison, Texas cell-phone giant Cellular Two is evaluating a proposal to manufacture and sell digital phones in Great Britain. The project will require an initial investment of £200 million to acquire and recondition the manufacturing plant in Manchester where the phones will be produced. The project will generate expected future after-tax cash inflows of £60 million at the end of each year during a 3-year […]

   CIVIL WAR PAPER Over  600,000 Americans lost their lives in the Civil War, with the Northern  troops suffering higher losses. The North believed the sacrifice was  worth it: The slaves were freed and the Union was preserved. The people  of the South, on the other hand, began almost immediately to glorify the  “lost cause.” Their generals became mythic heroes, and they looked  wistfully back at […]

  Project Client: Appalachia Mountain Club (AMC, http://www.outdoors.org/ ) Check out their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AppalachianMountainClub Brief Description: Founded in 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club promotes the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the mountains, forests, waters, and trails of America’s Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Its headquarter is located in Boston Beacon Hill area. The AMC project aims to help the organization address several important market-related questions and […]

  Bob Stein ran his own online market analysis service that specialised in advising clients about investment opportunities in international airline companies. He had a large clientele who paid premium fees to Bob for his monthly reports on the state of airline companies. His “Buy”, “Hold”, or “Don’t Buy” recommendations on airline shares were particularly respected. In August 2014, Bob was reading a newspaper report […]

  Norbäck and Persson (2014) suggest that some firms are “born to be global firms,” like Google and Facebook. Others, however, sell themselves and their innovations to incumbent firms. The authors argue that both strategies can be beneficial, depending upon the market. How do the authors’ findings align withPeng’s five entrepreneurial strategies? Do Norback and Persson’s assertions complement or contradict Peng’s? What are the implications […]

  P16-2 (Entries for Conversion, Amortization, and Interest of Bonds) Volker Inc. issued $2,500,000 of convertible 10-year bonds on July 1, 2014. The bonds provide for 12% interest payable semiannually on January 1 and July 1. The discount in connection with the issue was $54,000, which is being amortized monthly on a straight-line basis. The bonds are convertible after one year into 8 shares of […]

Fin/571 WEEK 6 ASSIGNMENT 1- Briarcrest Condiments is a spice-making firm. Recently, it developed a new process for producing spices. The process requires new machinery that would cost $1,968,450. have a life of five years, and would produce the cash flows shown in the following table. Year Cash Flow 1 $512,496 2 -242,637 3 814,558 4 887,225 5 712,642 What is the NPV if the […]

Chuck Sox makes wooden boxes in which to shipmotorcycles. Chuck and his three employees invest a total of 40hours per day making the 120 boxes.a) What is their productivity?b) Chuck and his employees have discussed redesigning the processto improve efficiency. If they can increase the rate to 125per day, what will be their new productivity?c) What will be their unit increase in productivity per hour?d) […]

  Happy B. White Ltd. is a computer software firm with 50 employees — 45 are white and 5 Hispanic.  After enjoying five years of growth the firm suddenly experienced hard economic times and decided it had to lower expenses by terminating five employees. They decided to do so from three areas, programming, administrative and sales.  Hap B. White, the white male Company President came to the […]