1. Company A has a beta of 2.77. Company B has a beta of .73. Company C has a beta of .90. The risk free rate is 6% and the market risk premium is 4%. What is the expected return of investing in Company C? Show your work.    2. Your stock portfolio consists of only two stocks. You have $30,000 in Company A and […]

  Writing Assignment – respond to the following questions.  (APA format. You can include the initial questions in the paper but not just number or bullet points.)   Writing Assignment – respond to the following questions. 1. What are the three most important takeaways/lessons from the material provided in this module? (150 words or more) 2. Drawing on the material that was provided what else would like to […]

   Cheryl Montoya picked up the phone and called her boss, Wes Chan, Vice President of Marketing at Piedmont Fasteners Corporation. Cheryl: “Wes, I’m not sure how to go about answering the questions that came up at the meeting with the President yesterday.” Wes: “What’s the problem?” Cheryl: “The president wanted to know the break-even point for each of the company’s products, but I am […]

Deliverable Length:  3-4 pages not including title page and reference page OBJECTIVES You have been placed on a committee in your health care organization. The committee has to create a set of cost containment strategies that will positively impact (decrease) operating expenses. The committee is also challenged with increasing reimbursement. Provide 5 cost-cutting strategies that the committee could recommend to the executive board. Describe how […]

  Assignment 2: Factors In Favor of and Against Finding “factors for” and “factors against” a position is a versatile tool for critical thinkers. In this assignment, you will practice this technique more formally by examining one of several contemporary issues. Using your readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research methods for creating arguments using factors for and factors against an issue. […]

   Assignment 1: Vice President of Operations, Part 1 Due Week 3 and worth 200 points Scenario: Imagine that you are the vice president of operations at a production or service organization. You have noticed that your organization’s current operations strategy is not supporting the challenges that the organization is presently facing. In order to maintain a competitive edge, you must address these challenges with […]

“Data Collection, Market Intelligence and Research”  Please respond to the following: Briefly describe a health care provider of your choice and determine the best method(s) to gather and respond to on opportunities and threats specific to that organization. Include how internal records/data would be included in your evaluation. Explain your rationale. Referring to the same health care provider, determine the best possible method(s) for conducting […]

Essay #1 Question (1-2 pages, APA format) Why is reputation so important to an organization? Answer the following questions. *  Is it true that when the reputation of one company suffers. there will be a trickle-down effect whereby all stakeholders lose something when the company is cast in a bad light because of ethical violations?  Why? Why not? Choose a company whose image and reputation […]

Omega Research is a rapidly growing research and consulting firm. It has a single main office located in Reston, VA, and three small branch offices located in San Diego, CA, Salem, OR, and Kansas City, MO. Omega is not currently involved in e-commerce or business-to-business relationships. Two weeks ago, Omega experienced a significant loss of proprietary data (estimated value $550,000.00) that was stored electronically in […]

Read the attached case and analyze it according to the methodology. Use the case questions which follow.  1. What are the short term and long term issues in the case. 2. Does DataClear own a distinctive competitive advantage? Use DataClear’s Value Chain to help your thinking. 3. Examine the general and task environment for DataClear. What does it tell you? 4. Performa SWOT analysis on […]