Unit 1 Final Project Overview: The Final Project is due at the end of Unit 5. Overview The purpose of the Final Project Research Paper is to examine capital-structure theory, issues, anddebates, while showing how capital-structure choices affect a firm’s return on investment (ROI) andits risk profile.   Directions Your Assignment is to select a publicly-held company and to analyze its capital structure, applying thetheories […]

Controlling represents a very important function of management. Necessary at all levels and all aspects of the organization, controls should be applied to organizational design, planning, employee performance, etc., among many other functions.  Different types of controls are applied at various levels of the organization including corporate office, divisions within the company, and at the facility and department level as well.   Lack of control can […]

M4 Assignment 1 Discussion  Assignment 1: Budgeting with Real Options A capital investment project that generates new opportunities is more valuable than one that doesn’t. A flexible project, one that does not commit management to a fixed operating strategy is more valuable than an inflexible one. When a project is flexible or generates new opportunities for the company, it is said to contain real options. […]

1.      A firm has determined its optimal capital structure, which is composed of the following sources and target market value proportions:   Source of Capital  Long-term debt             30%  Preferred stock            5%  Common stock equity  65%   Debt: The firm can sell a 20-year, $1,000 par value, 9 percent bond for $980. A flotation cost […]

Your new software skills will not be of much use if you do not see a practical application for the skills in your workplace and personal life. Without practice, remembering how to use the tools will be difficult. In this assignment, you will discuss different ways to use presentation software outside of the class.Consider the use of presentations in your job and personal life. Respond […]

Book Review —- Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy Your paper should be 5 pages total, including 1 title page and 1 reference page. This means the paper will consist of 3 full pages of written content presented in APA format (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Your paper should include: 1. Introduction of the book including the title, author(s) and year […]

  Go to the “Investor Relations” section of your company’s web site and locate the Annual Report or form 10-K.  Respond to the following in 1-2 paragraphs: Analyze the company’s income statement for the past three years. Identify the trend (i.e. increase or decrease) demonstrated by total revenue, total expense, and net income (or loss) for this time period. Also, identify any major increases or […]

  Projects start every day, and many do not complete with successful outcomes. One reason is failure to identify risks and not plan for them. Without risk management, a project may fail. Consider the following scenario: A small construction company is contracted to build a strip mall in a rural town that is located more than 70 miles from the nearest big city. The last […]

 Details: Successful completion of a doctoral dissertation requires significant amounts of independent reading on the research topic. This allows the doctoral learner/researcher to become familiar with the scope of the topic and to identify gaps or tensions within the existing literature on the topic. These gaps and tensions become the source of the dissertation research. In this assignment, you will read and annotate potential sources […]

selecting one of the two report choices: A.     Academic report: Select an academic journal article (approve with me your choice) in the area of Finance on a topic that relates to issues in our class.  The article can be new or old so long as it’s a decent article.  You will find using Google Scholar, JSTOR, and other online databases helpful for finding the article.  […]