This week, when you meet with your consulting partners, you want to evaluate the following issues: How much longer should you stay as primary consultant? You feel your effectiveness is waning because you have become too close to the group and have not addressed the connection of the board to the president. The team is becoming dependent on you. Which of the 4 change projects […]

  Part 1:  Executive Summary – 10 points GOAL:  For this section of the assignment you will have to succinctly summarize important information included in the annual report to provide the reader with a quick overview of the contents.   Look at key findings from your report including financial information as well as industry information.    Things that can be included – (these are just ideas include others if relevant):  current financial information depicting health of organization, new products or markets, future growth opportunities.   It is worth noting that an executive summary in business usually does not exceed one page, be clear and concise.   Part 2:  Company Profile – 10 points GOAL:  For this section of the assignment you will have to locate pertinent company information contained in the annual report or on financial websites (example is finance.yahoo.com).  Bullet pointing this information is appropriate for your report.     You will have to identify the following items that are specific to your company:  *Ticker symbol *Mission Statement as it is printed in the Annual Report *Corporate headquarters location  *Date of Incorporation *Public Auditor *Name of CEO *Name of CFO  *Stock classifications (common, preferred, both?) *Exchange  (e.g.: NYSE, Nasdaq) *Dividends (have they been issued and for how much)     Part 3:  Industry Profile – 30 points GOAL:  For this section of the assignment you will have to locate pertinent company information contained on financial websites (ONE example is finance.yahoo.com).     · Identify the market sector to which your company belongs.  Describe what a market sector is and list three industry leaders and three industry laggards in the sector · Identify and define the industry to which your company belongs.  Research and describe what specific characteristics must a company have to be in that industry · Attach your company’s stock performance in comparison to your company’s two largest competitors stock performance over the past two years.  Note on the graph three events. These can be company, industry or market specific events. In detail, describe the events and their effect on your company’s stock performance. · Graph, using a pie chart, your company versus other companies (at least 3) in the industry with market capitalization data.  Make observations and describe your observations. · In detail, discuss the global presence of your company/industry. Identify three international elements that are critical to your company’s success & global presence.     Part 3:  Current Events/Future Outlook – 30 points GOAL:  For this section of the assignment you will have to use business periodicals, online sources, and the annual report to start to understand the relationship between significant internal corporate events/external global events and company financial performance.  Deliverables in this section include: 1) Two relevant articles – one domestic and one global – on current events affecting either your company or your industry (or preferably both).  Must be recent articles, within the past 12 months.  Articles must be attached, not linked, to document, and you are required to summarize the event in your own words and why you found it important to incorporate into the report. 2) What is the outlook for the industry as well as your company in the next 1-3 years?  What changes or trends will or may affect it?   Cite specific examples you have read about.     Part 5:  Recommendation – 30 points GOAL:  For this section of the assignment you will have to use your compiled data to justify an “educated guess” on investment suggestions.  You will have to determine either “buy” or “don’t buy” and back up your suggestion with strong financial reasoning.   *You will have to identify strategies used for your analysis.  Use at least three ratios, and two other sources of information you believe are relevant, to help you make your decisions. Explain what ratios you used and specify what information your choices provided.  For example, did you use the Current Ratio?  If so, why?  What information did the Current Ratio provide that helped you determine the viability of investing in this company? You will also need to compare this data (of your choice) to the same data of companies in your industries to support your recommendation.  Comparison ratios can be found via online databases thru the Drexel Library as well as Google Finance, Yahoo! Finance and bloomberg.com 

Acme (NC) has long used a central telephone/Internet customer support center based in Jamaica. Data collected by the center show that last year, all but five (5) of every 100,000 calls/accesses received by the center were satisfactorily (to the customer) handled within the targeted time of two hours. 1. What is the highest Sigma rating that the Jamaica customer support center can claim? Show how […]

Analyst Report – Write up Outline Appearance – 15 points – Remember cover page, table of contents, proper citations, page numbers   Executive Summary – written last – only one page ( 10 points) Should the reader invest in the company’s stock?  Short term or long term? What is the company mission?   How has this company’s financial performance been over the year outlined in […]

1.In the research plan, the marketing researcher must define and delimit the problem that will be researched. Which of the following statements describes the type of information that should be included in this section? A justification of the marketing research is unprofessional in this section or anywhere in the research plan. The scope, that is, the limits of the research effort, should be described in […]

Resources: Grading Criteria: Health Care Reform Project, Part II on the student website and results from Health Care Reform Project, Part I   Research three possible solutions to your selected health care economic issue, as determined in Week Two. The solutions do not need to be extensive, but must represent solutions identified in your research.   Describe your findings and proposed solutions in 1,050-1,750 words […]

  Complete the following in WileyPLUS:* Problem 10.14* Problem 11.20* Problem 11.24* Problem 12.24* Problem 13.11    Question 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 $1,941,876. have a life of five years, and would produce the cash flows shown in the following table.   Year Cash Flow 1 […]

This assignment is a continuation of an assignment from last week. I have attached the assignment from last week and the new questions that need to be added.   Despite some of the business challenges that you identified about your chosen country, you decided to move ahead and open an office in the financial center of this country. Your first customer is a large MNC […]

Chester & Wayne is a regional food distribution company. Mr. Chester, CEO, has asked your assistance in preparing cash-flow information for the last three months of this year. Selected accounts from an interim balance sheet dated September 30, have the following balances:   Cash $142,100 Accounts payable $354,155 Marketable securities 200,000 Other payables 53,200 Accounts receivable 1,012,500     Inventories 150,388       Mr. […]

your finance text book sold 47,500 copies in the 1st year. the publishing company expects the sales to grow at a rate of 23.0 percent for the net three years and by 12.0 percent in the fourth year calculate the total number of copies that the publisher expect to sell in year 3 and 4. 5.21 find the present value of 2,800 under each of […]