(a) If a company is considering investing $200,000 in new equipment, for which the expected cash flows are as follows:CASH FLOWInitial outlay -$150,000Year 1 $50,000Year 2 $40,000Year 3 $30,000Year 4 $20,000Year 5 $20,000If the company has an 18% required rate of return, should this project be accepted?(b)A company must invest in either of the following two projects. Project A Project BInitial Outlay $100,000 $150,000Useful Life 5 […]

A complete DuPont analysis for the Oracle and Microsoft. The paper should be 500 words long. You may assume that the reader has a basic understanding of finance and knows what ratio analysis is, although he or she might not be able to list all the ratios and how to calculate them from memory. The reader is not going to want a lot of background about financial […]

  Before writing, think about some of the key attributing variables that are causing managers roles to change?  Could the factors of change be related to: new technology, new workers in the work force, or team environments and remote teams?  Think about what management framework you would use to keep pace of the changing roles of managers. Here’s a model to help you think through […]

  The strategic audit system is a diagnostic tool to pinpoint an organization’s strengths and weaknesses. Use the Strategic Analysis Framework and other tools in order to conduct a strategic audit.  You might consider using a SWOT analysis for both companies to analyze each companies situation. For this assignment, a mini strategic audit will be conducted for two companies with an overall goal to compare […]

  Final Paper: Research Proposal Design a research study on the topic of the study selected in Week One and critiqued in Week Three. Your design should seek to resolve the limitations you identified in the study you critiqued. Your paper must address all of the components required in the “Methods” section of a research proposal: State the research question and/or hypothesis. Specify the approach […]

  Trace evidence is often the key to an investigation and may be your only evidence. It is critical to understand what trace evidence can do for the investigator. What is the composition of vehicle paint layers? What is the best way to examine paint chips and how are they evaluated? How is soil collected and preserved at a crime scene. What standard/reference samples need […]

 The first step in any data analytical undertaking is to conduct basic data due diligence, the focus of which is on assessing the scope and limitations of your data. This is an important step as virtually all business data contains some degree of imperfection, such as missing values, miscoded variables, or nonsensical values (such as a person being five hundred years old). Beyond looking for […]

Completed by 7 am EST  The Financials” Please respond to the following: Before you get started on this exercise, watch the video below for some tips that will help you complete the discussion assignment. For this exercise, you will consider your company’s financials, such as Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, Balance Sheets. Using your NAB Company Portfolio and the first year of your business plan […]

III.Assignment and Rubric: Assignment 1: Financial Research Report Due Week 10 and Worth 300 points   Imagine that you are a financial manager researching investments for your client that align with its investment goals. Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research any U.S. publicly traded company that you may consider as an investment opportunity for your client. (Note: Please ensure that you are able […]

Analyze the following scenario: Jump Hospital currently allocates all maintenance department costs based on departmental square feet.  However, the manager…   Analyze the following scenario: Jump Hospital currently allocates all maintenance department costs based on departmental square feet.  However, the manager of the pharmacy department has suggested that an ABC approach be used for the portion of the maintenance department costs that relate to repairing […]