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  DISCUSSION PAPER 3 Question 4: Non Profit Organizations

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  Question 4: Discuss the use of partnerships, joint ventures, and strategic alliances among nonprofit organizations.
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  Economics News Article Analysis: THE FIFTH DOWN; Jets Lower Ticket Prices

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  Economics News Article Analysis 1

  Total Points: 30

  Purpose of Assignment

  The purpose of this assignment is to help the student to analyze current events using economic principles. First, the student is expected to be able to summarize and demonstrate understanding of the current event. Secondly, the student is expected to be able to identify and explain related economic principles to the current event. Finally, the student is expected to be able to provide deeper insight and analysis on the current event through an economic perspective that demonstrates critical thinking.

  Campus-Wide Outcomes Focus

  The following assignment will assess the student for the following learning outcomes:

  Written Communication

  1.3 Demonstrate the ability to develop an idea through the use of concrete examples and specific details

  1.5 Demonstrate appropriate methods of integrating and documenting outside sources.

  1.7 Demonstrate clear organization of thoughts in coherent written form.

  1.8 Demonstrate appropriate choice of format, style, and tone for each particular writing assignment.

  Critical Thinking

  2.1 Apply relevant criteria and standards when evaluating information, claims, and arguments.

  2.2 Use appropriate reasoning to evaluate problems, make decisions, and formulate solutions.

  2.3 Give reasons for conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and hypotheses.

  2.5 Exhibit traits evidencing the disposition to reflect, assess, and improve thinking or products of thinking.

  Submission

  Due Date: Friday April 29th by 11pm

  Please submit your paper in Word document format through Canvas. I will not accept any hardcopy of your paper.

  News Article Criteria:

  • The news article must be published within the last 360 days.
  • The news article must be an article NOT AN EDITORIAL!
  • The news article must be come from one of these approved news sources

  • Newsweek
  • New York Times
  • The Economist
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • Business Week
  • Washington Post
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Seattle Times
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • US News & World Report

  • All these news sources are available at the GRCC library. If you want to use a different news source, you must get the instructor’s approval.
  • The news article must be related to an approved topic that has been given by the instructor

  Analysis Criteria:
  Your analysis must explicitly answer the following questions:

  • What is this article talking about? In your own words, summarize the article. (200 words minimum)
  • Identify, define, and explain the economic concept that is related to this article. The concepts must be from the concepts lists in the chapters covered by the class. You only need to identify and define 1 or 2 concepts. Make sure you give definitions to the economic concepts or terms you mentioned in your paper. (200 words minimum)
  • What other perspectives and deeper insight can you offer to the article given your understanding of economics and what can you add beyond what is discussed in the article? Read the textbook regarding these concepts and look how these concepts are explained. What different or similar perspectives are given from the textbook? How and why are they different? (200 words minimum)

  Citation Requirements:

  • Your paper should start with an APA citation of the article. For example:
  • Delaney, K. J., Karnitschnig, M., & Guth, R. A. (2008, May 5). Microsoft ends pursuit of Yahoo, reassesses its online options. The Wall Street Journal, pp. A1, A12.

  Paper Format Requirements:

  • Use 1.5 spacing.
  • Use a standard font (such as New Times Roman 12).
  • Use standard 1 inch margins on top, bottom, and sides.
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  Research Paper: Decreasing Oil in Kuwait

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  This report will a strategy to develop the economic life in Kuwait and ask the government to make many economic reforms. It will highlight some facts and statistics about Kuwaiti oil and its effect on the daily Kuwaiti life.

  Paper Contents

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Analysis
  • Oil Problem in Kuwait
  • The challenge and opportunity
  • Conclusion& Recommendations
  • References

  8 Pages
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  THREE UNETHICAL CASES IN TODAY’S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

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  Business ethics final report

  Three unethical cases in today’s business environment

  • Case 1- La linea Corruption Case
  • Case 2- Enron
  • Case 3- Donald Trump Immigration plan

  Pages: 8, double spaced

  Citation: Harvard
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  Finding Fallacy Assignment: What’s the Difference Between Terry and Terri?

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  Fallacy Assignment
  Step 1: Find one example of a fallacy. Choose one of the articles below. (if the link doesn’t work, click Library within Blackboard, then type the title and author name in the search box) What’s the Difference Between Terry and Terri? By Terence Jeffrey The Organic Difference by Zazel Lovén The Science of Satire by Mahzarin Banaji Arrest Everybody by Jacob Sullum Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense by Joe Klein Step 2: Identify the specific type of fallacy you found in the article. Label the fallacy as a slippery slope, questionable cause, equivocation, etc. It’s possible that you may find more than one fallacy. That’s okay.  Please explain why you labeled the fallacy/fallacies the way you did. This will require that you briefly summarize the actual argument that contains the fallacy. Step 3: Briefly explain why you think the fallacies you discovered were committed. Explain why this type of fallacy is included in the argument. Do you think it was intentional or unintentional?  1100-1500 words
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  How the Brain Benefits From Being Bilingual Poster

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  Design an attractive poster for parents highlighting the benefits that one derives from being bilingual. See attached for more information.

  NB: There is a strict word count for posters. Posters may require fewer words that written entries. Therefore 100-150  words may be sufficient.The upper word limit is  300 words.

  Additional Files

  posters-_how_to_help.pptx
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  CHAPTER 2 MINI CASE: Barney Smith Inc.

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  SITUATION

  Assume that you recently graduated with a major in finance, and you just landed a job as a financial planner with Barney Smith Inc., a large financial services corporation.  Your first assignment is to invest $100,000 for a client.  Because the funds are to be invested in a business at the end of 1 year,  you have been instructed to plan for a 1 year holding period.  Further, your boss has restricted you to the following investment alternatives shown with their probabilities and associtated outcomes. Barney Smith’s economic forecasting staff has developed estimates for the state of the economy and its security analyst have developed a sophisticated computer program which was used to estimate the rate of return on  each state of the economy.  Alta Industries is an electronics firm; Repo Men collects past due debts; and American Foam manufactures mattresses and various foam products.  Barney Smith also maintains an “index fund” which owns a market-weighted fraction of all publicly traded stocks; you can invest in that fund, and thus obtain average stock market results.  Given the situation as described, answer the following questions.

  Return on Investment

  What is the return on an investment that costs $1,000 and is sold a year later for $1,100?
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  Problem Set 2 International Finance – SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS TO CHAPTER 4 PROBLEMS

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  1. From base price levels of 100 in 1987, West German and U.S. price levels in 1988 stood at 102 and 106, respectively. If the 1987 $/DM exchange rate was $0.54, what should the exchange rate be in 1988? In fact, the exchange rate in 1988 was DM 1 = $0.56. What might account for the discrepancy? (Price levels were measured using the consumer price index.)
  2. In early 1996, the short-term interest rate in France was 3.7%, and forecast French inflation was 1.8%. At the same time, the short-term German interest rate was 2.6% and forecast German inflation was 1.6%.
     • Based on these figures, what were the real interest rates in France and Germany?
     • To what would you attribute any discrepancy in real rates between France and Germany?

  4. In July, the one‑year interest rate is 12% on British pounds and 9% on U.S. dollars.
     • If the current exchange rate is $1.63:,1, what is the expected future exchange rate in one year?
     • Suppose a change in expectations regarding future U.S. inflation causes the expected future spot rate to decline to $1.52:£1. What should happen to the U.S. interest rate?

  5. If expected inflation is 100% and the real required return is 5%, what will the nominal interest rate be according to the Fisher effect?

  6. Suppose that in Japan the interest rate is 8% and inflation is expected to be 3%. Meanwhile, the expected inflation rate in France is 12%, and the English interest rate is 14%. To the nearest whole number, what is the best estimate of the one‑year forward exchange premium (discount) at which the pound will be selling relative to the French franc?
  7. The inflation rate in Great Britain is expected to be 4% per year, and the inflation rate in Switzerland is expected to be 6% per year. If the current spot rate is £1 = SF 12.50, what is the expected spot rate in two years?
  8. If the $:¥ spot rate is $1 = ¥218 and interest rates in Tokyo and New York are 6% and 12%, respectively, what is the expected $:¥ exchange rate one year hence?
  9. Suppose that on January 1, the cost of borrowing French francs for the year is 18%. During the year, U.S. inflation is 5%, and French inflation is 9%. At the same time, the exchange rate changes from FF 1 = $0.15 on January 1 to FF 1 = $0.10 on December 31. What was the real U.S. dollar cost of borrowing francs for the year?
  10. Assume the interest rate is 16% on pounds sterling and 7% on the Euro. At the same time, inflation is running at an annual rate of 3% in Germany and 9% in England.
      1. If the Euro is selling at a one-year forward premium of 10% against the pound, is there an arbitrage opportunity? Explain.
      2. What is the real interest rate in Germany? in England?
      3. Suppose that during the year the exchange rate changes from Euro2.7/£1 to Euro2.65/£1. What are the real costs to a German company of borrowing pounds? Contrast this cost to its real cost of borrowing Euro.
      4. What are the real costs to a British firm of borrowing Euro? Contrast this cost to its real cost of borrowing pounds.

  1. Suppose today’s exchange rate is $0.62/Euro. The 6-month interest rates on dollars and Euro are 6% and 3%, respectively. The 6-month forward rate is $0.6185. A foreign exchange advisory service has predicted that the Euro will appreciate to $0.64 within six months.
     1. How would you use forward contracts to profit in the above situation?
     2. How would you use money market instruments (borrowing and lending) to profit?
     3. Which alternatives (forward contracts or money market instruments) would you prefer? Why?

  Chapter 11(a) problems 

  5. On January 1, the U.S. dollar:Japanese yen exchange rate is $1 = ¥250. During the year, U.S. inflation is 4% and Japanese inflation is 2%. On December 31, the exchange rate is $1 = ¥235. What are the likely competitive effects of this exchange rate change on Caterpillar Tractor, the American earth‑moving manufacturer, whose toughest competitor is Japan’s Komatsu?
  6. In 1990, General Electric acquired Tungsram Ltd., a Hungarian light bulb manufacturer. Hungary’s inflation rate was 28% in 1990 and 35% in 1991, while the forint (Hungary’s currency) was devalued 5% and 15%, respectively, during those years. Corresponding inflation for the U.S. was 6.1% in 1990 and 3.1% in 1991.
     1. What has happened to the competitiveness of GE’s Hungarian operations during 1990 and 1991? Explain.
     2. In early 1992, GE announced that it would cut back its capital investment in Tungsram. What might have been the purpose of GE’s publicly announced cutback?
     3. Assess the likely consequences of a declining dollar on Fluor Corporation, the international construction‑ engineering contractor based in Irvine, California. Most of Fluor’s value‑added involves project design and management; most of its costs are for U.S. labor in design, engineering, and construction‑management services.

  1. The Edmonton Oilers (Canada) of the National Hockey League are two‑time defending Stanley Cup champions. (The Stanley Cup playoff is hockey’s equivalent of football’s Super Bowl or baseball’s World Series.) As is true of all NHL teams, most of the Oilers’ players are Canadian. How are the Oilers affected by changes in the Canadian dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate?
  2. South Korean companies such as Goldstar, Samsung, and Daewoo have captured more than 10% of the U.S. color TV market with their small, low‑priced TV sets. They are also becoming more significant exporters of videocassette recorders and small microwave ovens. What currency risk do these firms face?
  3. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co. of Towson, Maryland, has roughly 45% of its assets and 40% of its sales overseas. How does a soaring dollar affect its profitability, both at home and abroad?
  4. The shipbuilding industry is facing a worldwide capacity surplus. Although Japan currently controls about 50% of the world market, it is facing severe competition from the South Koreans. Japanese shipyards are extraordinarily productive, but at current price levels were just about breaking even with an exchange rate of ¥240 = $1. What are the likely effects on Japanese shipbuilders of a yen appreciation to ¥180 = $1? The South Korean won has maintained its dollar value.

  Chapter 11(b) problems 

  3. Gizmo, U.S.A. is investigating medium‑term financing of $10 million in order to build an addition to its factory in Toledo, Ohio. Gizmo’s bank has suggested the following alternatives:

  Type of loan	Rate
  3-year U.S. dollar loan 3-year Euro loan 3-year Swiss franc loan	14 8 4

  • 1. What information does Gizmo require to decide among the three alternatives?
  • 2. Suppose the factory will be built in Geneva, Switzerland, rather than Toledo. How does this affect your answer in part a?

  1. In September 1992, Dow Chemical reacted to the currency chaos in Europe by switching to Euro pricing for all its products in Europe. The purpose, said a Dow executive, was to shift currency risk from Dow to its European customers. Moreover, said the Dow executive, the policy was fairer: By setting the same DM price throughout Europe, Dow’s new policy would nullify any advantage that a Dow customer in one company might have over competitors in another country based on currency swings.
     • What is Dow really trying to accomplish with its new pricing policy?
     • What is the likelihood that this new policy will reduce Dow’s currency risk?
     • How are Dow’s customers likely to respond to this new policy?

  8. Cost Plus Imports is a West Coast chain specializing in low‑cost imported goods, principally from Japan. It has to put out its semiannual catalogue with prices that are good for six months. Advise Cost Plus Imports on how it can protect itself against currency risk.
  9. Lyle Shipping, a British company, has chartered out ships at fixed‑U.S.‑dollar freight rates. How can Lyle use financing to hedge against its exposure? How will your recommendation affect Lyle’s translation exposure? Lyle uses the current rate method to translate foreign currency assets and liabilities. However, the charters are off‑balance‑sheet items.
  10. In 1985, Japan Airlines (JAL) bought $3 billion of foreign exchange contracts at ¥180/$1 over 11 years to hedge its purchases of U.S. aircraft. By 1994, with the yen at about ¥100/$1, JAL had incurred more than $1 billion in cumulative foreign exchange losses on that deal.
      • What was the economic rationale behind JAL’s hedges?
      • Did JAL’s forward contracts constitute an economic hedge? That is, is it likely that JAL’s losses on its forward contracts were offset by currency gains on its operations?
  11. In 1990, a Japanese investor paid $100 million for an office building in downtown Los Angeles. At the time, the exchange rate was ¥145/$1. When the investor went to sell the building five years later, in early 1995, the exchange rate was ¥85/$1 and the building’s value had collapsed to $50 million.
      • What exchange risk did the Japanese investor face at the time of his purchase?
      • How could the investor have hedged his risk?
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  Writing Freshman Argumentative Essay

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  Topic: The US Has Used Their Presence In The Middle East Towards Their Benefit

  Pages: 8, double spaced