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  BUS 200 Small Business Management

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  Assignment #1 – Read Case 1 on page 645 and answer questions 1-5

  1) How did Hennessy’s background prepare him for starting a business? What entrepreneurial qualities does he embody?

  2) What were Hennessy’s entrepreneurial motivations for founding Dash Locker?

  3) What type of entrepreneurial opportunity did Hennessy identify, and how did he capitalize on those opportunities?

  4) Describe Dash Locker’s growth potential.

  5) Describe Dash Locker’s competitive advantage.

  Study Tips 101: Take Breaks
  It’s important to take breaks while you’re studying, especially if you’re feeling tired or frustrated. Working too long on a task can actually decrease your performance.
  When you take a break, make sure you get away from your desk or study space. A bit of physical activity – even just a walk around the block – can sometimes help you to look at a problem in a different way and could even help you to solve it.
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  Case study Solutions

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  1. a) Suppose you were the top partner at a major accounting firm at that time of Andersen’s collapse. What actions, if any would you take in response?

  1. b) In 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new regulations that limit consulting work by accounting firm This proposal was not passed by Congress. Do you think that the legislations were trying to act in the public interest when they failed to pass this proposal?

  1. c) The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the primary professional association for certified public accountants (CPAs). It has developed a Code of Professional Conduct that sets the standards of conduct for CPA People can file complaints about the ethical conduct of a CPA with the AICPA, which can levy sanctions and other penalties against its members. Do you think that the unethical conduct at Andersen (and possibly other accounting firms) was the fault of the AICPA for not setting and enforcing higher ethical standards among its members?
  2. d) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 established a new five-person board to oversee financial accounting in publicly traded corporati The board is appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to the creation of this board, the industry relied primarily on self-regulations through the AICPA. Do you think the establishment of the new oversight board was a good idea or should the profession have continued to be self-regulated?

  1. e) According to the Independent (Nigel Thorpe, “Greenspan Cautions on Over-Regulation, Thursday, September 26, 2002), Alan Greenspan, the (former) chairman of the Federal Reserve, warned against   over-regulation in financial markets despite corporate scandals such as Enron and WorldC In his testimony before the Committee of Government Oversight and Reform, on October 23, 2008 he revised some of his beliefs. Do you think that financial markets and, in particular, rating agencies should rely on self-regulation?
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  Work Orientation: Plan to help us get our business in order

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  I am so glad to have you in the clinic!  Thanks for the work you have done the past 3 weeks!  Now, it is your turn to take the reins!  Finally a chance to put into place all of those wonderful things you learned in college!

  Much to your surprise, your first morning on your own and you walk into the following situation:

  • 2 nurses failed to show up for work without calling
  • Patients have been waiting in excess of one hour and are rather vocal about their dissatisfaction
  • Patient files are not properly stored; stacks are strewn throughout the office with identifying patient information exposed
  • Your front desk assistant is texting while checking-in patients and allowing the office phones to go unanswered
  • A patient approaches you about your practice’s “Patient Rights” policies, information, to which you discover, has never been created.
  • Reports are left on your desk by the previous manager, marked “URGENT.”  You picked them up and notice that they are the financial reports for the past 3 quarters

  What do you do?  What ethical issues are present?  What are the top priorities in your assessment?

  As you try to get you bearings straight, I need you to develop plan to help us get our business in order.  Your plan will be a 3 page memo using Microsoft Word; (1.5 line spacing and Times New Roman 12.  Make sure you understand memo format) to me identifying the issues and potential steps to begin to fix our service issues. Remember to include a prioritization listing (as Page 3 of this document) for the issues I have identified. (HINT: Some of these issues may require immediate action).  What I am looking for here is a priority listing of these issues with a time line associated with each of them.  For example, are some of these ongoing?  Are some of these issues manageable in a week?  There is no need to restate the issue in your memo

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  Describe the potential of 3D printing to improve the STEM and Arts skills

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  Potential of 3D printing to improve the STEM and Arts skills of students in the US

  This is your first question for the Disrupting Class book reading responses. Choose one and reply in approximately 300 words in a Word document.

  • Describe the potential of 3D printing to improve the STEM and Arts skills of students in the US.
  • Describe how 3d printing could help teachers address each of Gardner’s intelligences.
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  Supply Chain Management (Part B) Assignment

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  1.3  Module Aims & Learning Outcomes:

  This course aims to provide delegates with:

  • A broad understanding of supply chain management and how it relates to the energy industry
  • Detailed understanding of supply chain management techniques and related operations management concepts that are important to the energy industry

  Learning Outcomes:

  On completion of this module, delegates will be able to:

  • Explain how supply chains can be effectively designed and controlled in a range of circumstances
  • Evaluate approaches to the management and development of the supply chain
  • Discuss the characteristics of contemporary supply chains and assess their contribution to organisational effectiveness

  Part B: Carry out the investigation and prepare consultants initial report that will focus the client attention on the root causes of the problem or challenge and set out the basis for a solution. This paper should demonstrate a good understanding of the challenges but also reflect on the how the challenges link to current academic approaches to the subject.

  This part will require have introduction, body with various sections and conclusion as report format. Remember to use theory/concept in this section.
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  Supply Chain Management Assignment (Part A)

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  Individual Assessment:

  Using the understandings you have gained though the material presented in this module supply chain management.

  Choose an industry, and select a supply chain or logistics based challenge or challenges facing then whole industry or a particular organisation operating within the industry and:

  Part A: Define the problem and set out a remit for a consultant that clearly describes the scope of an investigative project to find a solution for the client.

  This part will require have introduction, body with various sections and conclusion as report format to deliver to the client.
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  Homework Solutions (Options and Futures)

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  1.Consider a trader who opens a short futures position. The contract size is £62,500, the maturity is six months, and the initial price is $1.50 = £1. The next day, the settlement price is $1.60 = £1. What is the amount of the trader’s gain or loss?

  A) Gain of $6,250.

  B) Loss of $6,250. (1.6 USD – 1.5 USD = 0.1 USD per 1 EUR loss; 0.1 * 62,500)

  C) Gain of $2,604.

  D) No gain or loss, since maturity has not arrived.

  2. Suppose you wish to speculate on a rise in the value of the euro. If you are correct and the value of the euro does indeed rise in the future, you would profit with

  A) a short position in a futures contract on the euro.

  B) a long position in a futures contract on the euro.

  C) a short position in a forward contract on the euro.

  D) None of the above.

  3. Explain the basic differences between the operation of a currency forward market and a futures market.

  4. A call option:

  A) is a contract to buy a certain quantity of a specific underlying asset at a specific price at a specified date in the future.

  B) gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying asset for a stated price over a stated time period.

  C) is an exchange-traded contract to buy a certain quantity of a specific underlying asset at a specific price at a specified date in the future.

  D) gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy the underlying asset for a stated price over a stated time period.

  5. Consider a put option written on €100,000. The strike price is $1.50 = €1.00 and the option premium is $0.02 per euro. What is the theoretical maximum gain on this position?

  A) There is unlimited upside potential.

  B) $80,000

  C) $148,000 (1.50 USD – 0.02 USD = 1.48 USD; 1.48 USD per 1 EUR * 100,000 EUR)

  D) $2,000

  6. Consider a trader who buys a European call option on euro. The contract size is €62,500, the maturity is six months, and the strike price is $1.50 = €1. At maturity, the settlement price is $1.60 = €1. What is the amount of the trader’s gain or loss?

  A) Gain of $6,250. (1.6 USD – 1.5 USD = 0.1 USD per 1 EUR gain; 0.1 * 62,500)

  B) Loss of $6,250.

  C) Gain of $2,604.

  D) No gain or loss, since expiry has not arrived.

  7. Consider a put option written on €100,000. The strike price is $1.50 = €1.00 and the option premium is $0.02. At what exchange rate will the buyer of this put option break even?

  A) $1.00 = €.667

  B) $1.52 = €1.00

  C) $1.48 = €1.00 (1.50 USD – 0.02 USD = 1.48 USD per 1 EUR)

  D) $1.50 = €1.00

  8. What is meant by the terminology that an option is in-, at-, or out-of-the-money?

  9. Assume that the Japanese yen is trading at a spot price of 92.04 cents per 100 yen.   Further assume that the premium of an American call (put) option with a striking price of 93 is 2.10 (2.20) cents. Calculate the intrinsic value and the time value of the call and put options.
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  SECTION A Questions and Solutions

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  Answer one question from this section. Answer all questions in a separate answer book.

  (a) Assume you are a UK-based buyer of New Zealand frozen lamb meat. You have just concluded a deal to buy NZD 5,000,000 worth of lamb meat from New Zealand and you will have to pay in one year’s time. You strictly prefer hedging against fluctuations in the foreign exchange market of NZD against GBP. The GBP interest rate is 2.5% per annum. The NZD interest rate is 5% per annum.

  Information on the spot and forward exchange rates quoted against the U.S. Dollar (USD) on 20/03/2014 (retrieved on 21/03/2014 from The Financial Times web page http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Currencies) is summarised in the following table:

  Currency                 Spot Rate               12-Month Forward

  Rate

  New Zealand Dollar

  (NZD)

  Great Britain Pound

  (GBP)

  1.1713 NZD/USD       1.2114 NZD/USD

  1.6510 USD/GBP       1.6456 USD/GBP

  1. i.       Calculate the spot and one-year forward cross rates of GBP against NZD. Is the New Zealand Dollar selling at a premium or at a discount versus the Great Britain Pound?
  2. ii.       Describe two financial instruments to hedge against exchange rate risk. What is the pound cost of New Zealand lamb for each instrument?

  iii.       Which of the two hedging mechanisms is preferred? Why?

  1. iv.       What happens if the UK buyer decides not to hedge? Why?

  (b)   Explain whether   and, if so, how covered interest arbitrage opportunities can be exploited. Use the information provided in part (a). Assume that the arbitrageur can borrow up to NZD 5,000,000 or an equivalent amount in GBP.

  (a) Suppose an investor is considering setting up a new e-business that consists of selling smartphone applications. Expected cash flows from her new business are for the amount of GBP 20,000 per annum over the period of 10 years, and the yield to maturity is 5%.

  1. i.   As a financial manager, you are expected to tell to the investor how much she could invest in her business to break even. Please provide your valuable customer with a qualified advice.
  2. ii. Would the present value of   the business be higher or lower relative the value calculated in part i if the yield to maturity increases to 10%? Explain your answer.

  iii. Assume that in one year’s time, the investor encounters liquidity issues and thus is forced to sell her business. The price that she is offered is GBP 150,000. Calculate the rate of return from year 1   to year 2

  (b) Calculate the market value of a perpetuity that pays a coupon of GBP 100. Assume the yield to maturity is 4%. Can the nominal price of a perpetuity be negative? Why?

  (c)   Explain the role of deflation for project evaluation. Why real rather than nominal cost of borrowing matters for   project evaluation?

  (d) If the interest rate is 4%, how much would you be willing to pay for a security that pays you GBP 1,000 next year, GBP 2,000 in two years, GBP 3,000 in three years and GBP 4,000 in four years from now? If the market price of a security is GBP 8,000, would you buy or sell it? Why?
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  International Finance Problems

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  1. Mississippi Mud Pies, Inc. needs to buy 1,000,000 Swiss francs (CHF) to pay its Swiss chocolate supplier. Its banker quotes bid–ask rates of CHF1.3990–1.4000/USD. What will be the dollar cost of the CHF1,000,000?
  2. Western Mining of Australia has called Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial to get its opinion about the Japanese yen–Australian dollar exchange rate. The current rate is ¥67.72/A$, and Mitsubishi thinks the Australian dollar will weaken by 5% over the next year. What is Mitsubishi’s forecast of the future exchange rate?