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ECO550 Week 8 Discussion 1 and 2
$7.50From the scenario for Katrina’s Candies, examine the major implications for firms entering into a merger. Explain the criteria the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission would follow when deciding on whether or not to approve a proposed merger.
Examine two (2) organizational forms of business (e.g., functional, product, etc.). Predict the possible implications of the principal agent relationship for each of these organizational forms of business. Determine which of the organization forms would have more of an economic impact on the operations of the firm and its ability to maximize profits. Provide a rationale for your response.
1. Explain what HR management is and how it relates to the management process
$10.00Discussion Questions
- Explain what HR management is and how it relates to the management process.
- Give examples of how HR management concepts and techniques can be of use to all managers.
- Illustrate the HR management responsibilities of line and staff (HR) managers.
- Why is it important for companies today to make their human resources into a competitive advantage? Explain how HR can contribute to doing this. What are some examples of employers who do this?
- Think of some companies that you are familiar with or that you’ve read about where you think the human resource managers have been successful in “adding value”. What do the HR managers do to lead you to your conclusion?
6 Pages
What is the role of Information Systems in alliances
$3.00Discussion Question # 2;
What is the role of Information Systems in alliances such as airlines and credit card issuers? Why would such alliances be practically impossible without IT?
Consider the reduced level of privacy afforded to workers today
$5.00Discussion Question # 1;
It is undeniable that information technology improves lives, but it also has undesirable effects. Consider the reduced level of privacy afforded to workers today. Which is more important; your employers rights to electronically monitor you, or your privacy and mental well being?
ACC 557 Week 2 Discussion 1
$5.00From the e-Activity, recommend how the SOX framework can ensure reliable and complete financial information and how accounting professionals have benefitted from its use. Provide support for your response.
Evaluate how the SOX has reinforced investors’ and creditors’ confidence in companies and how these individuals can take steps to verify the accuracy of the financial statements of potential investments or loans. Provide support for your rationale.
Recommend the advantages and disadvantages of recording the above-referenced costs in the financial statements and how this might alter the company’s public image.
HRM595 Week 1 Discussion
$7.00DQ 1
“Linda and Larry are angry because their new neighbors in the apartment complex, Dale and Donna, seem to hold late-night parties every Thursday. Linda and Larry both have long work days that require them to rise early and remain alert all day. Linda and Larry have asked Dale and Donna to keep the noise down on Thursday nights and conclude their parties by midnight. Dale and Donna have ignored their requests. Linda and Larry have reached their boiling point, and have decided to call the police this Thursday if the party goes on beyond midnight.
Given this scenario, how have Linda and Larry handled the conflict thus far? What should they do now?
Some negotiating is “interest-based”, and some is “rights based”. What determines which approach is better and which approach is least costly? When is “active avoidance” appropriate?
DQ 2
Read Case 9, “Sick Leave”, in the back section of your text.
After reading the case, identify and explain the conflict that occurred, how it occurred, how it could have been avoided, and what Kelly and the other ALTs should do now.
What questions in the Personal Bargaining Inventory (located in the Appendix of the text) are more highly valued by Kelly as a matter of cultural influence, and which are more highly valued by Mr. Higashi? Given your own scoring on the Personal Bargaining Inventory, how well would you have likely handled the situation if you were Kelly?
Lodging Demands Assignment
$10.00Chapter 1:
- There are three factors that influence lodging demand. What are they and discuss in detail how they affect the demand?
- At what time in history did the modern hotel industry emerge? What were the three contributing factors and how did they impact the industry today?
Chapter 2:
- Define and describe the difference between work teams and quality circles and how they each might impact the motivation of employees.
- Compare centralization and decentralization and give examples of types of hotels that might employ each.
- List the principal functions of each major department, as well as key personnel, in a full service hotel.
FIN 515 WEEK 4 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
$5.00(7–2)
Constant Growth Valuation
Boehm Incorporated is expected to pay a $1.50 per share dividend at the end of this year (i.e., D1 = $1.50). The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7% a year. The required rate of return on the stock, rs, is 15%. What is the value per share of Boehm’s stock?(7–4)
Preferred Stock Valuation
Nick’s Enchiladas Incorporated has preferred stock outstanding that pays a dividend of $5 at the end of each year. The preferred sells for $50 a share. What is the stock’s required rate of return?(7–5)
Nonconstant Growth Valuation
A company currently pays a dividend of $2 per share (D0 = $2). It is estimated that the company’s dividend will grow at a rate of 20% per year for the next 2 years, then at a constant rate of 7% thereafter. The company’s stock has a beta of 1.2, the risk-free rate is 7.5%, and the market risk premium is 4%. What is your estimate of the stock’s current price?(9-1)
After-Tax Cost of Debt
Calculate the after-tax cost of debt under each of the following conditions:- a. Interest rate of 13%, tax rate of 0%
- b. Interest rate of 13%, tax rate of 20%
- c. Interest rate of 13%, tax rate of 35%
(9-4)
Cost of Preferred Stock with Flotation Costs
Burnwood Tech plans to issue some $60 par preferred stock with a 6% dividend. A similar stock is selling on the market for $70. Burnwood must pay flotation costs of 5% of the issue price. What is the cost of the preferred stock?(9-5)
Cost of Equity: DCF
Summerdahl Resort’s common stock is currently trading at $36 a share. The stock is expected to pay a dividend of $3.00 a share at the end of the year (D1 = $3.00), and the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% a year. What is its cost of common equity?(9-6)
Cost of Equity: CAPM
Booher Book Stores has a beta of 0.8. The yield on a 3-month T-bill is 4% and the yield on a 10-year T-bond is 6%. The market risk premium is 5.5%, and the return on an average stock in the market last year was 15%. What is the estimated cost of common equity using the CAPM?
(9-7)
WACC
Shi Importer’s balance sheet shows $300 million in debt, $50 million in preferred stock, and $250 million in total common equity. Shi’s tax rate is 40%, rd = 6%, rps = 5.8%, and rs = 12%. If Shi has a target capital structure of 30% debt, 5% preferred stock, and 65% common stock, what is its WACC?FIN370 Week 2 Individual Assignment Chapter Study Questions
$3.0014.1 What are financial markets? What function do they perform? How would an economy be worse off without them?
14.3 Distinguish between the money and capital markets
14.4 What major benefits do corporations and investors enjoy because of the existence of organized security exchanges?
