Tag: Business Finance

In no more than 750 words, please analyze the following Hypothetical Scenarios found in the Employment and Labor Law textbook (edition 9 page references):

1. #19 on page 203 (in the file)(RE: Enormous State University)
   1. Does Bloom have a legitimate complaint of sexual harassment?
   2. Would the university be held liable for Morris’ conduct?
   3. What outstanding facts would you want to know before taking action against any employees? Explain.
2. #17 on page 151(in the. file) (RE: Stith, Inc.)
   1. Does the new requirement raise any problems under Title VII? Explain.
3. #20 on page 152(in the file) (RE: Homecare)
   1. What must HomeCare do to show that the strength test has validity under the Uniform Guidelines?
   2. Should HomeCare use a construct validity, content validity, or criterion-related validity approach for the strength test? Explain.

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Whole Foods Case Study Questions

Review the Whole Foods Case Study (pp. 1-6) and answer the questions connected to Chapters 13 and 14 as listed below. Responses to each question should range from 100-200 words. Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1″ margins, title and reference pages). Be sure to use the text and/or other sources to support your responses and properly cite the use of such.

       Analyze effects of the democratic approach to store operation and hiring new associates on store performance. (Ch 13)

      Whole Foods now faces a significant amount of competition. How should it respond to the changes in the competitive landscape of its industry? What future challenges do you envision for Whole Foods market? (Ch 14)

Part1: Read any one Chapter 12. Integrated Marketing Communication and Media Choices or Chapter 13. Social Media, pick any one topic and write a brief summary on it and 

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. Discuss the types of coupons you have used and those you have rarely used. What prompted you to use these types of coupons? Do coupons provide real benefits, or are they merely sales and promotion gimmicks?
2. Have you ever recommended a particular product to a friend or bought a product based on a recommendation from a friend. Would you be more likely to buy a product based on word-of-mouth or advertising? Why?

Part2: Activity: Create a press kit that will be sent to customers and the media announcing a new product launch.

Part1

Question 1

Start with the partial model in the attached.

The stock of Matrix Computing sells for $65, and last year’s dividend was $2.53. Security analysts are projecting that the common dividend will grow at a rate of 9% a year. A flotation cost of 12% would be required to issue new common stock. Matrix’s preferred stock sells for $42.00, pays a dividend of $3.32 per share, and new preferred stock could be sold with a flotation cost of 10%. The firm has outstanding bonds with 25 years to maturity, a 15% annual coupon rate, semiannual payments, $1,000 par value. The bonds are trading at $1,271.59. The tax rate is 20%. The market risk premium is 5.5%, the risk-free rate is 7.0%, and Matrix’s beta is 1.2. In its cost-of-capital calculations, Matrix uses a target capital structure with 40% debt, 10% preferred stock, and 50% common equity.

a. Calculate the cost of each capital component—in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). Use both the CAPM method and the dividend growth approach to find the cost of equity.

b. Calculate the cost of new stock using the dividend growth approach.

c. Assuming that Matrix will not issue new equity and will continue to use the same tar-get capital structure, what is the company’s WACC

Question 2

Start with the partial model in the attached.

Pinto.com has developed a powerful new server that would be used for corporations’ Internet activities. It would cost $25 million at Year 0 to buy the equipment necessary to manufacture the server. The project would require net working capital at the beginning of each year in an amount equal to 12% of the year’s projected sales; for example, NWC₀ = 12%(Sales₁ ). The servers would sell for $21,000 per unit, and Pinto believes that variable costs would amount to $15,000 per unit. After Year 1, the sales price and variable costs will increase at the inflation rate of 2.5%. The company’s nonvariable costs would be $1.5 million at Year 1 and would increase with inflation. The server project would have a life of 4 years. If the project is undertaken, it must be continued for the entire 4 years. Also, the project’s returns are expected to be highly correlated with returns on the firm’s other assets. The firm believes it could sell 2,000 units per year. The equipment would be depreciated over a 5-year period, using MACRS rates. The estimated market value of the equipment at the end of the project’s 4-year life is $1 million. Pinto.com’s federal-plus-state tax rate is 20%. Its cost of capital is 10% for average-risk projects, defined as projects with a coefficient of variation of NPV between 0.8 and 1.2. Low-risk projects are evaluated with an 8% project cost of capital and high-risk projects at 13%.

1. Develop a spreadsheet model, and use it to find the project’s NPV, IRR, and payback.
2. Now conduct a sensitivity analysis to determine the sensitivity of NPV to changes in the sales price, variable costs per unit, and number of units sold. Set these variables’ values at 10% and 20% above and below their base-case values.
3. Now conduct a scenario analysis. Assume that there is a 25% probability that best-case conditions, with each of the variables discussed in Part b being 20% better than its base-case value, will occur. There is a 25% probability of worst-case conditions, with the variables 20% worse than base, and a 50% probability of base-case conditions.
4. If the project appears to be more or less risky than an average project, find its risk-adjusted NPV, IRR, and payback.
5. On the basis of information in the problem, would you recommend the project should be accepted?

Question 3

You are a financial analyst for the Waffle Company. The director of capital budgeting has asked you to analyze two proposed capital investments, Projects A and B. Each project has a cost of $50,000, and the cost of capital for each is 10%.

The projects’ expected net cash flows are as follows:

1. Calculate each project’s payback period, net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), modified internal rate of return (MIRR), and profitability index (PI).
2. Which project will you select if your decision was based solely on the project’s payback period?
3. Which project or projects should be accepted if they are independent?
4. Which project should be accepted if they are mutually exclusive?
5. d. How might a change in the cost of capital produce a conflict between the NPV and IRR rankings of these two projects? Would this conflict exist if r were 6%? (Hint: Plot the NPV profiles.)

Question 4

Marvin Industries must choose between an electric-powered and a coal-powered forklift machine for its factory. Because both machines perform the same function, the firm will choose only one. (They are mutually exclusive investments.) The electric-powered machine will cost more, but it will be less expensive to operate; it will cost $102,000, whereas the coal-powered machine will cost $69,500. The cost of capital that applies to both investments is 10%. The life for both types of machines is estimated to be 6 years, during which time the net cash flows for the electric-powered machine will be $26,150 per year, and those for the coal-powered machine will be $20,000 per year. Annual net cash flows include depreciation expenses.

1. Calculate the NPV and IRR for each type of machine, and decide which to recommend

Submit your answers in a Word document.

Chapter 9. Project Scheduling

Chapter 10. Resource Management

Chapter 11. Project Budget

Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. Is it possible for a project team to achieve high efficiency without scheduling tasks and activities? Discuss.
2. Why is the impact of scheduling and resource allocation generally more significant in multiproject organizations? How do large fluctuations in demand affect the situation?
3. Assume that you are in charge of developing your state’s department of transportation budget. Write specific instructions for project managers in your department to facilitate a bottom-up budgeting process

CLA 2 Comprehensive Learning Assessment 2 – CLO 4, CLO 5, CLO 6, CLO 7

You are in charge of a manufacturing plant. Using your skills related to the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model and Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) model for two different work scenarios, your next task is to:

Use EOQ to calculate:

the Annual Demand, the Annual Holding Cost, the Quantity to be Ordered, the Total Annual Cost, and the Reorder Point. Provide a list of the assumptions that you make.

1. Given EOQ Parameters from your log:

Weekly Demand = 240 units

# of weeks per year = 52

Ordering Cost = $50
Unit Cost = $15

Annual Carrying Charge = 20%

Lead Time = 2 weeks

Use EPQ to calculate:

the Annual Demand, the Adjusted Total Cost, the Quantity to be Ordered, The Maximum Inventory, and the Adjusted Order Quantity. 

Given EPQ Parameters from your log:

Annual Demand = 8,000 units

1. Production Rate = 2,500 units/month

Setup Cost = $800
Annual Holding Cost= $18 per unit

Lead Time = 5 days

No of Operating Days Per Month = 20

Provide an overview of the presumptions that you have made. What are your conclusions? When would you use an ABC-analysis and how would that work?

I’m working on a management case study and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

1. If you were Ms. Adams, how would you handle this request from the pastor? What types of questions would you have for the pastor?
2. If you were the pastor, what would you see as the ideal way for you to improve your reading skills in this situation?
3. How should the status of the pastor in the community be considered (if at all)?
4. What factors of adult learning are in play in this scenario?

identify the “root causes” of the problem you are targeting for your proposed strategic initiative. However, you also suggested that “poor decision-making” is equally contributing to these “root causes” that are associated with the problem(s) within the organizarion. Please provide an example that illustrates “poor decision-making.