Business Enterprise

Business Enterprise

Business Enterprise

“Feeling Burned Out at Work? Join the Club,” Feintzeig, February 28, 2017
1. What are the consequences of employee burnout? What is the impact on employees and employers?
2. How are organization attempting to reduce burnout at work? Why are some organizations resisting addressing burnout issues?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-kind-of-jobs-program-for-middle-america-1488114000?mod=djem_jiewr_ES_domainid

“New Kind of Jobs Program for Middle America,” Mims, February 26, 2017
1. Why has the need for coding skills exploded in the U.S.?

2. Speculate on whether the success of coding schools will lead to 12-week bootcamp type educational experiences in other technical areas.

The difference between the actual cost incurred and the standard cost

The difference between the actual cost incurred and the standard cost

The difference between the actual cost
14. The difference between the actual cost incurred and the standard cost is called the:

Select one:

a. Flexible variance.b. Price variance.c. Cost variance.d. Controllable variance.e. Volume variance.

21. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of a degree of operating leverage of 5?
Select one: a. Operating leverage of 5 means that sales can decrease by 5% before the firm’s current level of sales will hit the break-even point. b. Operating leverage of 5 means that if sales increase by 5% the firm will hit its break-even point. c. Operating leverage of 5 means that if sales increase by 5%, there will be a 25% increase in the firm’s pretax profit. d. Operating leverage of 5 measures the degree of debt employed by the firm’s debt structure. e. Operating leverage of 5 means that the company would need to increase sales by 5 times in order to hit its break-even point.

Production budgets

Production budgets

Production budgets
C 102-Production budgets should always show both
29. Production budgets should always show both budgeted units of product and costs.

Select one:

TrueFalse
32. A cost that changes with volume, but not at a constant rate, is called a:
Select one: a. Variable cost. b. Curvilinear cost. c. Step-wise variable cost. d. Fixed cost. e. Differential cost.
33.

The financial budgets include the cash budget and the capital expenditures budget.

Select one:

TrueFalse
35.

The high-low method of deriving an estimated cost line uses all the data points available.

Select one:

TrueFalse

22. Identify the situation that will result in a favorable variance.
Select one: a. Actual revenue is higher than budgeted revenue. b. Actual revenue is lower than budgeted revenue. c. Actual income is lower than expected. d. Actual costs are higher than budgeted costs. e. Actual expenses are higher than budgeted expenses.

An investor recently purchased a corporate bond

An investor recently purchased a corporate bond

An investor recently purchased a corporate bond
Chapter 3 How to

Reviewing Chapter 3 – Financial statement

Reviewing Ch3 – FM

3-1

An investor recently purchased a corporate bond which yields 9%. The investor is in the 36% combined federal and state tax bracket. What is the bond’s after-tax yield?

3-2

Corporate bonds issued by Johnson Corporation currently yield 8%. Municipal bonds of equal risk currently yield 6%. At what tax rate would an investor be indifferent between these two bonds?

3-3

Little Books Inc. recently reported $3 million of net income. Its EBIT was $6 million, and its tax rate was 40%. What was its interest expense? [Hint: Write out the headings for an income statement and then fill in the known values. Then divide $3 million net income by (1–T) [1] 0.6 to find the pre-tax income. The difference between EBIT and taxable income must be the interest expense. Use this same procedure to work some of the other problems.]

3-4

Pearson Brothers recently reported an EBITDA of $7.5 million and net income of $1.8 million. It had $2.0 million of interest expense, and its corporate tax rate was 40%. What was its charge for depreciation and amortization?

3-5

Kendall Corners Inc. recently reported net income of $3.1 million and depreciation of $500,000. What was its net cash flow? Assume it had no amortization expense.

3-6

In its most recent financial statements, Newhouse Inc. reported $50 million of net income and $810 million of retained earnings. The previous retained earnings were $780 million. How much in dividends was paid to shareholders during the year?

3-7

The Talley Corporation had a taxable income of $365,000 from operations after all operating costs but before (1) interest charges of $50,000, (2) dividends received of $15,000, (3) dividends paid of $25,000, and (4) income taxes. What are the firm’s income tax liability and its after-tax income? What are the company’s marginal and average tax rates on taxable income?

The firm’s income tax liability?

3-8

The Wendt Corporation had $10.5 million of taxable income.

a. What is the company’s federal income tax bill for the year?

b. Assume the firm receives an additional $1 million of interest income from some bonds it owns. What is the tax on this interest income?

c. Now assume that Wendt does not receive the interest income but does receive an additional $1 million as dividends on some stock it owns. What is the tax on this dividend income?

3-9

The Shrieves Corporation has $10,000 that it plans to invest in marketable securities. It is choosing among AT&T bonds, which yield 7.5%, state of Florida munibonds, which yield 5%, and AT&T preferred stock, with a dividend yield of 6%. Shrieves’s corporate tax rate is 35%, and 70% of the dividends received are tax exempt. Find the after-tax returns on both securities.

3-10

The Moore Corporation has operating income (EBIT) of $750,000. The company’s depreciation expense is $200,000. Moore is 100% equity financed, and it faces a 40% tax rate. What is the company’s net income? What is its net cash flow?

3-11

The Berndt Corporation expects to have sales of $12 million. Costs other than depreciation are expected to be 75% of sales, and depreciation is expected to be $1.5 million. All sales revenues will be collected in cash, and costs other than depreciation must be paid for during the year. Berndt’s federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%. Berndt has no debt.

a. Set up an income statement. What is Berndt’s expected net cash flow?

b. Suppose Congress changed the tax laws so that Berndt’s depreciation expenses doubled. No changes in operations occurred. What would happen to reported profit and to net cash flow?

c. Now suppose that Congress, instead of doubling Berndt’s depreciation, reduced it by 50%. How would profit and net cash flow be affected?

d. If this were your company, would you prefer Congress to cause your depreciation expense to be doubled or halved? Why?

3-12

You have just obtained financial information for the past 2 years for Bridgewater Equine Corporation. Answer the following questions.

a. What is the net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT) for 2007?

b. What are the amounts of net operating working capital for both years?

c. What are the amounts of total net operating capital for both years?

d. What is the free cash flow for 2007?

e. How can you explain the large increase in dividends in 2007?

Bridgewater Equine Corporation: Income Statements for Year Ending

December 31 (Millions of Dollars)

2007 2006

Sales $1,200.0 $1,000.0

Operating costs excluding depreciation 1,020.0 850.0

Depreciation 30.0 25.0

Earnings before interest and taxes $ 150.0 $ 125.0

Less interest 21.7 20.2

Earnings before taxes $ 128.3 $ 104.8

Taxes (40%) 51.3 41.9

Net income available to common stockholders $ 77.0 $ 62.9

Common dividends $ 60.5 $ 4.4

Assets

Cash and equivalents $ 12.0 $ 10.0

Short-term investments 0.0 0.0

Accounts receivable 180.0 150.0

Inventories 180.0 200.0

Total current assets $372.0 $360.0

Net plant and equipment 300.0 250.0

Total assets $672.0 $610.0

Liabilities and Equity

Accounts payable $108.0 $90.0

Notes payable 67.0 51.5

Accruals 72.0 60.0

Total current liabilities $247.0 $201.5

Long-term bonds 150.0 150.0

Total liabilities $397.0 $351.5

Common stock (50 million shares) 50.0 50.0

Retained earnings 225.0 208.5

Common equity $275.0 $258.5

Total liabilities and equity $672.0 $610.0

Create an 8- to 10-slide presentation that should be

Create an 8- to 10-slide presentation that should be

Create an 8- to 10-slide presentation that should be
Option 1: Create an 8- to 10-slide presentation that should be 5 to 10 minutes in length. Please include detailed speaker notes, based on the Week 4 Persuasive Messages Part I & Part II assignment. Apply the four aspects of designing business presentations discussed in the textbook to your presentation.

Include at least one visual to support on your slides, for example, using a line chart to show increasing sales.

Include the following in presentation slides:

Title

Introduction

Recommendation

Benefits

Impact if product or service does not sell as much as expected Conclusion

References

Create a Microsoft Word summary of no more than 350 words to accompany your project. Format consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

public filings on the Securities and Exchange

public filings on the Securities and Exchange

public filings on the Securities and Exchange

Bus 499 wk 10 assignment 5 capstone
Select a publicly traded corporation for which you would like to work or are currently working.
Research the corporation on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall success.

Analyze the five (5) forces of competition to determine how they impact the company.

Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.

Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.

Outline a communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.

Select two (2) corporate governance mechanisms used by this corporation and evaluate how effective they are at controlling managerial actions.

Evaluate the effectiveness of leadership within this corporation and make at least one (1) recommendation for improvement.

Assess efforts by this corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and determine the impact these efforts (or lack thereof) have on the company’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Use at least five (5) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

financial concepts in the real world

financial concepts in the real world

financial concepts in the real world

The purpose of this project is for you to have
The purpose of this project is for you to have some practice working with financial concepts in the real world. This will involve integrating some material from throughout the course. The project will also involve the development of your own approach to doing the work. The project does not provide a step-by-step procedure for you to follow.

Your task is to determine the WACC for a given firm using what you know about WACC as well as data you can find through research. Your deliverable is to be a brief report in which you state your determination of WACC, describe and justify how you determined the number, and provide relevant information as to the sources of your data.

With the help of your professor, you have selected a company for which to research and find the WACC (this is the same firm that you have chosen for Module 1 and 2 assignments). Your research is to be independent from any information you may find at thatswacc.com or similar sites although you might want to use such sites to provide a reasonableness check on the WACC you calculate.

Assumptions

As you recall, the formula for WACC is

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The formula for the required return on a given equity investment is

ri= rf + ?i * (RMkt-rf)

rMkt-rf is the Market Risk Premium. For this project, you may assume the Market Risk Premium is 4% unless you can develop a better number.

rf is the risk free rate. The YTM on 10 year US Treasury securities is a good approximation.

You may assume a corporate tax rate of 35%.

One good source for financial data for companies as well as data about their equity is http://finance.yahoo.com. By looking around this site, you should be able to find the market capitalization (E) as well as the ? for any publicly traded company.

There are not many places left where data about corporate bonds is still available. One of them is http://finra-markets.morningstar.com/BondCenter . To find data for a particular company’s bonds, find the Quick Search feature, then be sure to specify corporate bonds and type in the name of the issuing company. This should give you a list of all of the company’s outstanding bond issues. Clicking on the symbol for a given bond issue will lead you to the current amount outstanding and the yield to maturity. You are interested in both. The total of all bonds outstanding is D in the above formula.

If you like, you can use the YTM on a bond issue that is not callable as the pre-tax cost of debt for the company.

Deliverable

Submit the Excel File with your calculations.

Write a two report that contains the following elements On Lockheed Martin

Your calculated WACC.

Sources for your data.

A discussion of how much confidence you have in your answer. What were the limiting assumptions that you made, if any.

Healthcare Capstone

Healthcare Capstone

Healthcare Capstone
Week 6 Discussion 1
Data Capture

Identify two ways that healthcare organizations perform marketing related data capture that do not violate any regulatory stipulations. Analyze and discuss how these might change in the future and why. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
Class Text

Environments and Instructional Strategies

Environments and Instructional Strategies

Environments and Instructional Strategies
CE 430 week 1 journal (DO NOT USED RECYCLED WORK)
Ashford 2: – Week 1 – Journal
Reflective Journal: Learning Environments and Instructional Strategies

An important part of being an educator is reflection. Reflection is a learning process through which you use your experiences and knowledge to guide you in the future. Each week you will have the opportunity to use your journal to reflect on the content you have learned in this course and throughout your degree program. Specifically, you will reflect on the connections you see between each case study and two to three topics from the Program Comprehensive Exam.

This week we will be focusing on learning environments and instructional strategies. Take a few minutes to think about how the case study addresses these topics. The questions below may spark some ideas regarding learning environments and instructional strategies. You do not need to address all the questions; instead, write down your thoughts as they unfold.

Reflect on the following in your journal:

What was the learning environment like in the classroom where you felt the most successful in school?;

Using the case study as an example, how will you create a learning environment for your students that will allow them to feel as successful as you did in school?

What instructional strategies did your teachers use in school in order to ensure your success? Why do you think these instructional strategies were successful?

Based on the Week One Case Study, what instructional strategies do you think Mrs. Ashland might use with her students? Explain if or how you plan to use any of the strategies that either your teachers used or that you believe Mrs. Ashland will use with supporting rationale of your response.

The Bear River is prone to flooding

The Bear River is prone to flooding

lp!
http://www.bepreparedyuba.org/pages/prepare/history.aspx
The Bear River is prone to flooding! You work for the FRA or federal railroad administration. https://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P0001
You have been tasked with figuring out what railroads will be at risk in the case that the Bear River floods. You want to work with county officials to help plan for this problem. Your end goal is to notify all counties that have railroads that could be flooded by the Bear River.
Tools you will use: Select features using an expression and Spatial Query
Layers you will need: Rivers (generalized), railroads, and Counties (generalized) You can find them here https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/confluence/display/geoportal/ESRI+USA+Data
Troubleshooting
Use Set the CRS to change the coordinate systems of your files
Be patient when you use spatial query – if things still won’t work please limit the size of your files to the part of the United States you are working in using select features.
Please save your selected features after each step.
MAKE SURE INTERSECT IS SELECTED WHEN YOU CONDUCT A SPATIAL QUERY

Final Answer: Should be only the counties that have railroads in them that touch the Bear River. A snip of the final Counties (by themselves)
A list of the states and Counties that you found.
What should you include in your submission?
A snip of your final answer
A step by step explanation of how you achieved this solution, all the way from data acquisition to the final image.

Please set up your explanation like this:

Step 1:
The GIS tool you used (If you used one)
The file you used or acquired (where did you get it? What is the name of it?)
Explain what you did with the file/tool

If you ran into dead end, explain where you got stuck and what unsuccessful steps you used to reach the solution.