1. You purchase machinery for $23‚958 that generates cash flow of $6‚000 for 5 years. What is the internal rate of return on the investment? $23‚958/$6000= 3.993 PVAIF (5 @ 3.993) = 8% 2. The cost of capital for a firm is 10%. The firm has 2 possible investments with the cash flows: Yr 1 A. $300 B. $200 Yr 2 A. $200 B. $200 Yr 3 A. $100 B. $200 A. Each investment costs $480. What investments should the firm make according to the present value? PVIF: Yr1 .909‚ Yr2 .826‚ Yr3 .751
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What Makes a Successful Business? Posing a question like "what makes a successful business" can be like the parable of the four blind men describing the elephant - all the perceptions are accurate‚ but they aren’t the full picture‚ and none really stands up on its own. The fact is that the elements that go into making a successful business are many‚ varied‚ and often industry/niche specific. Therefore‚ in order to deliver a small treatise on what it is that makes for a successful business‚ it is
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The limited liability partnership; A hybrid of two different forms of business organizations – the partnership and the company. The Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) was introduced as a new business entity in Singapore in 2005. Its definition under S14 of the Limited Liability Partnership Act (LLPA) shares a resemblance to S1 of the Partnership Act (PA): it comprises of two or more persons carrying on a lawful business in view of profit upon registration with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory
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Moreover‚ a long list of fees would be incurred to sellers in the platform. As more business migrate to the new site‚ Alibaba can enjoy a more steady cash flow. Destination Country - US: On 11 June 2014‚ Alibaba launched US shopping site 11 Main. The 11 Main is
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elaborate upon the duties that a principal owes to an agent. Answer: An agency is the creation of a contract entered into by mutual consent between a principal and an agent. By agency‚ a principal grants authority to an agent to act on behalf of and under the control of the principal. A principal owes certain contractual duties to his/her agent by an agent will serve the principal loyally and with obedient. The principal duties can be found in section 172
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Chapter 1- What is strategy? Strategy- how to do better than your rivals What is the present situation? Where do we want to go? How will we get there? Strategy- doing things differently from rivals- competitive advantage Effectiveness & Efficiency Doing things differently than others either differently providing value Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Efficiently- “don’t care about value- but do it more efficiently Google focusing more on efficiency Sustainable Competitive advantage
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Determining the Enthalpy Change for a Redox Reaction Criteria Assessed: Background Design Research Question What is the enthalpy change between the reaction of Zinc reducing Copper II ions? Purpose Determine the change in enthalpy for the redox reduction of zinc reducing Copper II ions. Independent Variable Dependent Variable The change in temperature Controlled Variables Materials/ Apparatus * Zinc powder * 2‚ Foam cups * 10 cm3 pipette * stopwatch * 1.00 M Copper
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Describe causation of crime theories and how they relate to criminal behavior. Describe the common models for society to determine which acts are considered criminal. Explain how causation theories of crime affect society. In criminal law causation is defined as an action from which the specific injury or other effect arose and is combined with a state of mind to compare the elements of guilt. It is only applicable where a result has been achieved and is immaterial with regard to attempt
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Environmental Factors of International Business By Walter Johnson‚ eHow Contributor Environmental factors for international business comprise the external relations a firm will face in going global. These include‚ most importantly‚ the economic‚ political and legal environments‚ each of these always entangled with the others. Basic Issues The central issues for the decision to go global are concerned with minimizing risk. A company‚ when considering the environment that it will deal with when entering
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Running head: ETHICAL PRINCIPALS CASE Ethical Principals Case Study Shawn R. Holy Grand Canyon University HLT 305 May 2‚ 2010 Ethical Principals Case Study You are presented with a 52-year-old female patient. She is experiencing acute discomfort from gall stone symptoms for the fourth time in 8 years. The condition has responded to non-surgical treatment in the past‚ but each subsequent time is a slower and more painful recovery. She is underinsured and the cost of a surgery would be
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