1. Describe at least three specific individual differences that may give you an advantage in the workplace. (1-3 sentences. 1.5 points) Co-workers with diverse cultural backgrounds bring unique experiences and perceptions to the table in groups and work teams. Another advantage of workplace diversity is the opportunity for employees' personal growth. Being exposed to new ideas, cultures and perspectives can help individuals to reach out intellectually and gain a clearer view of their surroundings and their place in the world. Diversity can strengthen your company's relationships with specific customer groups by making communication more effective.…
$3,597 $24,955 $12,706 / $4,195 = 3.03% $627 $3,708 $36,036 $40,371 / $14,609 = 2.67% $54,184/$4195 = 12.92 $373 $3,708 $36,036 / $14,609 = 2.7% Liabilities to Fund Balance Liabilities to Fund Balance Liabilities to Fund Balance Liabilities to Fund Balance $213,450 / $335,035 = 0.64% $462,153 / $126,564 = 3.65% $213,450/$335,035 = 0.637% $462,153/$125,564= 3.68% Operating Margin % Operating Margin %…
You have now been tasked with providing a recommendation for the project based on the results of a Net Present Value Analysis. Assuming that the required rate of return is 15% and the initial cost of the machine is $3,000,000.…
3. Review the Financial Statements: Balance Sheet from Section 9, Lesson 2 of this course. Use the…
The Highland Instrument Company has revenues of about $300 million per year. Its management is interested in expanding into a new type of product manufactured primarily by Lowland Gauge Inc., a firm with sales of about $200 million annually. Both firms are publicly held with a broad base of stockholders. That is, no single interest holds a large percentage of the shares of either firm. Describe the types of business combination that might be available for the two firms. Include ideas like merger, consolidation, acquisition, and friendly and hostile takeovers. How would Highland's management get started? Do the relative sizes of the two firms have any implications for the kinds of combination that are possible or likely?…
The identified trends in Finish Line’s income statement positively reflect on its successful fiscal year. With the provided information of the covered period, it can be determined how Finish Line’s profitability and productivity exemplified the company’s strong performance and improvements since last fiscal year. At a…
The auditor can use this form to document the performance and evaluation of ratio analysis in connection with analytical procedures performed in an audit. The form is only a guide and is not a substitute for professional judgment. The form may be modified by adding or omitting certain ratio analysis.…
Calculate TRUST’s company after-tax WACC. The risk-free rate was 4.21%, the market risk premium was 6% and the company tax rate was 30%. The WACC should be rounded to four decimal places.…
Here, for example, P(low none) .8 and P(high some) .6. Recalling that the payoffs associated with no oil, some oil, and much oil are $700,000, $500,000, and $2,000,000,…
The recruiting strategy that I would use for Friendly Financial Works would be utilizing Private Employment Agencies. There are several reasons that utilizing this strategy would be the most beneficial for this company. Friendly Financial has an extremely high turnover rate, so it is obvious that they spend a lot of time recruiting and hiring new employees. By allowing an agency to take the lead in this process, Friendly Financial can focus more on their business and on employee retention practices. Many successful companies use private employment agencies for this reason. Recruiting is the agencies core business and the thing they do best. And because it’s their core business, they can afford to invest the time, resources and intellectual property to continually improve both the process and results. This caliber of investment is rarely undertaken by an employer. Also, when measuring the time involved with in-house recruitment and the costs associated with each recruitment step, it is usually determined that outsourcing the recruitment process is in fact more efficient — both in terms of time and cost. Another great benefit of this strategy would be the fact that private employment agencies typically have access to a hidden candidate market. Most people that employers wish to attract to their organization are already employed, and the reality is that these people will generally not contact an organization direct if they are looking for a new role, particularly if the organization is a competitor of their current employer. But, employees may feel more comfortable with talking to a recruiter from a private agency when they are ready for their next career step. As a result, the recruiter has access to a larger pool of qualified candidates, including these ‘hidden candidates’, where an employer would not have this opportunity as an…
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 5-year trend | Sales/Revenue | 19.08B | 18.96B | 20.89B | 24.12B | 25.31B | | Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl. D&A | 10.91B | 10.61B | 11.47B | 13.62B | 14.28B | | COGS excluding D&A | 10.56B | 10.27B | 11.12B | 13.23B | 14.28B | | Depreciation & Amortization Expense | 346.9M | 337.2M | 351M | 395M | - | | Depreciation | 335M | 323.7M | 335M | 373M | - | | Amortization of Intangibles | 11.9M | 13.5M | 16M | 22M | - | | Gross Income | 8.18B | 8.35B | 9.42B | 10.5B | 11.03B | | | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 5-year trend | SG&A Expense | 5.8B | 5.99B | 6.68B | 7.41B | 7.78B | | Research & Development | - | - | - | - | - | |…
Explain how the valuation model given in Equation 1.2 could be used to describe the integrated nature of managerial decision making across the functional areas of business.…
The CAPM model can be used to analyze the performance of a portfolio of investments. The model should be calculated by comparing the return of assets (Ri) minus the return of risk-free cash (Rf) of the fund against those numbers of a known index with historical data (Rm). With least-squares regression, a straight line has to be drawn through the points to finish the model. Alpha represents the point where the graph starts and beta the slope of the regression line. Alpha is the number that represents the fact of how well the fund did against the CAPM model. A positive alpha means the fund did better than CAPM predicted and negative the opposite. R² represents the ‘fit’ of the model, so how much of the data fits the straight line.…
Competent Jurisdiction – Tax authority that has the legal power to assess and collect tax…
Bonia Corporation Berhad was established in 1974 and listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. The company operates in segments of manufacturing, marketing, and retailing of fashionable apparels, footwear, accessories and leather goods. Bonia Group has a network of over 700 sales outlets and 70 boutiques all over the world that include countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Syria and Oman. Successful brands such as SEMBONIA and CARLO RINO was under leading label of BONIA.…