Week 5 Block 2 – Reading 5 Looking Inside For Competitive Advantage Jay Barney 1 Introduction • Focus has been placed on the relationship between the firm’s environmental opportunities and threats‚ and the firm’s strengths and weaknesses (SWOT analysis ). • Michael Porter’s work on the ‘five forces model’ helps understand the importance of external threats and opportunities. • Barney emphasizes the competitive implications of the firm’s internal strengths and weaknesses. To Barney the SW should
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Week 5- CNDV 5322 Based on Mike’s behaviors and lack of professionalism and work ethic‚ Justin can tell that Mike is not performing his ethical duties. As the ACA Code of Ethics (2005) states‚ Justin should first attempt to resolve the issue informally with his colleague (ACA‚ 2005‚ p.19). Confronting another counselor about unethical behavior may be difficult and cause feelings of discomfort for both counselors involved. This is an ethical responsibility and may be the only action needed to resolve
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Page 1 Question 1.1. (TCO B) Which of the following statements concerning the MM extension with growth is NOT CORRECT? (a) The tax shields should be discounted at the unlevered cost of equity. (b) The value of a growing tax shield is greater than the value of a constant tax shield. (c) For a given D/S‚ the levered cost of equity is greater than the levered cost of equity under MM’s original (with tax) assumptions. (d) For a given D/S‚ the WACC is greater than the WACC under MM’s original
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standard used to determine an item’s materiality a. is the average prudent investor b. is the auditor’s professional judgement c. has been established by the SEC as a percent of net income or of total assets d. may be found in FASB pronouncements 5) Individuals or entities the auditor knew or should have known and would rely on the audit report in making business and investment decisions are a. foreseeable parties b. third parties c. foreseen beneficiaries d. primary beneficiaries 6) Section
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Week 5 Chapter readings: 2 (p.)‚ 9 (p.)‚ and 10 (p.) of Programming in Visual Basic 2010. Bringing Advanced Techniques Together Searches: JavaScript and databases and web services website design and techniques DQ 1 Does the use of CSS affect the ability to use the advanced web techniques that you have applied throughout the course? The ability to use CSS in advanced web will not alter the advanced web techniques since it is used in the look and formatting of a web page. CSS from the
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FOR WEEK 2 ECO 365 What is the relationship between productivity and the cost of production? The relationship between productivity and the cost of production is your cost per day or per hour compared to your productivity. By examine these two things together. The productivity which is your output for the amount of hours worked compared to the total cost of a certain item – you will be able to reach a “break even analysis” showing you how much you need to a make minus the total coast to make
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construct pieces of writing in such a way so as to make the purpose of our writing clear and purposeful to our readers. I enjoy the flexibility; being able to submit a rough draft‚ knowing that a rough draft is what the professor is expecting‚ not the final version. This teaching technique‚ in my opinion is very student friendly. It allows for us to express our ideas‚ get them on paper (or screen if you will) and really be able to reflect. In addition‚ it is revised so we are able to see our strong points
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IT Week 5 Daniel Smith The article from Product News Network (2007) introduces 4TOPS‚ a mail merger that can be embedded within Microsoft® Access®. What are some key attributes of this product and how may it help the operations of an organization? How do third-party plug-ins change the process of diagnosing and troubleshooting errors within an application? What steps would you take in diagnosing an application
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Week 5 Discussion 1 I chose to talk about the growing compensation inequity between executive management and the average employee threatens to destabilize organizational and morale and societal justice. I think that it is dissappointing when it comes to how much an executive managers’ salary is versus what the average employees’ salary is. I get that some people should be paid well if they are the owners of the company or if they are the person that has developed the company but other than that
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MB 300 – Exam 1 Lauren Amar Multiple Choice (0.33 point each) – Highlight the best answer. 1. The degree to which organizational tasks are subdivided into separate jobs is referred to as a. formalization. b. specialization. c. professionalism. d. centralization. 2. ____ is the degree to which an organization achieves its goals. a. Effectiveness b. Efficiency c. Organizational strategy d. Stakeholder profitability 3. ____ are used to coordinate activities between the top and bottom
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