Facts: Ben Gates Current Job Wilton Mount Perry Annual Salary $50000 90000 78000 Expected Increase 3% 4% 3.5% Working Years 38 36 37 Tax Rate on Salary 26% 31% 29% Annual Tuition 0 $65000 $75000 Books 0 $2500 $3500 Program Length in Years 0 2 1 Signing Bonus 0 15000 12000 Health Insurance 0 3000 3000 Room and Board 0 $2000 $2000 Discount rate 6.5% 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? a. Ben’s current age is a key factor in his decision making process. If
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ECO 527 | The MBA Decision | Case 1 | Group 4 | | | | 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? We assume that both MBA program start at the beginning of the year‚ now is the beginning of the year at his age of 28 and he can enroll both program now. The following summary table shows the information he can use to make the decision. Option | Dewey and Louis | Ritter College ‚Wilton Univ (2 year program) | Mount Perry College (1 year program) | Tuition
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The MBA Decision Ben Gates graduated from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. Since Graduation‚ he has been employed in the finance department at East Coast Yachts. Although he is satisfied with his current job‚ his goal I to become an investment banker. He feels that an MBA degree would allow him to achieve this goal. After examining schools‚ he has narrowed his choice to either Wilton University or Mount Perry College. Although internships are encouraged by both schools‚
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The MBA Decision NPV Options for Ben: 1. Keep Working Salary = $60‚000‚ tax rate = 26%‚ because of tax rate‚ c = $44‚400 R (discount rate) = 6.5% G (growth rate) = 3% T (the number of period working) = 40 So : Present Value (PV) of Growing Annuity. PVW = C ((1 – ( (1+g)/(1+r))t)/ r – g ) PVW= $44 400 ((1 – ((1+3%)/(1+6.5%))40)/ 6.5% - 3%) PVW = $44 400 ((1 – (1.03/1.065)40)/ 0.035) PVW = $ 44 400 ((1 – 0.2627) / 0.035) PVW = $44
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Issues 1. a. What would you tell Bates concerning her accounting needs‚ emphasizing the uses of the accounting information for all stakeholders within and without the business? 2. a. The boatyard operates how many businesses? b. What are the accounting information needs for managing these businesses? Facts Sarah Bates a returning Navy civilian decides to buy a business with the money she has saved along all this time. Bates buys a small boatyard in a town on the coast
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My Decision to Pursue an MBA Degree The decision to pursue a master’s degree these days is highly important due to the professionally competitive environment that we live in. Everyone has a bachelor’s degree but an MBA is a way to stay ahead from the rest‚ it sets you on a higher level. I chose to purse my MBA in order to further my career and have better opportunities. According to the “What’s my Jungian 16-type Personality?” assessment I have a possible career future as a manager‚ management
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING BATES COURTYARD Brief Summary After several years in Navy and upon returning to civilian life‚ Sarah Bates sought for a small business. He then finally located a small boatyard for sale in a town on the coast of Maine. Since business was somewhat larger than she could finance alone‚ she had borrowed the additional funds required and mortgage the property as security. Bates realized the need for adequate accounting records to manage the business successfully. She
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Betsy Bellard Dr. Praveen K. Das Minicase Chapter 6 January 30‚ 2013 1. How does Ben ’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Age plays a huge part in Ben ’s decision to get his MBA and to be able to become an investment banker he will need to start on his MBA as soon as possible. The longer Ben waits‚ the harder it will be for him to accomplish this goal. By completing his MBA at a young age‚ he will have the opportunity to potentially raise his income by 4% each year. Also‚ most businesses
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Norman Bates: Two Lives Within A Soul Sigmund Freud ’s Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality Development states that there is a structural model of the psyche‚ which splits the human identity into three instances of Ego‚ Superego‚ and ID. In Psychoanalytic Stage of Development‚ there are five stages: Oral‚ Anal‚ Phallic‚ Latency‚ and Genital. Even though Sigmund Freud never was writing about the movie _Psycho_‚ theories of Freud‚ have a great connection with the personality of Norman Bates. According
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Business Economics MBA LIMITS‚ CHOICES AND SCARCITY ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 2-1 Explain this statement: “If resources were unlimited and freely available‚ there would be no subject called economics.” If resources were unlimited and freely available‚ making choices would not be necessary. Every person could have as much as they wanted of any good or service. Economics‚ the science of choice‚ would be unnecessary. 2-2 Comment on the following statement from a newspaper
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