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Please read carefully the PDF, follow the structure from page 3. Be careful with the exercises. My Company is Zara (part of Inditex Group, the fashion brand). Use academic references, do not copy from websites or blogs. PART 1: PRICING 1. Exercise: – Explain clearly to a non-technical audience what transfer pricing is and why globalisation has made it such an important aspect of corporation’s pricing strategies (5 marks) – Many corporations have been accused of using transfer pricing to avoid corporation tax. Provide a numerical example (other than those provided in the lecture and tutorial) from a real world case to explain and discuss how transfer pricing can be used for this purpose (5 marks). – The Timex Group, a large multinational watch-maker, has its headquarters in the Netherlands. It has subsidiaries in many countries, including the Timex Group USA and TMX Philippines, Inc. One particular type of specialty watch is produced in the Philippines for export to the Timex Group USA. Suppose the inverse demand function for this in the United States is p=90 -2Q, where p is measured in dollars and Q is measured in thousands of watches per week. These watches are produced at a constant marginal cost of $10 per watch by TMX 3 ?? Philippines. Timex USA treats the transfer price charged by TMX Philippines as its marginal cost. If these two subsidiaries are instructed to maximise combined profits, what are the price, quantity, and transfer price? Could TMX Philippines raise its own profit by charging a higher price? (5 marks). 2. Your company: Provide specific examples of pricing strategy (excluded transfer pricing) used by your company and critically evaluate these using the theories and concepts learned in economics courses, including ECON 1081. (10 marks) PART 2: RISK & UNCERTAINTY 1. Exercise An investor has two investment opportunities, each involving an outlay of £1,000. The present value of possible outcomes and their respective probabilities are: ??????????????Investment 1 ?????Investment 2 ????Outcome ?£4,000 £6,000 ?£3,000 £5,000 £7,000 ?????Probability ????0.6 0.4 ????0.4 0.3 0.3 ?a) Calculate the risk of each project and determine which of the two investments the investor should choose. NOTE: Provide all mathematical calculations (4 marks) b) Thepharmaceuticalindustryissaidtohaveahighaveragerateofreturnandahighcoefficientofvariation.Theelectricityindustry is said to have a low average rate of return and a low coefficient of variation. In which industry are returns more uncertain? Discuss the factors explaining these variations. (3 marks) 4 c) Including foreign securities in an investment portfolio can reduce risk and increase the rate of return, but also gives rise to a foreign- exchange risk. Explain with an example what foreign-exchange risk is, and how hedging can help to manage it (3 marks). 2. Your company: – Using the concepts and theories covered in this course and by providing real world examples, define what risk is, and explain and discuss the top 2 risks your company is mostly exposed to. Make sure to include reference on whether these risks are industry or location specific, or specific to the firm. (10 marks) – Using the concepts and theories and cases covered in class, critically evaluate the strategies the company has implemented or should implement to cope with these risks (5 marks) PART 3: CAPITAL BUDGETING A firm is faced with two mutually exclusive projects, which have the following income streams, in thousands of pounds. ???????Initial capital ?????End of 1st year ???End of 2nd year ??End of 3d year ????Project A ?-2000 ?????1000 ???1400 ??1000 ????Project B ?-1200 ??????800 ????1600 ???— 1. Find the payback period (2 marks) 2. What are the main shortcomings of the payback period as a method for investment appraisal? (2 marks) 3. At an interest rate of 10% calculate their Net Present Values (NPVs) (3 marks) and explain what the purpose of the NPV is and how it works as a decision-making criteria. (3 marks) 4. Calculate their Internal Rate of Return (IRR) (3 marks) and explain what it is and how it works as a decision-making criteria (2 marks). 5 5. Find their Profitability Index (PI) (3 marks) 6. Rank the two projects according to the four criteria above (Payback, NPV, IRR and PI) and comment on your results. (2 marks) 7. The Net Present Value and the Internal Rate of Return of a series of net cash flows will often give the same results. There are, however, situations in which the NPV and the IRR will differ. What are these cases and which of the two should be preferred in each of these cases? (5 marks) NOTE: Provide all mathematical calculations PART 4: GROWTH Your company: – Using the concepts and theories covered in the course, critically analyse and evaluate the growth strategy your company has followed to date (9 marks) – Scan the market for a prey that your company could use to grow externally and justify your choice in the light of the concepts and theories covered in the course. (8 marks) – By comparing the different possible arrangements (merger, acquisition, alliance, JV; horizontal, vertical, conglomerate), specify what type of arrangement would suit your company the most, and analytically and critically discuss what would be the expected advantages, disadvantages and challenges for the company. (8 marks)

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Critically consider Nozick’s account of ‘justice in transfer’.

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Use the Internet and / or Strayer databases to research budget planning and control. Imagine that the company that you currently work for, have previously worked for, or would like to work for in the future has tasked you with preparing a budget plan. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: Describe the company that you currently work for, have previously worked for, or would like to work for in the future. Determine at least two (2) compelling reasons that this company should prepare and manage a budget. Predict the two (2) most likely positive and negative financial outcomes for this company if it properly or improperly performs effective budgeting. Outline a high-level budget plan for the company. In your high-level budget plan, recommend the most appropriate budgeting phases for the company. Propose two (2) methods and techniques that the company should use to manage its budget over time in preparation for the fact that budgets are ever changing. Justify your response. Imagine that the company is facing a financial challenge that is causing the actual amounts of money that it spends to become significantly off target from its budgeted amounts. Prepare an action plan to resolve the budget misalignment. In your action plan, recommend at least one (1) budgeting technique to resolve the budget and actual discrepancies. Provide a rationale for your response. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Evaluate management control systems and examine their relationship with accounting and planning, including feedback and non-?nancial performance measurements. Evaluate decision making tools for capital investments, budgeting, and budgeting controls. Analyze financial accounting tools and techniques that convert financial accounting data into information for decision making. Use technology and information resources to research issues in financial accounting for managers. Write clearly and concisely about financial accounting using proper writing mechanics.

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Analyze the stages of the cold war by focusing upon the Truman Administration,then contrasting that with the Eisenhower administration. Yes, both administration fully supported the policy of containment but what subtle shifts took place over this time period that allow us to make a contrast? the essay should be a minimum of 5 paragraphs. your first paragraph is the introduction and it must contain historical context in the first 4-5 sentences. Basically you are giving the reader some kind of background or context setting up the evolution of the cold war from the post -world war 2 era (Truman) to the end of the Vietnam war .you derive a thesis by directly answering the prompt. The following 3 paragraphs must support the argument you present in your thesis statement provide to the reader evidence to support the argument . Your last paragraph or conclusion should summarizes the body of your essay.. please use MLA style of writing.Just focus on Truman and Eisenhower focus upon the contrasts not similarities.

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Health Policy, Ethical, and Legal Perspectives of the Healthcare System

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Part A By analyzing IT industry reports and company-level data you identified website building and web hosting services provider Weebly as a company that may potentially be interested in setting up an IT development unit in Latvia. Knowing that Latvia has a pool of experienced IT developers, favorable business environment and attractive labor costs you reckon the country could be a great fit for a fast-growing IT businesses like Weebly. Your task is to “contact” one of high-level decision-makers at Weebly and to set up a conference call to discuss business opportunities for IT companies in Latvia. Please answer the following questions/complete activities: 1) Draft an example of a cold email (up to 200 words) that you would send in this situation. 2) Which positions (e.g. CEO, business development manager, marketing manager, etc.) within the company would you target in this case? Name 3-5 positions that your cold email could be addressed to. Part B Investment and Development Agency of Latvia conducted 3 outbound lead generation campaigns in 2015. Over the course of these proactive outreach campaigns 450 small (< EUR 99 m annual turnover), mid-sized (EUR 100 – 499 m) and large (> EUR 500 m) businesses headquartered in US, Germany or China were contacted with a proposition to discuss business expansion opportunities in Latvia. All contacted companies fall into 4 activity groups: 1) Programming activities 2) Manufacturing of textiles 3) Manufacturing of electronics 4) Manufacturing of pharmaceuticals The results of these outreach campaigns are grouped into 4 categories: 1) No response (we did not receive any response from the contacted company) 2) Responded – not interested (the company has responded but is not interested in Latvian business opportunities) 3) Responded – follow up after a year (the company is not interested at this point but may consider Latvia later. Investment and Development Agency of Latvia is planning to contact this company again after 1 year) 4) Responded – call scheduled (we were able to schedule a call with one of company’s representatives to discuss business opportunities in Latvia) By analyzing this Excel summary, identify 3-5 findings. Then, review and summarize them in a 250-word max. brief.

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Write a report which provides an overview of a small business size company with a roadmap outlining how implementing CRM or ERP to the business can be achieved to the benefit of the business. This should draw on your analysis a comparisim of different open source softwares providing recommendation for software, and provide recommendations for ensuring that the strategy is effectively implemented, including consideration of the challenges ahead. You should use appropriate theories, frameworks, models, that have been covered in the module, to inform and justify your recommendations.

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Assignment title: “Environmental and Physical Risk” Risk Communication Strategies Using a hospitality, leisure, tourism, or sport example, examine to what extent risk communication is now an important element (e.g., water safety in adventure holidays) of any hospitality, leisure, tourism, or sports manager’s daily responsibility? Then, using extremes of your example, explain how you would develop a communication strategy in the case of a major incident (such as a party of kayaking school children at sea going missing during an event managed by your company). If you can build on an example from your own workplace, this is encouraged as a practical application of theoretical learning from this course. The essay needs to be fully referenced with an appropriate bibliography. This assignment should follow a structured approach, should be prepared and presented as an essay of no more than 2,700 words, and will be marked according to the Glion Assessment Grid.

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https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/h/hall/radclyffe/well-of-loneliness/ This is the book reference and the other file i would upload later. Traditionally, The Well of Loneliness has been described as one of the first, or at least one of the most important, lesbian novels in the English language. One might also argue that it is a distinctly queer text, however, and not necessarily for the same reasons. Please write an essay in which you make a well-argued case for The Well of Loneliness’ status as a queer novel rather than a lesbian one. Keep in mind that one way to do this may be by way of contrast, meaning that you may still need to spend some time discussing Radclyffe Hall’s novel as a lesbian text as well. Your completed essay should be between 5 and 7 double-spaced pages in length. It should include page numbers and be carefully proof-read. Any reference to language or ideas drawn from course readings should be properly cited. This means that you should indicate clearly when you are borrowing someone else’s words by enclosing them in quotation marks. You should also note the source of these words by using a parenthetical citation in this form: “…Quotation” (author’s last name, page number). Your completed essay is due no later than 2:30 PM on Wednesday, March 2nd. There are two steps to submitting your essay. There are two steps to submitting your essay. First, you must submit a digital copy of the essay through our Canvas course site. Second, you must turn in a hard copy of the essay at the beginning of our class meeting on that day. Failure to do either of these things will result in a significant grading penalty.

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LIFE CYCLE IMPACT PAPER The purpose of this paper is for you to demonstrate your ability to understand and apply theories to your observations of individuals. This assignment requires you to complete the following tasks: 1. Choose a life phase to study. 2. Choose an issue to research such as; poverty, race, ethnicity, domestic violence, mental illness, LGBT, crime, etc. 3. Review the theories of human behavior presented in the text and discussed in class. 4. Write a 7- to 10-page paper on the impact of your chosen “issue” on the development of someone in the “life phase” you have chosen. For instance, I choose to write about infancy and poverty. In my paper I will explain poverty in the USA providing statistics from peer-reviewed journals and government websites. I will then provide more researched information on the impact of poverty on infants living in poverty. The paper will be full of researched data on poverty and infancy. 5. You also may choose to interview an individual that has dealt with your chosen issue and present information on how it impacted their development with the research included. 6. The final portion of the paper will review the social institutions/programs that may help or hinder development for an individual in the life phase and who is experiencing the issue you chose to study. Your paper will be graded based on the following criteria: 1. How well you demonstrate an understanding of the developmental stage of the chosen life phase. 2. Demonstrated knowledge of your chosen issue. 3. Demonstrated knowledge of social institutions that may help or hinder development for an individual in your chosen life phase with your chosen issue. 4. How well you apply your knowledge theory to your knowledge of the life phase. 5. There is a logical flow of ideas from paragraph to paragraph. 6. The paper is free of errors using APA format. 7. The paper is between 7-10 pages in length (double-spaced).

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