Essays on Equity

<<LastName FirstName>> <<Date>> According to Maslow's hierarchy, which basic needs does the Patagonia culture meet? What would it be like to work at Patagonia? What’s your assessment of the company’s work environment? Maslow’s hierarchy of needs has five different elements. The five step model, developed by Abraham Maslow in the 1940s, is still relevant today and helps us in understanding human motivation, training and personal development needs of employees (McLeod, 2014). Patagonia’s culture is very informal. It comes across as a company which cares for its employees (especially women), ...

Human Resource Management

Gap Incorporated.

Executive Summary3

1.Company Overview and Introduction6 1.1 Company mission..6 1.2 Company vision.6 1.3 Sources of revenue.7 1.4 Industry information and Market share.7 1.5 Number of employees and their demographics..8 2.Problem Definition and Research Objectives..10 2.1 Problem.11 2.2 Decision statement12 2.3 Research objectives12 3.Business Case for Business Research14 4. Research Plan and Methodology.16 4.1 Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data17 4.2 Secondary Data Collection.19 4.3 Primary Data Collection Tools20 4.4.Sampling Approacp0 5.Survey22 5.1 Survey Design Rationale.22 5.2 Focus Group Questions Rationale24 6. Implementation and Communication Plan26 6.1 Implementation Plan26 6.2 Timeline..28 6.3Budget..29 6.4 Communication plan30 8. References.32 7. Appendices

A: Survey Questions.34

B: Focused Group ...

Business Decision Making 3 of 3

Business Decision Making 3 of 3

A Gantt chart is a scheduling technique used to assign a time scale and sequence to a project or plan. A Gantt chart comprises of horizontal bar charts drawn to scale for every project activity. The length of the horizontal bars shows the time to attain completion (Ghionea, 2014). The steps involved in the creation of Gantt charts include the establishment of horizontal axis to represent time, use of vertical axis to represent activities, and representation of each bar using suitable length. The activities represented by the Gantt chart include lot preparation, creating ...

Incorporation of Sustainability into Cost-Benefit Policy Analysis

Incorporation of Sustainability into Cost-Benefit Policy Analysis

Introduction

Among the most pervasive/influential concepts in the political and social discourse, sustainability remains one of the fundamental concepts. There are controversial and extensive debates on the extent to which policymakers should consider accountability of environmental and natural resources concerning cost-benefit analysis (CBA). Several views and opinions exist on how sustainable investments, businesses and projects can be carried out. Such opinions follow the fact that CBA needs to be relevant in valuing some of the most sensitive and significant effects on environment and natural resource base. The same is concerned with effects which ...

I would rather receive proceeds from an investment paying 5% compound interest. The compound interest will be higher than the simple interest because the compound interest accrues on the principal amount plus accumulated interests of the previous periods. On the other hand, simple interest only accrues on the principal amount. The future value interest factor for 10% 2 years is greater than the present value interest factor. This is because future value involves compounding while the present value involves discounting.

When the interest rate increases, the present value of annuity decreases but the future value of an annuity increases.

I would prefer a savings account paying interest compounded daily. The more frequent the compounding, the more interest the ...

Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objectives?

The components include: to handle rather than posses assets of the hotel, to invest in the projects that will amplify the value of the shareholder, to optimize debt use in capital structure and lastly to re-buy, when necessary, the undervalued shares. The objectives of Marriotts is to be the most desired employer and service provider in contract services, restaurants, lodging and to be a most reputable and profitable firm in the field. When the company re-buys the shares, they make shares less in the market; this will in turn cause a high demand in the shares thereby leading to ...

Interprofessional collaboration has been one of the growing trends within the health care sector lately. It involves interdependence of the different health care professionals such as nurses, physicians, laboratory staff, and even patients. The complexity of the patient-care concerns that need to be tackled by these professionals can be efficiently and effectively addressed through appropriate collaboration among the professionals. However, the various evidenced provided by different researches on the benefits of collaboration are yet to be seen and applied in the activities in health care institutions (Porter-O’Grady, 2011). As mentioned, nurses are one of the stakeholders who are ...

Domino’s Pizza in a New Market

History Domino’s Pizza, being the largest pizza franchised chain in the United States, shares the same history with Pizza hut, which is its rival. It was started by two brothers, Tom and James Monaghan in the nineteen sixties through borrowed equity. They bought a Michigan Pizzeria and named it Dominick’s and ran it jointly. Later on James sold his shares to raise money for a second hand car. As a result, Tom revitalized the company’s image including changing its name to Domino’s Pizza. The company had grown to more than 200 franchise businesses in the ...

Abstract

Executive Compensation is too high in almost all cases. This level of compensation affects all the levels of the company as there is a great disparity in the level of CEO compensation and the other employees of the company. In some cases employees have been let go because the CEO is the first to receive the large salary. Executive compensation is determined in some cases by the competition. Consultants are used to extrapolate the compensation at various companies and relate it to the other CEO's as an effort to level the playing field. However many times a consultant uses ...

Use of Single Company- Wide Cost of Capital for Analyzing Capital Expenditures

First of all, it must be understood that the overall riskiness of a firm is quite different than that of vulnerabilities associated with any specific division (business unit or segment) and project. Depending upon the overall risk of any organization and its capital structure formation, managers often use weighted average cost of capital (WACC) while the discount rate for any segment and project may be higher or lower . Therefore, first thing which managers should do is evaluate the riskiness and cost of capital for any specific business unit or project. Afterwards, the company-wide cost of capital should be determined ...

The usefulness of the balance sheet

a. No, the focus of accrual accounting, different to cash accounting, gives more accurate information about the company in the financial behavior. The accrual accounting matches the revenues and expenses operation in the generation date and not when there is cash transference. The income statement is more important than the balance sheet because the income statement explains the behavior of the company in the fiscal year and explains the capacity of the company to generate value to stakeholders. The balance sheet gives a "static photograph" of the current situation of the company. Only making the comparison of balance sheets ...

Background

The current problem for Bling Max Car Wash is installation of new blow-off equipment costing $11,500 that includes risking carwash as equity and paying interest on the loan. In addition, the owner is aware that his customer base can be reduced if any competitor opens up another carwash nearby. The current situation leaves Bling Max Car wash with costs being 35 percent of the revenues. In addition, there are no nearby carwash facilities, leaving customers with no other option but to visit Bling. Finally, demand remains steady throughout the year, except for 6 percent of the time when ...

According to the recent State of the World’s Cities Report 2012, a holistic and integrated approach is essential for the well-being of all. It is critical to get aware of the new risks and support the cities to make the world progress economically, socially and environmentally. Although different crises of varying intensity have hit the cities, it is felt that cities can provide a solution for the regional and global crises via flexible and creative platforms. Part One: Prosperity and Urban Trends The future cities will be the center of prosperity. The human beings find their basic needs ...

Policy Synthesis

Formulation of policy is a critical phase of policy formulation process serving as an explicit subject for the design of the policy. The main topic for this paper is public participation in the formulation and implementation of the public policies. This goes a long way to outline the various ways by which the general public can participate in the policy formulation and implementation process. The paper also contains a discussion of benefits of public participation and the way in which it leads to achieving social justice, equity and an understanding of the policies. The formulation of the public policy ...

Benefits resulting from Due Diligence for Responsible Business Report

CSR generates benefits for a business internally as well as for the external stakeholders. However, it is challenging to monetize the benefits of the CSR since much of the benefits are only visible in long run. In addition, the challenge comes from the fact that they are indirectly led to by the positive changes of the CSR (Sino-German, 2012). On the other hand, whether firms are likely and able to practice the CSR is highly dependent on their managers’ incentives as well as constraints that are in turn determined by their preferences, contracts, ethical beliefs and objectives. The major ...

Research Paper

Research Paper

Introduction

High Technology Corporation (HTC) is an established maker of a variety of electronic components, and it serves an international market. HTC is now fully-integrated wireless communication service for worldwide use. However, to establish its brand in the global market, it has to dominate in its B2B activities. In this regard, it is useful if HTC invests in a global electronic brand in the international market. In the assignment, Apple Inc. has been selected for investment by HTC. The paper would conduct the financial assessment of Apple from a comparative perspective, to provide investment feasibility for HTC.

Background and Industry

Apple ...

2007 Housing Market Bubble 2007 Housing Market Bubble

Introduction

The 2007 housing crash was the worst bubble burst experience that has ever been encountered in the U.S. history, an occurrence that led to financial crisis. It is important to appreciate the fact that different factors led to the housing bubble of 2007, with some of the primary causes being the credit crunch that was caused by the housing bubble. Nathsanson & Zwick (2015) assert that irrational exuberance is among the aspects that led to the development of a ripe environment for the growth of housing bubble hence contributing to the financial ...

Introduction

The discounted cash flow valuation approach postulates that the value of an asset is the present value of all cash flows expected from the asset during the asset’s entire life (Ehrhardt & Brigham, 2013). Therefore, the value of a firm can be determined by calculating the present value of its free cash flows. Free cash flow is the value of cash a firm generates after setting aside funds required to either to expand and maintain its current asset base. Free cash flow is used in the valuation since it represents the amount of cash the company has to pursue ...

About the paper

The paper is commissioned to discuss the dividend policy of German car manufacturer, Volkswagen and analyze whether the past three year dividend payments is in accordance to the dividend policy of the company. As part of this paper, we will also calculate the weighted average cost of capital(WACC) of the company.

About the company

Founded in the year 1946, Volkswagen AG is a german car manufacturer and at present is the second largest automobile manufacturer in the world. The company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells automobiles in Europe, Americas and Asia-Pacific. In addition to automobile manufacturing, the company has ...

Introduction

The taxation system is the largest contributor when it comes to government revenue. There are five basic principles when it comes to the idea of taxation. These principles are: 1) to raise revenue, 2) reprice certain goods and services (tobacco, alcohol, etc.) to meet social objective, 3) income and wealth redistribution, 4) raise representation within the democratic process, and 5) to reorganize the economy (Murphy, 2009, p. 211). It is a firm argument that all of these principles must be in place in order for the concept of taxation to work.

The meaning and importance of equity (fairness) in UK taxation

In 1776, Adam Smith introduced the principles of ...

Company Analysis: Arrow Electronics Limited

Answer 1) The cost of long-term bond issued by the company has been calculated on the weighted average basis. The calculations follow hereunder: It is considerable that every organization has an appetite for capital. However, while there are many sources to raise capital, it is extremely important to weigh the pros and cons relating with each such source.Below we have discussed some of the likely benefits and limitations of issuing bonds, in relation to Arrow Electronics: -Advantages of issuing bonds: i) Tax deductibility: One of the biggest advantage offered by bonds is the tax deductibility associated with it. It ...

Introduction

The effective compensation and benefit system contributes to optimize the organizational effectiveness. The organizational effectiveness enhances with the effective performance of the employees as it directly impacts on the business performance. The system of compensation is very important to contribute to attract and retain the strongest performers from the market (Abdullah, 2009). The compensation and benefits system serves the needs of the organization to attract and retain the best employees and the motivation of these employees are very important for the growth in the productivity of the business. No one wills to work for such company lacking compensations and ...

The role of a central bank during a bubble phase has been widely debated in the past. While some argue that monetary policy tools should not be used to prick a bubble in the economy, others argue that using monetary policy tools to prick asset bubbles early in their development can benefit the economy in the long term before it becomes too big and poses systemic risk to even the real sectors. A central bank can use monetary policy to burst a developing bubble in the economy by increasing the policy interest rate. This would cause the yields of ...

Introduction

Not always, the law sufficiently regulates what is right and what is wrong (Chadwick, 1998). To guide the decision-makers on the most socially desirable forms of conduct the academic community has developed various ethical outlooks (Frey & Wellman, 2003). The ethical science have three primary dimensions – meta-ethics, which describe the supra foundations of ethical thinking and provide conceptual understanding of the right and the wrong (LaFollette, 2002). The second area is normative ethics, which theoretically explains, which forms of ethical judgements exist and how do they diverge from each other. The last field is applied ethics, which amplifies practical peculiarities ...

Internal and External Equity Comparison

Internal and External Equity Comparison Evidence shows that human resource is an essential concept in the management and success of a business establishment. Compensation is one way of ensuring that the human resource remains satisfied with their job, consequently reducing the risk of high turnover rates. An organization can adopt two major equity compensation systems; internal and external compensations. Internal equity compensation involves determining the compensation of employees based on their performance and roles in an organization (Gomez-Mejia, Berrone & Franco-Santos, 2014). The comparison of the fairness of compensation is contrasted against the job groups within the organization. Employees perceive ...

[Enter Student Name] [Enter University Name] The following list seeks to compile organizations that are specifically related to issues surrounding school violence, aggression, bullying, cyber-bullying, peace and reconciliation, gender and race, and values in conflict resolution.

For each organization, I will give the name of the organization, a link, and a brief description of available information.

Organizations on School Violence U.S. Department of Education http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/index.html . The U.S. Department of Education offers resources on School Climate and Discipline where they consider how to curb school violence. This references articles by leading scholars in the field and tools for teachers, parents, and students. STRYVE (Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere) http://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/stryve/ While this organization concentrates on youth violence in general, a ...

Assignment Title

Credit Expansion In 2001, the economy faced a mild recession (GDP dropped by 0.3%) with unemployment remaining at a 30-year low (only 4%). Policy makers concluded that such a small drop was an end of a business cycle. The Federal Reserve, however, took measures to stimulate borrowing and spending and decreased interest rates multiple times throughout a year resulting in 40 years lowest 1.75%. The end of the recession and low-interest rates caused a rapid growth in housing and construction. The recovery was characterized by extremely small unemployment gains in all sectors of the economy except for construction. In ...

Portfolio of an average person can comprise of various investments made either through banks, equity market, mutual funds, insurance products etc. The weightage of these products or asset classes in different people’s portfolio depends on a lot of factors such as their income, return objectives, risk taking appetite, liquidity constraints etc. Each market or asset class has its own advantages and disadvantages, which can be related to either liquidity, rate of return, lock-in period etc. A person can open a savings account through any bank. It offers convenience to park funds and withdraw any amount any time. But ...

About the paper

The paper is commissioned to conduct financial analysis for West Marine Incorporation. As part of this analysis, we will be a performing a comprehensive analysis of the raw financial figures of the company and will use the tool of common-size analysis and ratio analysis to unearth the trend that led to led to changes in the financial position of the company for the past three years. However, before introducing the analysis section, we will be introducing some of the facts related to the company and some statistics related to the stock price movement. The report will finally be culminated ...

Module 1: Rawhide Brewery’s Problem and Intended Solution

While Rawhide Brewery had been doing considerably well in terms of business, its latest decision of expansion had not resulted in the profits and strategic position which the company had hoped for. The current CEO of the company, Andrew Upson was faced with task of deciding what to do about the rising expenses and comparatively lower profits of the company . Since the company was also under debt therefore it did not have any option to indulge in high levels of marketing strategies. Tabby Cat Beer Company, which was a competitor of Rawhide, was facing difficulty in making the production ...

Part #1

The return on sales (Net Profit Margin) is a ratio that measures the average dollar of revenue earned by a company. In most cases, the return on sales is used to provide profitability comparison between different companies. In the company provided, the return on sales has been rising and falling. The changes in return on sale are caused by different levels of sales and revenues realized by the company (Tracy 34). The return on equity is a financial ratio that measures the business profitability in relation to the profits generated from the money invested by the shareholders. Therefore, it ...

Thesis statement: providing equality in education doesn’t involve giving a common curriculum or simply providing equality of access to education but entails the provision of equality of means to access the education and equality according to individual needs and differences.

Introduction

The meaning of equality and democracy Summary on how democracy and equality can be achieved in a society through education. Ways of achieving equality through education Equality through common curriculum Common curriculum cannot lead to equality All children can learn but what and when is the main concern Curriculum should be set out to allow individual talent to ...

Introduction

This paper aims to relate the concepts of and the paradoxes behind equity, efficiency, security, and liberty to a news article titled San Francisco students suspended over racist ‘wigger party’ by Kale Williams (2016). It reports the incident where over twelve high school students were suspended from San Francisco’s St. Ignatius College Preparatory for taking part in a “wigger party,” a racist themed party where White individuals emulate the culture of African Americans through a depiction of the stereotypes in mannerisms and clothing (Williams, 2016).

Equity

The news article depicted the paradox behind equity in that although the school ...

<Your Professor’s Name> <Course Name & Code>

Company history, Economy and Competition What is the recent history of the company? Apple Inc. is a multi-national company founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 in California, USA. Jobs and Wozniak were high school friends who dropped out of college together to venture into the computer technology industry in 1976. The company started off with the launch of a simple Apple I computer in 1976 but has now gained enough momentum to be labeled as the most admired company and valuable brand in the world. The Company ...

Introduction

“Debt markets are an integral part of the financial sector and effectively supplement the funds provided by the banking sector” (Tariq, 2004, p. 5). In developing markets, these marketplaces are nevertheless at a primary phase of their growth. Islamic rule (Shari’ah) forbids the charging and disbursing of interest. So, in nations anywhere Muslim populace establishes a significant section of the culture, customary debt marketplaces cannot succeed. Henceforth there is a great request and necessity for evolving options to current debt markets that can be satisfactory to the Islamic rule.

IDB Sukuk

According to (Anon., 2016), The Islamic Development Bank is ...

With markets all over the World falling sharply in the last month or so, taking cue from decline in Chinese growth and other geopolitical factors, it is argued that the resiliency in US market may be underestimated by market players (Ydstie, 2016). In American Chemical case, we did not use the cost of loan at 11.25% to discount the future cash flows and instead used WACC, as the target capital structure is used as discount rate and not the current or used capital structure. In this transaction, Dixon may have decided to fund the purchase entirely through the debt ...

Leadership Style and Behavior

Leadership has always been a favorite topic of interest for business and human behavior practitioners. As such, concepts and theories in leadership emerged as a result of vast amounts of studies, observations, affirmations, and best practices in this specific field of endeavor. From the five assessments that I took which aimed to determine my leadership style and behavior, the results revealed that my leadership style is employee-centered, as opposed to task-centered. This means that I am cognizant of the need to serve the best interests of the employees – which are crucial in motivating and influencing them towards goal accomplishment. ...

The durable competitive advantage is defined by the book when a company has sustainable competitive advantage over its competitors, i.e. long term advantage. This is called as having wide moat. Among other qualitative factors, whether or not a company has durable competitive advantage, is decided using quantitative factors such as return on invested capital, financial leverage, growth rate of equity, current market valuation, positive cash flows, liquidity ratios etc (Otuteye & Siddiquee, 2015). For the company Bed, Bath & Beyond, Inc., Return on Invested Capital shows that it has remained in a healthy range of 21% to 26% during the last ...

Articulate why an export business would prefer a rising or declining exchange rate for their domestic currency.

Exchange rate shows the price of one currency in terms of another one. Modern economies are open to international trading and business, thus the value of the national currency is regularly monitored and interpreted in terms of the foreign currencies. Mostly, a direct exchange rate is used, which defines the price of a unit of the foreign currency in terms of the national one. However, sometimes. An indirect quote is used to express the price of a unit of the domestic currency in terms of the foreign one. Most economies now use floating exchange rates that determine currency rates ...

DQ 6x

Q1: The principal considerations of a board of directors in making decisions involving dividend declarations There are three principal considerations of a board of directors in making decisions involving dividend declarations: the dividend policy; the type of dividend; and the source of dividend. Dividend policy: The Board must decide between two main policies in dividend declaration: progressive policy and payout ratio policy. Progressive policy may be in any of the three common methods: (1) increase or at least sustained; (2) increasing steadily (at a defined rate); and (3) increasing in real value (Financial Reporting Council [FRC], 2015). Conversely, payout ...

Response to Q1a

Strategy 1: Aggressive. As per strategy 1, the Total funds requirements are to be divided into permanent and seasonal requirements based on the premise that permanent requirements are essential and the seasonal requirements vary and hence the permanent requirements need to be allocated out of the total monthly requirements based on Polly’s assessment of short term and long term average monthly requirements as shown below. Strategy 2: Conservative. For Strategy 2, the conservative funding requires Polly to allocate the whole amount to Permanent requirements with long term funds equal to $1,500,000 and the seasonal requirements to ...

Introduction

Foreign marketing refers to the decision that a company or an organization undertake to either export their products to a different country; have a direct investment in a target country or have a partnership with another firm in the targeted company. Any company that operates in more than one country qualifies to be an international company. The idea of being an international company may be prestigious to any investor and attractive to upcoming industries. Important to not however be that before successful internationalization there must be planning, persistence and purpose. It is crucial to first do an analysis of ...

Choose one of the goals for Health People 2020 and describe how it may be linked to food insecurity.

The Healthy People 2020 goal to achieve health equity is related to food insecurity because it shows that there are people in the United States that do not have equal access to nutritious food hence they are deficit in food choices as compared to others, and the health goal is to provide them access to healthy food, thus maintain health equity. (N.a 1369).

What percent of the population in the US, experienced food insecurity during the 2008 year? What is it now?

More than about 49 million individuals suffered from food insecurity in the year 2008 making up to 85.4% of the population. Today the percentage is 14%. (N.a 1369).

Who are most at risk for experiencing food insecurity?

Food insecurity is most acutely experienced by the ...

The video tells us about the basics of accounting, the various financial statements that are prepared through the accounting process, the procedures involved in accounting and the major accounting elements. The video mentions that all the transactions in a business company are noted in a journal, chronologically and date wise. At the end of a period, all the journal entries are then posted in a ledger according to different accounts. There can be numerous numbers of accounts for different nature of transactions and their collection is called chart of accounts. Every transaction is posted into ledger using double book ...

Before the civil war era, America was split by different local identities. In fact, the Southern states had a pro-slavery identity that supported expanding slavery into the Western regions. On the other hand, the Northern states had abolitionist views and opposed expansion of slavery to the Western territories. The central issue causing the division was slavery where, in the Northern states, slavery was nearly completely barred by 1800s. However, slavery was the cornerstone of Southern states. Many Northern states had freed many African-Americans. Slavery divided the Northern and Southern states because ideologically, the Northern and Southern states were diametrically ...

Volkswagen AG

Primary activity of the company Volkswagen AG is the second largest automobile producers in the world, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. The Volkswagen group includes twelve brands: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Ducati, SEAT, Audi, Bentley, SKODA, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Man and Scania. The Group is the largest car manufacturer in Europe: 25, 1 % of all new cars, made in Western Europe, produced by Volkswagen. The company is operating 119 plants in 20 European countries and 11 countries in Asia, Africa and Americas, occupying approximately 13 % share in the global market of passenger cars. The production of the Group ...

Analysis Tools

Analysis Tools The aim of this financial and analysis report is to evaluate the performance of Ford Motors as one of the companies enlisted in Fortunes 500.

Accounting for assets The Ford’s net property is valued at a cost, less the accumulated impairments and depreciation. The company capitalizes new assets when the management expects to utilize such an asset for more than 12 months. The company also expenses the repair and maintenance costs as they occur. The cost of depreciation is calculated by the use of the straight-line approach over the approximated useful asset life. The straight-line method ...

General Motors Co. was founded in September 1908 in Michigan. The company has grown to become one of the leading automobile manufacturers. It activities range from designing, manufacturing and sale of trucks, cars, and automobile spare parts. Currently, General Motors is a multinational company that operates in different continents (General Motors, 2015). Thus, its profitability is affected by the changes in global economy. For effective management, the company is divided into several segments. This research paper carries out the financial analysis of the company in the year 2012, 2013 and 2014. This analysis is done by considering different financial ...

The preceding report has yielded the following findings:

Asda is one of the largest retailers in the British market. Asda is willing to liquidate its flaws in order to ensure customer satisfaction and increase consumer base connection to the brand. Improvements manifest themselves through an increase in the number of stores and the enhancement of the quality of services provided, including the online ordering of home delivery, email sending, and club cards.

Improvements are expected to convert customer satisfaction into stable repurchase behavior.

Asda is taking great pains to generate new ideas stimulating the happiness of consumers following their purchase experience. With readiness to change and openness to new ideas in mind, the company will most likely be ...

The companies tell their stories through financial statements. Liquidity, earning potential and how companies leverage debt is just some of the information that can be gleaned from financial statements. Understanding the elements that make up the financial statements leads to a better understanding of how changes in financial elements from one year to the next affect the health and viability of an organization. The following are some basic financial statements and the financial elements comprised within them.

Balance Sheet

The balance sheet is a snapshot of assets, liabilities and owner’s equity for a company. Assets should equal to liabilities plus ...

[Enter Student Name] [Enter University Name] In this essay, I am going to examine ideas, concepts, and implications on the topic of diversity and multiculturalism within the military. Specifically, I am going to discuss the difference between equality and equity and how ensuring our military understands this lesson can impact diversity within the military, discuss what leaders can do to effectively understand other perspectives, cultures, and ethnic backgrounds, and respond directly to the questions posed by Captain Velma C. Gray at the end of her article. It must be stated that the military states publicly value diversity within its ...

As healthcare dynamics change due to availability of advanced technologies, new or strange health conditions, limited qualified healthcare experts and facilities and burgeoning patient numbers, healthcare organizations are under an exceedingly increased pressure to ensure quality of healthcare is not compromised. At the same time, healthcare centers or clinics have to operate under the most sustainable and minimum healthcare costs possible and also reduce patient expenditure on healthcare. Quality assurance in the provision of healthcare has thus become an invaluable aspect of healthcare organizational operation and management in efforts to reduce costs that come with increased patient complaints concerning ...

About the paper

The paper is commissioned to discuss the financial standing of Google Inc. using the statement of financial position for the year 2012 and 2013. To come up with a prudent analysis, we will be using common-size analysis and some balance sheet ratios to evaluate the financial standing of the company during the year.

Balance Sheet Analysis

Referring to the common-size balance sheet attached in the appendix section, we can see that the current asset base of the company surged by 20.5% amidst a proportionate increase in all of the components of the current asset, except inventory. Most notably, the cash position increased ...

Critical Debates in Marketing

Part A: With Products, Is It Form or Function? The form versus function debate has been around for many ages. However, the preference of one to the other depends on the subject under discussion. In marketing, form precedes function because a marketer always strives to create a positive impression of a product (Rindova & Kotha, 2001). The precedence of form over function should not be mistaken to mean the functionality of a product is not fundamental as marketing efforts. The reasoning behind favoring form to come before function in marketing is that a product’s functionality alone cannot give it ...

About the paper

The paper is commissioned to conduct a comprehensive financial analysis of one of the leading retail based company in Australia, Woolworths Limited. As part of this analysis, we will be using the raw financial data for the past five (5) years and will run them through the microscope of financial ratios. In addition, we will also analyze the past year trend in the stock price of the company and will unfold the major events that caused changes in the stock price of the company. The report will finally be culminated with a concise yet overall outlook for the stock ...

Business proposal Research Tools

Business proposal Research Tools This paper evaluates different business research tools, summarizing the major contents of the materials and the effects thereof to business performance.

Part 1

The article evaluates the different forms of firm ownerships and the inherent benefits thereof. The subject of the research compares hedge funds to private equity funds and there implications to the stakeholders. From the article, it is important that ownership structure changes alter net returns markedly. For example, there is an abnormally positive result from trading when the firm is under equity partnerships compared to other structures. Mietzner & Schweizer, (2014) concludes that private equity ...

Company Analysis: Ford Motors

Company Information 1 Name of Company:

Ford Motors

2 State of Incorporation:

Delaware

3 Stock Symbol: ‘F’ 4 What is the company’s main product?

Automobiles

5 What is the URL for company’s website? What does it contain? http://www.ford.com/. The URL guides the investor about the company, its products, investor relations, media relations, et cetera 6 Who is the company’s auditor? (Not audit committee)

Pricewater House Coopers

7 On what page are the four financial statements located

Statement of Operations (or Income Statement)- Page 102

Balance sheet (or Statement of Financial Condition)- Page 104 Statement of Owner’s Equity – Page 102 Statement of Cash Flows- Page 106 Weekly Stock Price(4thJan’ ...

Introduction : United States, leads the word in health care expenditures, and has one of the finest healthcare services and facilities in the world. But millions of people in U.S, do not have access to quality healthcare services. There is a notable difference in the quality of care received by the people in U.S. In spite of living in the same country, there are differences in the access to preventive and curative healthcare services. There are also differences in the opportunity to avail healthcare services, in the risk of exposure to diseases and in the prevalence of diseases burden. ...

Introduction

JP Morgan realized huge trading losses in 2012 owing to an investment transaction, which was carried out through its London office. Under the watch of Chief Investment Officer Ina Drew, who later stepped down, there were a series of unscrupulous statements made by this company with intent to induce unsuspecting customers into making investments regardless of considering the financial position of the company. Some of these machinations included credit default swaps (CDS) being entered and represented as part of the bank's "hedging" strategy. A trader, Bruno Iksil, famously known as the London Whale, accumulated many CDS positions in the ...

[Conceptual framework in IAS]

Introduction IFRS uses conceptual framework as an accounting theory used to test problems objectively. It deals with reporting issues associated with finances of an organization; among the issues include the objectives and users of the financial statements. During its establishment, the major objective attached to it was the need to enhance the financial reporting. The improvement could only be achieved by utilizing clear and updated combination of concepts. As the result, the responsible body (IASB) is continuously putting efforts to ensure that all the fundamental aspects of the framework has been reconsidered. The existence of ...