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What is schizophrenia? NO PLAGIARISM PLEASE What are some common behaviors associated with the mental illness?...

What is schizophrenia?

NO PLAGIARISM PLEASE

What are some common behaviors associated with the mental illness?

Provide some statistics of schizophrenia in the United States.

What is gray matter? How is it affected by schizophrenia?

When does onset of the disease typically occur?

In: Psychology

Question 3: The Bank of Canada once again reduced its key rate by 0.5 percentage point...

Question 3: The Bank of Canada once again reduced its key rate by 0.5 percentage point on March 24, aligning with the United States. What are the elements of aggregate demand that the Bank of Canada hopes to stimulate through this monetary policy?

In: Economics

Describe how the “rite of passage” from adolescence into adulthood differs for people in Western and...

Describe how the “rite of passage” from adolescence into adulthood differs for people in Western and non-Western societies. Do you think that the United States should have a rite of passage that would recognize when an adolescent had reached adulthood?

In: Psychology

In developing countries some of the working conditions are poor in comparison to the United States....

In developing countries some of the working conditions are poor in comparison to the United States. Companies such as Nike go overseas to find affordable labor and supply costs. What would you do as a CEO of a company, such as Nike, to aid in improving the welfare of these countries?

In: Operations Management

Compare and contrast direct finance and indirect finance. Give a specific example of each and discuss...

Compare and contrast direct finance and indirect finance. Give a specific example of each and discuss in detail the differences. Which is more likely to have a larger share of the total financial market in a mature economy like the United States? Explain why

In: Economics

Write 1 to 3 paragraphs to discussion this question What labor standards regarding safety, working conditions,...

Write 1 to 3 paragraphs to discussion this question

What labor standards regarding safety, working conditions, overtime, and the like, should Nike hold foreign factories to: those prevailing in that country, those prevailing in the United States, or something in between?

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Write 1 to 3 paragraph to answer this question: What labor standards regarding safety, working conditions,...

Write 1 to 3 paragraph to answer this question:

What labor standards regarding safety, working conditions, overtime, and the like, should Nike hold foreign factories to: those prevailing in that country, those prevailing in the United States, or something in between?

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Do you believe the "traditional model" of policing contributed to the deterioration of the relationship between...

  1. Do you believe the "traditional model" of policing contributed to the deterioration of the relationship between police and citizens in the United States during the 1960s. Explain.
  2. How has policing improved? Explain.
  3. Which model fostered this improvement?
    please cite information.

In: Psychology

What is the difference between the color-blind perspective on race and blatant bigotry? How does the...

What is the difference between the color-blind perspective on race and blatant bigotry? How does the color-blind ideology lead to racism evasiveness? Why is it often so difficult to recognize and address racial discrimination in the United States today? v

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Santa Clara Electronics, Inc. of California currently exports 1,000,000 electric switches per year to the Argentina...

  1. Santa Clara Electronics, Inc. of California currently exports 1,000,000 electric switches per year to the Argentina under an import agreement that expires in five years. In the Argentina, the imported switches are currently sold for peso equivalent of $75 per set. Santa Clara’s costs, including shipping, are $50 per set, and its current pre-tax profit is $25 per set. Similar costs and prices would occur in Argentine production. The market for this type of switch in the Argentina is stable (neither growing nor shrinking, and Santa Clara holds the major portion of this market.

    The Argentine government has invited Santa Clara to open an assembly plant so that imported switches can be replaced by local production. If Santa Clara makes the investment, it will operate the plant for 5 years and then sell the building and equipment to Argentine investors for $5,000,000. Santa Clara will be allowed to repatriate all net income and depreciation to the US at the end of each year. Santa Clara traditionally evaluates all foreign investments in U.S. dollar terms.  

    Investment:   Santa Clara’s anticipated outlay in 2020, expressed in US dollars and sufficient for the full five years, would be:

                          Building and Equipment                          $40,000,000

                          Working Capital                                            $10,000,000

                          Total Outlay                                              $50,000,000

               All investment outlays will be made in 2020, and all operating cash flows will occur at the end of years 2021 through 2025.

    Depreciation:           Building and equipment will be depreciated over five years on a straight-line basis to a $5,000,000 salvage value. At the end of the fifth year, the $10,000,000 of net working capital may be repatriated to the United States, as may the remaining net book value (salvage value) of the plant.

    Exchange Rates:           The Argentine peso (Ps) is currently at parity (US$1 = APs1) and is expected to remain at this level for the next five years.

    Sales: Locally manufactured switches will be sold APs75 each. Sales volume will remain 1,000,000 switches per year for the next five years.  

    Operating Expenses (current peso costs):

               Materials purchased in Argentina                 Aps30 per set

               Material imported from US parent               Aps20 per set

               Total variable costs                                    Aps50 per set

    The Aps20 purchase price for components sold by Santa Clara to its Argentine subsidiary consists of Aps15 of direct costs incurred in the United States and Aps5 of pretax contribution margin to Santa Clara. These peso costs (and profits) are expected to remain constant. Other operating costs include APs 5,000,000 in annual fixed operating costs by the Argentine subsidiary.

    Taxes:           Both the Argentina and the United States have a corporate income tax rate of 40 percent.

    Concessionary Loan: The Argentine government will assist Santa Clara’s local financing by provided a subsidized loan of 50 million peso loan. The loan will be a five-year amortizing loan (with annual payments) bearing an interest rate of 5 percent. Without the loan, Santa Clara’s normal borrowing rate would be 10 percent.

    Cost of Capital:           Upstate uses a 15 percent discount rate to evaluate all domestic and foreign projects.

               Estimate the value of the project’s cash accruing to the parent.

    -$26,935,125  

    -$12,932,540  

    -$16,672,196  

    -$34,027,351  

    -$20,662,714  

In: Finance