Assume you manage a grocery store in the United States similar to H-E-B. Which corporate strategy would your organization currently implement — growth, stability, or renewal? Support your answer with specific facts and concepts. Does this strategy fit well with the organization’s mission? Is the strategy the best for future organizational development?
In: Operations Management
The owner of a U.S. company that produces sound systems for home entertainment theaters is considering the establishment of an Australian-based company to produce and sell the systems there. He is being told that the production costs would be one third the cost of producing them in the United States. Considering the economic factors, is this a good strategy that you could recommend to the owner?
In: Finance
*Discuss the regulation of the financial sector. You may focus on one or more of the Basel banking accords. You may focus on significant present or past legislation of the financial sector, with particular emphasis on United States legislation. You may focus on the putative regulation or legislation of selected institutions or parts of the financial sector in a modern economy
In: Finance
Argue on the following questions:
What role do financial markets play in our economy and what is the relationship between financial institutions and financial markets?
Establishes the importance of financial markets in the economy.
He mentions the financial institutions that regulate the way of doing business in the United States.
Establishes a relationship between institutions and financial markets.
In: Finance
Discuss the creation of the National Banks during the Civil War. Why did it develop into a dual banking system? Discuss the structural weaknesses of banking in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries after the National Banking Act was implemented and how attempts to reform the system led to the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913.
In: Economics
analyze the process by which U.S. judges are nominated and confirmed. Does this seem like a fair process? What extent does it have on the political lean of the Court, and therefore, on United States law (specifically civil rights and civil liberties)? Cite specific examples. Consider the concepts of judicial activism and judicial restraint in your response
In: Operations Management
If you were an aide to President Obama (when he was president) or President Trump (you pick which president you want to advise), how would you advise him on the issue of approximately 12 million individuals who are in the United States without legal authorization. How would your advice affect the economy?
In: Operations Management
(THE PROBABILITIES ABOUT X) : Set up and ind the indicated probability; a diagram is recommended.
4.) The average age of a vehicle registered in the United States is 8 years, or 96 months. Assume the standard deviation is 16 months. If a random sample of 36 vehicles is selected, ind the probability that the mean of their age is between 90 and 100 months.
In: Math
You are the owner of a discount furniture company that has expanded from a rural store in one state to 20 stores across the United States. Discuss at least one reason why your company should think about implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Discuss at least one challenge to implementing an ERP.
In: Operations Management
One of the authors came across an article (USA Today, 2008) that said that on average Americans have visited 16 states in the United States. In a survey of 50 students in her introductory statistics class, she found the average number of states the students had visited to be 9.48 and the standard deviation to be 7.13. The data were not strongly skewed.
1. Identify the observational unit for this study.
a. students
b. Americans
c. number of states
2. Identify the variable of interest and whether it is categorical or quantitative.
a. number of U.S. states visited, categorial
b. number of students, quantitative
c. number of students, categorial
d. number of U.S. states visited, quantitative
3. Regardless of your answer to part (c), state the null and the alternative hypotheses in symbols, to test whether the average number of states all students at the author’s school have visited is different from 16.
a. H0: mu = 16, Ha: mu ≠ 16
b. H0: mu = 16, Ha: mu > 16
c. H0: mu = 16, Ha: mu < 16
4. Using the 2SD approach to find a 95% confidence interval for the average number of states all students at the author’s school have visited. Round to two decimal places
In: Statistics and Probability