The following table depicts statistics on GDP per capita (ie, GDP/population) in column (1) and its growth rate for the country groups (column 2) defined by GDP levels (High-income, Middle-income and Low-income). They are all expressed as real (constant) GDP.

Source: The World Bank,

http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators

Throughout this question, assume constant growth rates for each of the country groups that are equal to their average value between year 2000 and 2010 (column 2 of Table). Answer the following questions (show all the calculation steps to get the partial marks):

Compute the ratio of GDP per capita of the different income groups in year 2010 (expressed in the one decimal point in %): (1.5 mark, 0.5 each)

Middle- to High-income group

Low- to High-income group

Low- to Middle income group

Compute the approximate number of years it will take the Low-income and Middle-income countries to double their GDP per capita. (1 mark)

Approximate the GDP per capita for High-income, Middle-income and Low-income groups for the year 2088, and fill in column 3 of the Table. (1.5 mark, 0.5 each)

Repeat part a) of the question with the computed GDP per capita in year 2088 (1.5 mark, 0.5 each)

Now compare your answers in part a) and part d). Comment on any changes occurred between year 2010 and 2088. (2 mark)

Hershey Company is one of the world’s leading producers of chocolates, candies, and confections. The company sells chocolates and candies, mints and gums, baking ingredients, toppings, and beverages. Hershey’s consolidated balance sheets for 2009 and 2010 follow:

Additional information for 2010:    Total sales                        $5,671.0

                                                  Costs of goods sold           $3,255.8

                                                  Net income                       $   509.8

REQUIRED:

1. Compute the common-size balance sheet for 2010 and the rate of change balance sheet for 2010.

In early January 2010​, you purchased ​$19 comma 000 worth of some​ high-grade corporate bonds. The bonds carried a coupon of 7 4/8% and mature in 2024.

You paid 95.463 when you bought the bonds. Over the five years from 2010 through 2014​, the bonds were priced in the market as​ follows:

Coupon payments were made on schedule throughout the​ 5-year period.

a. Find the annual holding period returns for 2010 through 2014.

b. Use the average return information in the given table to evaluate the investment performance of this bond. How do you think it stacks up against the​ market? Explain.

a. The holding period return for 2010 is nothing​%. ​(Round to two decimal​ places.)

The holding period return for 2011 is nothing​%. ​(Round to two decimal​ places.)

The holding period return for 2012 is nothing ​%. ​(Round to two decimal​ places.)

The holding period return for 2013 is nothing​%. ​(Round to two decimal​ places.)

The holding period return for 2014 is nothing​%. ​(Round to two decimal​ places.)

b. Use the average return information in the given table to evaluate the investment performance of this bond. How do you think it stacks up against the​ market? Explain.  ​

The​ high-grade corporate bond investment has outperformed the market. The average rate of return for the investment is 13.21​% versus the average market rate of 5.83​%.

The market has outperformed the corporate bond investment. The average rate of return for the investment is 5.83​% versus the average market rate of 13.21​%.

You have recently been hired by a company that wants to “go global” and you have been selected to help research this possibility. The CEO has selected you to research your chosen country and report back. You must prepare a report on your country’s four cultural values and provide examples of how they relate to business transactions.

For your chosen country of France write a three-page paper on the following:

Individual and collective dimension of the country
Equality and hierarchy dimension of the country
Change orientation dimension of the country
Time orientation dimension of the country
Give examples of these dimensions and how they relate to global business transactions

Think of the group experiences you have had at work, at home, at school, or in any formal or informal organizational environment. Think of “organizational environment” as simply meaning a group of individuals that get together to pursue a goal. Think of a specific example from those experiences, and see which one of the models of group dynamics best applies to that example. Choose specifically one from the following theories: the stages of group development, the punctuated-equilibrium model, collective efficacy, cohesion, or social loafing. You can choose an example where the group was highly effective, or an example where the group dynamics became an obstacle to performance.

Think of the group experiences you have had at work, at home, at school, or in any formal or informal organizational environment. Think of “organizational environment” as simply meaning a group of individuals that get together to pursue a goal. Think of a specific example from those experiences, and see which one of the models of group dynamics best applies to that example.

Choose specifically one from the following theories: the stages of group development, the punctuated-equilibrium model, collective efficacy, cohesion, or social loafing. You can choose an example where the group was highly effective, or an example where the group dynamics became an obstacle to performance.mics

: We will be looking closely at deontology this week, as well as utilitarianism, and we will be discussing the basis of morality. Deontology is just a means of understanding normative morality. You can do this by applying such things as Kantian Absolutism or Divine Command Theory to problems of a moral nature. This week I want you to use the readings for the week to help you create an argument for or against the culture of the N. discussed in Brockmeier's, "The Jesus Stories." What can you say of them as people and of their philosophy? What would be their collective sense of morality? What does Brockmeier hint that it is? **10 or so well-rounded sentences are required for your initial posting**

define all these

Organizational structure -

Simple organizational structure -

Functional organizational structure -

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Network structure -

Boundaryless organizational designs -

Barrier free organizations -

Modular organizations -

Virtual organizations -

Centralized decision making -

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Informal organizational structure -

Building an organization for execution

Staffing the organization -

Managing resources and capabilities-

Structuring the organization -

Three approaches to building resources and capabilities

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Mergers and Acquisitions -

Collective partnerships -

Staffing the organization

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Recruit, train, retain -

Two signs of good strategy execution-