Marketing Plan

The Internet provides the small business access to potential customers around the world. Countries want to promote exports because selling goods and services to people in other nations creates jobs at home. The United States has an agency that provides assistance and even provides loans and loan guarantees to assist US businesses in increasing sales to customers in other nations. It is called the Export Import Bank of the United States (often called Ex-Im Bank), and they do have programs for small businesses.

Visit the Ex-Im Bank website and explore the products they have to assist small businesses. You might also find the tutorial Take Your Business Global—An Introduction to Exporting from the Small Business Administration (SBA) useful. Visit the Take Your Business Global to access the tutorial.

Discuss a marketing plan that a US small business could use to leverage the power of the Internet and the Ex-Im Bank products to establish a competitive advantage in the global marketplace.

2. Tenzin and Dechen have brought in their 24-month-old son, Kim, for his wellness examination and immunizations. Kim is the first child for Tenzin and Dechen, but Dechen is 6 months pregnant with their second child. Tenzin and Dechen are Tibetan refugees who have moved to the United States from India. Kim was born in the United States. Tenzin and Dechen are very focused on Kim’s physical abilities (i.e., motor skills, communication, and sensory skills). They express their desire for Kim to do well in school and be successful in business. (Learning Objectives 3, 4, 7, 11, and 13)

a. What could the nurse share with Kim’s parents regarding the normal motor, communication, and sensory development of a 24-month-old?

b. What can the nurse teach Tenzin and Dechen regarding promoting healthy growth and development in Kim?

c. Kim’s parents are curious about toilet training. How can the nurse teach Kim’s parents about toilet training with a toddler?

PEZ Candy Inc. produces the popular small candy that is dispensed in collectible flip-top dispensers. PEZ candy was invented as a breath mint in Vienna, Austria, in 1927. The name PEZ is derived from “pfefferminz” which is the word for peppermint in German.

In the United States, PEZ candies are produced in a factory in Connecticut since 1973. The PEZ candies are made from about 95% sugar, which makes the PEZ product cost particularly sensitive to changes in the cost of sugar. The cost of sugar in the United States has been significantly increasing over the past year, due in least at part, to preliminary tariffs imposed by the U.S. government on Mexican sugar. In addition, the cost of labor has been increasing due to increases in the minimum wage in the U.S. For these reasons, PEZ expects to raise its prices in 2015.

If the related cost standard is not adjusted, what variance(s) will be impacted by the rising cost of labor? What department would typically be responsible for explaining this variance(s)? (paragraph form)

A careful reading of an unmodified opinion report indicates several important phrases. (Note: these phrases will need to be memorized to answer the multiple choice questions on the CPA exam.) Explain why each of the following phrases or clauses is used rather than the alternative provided:

a. "The financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the "financial position" rather than "The financial statements mentioned above are correctly stated. "

b. "In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America" rather than "are properly stated to represent true economic conditions."

c. "In our opinion,, the financial statements present fairly" rather than "The financial statements present fairly."

d. "Brown & Philips, CPAs (firm name)," rather than "James E. Brown, CPA (individual partner's name)."

e. "We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America" rather than "Our audit was performed to detect material misstatements in the financial statements

Please assist with the following:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducted a survey to learn about how drivers throughout the United States are using seat belts (Associated Press, August 25, 2003). Sample data consistent with the NHTSA survey are as follows:

1. For the United States, what is the probability that a
2. The seat belt usage probability for a U.S. driver a year earlier was .75. NHTSA chief Dr. Jeffrey Runge had hoped for a .78 probability in 2003. Would he have been pleased with the 2003 survey results?
3. What is the probability of seat belt usage by region of the country? What region has the highest seat belt usage?
4. What proportion of the drivers in the sample came from each region of the country? What region had the most drivers selected? What region had the second most drivers selected?
5. Assuming the total number of drivers in each region is the same, do you see any reason why the

probability estimate in part (a) might be too high? Explain.

Houston-based Advanced Electronics manufactures audio speakers for desktop computers. The following data relate to the period just ended when the company produced and sold 41,000 speaker sets:

Management is considering relocating its manufacturing facilities to northern Mexico to reduce costs. Variable costs are expected to average $18.00 per set; annual fixed costs are anticipated to be $1,994,000. (In the following requirements, ignore income taxes.)

Required:

Calculate the company’s current income and determine the level of dollar sales needed to double that figure, assuming that manufacturing operations remain in the United States.

Determine the break-even point in speaker sets if operations are shifted to Mexico.

Assume that management desires to achieve the Mexican break-even point; however, operations will remain in the United States.

If variable costs remain constant, by how much must fixed costs change?

If fixed costs remain constant, by how much must unit variable cost change?

The Great Financial Crisis (GFC) in the United States: Causes and Policy Responses

Goal

Analyze the recent (2008-2009) episode in the United States – the Great Financial Crisis (or Great Contraction). Your job is to write a 500-word essay that will: (a) discuss the antecedents to the episode – seeds of the crisis that were previously sown. Then, using the IS-LM model, show both (b) the shocks to the economy which occurred and (c) the government policy response. Also, provide a short discussion of the implications for health care business/industry.

Background

Although it happened some time ago, the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008-2009 continues to be heavily discussed, including in the popular press. For this assignment, you should read the article “A warning from the almost-depression” by Robert Samuelson, Washington Post, September 16, 2018. For several reasons, this episode is well-suited to the IS-LM model. Your job is to discuss that episode using the model.

PLEASE PROVIDE THE REFERENCES THAT YOU USED AND NO Plagiarism.