1/ At which location below would you most expect to find a year-round desert?

2/ Humid subtropical climates are found principally _____ of continents, roughly between 25° and 40° latitude.

3/ Because of the dry summers of Mediterranean climates, the land only supports growing _____.

4/ The coldest areas in the Northern Hemisphere are found in _____.

1. Given the following information:

1. Produce a cash flow statement for the company.                                                
2. What does the statement tell us about the financial state of this company? Explain.

Financial Management

Question 1

John met his insurance agent to discuss the purchase of an insurance plan to fund his 8 year-old daughter's university education in 11 years' time. The payout from the insurance company is as follows:

* Receive $30,000 at the begining of each year for 4 years with the first receipt starting 11 years from today.

The insurance company had 3 payment proposals:

Proposal 1:

* Pay $35,000 today

Proposal 2:

* Beginning 2 years from today, pay $8,000 each year for the next 8 years.

Proposal 3:

* Beginning 2 years from today, make payments each year for the next 8 years. The first payment is $7,000 and the amount increases by 5% each year.

(a) Calculate the present value of each proposal. Use a 10% discount rate. (7m)

(b) Which proposal should John choose? Explain. (5m)

(c) If the discount rate is not given to you, what would be an appropriate discount rate to use? (3m)

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A delivery truck was acquired on January 1, 2017, at a cost of $65,000. The delivery truck was originally estimated to have a residual value of $5,000 and an estimated life of five years. The truck is expected to be driven a total of 200,000 kilometers during its life, distributed as:

Using the straight-line, units-of-production, and double-diminishing balance methods, answer the following questions.

1. The 2017 depreciation expense using the units-of-production method is:

2. The 2018 depreciation expense using the straight-line method is:

3. The 2018 depreciation expense using the double-diminishing balance method is:

4. The 2019 depreciation expense using the units-of-production method is:

5. The book value on December 31, 2018, using the straight-line method is:

6. The book value on December 31, 2018, using the double-diminishing balance method is:

7. Which method results in the lowest depreciation expense in the first two years?

8. Prepare the adjusting entry to record the 2020 depreciation expense based on the units-of- production method.

A delivery truck was acquired on January 1, 2017, at a cost of $65,000. The delivery truck was originally estimated to have a residual value of $5,000 and an estimated life of five years. The truck is expected to be driven a total of 200,000 kilometers during its life, distributed as:

Using the straight-line, units-of-production, and double-diminishing balance methods, answer the following questions.

1. The 2017 depreciation expense using the units-of-production method is:

2. The 2018 depreciation expense using the straight-line method is:

3. The 2018 depreciation expense using the double-diminishing balance method is:

4. The 2019 depreciation expense using the units-of-production method is:

5. The book value on December 31, 2018, using the straight-line method is:

6. The book value on December 31, 2018, using the double-diminishing balance method is:

7. Which method results in the lowest depreciation expense in the first two years?

8. Prepare the adjusting entry to record the 2020 depreciation expense based on the units-of- production method.

Review the organization and financials of a chosen university. Describe some performance measures that might be used in assessing whether this university operates effectively. Using these measurements, how do you think the university is doing??

Students taking the GMAT were asked about their undergraduate major and pursuit of their MBA as full time or part time student,

If a student taking the GMAT is randomly selected from this distribution find:

1. The probability that their undergraduate major was business.
2. The probability that their undergraduate major was not business.
3. The probability that their undergraduate major was business and they are a part time student.
4. The probability that their undergraduate major was business or they are a part time student.
5. The probability that they are in business given that they are a part time student.
6. The probability that they are a part time student given that they are in business.

It appears that George is running a profitable business. George is aware you are in an MBA Managerial Finance class and comes to you for advice on his working capital practices. More specifically George asks you to do the following:

View the following video: http://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/playClipDirect.aspx?id=4870EEC7664070BB9D6744FDA7325EE44F45E0E47862343D60FAA8E3325D1A83C46D5C6FAB3D01A758FA30144214BB3D

Describe his working capital practices, including his methods of capital budgeting analysis techniques.

Analyze the potential pitfalls in his capital budgeting practices that George should be aware of.

Develop a simple statement of cash flows for George’s Trains using any information gleaned from the video. What areas of improvement do you recommend and why?

6. P company a Mexican subsidiary of a US company, sold equipment costing 200,000 pesos with accumulated depreciation of 75,000 pesos for 140,000 pesos on 3/1/2018. The equipment was purchased on 1/1/2017. Relevant exchange rates for the peso are as follows:

1/1/2017 $0.110

3/1/2018 $0.106

12/31/2018 $0.102

Average 2018 $0.105

The financial statements for P are translated by its US parent. What amount of gain or loss would be reported in its translated income statement?

The financial statement for P are remeasured by its US parent. What amount of again of loss would be reported in its translated income statement?

Answers: $1590 and $1090

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Your Task

You will engage in a negotiation for the sale and purchase of a commercial asset such as a business or a piece of real estate.

Assessment Description

You may be nominated to represent the vendor and will receive email instructions from the vendor company CEO including:

1. Appointment to represent the company as their agent for the sale of the commercial asset;

2. Specific details about the commercial asset;

3. Information about the status of current negotiations with an alternative potential purchaser;

4. Information about a new potential purchaser;

5. Contact details of the agent appointed to represent the purchaser.

Alternatively, you may be nominated to represent the purchaser and will receive email instructions from the purchaser company CEO including:

1. Appointment to represent the company as their agent for the purchase of the commercial asset;

2. Specific details about the commercial asset;

3. Information about alternative assets the company is considering purchasing instead;

4. Information about the vendor;

5. Contact details of the agent appointed to represent the vendor.

Stage 1: Pre-negotiation (1,000 words)

You must answer the following questions:

1. What is your thinking style preference form – monarchic, hierarchic, oligarchic, anarchic – and what is your thinking style scope – internal, external? Attach copies of completed Sternberg-Wagner Thinking Style Inventories.

2. Are your thinking style preferences – form and scope – optimal for conducting this negotiation? Explain your answer.

3. What adjustments (if any) could you make to adapt to a more optimal thinking style for this negotiation?

Stage 2: Negotiation (300 words) You must:

1. Enter negotiations with your counterpart for the sale and purchase of the commercial asset;

2. Maintain a communications log that captures the date, method, items discussed, and outcomes of each communication. Attach copies of any communications that confirm agreed price

Stage 3: Post negotiation (400 words)

You must prepare a 1 page letter to your client advising the outcome of the negotiation.

4. What is your client’s BATNA? What is your client’s reservation value?

5. What is the other party’s BATNA? What is the other party’s reservation value?

6. What is the ZOPA range? What is your strategy for claiming the greater proportion of the ZOPA? Include at least fifteen academic references in your answers to the above questions with a minimum of five references coming from academic journals.