Brand valuations are critical to CEOs, financial and marketing executives, security analyst, institutional investors, and others who depend on well-researched, reliable information needed for assessments, and comparisons in decision making. Millward Brown Optimor has developed the Brand Top 100 most Valuable Global Brands for WPP, the world’s largest communications services group. Unlike other studies, the Brands Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands fuses consumer measures of brand equity with financial measures to place a financial value on brands.

Assuming that the populations variance are unknown, is there evidence of a difference between the technology sector and the financial institutions sector with respect to mean brand value? (Use alpha = 5%).

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Cisco Systems has 8.6 billion shares outstanding and a share price of $29. Cisco is considering developing a new networking product in a house at a cost of $629 million. Alternatively, Cisco can acquire a firm that already has the technology for $904 million worth (at the current price) of Cisco stock. Suppose that absent the expense of the new technology, Cisco will have EPS of $0.87.

a.) Suppose Cisco develops the product in-house. What impact would the development cost have on Cisco's EPS? Assume all costs are incurred this year and are treated as R&D expenses, Cisco's tax rate is 35%, and the number of shares outstanding is unchanged. The EPS if developed in house is (round to the nearest cent.)

b.) Suppose Cisco does not develop the product in-house, but instead acquires the technology. What effect would the acquisition have on Cisco's EPS this year? (Note that acquisition expenses do not appear directly on the income statement. Assume the firm was acquired at the start of the year and has no revenues or expenses of its own, so that the only effect on EPS is due to the change in the number of shares outstanding.)

The EPS if acquired is  (round to three decimal places.)

c.) Which method of acquiring the technology has a smaller impact on eamings? Is this method cheaper?

( )would have a smaller impact on earnings. (Fill in either "Purchasing" or "In-house")

The cheaper method of acquiring technology is ( ). (Fill in either "Purchasing" or "In-house")

1. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has used optical character recognition (OCR) since the mid-1960s. In 1983, USPS began deploying the technology to major post offices throughout the country (www.britannica.com). Suppose that in a random sample of 500 handwritten zip code digits, 466 were read correctly.

Note: Optical Character Recognition, or OCR, is a technology that enables you to convert different types of documents, such as scanned paper documents, PDF files or images captured by a digital camera into editable and searchable data.

Source: Montgomery, D. & Runger, G. (2014). Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers. 6^th edition, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Using RStudio, construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of correct digits that can be automatically read by OCR technology in USPS.

1. Label the parameter. (4 points)

2. Propose an appropriate confidence interval. (4 points)

3. Verify the required conditions for the proposed confidence interval. (8 points)

4. Report a 95% confidence interval (simulation base for the true proportion of correct digits that can be automatically read by OCR technology in USPS. Use seed = 45678 and 40,000 trials for simulation: (5 points)

Note: Report CI (3 decimal places):

Note: Attach your R codes in the following space:

5. Interpret a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of correct digits that can be automatically read by OCR technology in USPS in context. (6 points)

Childish Inc. (the "Company") is a unionized toys company with 1,100 employees that develops and sells children's toys in North America. The Company's factories and offices are located in Ontario and the Company is an Ontario-regulated corporation. The union was certified on January 20, 2020 to represent the Company's entire workforce. The union and the management entered into negotiations which are not going very well. The management started with a request to decrease wages by 3.5% explaining this is necessary to keep the Company competitive due to an increase in production line expenses. The union requested further explanation and breakdown of the increased expenses but did not get any. The union therefore objected the cut and proposed that the Company reduce expenses spent on the executive management meetings (food and accommodation) instead of cutting wages. The management refused to consider this as it believed it was the norm in the industry. The union then suggested a new formula for overtime pay and for extended health benefit plan to compensate for the wage cut. The management refused again to consider this proposal because they were concerned about its financial implications. The union requested more time to get back to the management with alternatives, but the management suspected the union may be doing this as a delay tactic. Each party believes the other party breaches their duty to bargain in good faith. Ultimately this deadlock results in a failure to reach a collective agreement. The parties try conciliation and fail to reach an agreement. The Minister of Labour issues a decision that a conciliation board will not be appointed. A strike vote is held with a majority vote in favour of a strike. 16 days pass. The Company hires replacement workers and continues with their clients' orders, and the union decides to go on a strike. The union sets up picket lines outside some big retail stores which sell Childish toys. Customers walking into the stores are asked to stop and sign a petition. The level of noise and traffic is very disturbing to many customers and store owners.

a) Discuss the legal arguments of both parties regarding the duty to bargain in good faith and potential remedies. [4 marks]

b) The picketing is unlawful. True/False [0.5 mark] Explain your answer [2.5 marks]

A new aerated sewage lagoon is required in a small town in 2020. In 2015, one was built on a similar site in a nearby city for $3 million.The new lagoon is 75% larger, and its power sizing exponent is 0.90. The cost index for 2015 is 180, whereas the one in 2020 is 400. Estimate the cost of new lagoon in 2020.

Simulation, EHR, and virtual learning are being used as a new tool to promote and assess student learning in nursing education. Describe the benefits and limitations of the use of technology in nursing education. Can technology be used to replace clinical hours in nursing education? If so, are there any limitations to its use? Be specific in your answer. Is this allowed by your State Board of Nursing?

A few years ago, it cost millions of dollars to outfit a store the size of a 7-Eleven with cameras and a high-performance computer server for cashierless technology. Now, it costs anywhere from $100,000 to $300,000 to outfit the same size store, depending on how many cameras and the type of hardware used. Based on this information, how quickly will cashierless technology diffuse?

How does technology affect your primary and secondary groups? Do you think it’s possible to have members of a primary group who have never met? What are the effects of technology on group size? dentify the types and sub-types of societal groups. Identify how group size, leadership styles, and conformity impacts group dynamics.

Is this is good for chine citizents? what the goverment pretent with this? give your personal opinion

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/technology/china-technology-censorship-borders-expansion.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FInternet%20Censorship%20in%20China&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

1. First example where Technology enables us to change our environments. Discuss how can this be a H2M relationship that is Symbiotic and cooperative.

2. Second example where Technology changes us and drive us to change ourselves and our behavior as humans. Discuss how can this be or become a Human to Machine (H2M) confrontation and a clash of human vs. machine