• What is an example of a cryptography technology?
• How is it used or misused?

Andy’s Co. is a manufacturing firm of a computer hardware device. Its sales forecasts for the year 2020 is as follows:

The company will start its business this year with $30,000 of cash balance. As of Q4 of the fiscal year 2019, it does not have any material, work in progress, or finished goods inventories. The company currently has no debt and entirely owned by shareholders. The balance sheet of Andy’s Co. as of the end of the year 2019 is as follows:

Direct material costs per unit are $150. Each unit requires three direct labor hours to be completed. The hourly wage is $40. For the year 2020, the company expects the variable overhead to be $136,000. The company allocates variable overhead by direct labor hours. Fixed overhead is expected to be $204,000, including the depreciation of the equipment ($47,500). The company will evenly allocate the fixed overhead for each quarter.

At the beginning of the year 2020, the company will invest in $95,000 for the equipment.

The company supplies products with no material selling and administrative expenses. Their products are immediately picked up by other manufacturers in the complex for cash. Due to the highly efficient just-in-time inventory management system, the company does not hold materials inventories. All materials are purchased just enough to be used in production each quarter. The company also does not hold work in progress inventories. However, they keep 10% of next quarter’s sales as ending inventories of finished goods.

The company also engages in flexible cash management. They require a minimum balance of zero. Whenever they run short of cash, they can borrow from a partnered venture capital at the quarterly interest rate of 2%. They obtain the short-term loan at the beginning of the quarter, and they repay both principal and interest at the end of the quarter if they have enough cash.

The company will incur 20% of taxable income (operating income less interest expenses) as tax expenses but will pay the income taxes in the year 2021.

5) Complete the overhead budget including the cash disbursement for Andy’s Co. for the fiscal year 2020

6) Complete the cost of goods manufactured budget for Andy’s Co. for the fiscal year 2020

7) Complete the cost of goods sold budget for Andy’s Co. for the fiscal year 2020

8) Complete the cash budget for Andy’s Co. for the fiscal year 2020

9) Complete the income statement for Andy’s Co. for the fiscal year 2020

10) Complete the balance sheet for Andy’s Co. for the fiscal year 2020

11) An alternative plan for operation requires more investment in the equipment. If the company can invest $210,000 instead of $95,000 in the equipment at the beginning of the year 2020, the company can reduce direct labor hours required for each unit to 2 hours. The depreciation of the equipment will be $105,000 for the year 2020. Calculate the impacts of the additional investment on net income and operating cash flows for the year 2020. You can present an alternative income statement, cash budget, and balance sheet.

12) The executives of Andy’s Co. are debating over whether to invest $95,000 or $210,000. The market analysts suggest that the demand for the products will be at a similar level over the next few years. Based on the sales forecasts of the market analysts, provide advice to the executives. Support your advice quantitatively.

Study the following items related to transactions during the year to September 30, 2020 for Thompson’s Tours’ Inc. All transactions are reported on the financial statements in $XCD.

I. A bank overdraft of $200,000 in a chequing account at St Kitts National Bank.

II. A saving account with a balance of $400,000 at Open Campus Bank and chequing account with an overdraft of $100,000 at the same bank repayable on demand.

III. The Operation Manager was given a salary advance of $2,000 on August 24, 2020 and this amount was deducted from his October salary.

IV. CAD$3,045 on hand from tips up to March 31, 2020, its pre-COVID operations when the exchange rate was CAD$1 = $2.01 XCD. On September 30, 2020, the exchange rate was CAD$1 = $1.95 XCD

V. Special Edition Independence postage stamps on hand valued at $200.

VI. Cash holdings of US$100,000, the exchange rate on September 30, 2020 is $2.70.

VII. Petty cash on hand valued at $1,500.

VIII. A cheque in the amount of $5,000 and dated October 23, 2020 was received from a customer on September 27, 2020.

IX. Short term 60 days treasury bill valued at $35,000.

X. Thompson’s Tours’ Inc. invested $1,000,000 in a money market fund with Mona Campus Bank on July 10, 2020 which will mature on October 9, 2020.

Required:

a. List all items from above that would NOT be classified as cash or cash equivalents in the current asset section of Thompson’s Tours’ Inc. Statement of Financial Position as at September 30, 2020? State how each of these items would then be classified in the financials.

b. Prepare the necessary journal entry at September 30, 2020 to account for Item IV.

C. Using the information in B above, calculate the cash and cash equivalent value that would appear in Thompson’s Tours’ Inc. Statement of Financial Position on September 30,2020.

Question 2 .

A. List two (2) policies a company may adopt to lessen the risk of uncollectible accounts and improve its cashflows. (1 mark)

B. Joseph Corporation a mobile phone wholesaler sells mobile phones to PhoneTech Ltd, a mobile phone retailer on August 1, 2020 for $500 each, the value of the sale is $50,000, with credit terms of 3/10, n/30. Assume the company uses the net method to record accounts receivables.

Required:

a. Prepare the journal entry to record the sale.

b. On August 8, 2020, collection on $15,000 of the sales was received from PhoneTech. Record the necessary journal entry for the cash received.

c. The remaining $35,000 of the sales was collected on August 28, 2020 from Phone Tech. Record the necessary journal entry for the transaction on this date.

Question 3

A. J & B Company uses the percentage of sales approach to estimate its uncollectible accounts. The company’s annual sales for its first financial year of operations ending July 31, 2020 was $500,000, cash sales contributed to 2% of the overall sales and the 3 accounts receivable balance at year end was $75,000. Based on industry expectations, it estimated that 3% of its credit sales would be uncollectible.

Required:

a. Calculate the bad debt expense at July 31, 2020.

b. Calculate the net receivable balance that would be reported in the Statement of Financial Position as at July 31, 2020.

B. Tosh and Sons Inc. uses the percentage of receivables approach to estimate its uncollectible accounts. The company had sales of $100,000 at the end of its financial year on June 30, 2020. The allowance for doubtful debts account had a debit balance of $400, the accounts receivable balance was $30,000at year end and the company estimates the uncollectible percentages as follows:

Current (1 - 30 days) $15,000 0.5%

31 - 60 days $10,000 2.0%

61 - 90 days $3,000 10.0%

Over 90 days $2000 60.0%

Required:

a. Calculate the bad debt expense at June 30, 2020.

b. Prepare the necessary journal entry to record the bad debt expense for the year.

C. During the financial year ending May 31, 2020 the Board of Directors of Chung Sa Corporation authorised the write off of a $3,000 two-year debt belonging to a previous customer Jap Inc. On July 2, 2020 Chung Sa Corporation received an electronic funds transfer from Jap Inc. in the amount of $3,000.

Required: Prepare all necessary journal entries to record this transaction.

Discuss the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and their effects on health information technology (HIT).

Discuss the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Define the decade of HIT.

Define the electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR), and discuss the differences between the two.

Define interoperability.

Define the eHealth Exchange

Name and describe a new technology that can increase access to healthcare, lower costs, and even improve the quality of care. How does it alter the traditional delivery of care and Name three or more different categories of patients - geographically, clinically, or otherwise - who have benefited already from the application of this new technology. Identify at least three concerns or caveats that remain to be addressed regarding its usage.

1. Explain how John Wanamaker invented the pastime of 'shopping'.
2. What evidence is there in the article to support the thought that, rather than giving consumers more knowledge, computer technology gives suppliers an advantage through asymmetric information? (Remember to use definitions in your answers).
3. How can pricing technology make markets such as food retailing more competitive and consequently benefit both consumers and retailers?

16. Explain the concept of Globalization Strategy and provide real examples.

17. Explain the concept of Service Technology and provide examples.

18. Explain the concept of Virtual Network Structure and provide examples.

19. Explain the difference between the concepts of Business Management and Technology Management. Provide examples.

20. Concepts such as ‘civic responsibility,’ ‘social responsibility;’ what do they have in common? Provide examples.

1. Suppose that U.S.-based Qualcomm and European-based T-Mobile are contemplating infrastructure investments in a developing mobile telephone market. Qualcomm presently uses a code-division multiple access (CDMA) technology, which almost 67 million users in the United States utilize. In contrast, T-Mobile uses a global systems for mobile communication (GSM) technology that has become the standard in Europe and Asia. Each company must (simultaneously and independently) decide which of these two technologies to introduce in the new market. Qualcomm estimates that it will cost $1.2 billion to install its CDMA technology and $2.0 billion to install GSM technology. T-Mobile’s projected cost of installing GSM technology is $1.1 billion, while the cost of installing the CDMA technology is $2.7 billion. As shown in the accompanying table, each company’s projected revenues depend not only on the technology it adopts, but also on that adopted by its rival:

Projected Revenues for Different Combinations of Mobile Technology Standards (in billions)

Determine the Nash equilibrium/equilibria of this game. Then, explain the economic forces that give rise to the structure of the payoffs and any difficulties the companies might have in achieving Nash equilibrium in the new market.

2.

While there is a degree of differentiation between major grocery chains like Albertsons and Kroger, the regular offering of sale prices by both firms for many of their products provides evidence that these firms engage in price competition. For markets where Albertsons and Kroger are the dominant grocers, this suggests that these two stores simultaneously announce one of two prices for a given product: a regular price or a sale price. Suppose that when one firm announces the sale price and the other announces the regular price for a particular product, the firm announcing the sale price attracts 1,000 extra customers to earn a profit of $5,000, compared to the $3,000 earned by the firm announcing the regular price. When both firms announce the sale price, the two firms split the market equally (each getting an extra 500 customers) to earn profits of $2,000 each. When both firms announce the regular price, each company attracts only its 1,500 loyal customers and the firms each earn $4,500 in profits.

If you were in charge of pricing at one of these firms, would you have a clear-cut pricing strategy? If so, explain why. If not, explain why not and propose a mechanism that might solve your dilemma. (Hint: Unlike Walmart, neither of these two firms guarantees “Everyday low prices.”)

On Thursday, July 22, 2010, you bought (traded) the FG, Inc. 6.75% corporate bonds for $101.25. The coupon payments are paid on May 31 and November 30. Using the 360-day accrual basis, calculate the invoice price of the bonds. Please use T+3 to calculate the settlement day (use 2 decimals).