Discuss the origins and trends in retirement plans in the US. How can employers leverage retirement plans to their advantage? How would you leverage a retirement plan within a company you are running?

How attractive is the main sector in which McDonald"s competes (Hint: Market opportunity, growth, profitability, sustainability)? How has your company been impacted by US trade relations?

How attractive is the main sector in which McDonald"s  competes (Hint: Market opportunity, growth, profitability, sustainability)? How has your company been impacted by US trade relations?

Working for a financial investments company, what are the metrics that we should apply that would help us understand that the environment is sufficiently ethical and we can rely on the financial and operational metrics? Explain?

Provide a 200+ word response with direct reference to this post:

"For the inexperienced marketer, the "similar but different feature of culture creates an illusion of similarity which usually does not always exist." Discuss and give examples.

In marketing, it's important to consider cultural differences to effectively reach the intended consumer base. Something that works in the US might not always work in other countries. Someone who is new to marketing may believe that cultures are similar enough to use the same marketing plan, however, this is only an illusion.

An example of this is the Gerber baby food brand and their expansion to Africa. Though a cute baby on the packaging can help a company sell a lot of baby food in the US, this is not the case in Africa. Due to low literacy rates, African people rely on packaging to tell them exactly what's in the package. This gave them very negative thoughts on the Gerber brand as they associated a baby with the product inside the container (Publisher).

Another example of a failed marketing campaign was Coca-Cola's expansion into China. When Coca-Cola translated their brand name into Chinese languages, their phonetic translation said "bite the wax tadpole," (Morrison, T).

In both of these instances, it would have been beneficial for the companies to do some research on the markets that they were expanding into. Had they looked into the people and languages of these countries, they could have avoided costly marketing mistakes.  

Question 0ne (1) [15 Marks]
a) Briefly discuss five traits an individual wishing to start a business entity would consider.

b) Discuss the concept of a company having legal personality. Refer to legal authorities in
motivation of your answer.

If you buy shares of Amazon on the primary market:

Read each of the case studies presented, and explain, What your opinion is and how you arrived at it.

Case Studies

A. Brent underwood, a health insurance professional in the Beach Front Medical Clinic, is convinced by Bertha Parker, a 60-year-old patient of the clinic, that she is a "financial hardship" case. Brent tells Ms. Parker that he will send in a claim to her insurance company and "write off" any balance that they do not pay. Determine if Brent is within this legal rights as a health insurance professional to do this for Bertha. If not, decide if his actions constitute fraud or abuse.

B. Mary Larson visits Dr. Jacob Astor, her obstetrician, for a suspected pregnancy. Dr. Astor performs an examination, determines she is pregnant, and asks you, one of his versatile healthcare professionals, to arrange for an ultrasound. The office is busy, so you inform Mary that you will schedule the procedure later and call her with the appointment date and time. Later that day, you telephone Mary’s residence and her husband answers the telephone. You inform him of the appointment time that has been set up for Mary’s ultrasound. Is this a breach of confidentiality? Why or why not?

C. You are employed as a health insurance professional for Dr. Gail Lorber, a family practice physician. Dr. Ian Sutton telephones from the State University epidemiology laboratory. He informs you that he is doing a clinical study on infectious diseases and is requesting a list of all patients who have been treated for hepatitis A, B, and C in the past 5 years. Do you need to procure a written release from each patient to give this information to Dr. Sutton? Why or why not?

Select and examine one public listed company and answer the questions below, you will need
to conduct extensive research.
 You will also need to combine the findings from your research with your knowledge from the
course. Use an essay format for the written paper.

 Be sure that you have clearly answered all parts of all questions.
 Both content and writing style are important in this assignment.

Question 1
a. What are the names of the company and what product(s) or service(s) do they provide?
b. Who are the owners of the businesses (an individual, a family, partners, stockholders, etc.)?
c. How do the key financial ratios for the companies look like? (Liquidity, Asset Management,
Debt Management, Profitability, Market Value)

Question 2
a. What inputs do the companies use to produce their product(s) or service(s)? (While your
companies’ input usage may differ from that discussed in class, a review of your course notes
on fixed and variable inputs may be helpful here.)
b. Which of the companies’ inputs are variable inputs? In other words, suppose the companies
wanted to produce more or less than they had been. For which inputs could the quantity used
be easily changed in a relatively short amount of time, such as a month?
c. Which of the companies’ inputs are fixed inputs? That is, for which inputs, can the quantity
used not be changed in a relatively short amount of time?

Question 3
a. What is the businesses’ largest expense per month? (Be specific; “operations” and “sales and
administration” are not satisfactory answers.)
b. How many employees do the companies have?

Question 4
a. With whom do the companies compete? Be specific.
b. Does the companies’ product(s)/service(s) differ from that of their competitors and, if so,
how?

Question 5
a. What do the companies do well?
b. What do the companies not do well? (Even in well-run organizations, there is room for
improvement.)

Select and examine one public listed company and answer the questions below, you will need
to conduct extensive research.
 You will also need to combine the findings from your research with your knowledge from the
course. Use an essay format for the written paper.

 Be sure that you have clearly answered all parts of all questions.
 Both content and writing style are important in this assignment.

Question 1
a. What are the names of the company and what product(s) or service(s) do they provide?
b. Who are the owners of the businesses (an individual, a family, partners, stockholders, etc.)?
c. How do the key financial ratios for the companies look like? (Liquidity, Asset Management,
Debt Management, Profitability, Market Value)

Question 2
a. What inputs do the companies use to produce their product(s) or service(s)? (While your
companies’ input usage may differ from that discussed in class, a review of your course notes
on fixed and variable inputs may be helpful here.)
b. Which of the companies’ inputs are variable inputs? In other words, suppose the companies
wanted to produce more or less than they had been. For which inputs could the quantity used
be easily changed in a relatively short amount of time, such as a month?
c. Which of the companies’ inputs are fixed inputs? That is, for which inputs, can the quantity
used not be changed in a relatively short amount of time?

Question 3
a. What is the businesses’ largest expense per month? (Be specific; “operations” and “sales and
administration” are not satisfactory answers.)
b. How many employees do the companies have?

Question 4
a. With whom do the companies compete? Be specific.
b. Does the companies’ product(s)/service(s) differ from that of their competitors and, if so,
how?

Question 5
a. What do the companies do well?
b. What do the companies not do well? (Even in well-run organizations, there is room for
improvement.)