The five generic strategies were formulated by Michael Porter in 1980. His book Competitive Strategy is widely seen as the founding publication of business strategy. Most of what we treat as having significance in the field can be traced to one of Porter's publications.

Instructions

This week, reflect on your experiences with these generic strategies. Consider how they are applied in your businesses. In particular, examine successes and failures. What worked well and what did not? What were the circumstances surrounding these experiences? The goal is to develop some sense of the conditions under which each of the generic strategies might be successful or would likely fail. You will address the strategies in two separate discussions this week. Be sure to address each of the following in this discussion:

Strategy 1: Best-Cost Provider Definition: Giving customers more value for their money by incorporating good-to-excellent product attributes at a lower cost than rivals; the target is to have the lowest (best) costs and prices compared to rivals offering products with comparable attributes.

Strategy 2: Focused Differentiation Strategy Definition: Concentrating on a narrow buyer segment and outcompeting rivals by offering niche members customized attributes that meet their tastes and requirements better than rivals' products. Reflect on how the course material plays out in your organization or organizations with which you are familiar.

400 Word Minimum, no copy and paste. Original words only. APA format, list in text citations and references

Dee Dee is the owner of a donair and pizza delivery service company, Donair Ltd. In the second month of business, October 2019, a number of business activities took place. A. Write the journal entries, where appropriate, using correct journal entry format. Omit the explanations. Use SINGLE-SPACING in your MS Word document. •
Two months of rent were pre-paid, on October 1, using cash $800, for October and November rent. •
October 10: delivery services were provided for customers, on account, $2000. •
October 12: Dee Dee registered for a business seminar, to be held in December. •
October 13: Dee Dee purchased gas for the company truck, using cash $300. •
October 18: Supplies were purchased on account $200. •
A customer paid $3000 cash on October 25, for services to be provided over the next few weeks. •
The October utility bill was received on October 28, $100. It will be paid in November. •
October 29: Dee Dee withdrew $1000 cash from the business. •
October 30: $500 of delivery services were provided for the customer of October 25. •
October 31: the amount owing re supplies purchase of October 18, was paid in full. •
October 31: customers paid $1000 regarding their accounts with Donair Ltd. •
October 31: one month of rent (October rent, $400) was recorded.

Ethical Issues

Using the South University Online Library, write a 3 to 5-page paper in a Microsoft Word document on an ethical issue of your choice. The topic should relate to an ethical issue facing public health professionals today on either a management or a clinical level or both. Your paper should include the following questions:

Describe the ethical issue involved and discuss the history of this issue, including any pertinent policies or precedents.

Discuss the major stakeholders involved in the issue and their respective roles.

Discuss and apply at least one of the major ethical theories and the ethical decision-making process to the issue.

Define the factors involved that can influence the issue or final decision.

Discuss the impact of a diverse population on the ethical issue.

Discuss the impact of a diverse staff on the issue.

Your final paper should adhere to the following guidelines:

The paper should be 3 to 5 pages long.

The paper must have a title page.

The paper must use proper APA style for citing sources and references.

The paper must have a minimum of five current references. Note that primary peer-reviewed references are preferred.

Submission Details:

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Name your document SU_HSC3000_W3_Project_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Scenario: Your client Mary, a surviving spouse of John, has approached you to provide her with gift and estate planning services. Respond to the following questions and submit your answers in a Word Document to the Unit 1 Assignment Dropbox. Remember to review and reference the applicable sections of the Tax Code, including Publications 706 and 709. 1. Based on Mary’s situation, determine the credit for the gift and estate tax exclusion. Use 2017 indexed exclusion of $5,500,000. Based on your research of the tax code, what is the rationale for the gift and estate tax exclusion? 2. John used $450,000 of his gift and estate tax exclusion for his lifetime gifts. Assuming that John’s estate used $2,300,000 of his estate tax exclusion in closing his estate, determine Mary's estate tax exclusion when she dies if she and her spouse elected to gift split on all taxable gifts. Clearly show your calculations. 3. Mary wants to transfer property into an irrevocable trust she created, but she intends to retain the right to change the beneficiaries. Analyze the circumstances that are required for Mary’s transfer to be a completed gift. 4. Explain to Mary the gift tax annual exclusion and why it was enacted. 5. Differentiate between a present interest and a future interest. How do they apply to Mary’s situation?

1. The Evrett Company operates a simple chemical process to convert a single material into three separate items, referred to here as X, Y, and Z. All three end products are separated simultaneously at a single splitoff point. Products X and Y are ready for sale immediately upon splitoff without further processing or any other additional costs. Product Z, however, is processed further before being sold. There is no available market price for Z at the splitoff point. The selling prices quoted here are expected to remain the same in the coming year. During 2012, the selling prices of the items and the total amounts sold were as follows:

X—75 tons sold for $1,800 per ton

Y—225 tons sold for $1,300 per ton

Z—280 tons sold for $800 per ton

The total joint manufacturing costs for the year were $328,000. Evrett spent an additional $120,000 to finish product Z. There were no beginning inventories of X, Y, or Z. At the end of the year, the following inventories of completed units were on hand: X, 175 tons; Y, 75 tons; Z, 70 tons. There was no beginning or ending work in process.

Compute the cost of inventories of X, Y, and Z for balance sheet purposes and the cost of goods sold for income statement purposes as of December 31, 2012, using the  NRV method.(2pts)

solve it in Microsoft word please

Susie Harrison is a financial consultant to Investments Trust Inc., a real estate syndicate. Investments Trust Inc. finances and develops commercial real estate (office buildings.) The completed projects are then sold as limited partnership interests to individual investors. The syndicate makes a profit on the sale of these partnership interests. Susie provides financial information for the offering prospectus, which is a document that provides the financial and legal details of the limited partnership offerings. In one of the projects, the bank has financed the construction of a commercial office building at a rate of 10% for the first four years, after which the rate jumps to 15% for the remaining 20 years of the mortgage. The interest costs are one of the major ongoing costs of the real estate project. Susie has reported prominently in the prospectus that the break-even occupancy for the first four years is 65%. This is the amount of office space that must be leased to cover the interest and general upkeep costs over the first four years. The 65% break-even is very low and thus communicates a low risk to potential investors. Susie uses the 65% break-even rate as a major marketing tool in selling the limited partnership interests. Buried in the fine print of the prospectus is additional information that would allow an astute investor to determine that the break-even occupancy will jump to 95% after the fourth year because of the contracted increase in the mortgage interest rate. Susie believes prospective investors are adequately informed as to the risk of the investment. 200 word minimum

Assume that Seminole, Inc., considers issuing a Singapore dollar?denominated bond at its present coupon rate of 8.7 percent, even though it has no incoming cash flows to cover the bond payments. It is attracted to the low financing rate, since U. S. dollar-denominated bonds issued in the United States would have a coupon rate of 12 percent. Assume that either type of bond would have a four­?year maturity and could be issued at par value. Seminole needs to borrow $10 million. Therefore, it will either issue U. S. dollar denominated bonds with a par value of $10 million or bonds denominated in Singapore dollars with a par value of S$20 million. The spot rate of the Singapore dollar is $.50. Seminole has forecasted the Singapore dollar’s value at the end of each of the next four years, when coupon payments are to be paid:

               End of Year                 Exchange Rate of Singapore Dollar

                                 1                                       $.53

                                 2                                        .56

                                 3                                        .58

                                 4                                        .59

Determine the expected annual cost of financing with Singapore dollars. Should Seminole, Inc., issue bonds denominated in U.S. dollars or Singapore dollars?

*****PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS IN EXCEL MY TEACHER WILL NOT ACCEPT WORK DONE IN EXCEL. I NEED A STEP BY STEP PROCESS VIA WORD DOC OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF WRITTEN LECTURE.*** Thank you

Gilton Co. is evaluating a project with the following cash flows. The firm does not have any debt and all the required financing for the project is through stockholders.

Table 1: Cash flows of the project

Table 2: Risk and Return

Using the provided information in Table 2 and assuming that CAPM holds:

1. Calculate the expected return of the firm.

2. Using the estimated expected return, evaluate the project using the following criteria (Table 3) and decide if you accept/reject project based on each criterion (the last column of table 3).

Hint: You can use excel to find out IRR of the project.

Hint: Consider the managers’ threshold for PB, DPP and PI.

3. Please provide NPV profile of the project.

Hint: Use excel to draw the graph and then paste in the word file.

Table 3: Project criteria

4. Considering estimated criteria, provide your insight about this project as an independent analyst. ( 5 marks)

EXEL CAN BE USED