Discuss the following quote from Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple, Inc. Also, detail whether you agree/disagree with the quote and why. Please support your stance with specific details.

"Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient." (min 200 words)

Discuss the following quote from Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple, Inc. Also, detail whether you agree/disagree with the quote and why. Please support your stance with specific details.

"Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient." (min 200 words)

Your Discussion this week is to explain the framework for a basic marketing plan for the startup venture you have been considering. Keep this plan basic, start with one store. In creating a marketing plan framework, cover what elements you believe are most important to have in place for the initial start up. Your goal is be profitable in year 1 so think about and explain your logic for each part of the start up marketing plan.

A topic of research should be chosen. It can be either a research paper or a startup concept. Once the topic is finalized, the draft research questions (based on which objectives of the study will be formed) must be developed (not more than three). Each selection must be discussed in detail with logic and rationale.

Reasons for the topic should be discussed first followed by discussion on selection of each of the research questions.

i want my research related to payment gateway services  

In a CAPM world, assume that the risk free rate is 5% and the market risk premium is 5%.

a. Draw the Security Market Line. Briefly discuss why a security’s beta is a better measure of its risk than the standard deviation of its returns.

b. A venture capitalist is considering whether to acquire a stake in any of the following fully equity financed startups. Each stake is expected to be sold after one year. The costs of each position, the estimated proceeds from the sale and the betas of each startup are given in the table below.

Startup               Cost                  Expected proceeds from sale next year                Beta

    1                     £10m                                  £12m                                                      1
    2                    £20m                                  £26m                                                      3
    3                     £30m                                  £39m                                                      6
Compute the internal rate of return (IRR) for each project and identify the points corresponding to each project on your diagram. Assuming that the projects are not mutually exclusive, which one(s) would you advise to take?

c. Suppose now that the venture capitalist estimates its cost of capital to be 22% and only takes projects with IRR above its cost of capital, rejecting all other projects. Would this approach be correct? Give reasons for your answer

1. One key assumption behind the policy irrelevance proposition is that

A. the rational expectations hypothesis holds.

B. markets are not purely competitive.

C. prices are​ "sticky" upward.

D. wages are​ "sticky" downward.

2. Initial studies of new Keynesian inflation dynamics indicated that the average​ price-adjustment intervals in the United States was as long as

A. 12 months.

B. 4 years.

C. 2 years.

D. 6 months.

3. Rational expectations theory suggests that​ short-run stabilization policy

A. is not effective in stabilizing the economy.

B. is best achieved with monetary policy.

C. is best achieved with fiscal policy.

D. is equally easy to achieve with monetary or fiscal policy.

These are the results of a health experiment that investigated effectiveness of aspirin of reducing heart attacks. This was a placebo eonctrolled study where 22, 071 male doctors in the United States were given either 325 mg or aspirin or placebo pill every other day for 5 years. The following are the data collected over 5 years.

-List 1. the most appropriate statistical test. 2. null and alternative hypotheses. 3. calculate appropriate test statistic. 4. determine critical value. 5. statistical conclusion.

You are an enrolled agent with a new tax client Annika Popova. Annika is starting a new business and wants to know what entity structure might be good for her business. She will be the only owner, but in the future, she may want to add partners. (It takes place in the United States.)

Annika wants to know about the tax advantages for the business entities and which type of entity would limit her liability.

1. Discuss all advantages and disadvantages of each of the business entities you learned about in this lesson.
2. Identify which entity would fulfill Annika's requests.
3. Provide evidence to support your choice using your two required sources.

Topic 3. Patent protection for BRCA genes. On the Internet, read one or more articles about how the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in the case of Association for Molecular Pathology versus Myriad Genetics. In your answer, give must credit your source(s). Your answer must address the following:

(a) Why did the plaintiffs object to Myriad’s patent on the breast cancer-related genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2)?

(b) How did SCOTUS rule [Note: the rulings of lower courts are NOT of interest for our purposes. Please concentrate on SCOTUS's ruling].

(c) What is your view on the issue of whether we should allow human genes to be patented?