1. What would be the benefits or drawbacks of having one single regulatory agency versus the three separate existing agencies we currently have in place?
2. What is meant by the statement “delicate dance of regulation and innovation”?
3. How does the premarket phase in the regulatory process help companies, and how does it work to the benefit of the consumer?
4. The company 23andMe almost failed because of regulatory issues. What could product developers have done differently?
5. What are the potential benefits of “modernizing” the process of biotech regulation?

Subject: Innovation and technology management

When new technologies arrive, only a few customers adopt such technologies. A large number of customer remain sceptical about the product. The cost of the new technology remain high. As a result it take long time for the businesses to focus on the new technology until the dominant design comes and the price become affordable by the large number of consumers. From your point of view, what might be the reasons established firms might resist adopting a new technology.

Analysis of the Shoe Corporation of Illinois.

Analyze the organizational structure of Shoe Corporation, including how the corporate culture there has impacted the structure.

What suggestions do you have for improvement in information flow?

How would you characterize the current interdependence between departments? What management techniques would you use to help facilitate change given the interdependence within the company?

Given that the president’s intent is to change shoe styles frequently, how could innovation be fostered?

Has protection for proprietary software gone too far, as some critics suggest? (b) If not, why? (c) If so, what are the implications for innovation and competition in the computer industry? (d) How can we achieve an appropriate balance between those who hold legal rights to proprietary information and ordinary users who wish to access, share, and communicate that information? Defend your answer. Please elaborate (beyond a yes or no answer) and provide your “theoretical” rationale in support of your responses. (knowledge)

In this chapter, the virtues of perfect competition have been highlighted. Among the benefits of perfect competition, no buyer or seller taken alone can affect market prices. Also, efficiency is obtained since firms will produce at full capacity. While some economists praise perfect competition in the sense that it allows to achieve tremendous efficiency. Some economists argue that perfect competition is unnecessary and irrelevant since it may hinder innovation and invention. Provide your arguments for or against perfect competition.

organizational change essay using the article: changing the change rules at Google, and determine why they were successful in changing their employees behavior in approximately 750 word essay, address the following:

evaluate what happens when change is not managed with an organization and what impact can it have on employees

identify ways change fatigue can b avoided in a organization where innovation and change is constant.

discuss who should be involved in change management strategies to ensure a greater success

Microsoft Canada has asked you to critically evaluate their branding and positioning of the surface line of products. How can the company capitalize on the innovation of their products such that they differentiate themselves from their competitors? In your recommendation, you might consider strategies to differentiate each individual product within the surface line, identify target markets and best ways to reach them, and recommend creative solutions to propel the Surface line of products to become the laptop of choice within its respective competitive space.

Bonobo’s Balloons Inc. purchased the $60,000 par value bonds of Gnomes R Us on January 1, 2020. The coupon rate is 8% and the bonds mature in 5 years. The market rate of interest is 12%. The bonds pay interest semi-annually every June 30 and December 31. The bonds were purchased for $51,167.90 and were classified as available-for-sale. Bonobo’s Balloons uses the effective-interest rate method to amortize bond discounts and premiums. At December 31, 2020, the market value of the bonds was $65,000. Bonobo’s Balloons sold the bonds on January 1, 2021, for $65,000.

Instructions

1. Compute the carrying value of the investment at December 31, 2020.
2. Compute the amount of interest revenue earned on this investment at June 30, 2020.
3. Compute the amount of unrealized gain or loss recognized on December 31, 2020. In which financial statement should this amount be reported?
4. Compute the amount of gain or loss recognized on the sale of the investment at January 1, 2021. In which financial statement should this amount be reported?
5. If this investment was instead classified as held-to-maturity, how would this have affected the amount of unrealized gain or loss on December 31, 2020, and how would this have affected its reporting?

Computations:

Carrying value at December 31, 2020:

Interest revenue at June 30, 2020:

Unrealized gain/loss at December 31, 2020:

Gain or loss at January 1, 2021:

Requirement 5:

Cheyenne Company purchases an oil tanker depot on January 1, 2020, at a cost of $648,500. Cheyenne expects to operate the depot for 10 years, at which time it is legally required to dismantle the depot and remove the underground storage tanks. It is estimated that it will cost $79,920 to dismantle the depot and remove the tanks at the end of the depot’s useful life.

Prepare the journal entries to record the depot and the asset retirement obligation for the depot on January 1, 2020. Based on an effective-interest rate of 6%, the present value of the asset retirement obligation on January 1, 2020, is $44,627.

Prepare any journal entries required for the depot and the asset retirement obligation at December 31, 2020. Cheyenne uses straight-line depreciation; the estimated salvage value for the depot is zero.

On December 31, 2029, Cheyenne pays a demolition firm to dismantle the depot and remove the tanks at a price of $84,200. Prepare the journal entry for the settlement of the asset retirement obligation.

Use the amounts you calculated for the 2020 income statement as needed.

1.What is the Cash from Operating Activities in 2020 ($millions)?

2.What is the Cash from Investing Activities in 2020 ($millions)?

3.What are the Dividends in 2020 ($millions)?

4.What is the Net Change in Cash in 2020 ($millions)?

5.Calculate the Free Cash Flow. What is the Change in Net Operating Working Capital in 2020 ($millions)?

6.What is the Free Cash Flow in 2020 ($millions)?