Competitive strategy as we have understood it so far, has followed a two step process; the first step was creating value defined as the difference between the customer's willingness to pay (based on their desires) and the cost of supplying the good (based on the firm's value chain choices), and the second step of splitting this "value" created between the customer (appropriated as consumer surplus) and supplier firm (appropriated as profits). Our current module explored some ideas on conditions that drove the appropriation of value in a competitive environment.

A recurrent theme in value appropriation is that asymmetry in bargaining power between the players drives who appropriates how much of the value created in a competitive situation, with above average profits flowing to the party with the asymmetry in its favor.

For this module test, write up a one page note on the kinds of asymmetry in play in each of our lecture sessions - structural economies of scale, resource based view of strategy, customer captivity and the many contrived barriers to entry.

A good way to keep this simple will be to write this down as a table with the following columns (with an example):

Party 1 (Positive)         : The Supplier

Party 2 (Negative)            : The Customer

Type of asymmetry    : Monopoly Power with effective barrier to entry

Source of asymmetry    : Economies of Scale with minimum efficient scale a significant proportion of market size discouraging new entrants.

The same can also be described as an asymmetry between the firm and its potential competitors (even if it is secondary) and listing them both as separate line items is okay.

Submit the assignment as an editable Word document in Blackboard like you did for the first module.

In this final entry into your Nurse E-Portfolio for this course, you continue to have opportunities for reflective practice. In this entry you expand your understanding and knowledge of nutrition. Using the e-portfolio format, answer the following questions. Make sure you spend some time thinking about the answers to these questions before writing.

Since your mid-course entry have you made any changes in your 1-5 rating where 5 represents the most "healthy eater." What number would you give yourself now?

Did your rating change? If so, in what direction and in what way? What adjustments to your diet, if any, did you make?

What two important nutritional principles or concepts have you learned and will always remember? What is their impact on your delivery of quality safe nursing care?

Select one assignment that you submitted in this course that you believe is your "best work." Explain why you selected this assignment. Attach the assignment to your e-portfolio.

Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.

Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the ".docx" extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:

Jstudent_exampleproblem_101504

Eating Disorder Assignment (Nutrition An Applied Approach Fifth Edition by Janice Thompson and Melinda Manore)

IN Depth Assignment Eating Disorders   Read pages 413-423

Listed are two teens with Eating Disorders. Write a 150-word paragraph for both teens that describe possible signs of the disorder that other people might notice. Make sure to include the health consequences that each teen might have. Also, If these two were your friends how would you help them?

Mary is 14.   She is 5’7” tall and weighs 110-pounds, she looks in the mirror and sees a fat person. At lunch with her parents she tells them that she is not hungry and she will eat later. However, Mary does not eat later because she is starving herself in silence. She has not told anyone. She has eaten less than 500 calories per day for the last 2 weeks.

Sam is 17. He is a wrestler. Sam is the best in his weight class. However, if he gains 5 pounds he will get bumped up a class and then will have to wrestle larger athletes. Sam exercises excessively and he takes laxatives to lose weight. He has thrown up a few times after he eats fast food with his friends. Sam does not eat or drink the day before he gets weighed- in for the match. Immediately after weigh-in, Sam eats excessively for energy before he wrestles.

Your employer, a mid-sized human resources management company, is considering expansion into related fields, including the acquisition of Temp Force Company, an employment agency that supplies word processor operators and computer programmers to businesses with temporary heavy workloads. Your employer is also considering the purchase of Bigger staff & McDonald (B&M), a privately held company owned by two friends, each with 5 million shares of stock. B&M currently has free cash flow of $24 million, which is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%. B&M's financial statements report short-term investments of $100 million, debt of $200 million, and preferred stock of $50 million. B&M's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 11%. Using this information answer the following question:

You have just learned that B&M has undertaken a major expansion that will change its expected free cash flows to -10 million in 1 year, $20 million in 2 years, and $35 million in 3 years. After 3 years, free cash flow will grow at a rate of 5%. No new debt or preferred stock was added; the investment was financed by equity from the owners. Assume the WACC is unchanged at 11% and that there are still 10 million shares of stock outstanding.

(1) What is the company's horizon value (its value of operations at year3)? What is its current value of operations (at time 0)

(2) What is its estimated intrinsic value of equity on a price-per-share basis?

Think about the clinical environment where you currently practice or one you are familiar and analyze opportunities for waste reduction.

Review the IHI resources(http://www.ihi.org/sites/search/pages/results.aspx?k=waste&start1=1 and Hosaapital Inpatient Waste Identification Tool (http://myresource.phoenix.edu/secure/resource/NSG451r2/IHI_Hospital_Inpatient_Waste_Identification_Tool_White_Paper_2011.pdf)to better understand some of the ways you can affect waste as a nurse and a nurse in a leadership role.

Format: Provide a summary of your analysis in the findings column of the table within 200-250 words (single space) communication that you would submit to frontline nurse managers/administrators.

Maintain a scholarly/professional tone - write in third person, so that the focus of the communication is objective and not subjective in presentation (see APA guidelines item #6) correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, APA formatted citations and references, and word limits (20)

Summary Communication

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The table below shows the scores of 25 Mathematics students in two mid-term tests and the Final test score.

Tasks:

• Perform multiple linear regression analysis using Microsoft Excel, assuming final test score as the dependent variable and test 1 and test 2 scores as independent variables.
• Correctly state the regression equation.
• Evaluate the significance of the regression fit for the data.
• Determine if the regression coefficients are significant.
• Check if independent variables are collinear.
• Comment on the residual plots.
• Use the regression equation to predict final score for
  • test 1 score = 82, and
  • test 2 score = 69

Submission Details:

• Submit a 3–4 page Microsoft Word document, using APA style.
• The relevant Excel output should be copied to this document.

1D1: Nutritional status of the older adult 6 6 unread replies. 6 6 replies. In 2011 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) introduced the "My Plate" initiative, to help Americans make healthy food choices and to be active every day. Recently, new guidelines were released, and the initiative was updated to include, "MyPlateMyWins!" Initial Discussion Post: Review the following resource: United States Department of Agriculture: ChooseMyPlate.gov. (2015). Older adults (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. . Retrieved from http://www.choosemyplate.gov/older-adults Mrs. Jenkins is a 70-year-old patient at the primary care provider for a routine visit. As you are gathering data prior to showing her into an examination room, you note her height and weight, of 65 inches and 101 pounds. Calculate Mrs. Jenkins’ BMI and interpret the result. Discuss two additional specific assessments you would perform, and why the information you obtain in these assessments might be a concern to the RN. Based on these assessments: What education would you provide related to this concern? Identify a member of the health care team with whom you would collaborate about this concern. Be sure to use evidence from the assigned text or website, or other professional sources in your answer. Base your initial post on your readings and research of this topic. Your initial post must contain a minimum of 250 words. References, citations, and repeating the question do not count towards the 250-word minimum.

Directions: Journalize the adjusting entries.

Adjustment for Prepaid Insurance
The Prepaid Insurance account began the year with a balance of $460. During the year, insurance in the amount of $1,040 was purchased. At the end of the year (December 31), the amount of insurance still unexpired was $700. Prepare the year-end entry in journal form to record the adjustment for insurance expense for the year.

Adjustment for Supplies
The Supplies account began the year with a balance of $380. During the year, supplies in the amount of $980 were purchased. At the end of the year (December 31), the inventory of supplies on hand was $440. Prepare the year-end entry in journal form to record the adjustment for supplies expense for the year.

Adjustment for Depreciation
The depreciation expense on office equipment for the month of March is $100. This is the third month that the office equipment, which cost $1,900, has been owned. Prepare the adjusting entry in journal form to record depreciation for March and show the balance sheet presentation for office equipment and related accounts after the March 31 adjustment.

Adjustment for Accrued Wages
Wages are paid each Saturday for a six-day workweek. Wages are currently running $1,380- per week. Prepare the adjusting entry required on June 30, assuming July 1 falls on a Tuesday.

Adjustment for Unearned Revenue
During the month of August, deposits in the amount of $1,100 were received for services to be performed. By the end of the month, services in the amount of $760 had been performed. Prepare the necessary adjustment for the Service Revenue at the end of the month.

Word Doc please!

Jimmy is the CEO of News Corp. His son, Johnny, runs Television Inc. One day Jimmy suggests that Johnny sell Television Inc. to News Corp. Jimmy and Johnny work together to radically inflate the value of Television Inc. Jimmy brings a proposal to the Board of Directors to buy Television Inc. for $500 million dollars even though the corporation is only worth $2 million. The board of directors diligently examines the transaction, but due to clever forgeries, the board does not discover the radical inflation of the corporation. Jimmy never discloses his relationship with Johnny. The sale goes through, and it is shortly discovered that Television Inc., is practically worthless.

A shareholder sues alleging that Jimmy violated his fiduciary duty of loyalty.

Additionally, the shareholder claims that the directors violated their fiduciary duties of care.

Is the shareholder correct?

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:  

Write between 500 – 750 words (approximately 2 – 3 pages) using Microsoft Word.

Attempt APA style, see example below.

Use font size 12 and 1” margins.

Include cover page and reference page.

At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.

No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.

Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.

Modeling with Functions

In this course you have learned the characteristics of different types of functions and have practiced solving application problems involving modeling with these functions. For each scenario below, decide what type of function would best model the situation. Explain why you chose that type of function. Show your work in writing the function to model the situation. Be sure to state what the independent variable represents. Then use your model to answer the questions for that scenario.

1. Susan decides to take a job as a transcriptionist so that she can work part-time from home. To get started, she has to buy a computer, headphones, and some special software. The equipment and software together cost her $1000. The company pays her $0.004 per word, and Susan can type 90 words per minute.

   1. What type of function would be best to model this scenario? Choose one of the following: linear, quadratic, polynomial of degree 3 or higher, rational, exponential, or logarithmic. Explain why you chose this answer.

   2. Write a formula for the function you chose to model this scenario. What does the independent variable in your function represent?

   3. How many hours must Susan work to break even, that is, to make enough to cover her $1000 start-up cost? Show how you found the answer.

   4. If Susan works 4 hours a day, 3 days a week, how much will she earn in a month? Show how you found the answer.