Please give an example of a "real-world" firm, which is particularly strong (or weak) in that category Such as human, Innovation and creativity and Reputation

Intangible Resources

Human

• Experience and capabilities of employees.

• Trust.

• Managerial skills.

• Firm-specific practices and procedures.

Innovation and creativity

• Technical and scientific skills

. • Innovation capacities.

Reputation

• Brand name.

• Reputation with customers for quality and reliability.

• Reputation with suppliers for fairness, non–zerosum relationships.

4. You want to buy a house valued at $1.2 million. For a house this valuable, the lenders demand a down payment of 25% and insist that the monthly payment on the 25 year mortgage loan is no more than 30% of your monthly gross income. The quoted rate on a 25 year fixed rate mortgage loan is 2.94% per year. Assume that you can make the down payment.

(a): What is the least amount of your yearly gross income for you to qualify for the loan?

(b): Suppose you qualify for the loan, buy the house on September 1, 2020, and make the first monthly payment on October 1, 2020. What percentage of the house do you own at the end of year 2025 assuming that there has been no change in the value of the house?

Maendeleo Ltd. is a manufacturing company operating through a number of branches in Kenya. The following information relates to Maendeleo Ltd.’s operations for the year ending 31 December 2020.

Additional information

1. Details of property, plants and equipment schedule reflected the following details for the assets that existed before the year ending 31^st December 2020:

2. A perimeter wall was constructed at cost of sh.960,000 during the year ending 31^st December 2020 used from 1^st March 2020
3. A go down and drainage system were constructed at cost sh.2,860,000 and sh.1,780,000 respectively put into use on 1^st April 2020.
4. The company constructed a borehole at cost of sh.1,500,000 during the year which was put in use on 1^st July 2020

Required

Capital allowance due to Maendeleo ltd for the year ending 31^st December 2020

- A news article in 2015 noted, ‘A rising number of Greeks in rural areas are swapping goods and services in cashless transactions since the government shut down banks on June 28 for three weeks’ (Karagiannopoulos, 2015). If Greeks were able to swap goods and services for other goods and services, did it matter that currency was not available because the banks had been closed? Briefly explain

- Explain why Australia’s currency is suitable to use as a medium of exchange

Economics of Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights:
- Patents, copyrights, and trademarks - R&D races, digital innovation- regulation of digital platforms.

Write a page, adding your own analysis.

What kind and level of technological innovation would you like to be a part of in your chosen industry/field? Describe the type and level of innovation and why you think it would be valuable.

M International (“M”) and W Inc. (“W,” a competitor of M) have been engaged in longstanding litigation over a specific patent infringement matter. Below is a summary timeline of specific events that have taken place related to this matter: 1. In May 2007, W filed a claim against M for patent infringement. 2. For the year ended December 31, 2007, management of M determined that a loss for this matter was probable and represented that the estimate of loss was in the range of $10 million to $15 million, with $12 million being the most likely amount of loss within the range. 3. A jury trial took place in September 2009. 4. The jury reached a verdict on September 24, 2009, and a judgment was ordered infavor of W. The judgment required M to pay W $14 million. 5. In November 2009, M filed a Notice of Appeal with the Court of Appeals. 6. In December 2010, the Court of Appeals issued a ruling in favor of M’s appeal and reversed the lower court’s ruling on the matter. This meant that the Court of Appeals overturned the jury verdict and the $14 million judgment against M. 7. On December 20, 2010, management of M determined this matter was closed upon discussions with in-house legal counsel. Required: 1. For the year-end December 31, 2007, financial statements, what amount should M record as a liability? 2. For the year-end December 31, 2009 financial statements, should M adjust its liability? If so, what amount should be recorded; and should the amountof the adjustment be considered a 2009 event or a prior period adjustment? 3. For the year-end December 31, 2010 financial statements, what amount should M record as a liability?

As a programmer in a java project, you have been asked by your project manager to describe the most efficient way to store the following assigned numbers 10,20,30,1000,200,350 for an operation which involves on calculation such as sum and average.

Again, on March 27th, 2020, The Bank of Canada decreased its target for the overnight interest rate to 0.25 percent "to provide support to the Canadian financial system and the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic." The decrease in interest rates is an example of an expansionary monetary policy. Assume a closed economy.

In three steps, describe the channels, the monetary transmission mechanism, through which this change in policy leads to a shift of the aggregate demand curve (Hint: AD-AS model)

Explain what happens to aggregate demand, real GDP, and the price level?