You have been hired to advise the Uber top management team on their non-market strategy (circa 2015).

1) Describe Uber's historical non-market strategy by utilizing any relevant non-market categories shown in the "Nonmarket Environment of Business" figure on p. 45 of the "What Every CEO Needs to Know About Nonmarket Strategy" background reading. Would Uber have been able to achieve its staggering success without raising the associated nonmarket controversy?

A Thai restaurant wants to know whether more people order pad thai on working days than on non-working days. A sample of 58 working days showed that the average number of orders of pad thai was 350, with an SD of 22. A sample of 62 non-working days showed the average number of orders of pad thai was 355 with an SD of 29. Is the average number of orders of pad thai on the non-working days larger than on the working days? Find the p-value.

We are comparing the mean prices of fiction and non-fiction books.
We sampled 60 fiction books, and got a sample mean of $39 and a sample standard deviation 16.
We sampled 50 non-fiction books, and got a sample mean of $36 and a sample standard deviation 13.
Does the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that fiction books cost more on average than non-fiction books?

P-value =

(yes/no)= , because we= ,H₀ , and the conclusion is=

QUESTION 21

1. The financial system is made up of financial institutions, instruments and markets.

   (a) Explain the major role of a financial system.

   (b) Name and briefly explain the three major types of financial instruments that make up the financial system.

   (c) Name a type of non-bank financial institution, explain the role of your non-bank financial institution in the financial system and provide an example of both a source of funds and a use of funds for the non-bank financial institution you have named.

Question 4 Week 10

(a) Where the parent company does not hold 100 percent equity of the subsidiary company, what portion of the intra-group transactions between the parent entity and the subsidiary entity will need to be eliminated on consolidation?

(b) What is a non-controlling interest, and how should it be disclosed?

(c) How are non-controlling interests affected by intra-group transactions?

(d) What are the three steps we use to calculate total non-controlling interest? (1 mark)

Part 1: Primates vs. Non-Primates

Use material you find online or find images and descriptions of two non-primate mammals (e.g., dogs, horses, dolphins, raccoons, etc.). (Note: copy and paste small images of the non-primate mammals you choose. Please be creative and don’t just use the examples I listed here!).

1. What traits do these animals share in common with primates?

2. What important primate traits do they lack?

Imagine that you own a company, and your company primary uses GAAP to post its financial measures. You want to use Non-GAAP measures. Explain the disadvantages and advantages of Non- GAAP measures to current stockholders and potential future investors? Reference the objective and appropriate primary and enhancing characteristics from the FASB conceptual Framework in the discusion.

Can you guys please explain why Non - GAAP measues are important or the disadvantage of it? Need more ideas. Thank You.

(8) In case Exhibit 9, Panel A, the company provides a reconciliation of the $5.66 EPS figure to the income statement’s reported EPS figure of $8.78. Also referred to as “Core EPS” in a PepsiCo-related press release, this figure, $5.66, is a non-GAAP financial measure many companies choose to report. What does a non-GAAP financial measure mean? What does the terminology “core” suggest to you? What is the reason that many companies provide non-GAAP financial information in their financial reports?

Please answer Part B and show all calculations (How you got the Standard Deviation, etc. )

(3) Website design options include mobile-first (structured to optimize performance for users on phones and mobile devices) and responsive design (structured to optimize performance for users on desktop computers).

Data were collected based on a random sample of the number of times users complained about website design on a given day. Five non-profit organizations with mobile-first design were studied, as well as six non-profit organizations with responsive design. The organizations are roughly comparable in terms of number of visitors and target audience. Data for each organization are shown below.

(b) Conduct a hypothesis test with a = 0.05, estimating the t-statistic and the p-value.