medicare used cost-based reimbursement method from 1966 to 1983 to pay US hospitals. What are the pros and cons of this reimbursement method?

1. Describe the most significant way our health care coverage system in the US differs from those in other wealthy, developed nations.

Are US exporters subject to income tax in importing countries? How does taxation of a branch firms differ from that of a subsidiary? Provide examples.

1. Explain how sports teams can prevent another league from entering the market using product differentiation based on location in the US.

Is the US national debt cause for concern? I need some of the negative implications that come from the increasing national debt. Please explain.

On January 1, 2017, Company One’s Board of Directors approved granting 5,000 stock options to a select group of senior employees. The requisite service period is five years with 20% of the options vesting each year from 2017 to 2021. The fair value of the option is as below:

1. Based on the description in question, determine the type of vesting condition (cliff vs. graded)
2. What is the total compensation expense needed to be recognized under US GAAP for each year from 2017 to 2021?
3. What is the total compensation expense needed to be recognized under IFRS for each year from 2017 to 2021 (round to one decimal point)?

What is meant by classifying a unit as an “investment center” vs. a “cost” or “profit” center? Discuss how each of the following tools, individually and/or collectively, can and should be used to evaluate managers of such “investment center” individual divisions of a large organization: ROI, EVA, and the Balanced Scorecard. (Hint: discuss how each works, what each helps ensure, what dysfunctional behaviors can result from its use, and how multiple approaches can help ensure behavior that aligns individual incentives with overall corporate strategy.)

What is meant by classifying a unit as an “investment center” vs. a “cost” or “profit” center? Discuss how each of the following tools, individually and/or collectively, can and should be used to evaluate managers of such “investment center” individual divisions of a large organization: ROI, EVA, and the Balanced Scorecard. (Hint: discuss how each works, what each helps ensure, what dysfunctional behaviors can result from its use, and how multiple approaches can help ensure behavior that aligns individual incentives with overall corporate strategy.)

Berger and Luckmann state that we are born into an 'objective social structure' and that we have only a limited ability to subjectively appropriate and interpret it for ourselves. Discuss how the categories of race, gender, and class predate any one individual, and how we are bound to identify ourselves in relation to them. To what extent can an individual redefine themselves in relation to these categories, and what are the possible social sanctions they may face for doing so? Your answer should be around 500 words and cite any pertinent sources from the course.

You founded your own firm three years ago. You initially contributed $200,000 of your ownmoney and in return you received 2 million shares of stock . You also sold an additional 1 million shares of stock to angel investors. Now, you are considering a second round raising capital from a venture capital firm. This venture capital firm would invest $5 million and would receive 2 million newly issued shares in return.

a.What is the price per share of this funding round?

b. What is the value of the whole firm afterthis investment (the post-money valuation)?

c. Assuming that this is the venture capitalist's first investment in your firm, what percentage of the firm will the venture capitalist own? What percentage of the firm will you own

after this investment?

d.How much money will you gain from founding this firm after this round of financing? Ignore time value of money when you answer this question.