. "Building a Critical Skill: Thinking Critically" "some MBA programs now include courses in law, poetry, entrepreneurship, and biotechnology." The following video presentations take this idea even further, suggesting that all jobs or careers will require a higher set of skills than in the past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS2PqTTxFFc&feature=youtu.be

Can courses in law, poetry, biotechnology create a better leader?

2. Which skills listed in the video do you think are most important? Are you acquiring these skills in your current educational journey? Where?

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You need a new car and the dealer has offered you a price of $20,000​, with the following payment​ options: (a) pay cash and receive a $2,000 ​rebate, or​ (b) pay a $5,000 down payment and finance the rest with a 0% APR loan over 30 months. But having just quit your job and started an MBA​ program, you are in debt and you expect to be in debt for at least the next 2​ ½ years. You plan to use credit cards to pay your​ expenses; luckily you have one with a low​ (fixed) rate of 13.67% APR. Which payment option is best for​ you?

Trudy Pierre is the CFO of Vista Intl, a young financial software platform firm. Ms. Pierre is considering several projects in newly opening markets in Khazaksthan. She believes that her firm should take advantage of the current low interest rates. Thus, she would like to increase the debt equity ratio of the firm but is concerned about the consequences of increasing leverage. Although she studied finance in her MBA program, she does not remember much about capitol structure theory. Knowing that you have recently taken a class, what advice would you give her?

An incoming MBA student took placement exams in economics and mathematics. In​ economics, she scored 80 and in math 86. The overall results on the economics exam had a mean of 73 and a standard deviation of 10​, while the mean math score was 67​, with a standard deviation of 12. On which exam did she do better compared with the other​ students? Since she scored (nothing) standard deviations ▼ ( below or above) the mean in economics and (nothing) standard deviations ▼ (below or above) the mean in​ mathematics, she did better on the ▼ (economics or mathematics) exam. ​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)

MBA 5010 Week 4 Integrative Assignment

This week, you’re going to build on the knowledge you gained. Your assignment is to deconstruct the economics underlying Airbnb. Specifically, I want you to answer the following questions:

• Does Airbnb capture a sufficient amount of any value generated to remain a viable business?

The purpose of this question is to provide you an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the economics of value creation. So, emphasize this aspect of your answer. Try to limit yourself to 500 words. Your answer will be evaluated based on correctness, completeness, and clarity. As always, be attentive to your writing.

Genetic variability in sexually reproducing organisms arises within

a) crossover events between nonsister chromatids.

b) crossover events between sister chromatids.

c) egg and sperm genetic recombination from distinct individuals.

d) egg and sperm genetic recombination from an individual.

e) none of the alternatives

If a company is not doing well financially. who is mostly at risk. and what is the responsibility to the employees, customers, vendors, etc?

What is the payout policy of a company who is paying no dividends for the last 5 years and the companies diluted earnings per share for last 5 years is also zero or negative. We need to determine payout policy only on the basis of the payout ratio, so how can we describe the payout policy when there is no dividend, no diluted earning per share?

Suppose a computer company sells service plans for their laptop computers. Each service plan costs $250 and lasts for three years. The service plan covers any genuine hardware malfunctions during the warranty period but will only allow for up to one claim. Suppose that the average cost of repair is $850. Suppose also that the likelihood of a warranty claim is 22%. Let x denote the discrete random variable that represents the amounts the company (i) makes from a service plan for a person that makes no claims and (ii) loses for a service plan for a person that makes one claim. Please complete the following tasks.

1. Construct a probability distribution for x.

2. Use the probability distribution to calculate the expected value μ.

3. Write an explanation for what the expected value tells us as it relates to the company’s profits on service plans. Make sure you are very specific and include units.

4. By how much does the company need to raise the price of a service plan to increase their expected value by $50? Show your work.