Although Financial Ratio Analysis has limitations, it is a great tool to find the problematic areas in the company so that managers can go back and address the problems. One of the limitations is differences in accounting standards around the world that can distort financial ratios.

Select two publicly traded US companies listed on the NASDAQ stock market and calculate each company’s P/E (Price to Earnings Ratio) and MB (Market to Book Ratio). What do these ratios tell you about how investors value these two companies’ future prospects?

*Make sure your selected companies are different than your classmates’.

Although Financial Ratio Analysis has limitations, it is a great tool to find the problematic areas in the company so that managers can go back and address the problems. One of the limitations is differences in accounting standards around the world that can distort financial ratios.

Select two publicly traded US companies listed on the NASDAQ stock market and calculate each company’s P/E (Price to Earnings Ratio) and MB (Market to Book Ratio). What do these ratios tell you about how investors value these two companies’ future prospects?

*Make sure your selected companies are different than your classmates’.

Week 6 eActivity

Research the Internet for a recent story (within the last five years) involving a data breach by a publicly traded company. Research the current disclosure requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) involving data breaches by public companies. Be prepared to discuss.

"Cyberattacks in Public Companies"  Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, analyze the effects of the SEC‘s data breach disclosure requirement on financial reporting, based on the current language of the requirement. Recommend a change to the disclosure requirements to strengthen public company disclosures of cyberattacks. Provide support for your rationale.

Examine the impact of cyberattacks on potential investors in a public company. As an auditor, provide your recommendations for including the potential of a cyberattack in the 10-K, as opposed to an actual attack. Provide support for your recommendation.

I need this for 2006-2016..............Think about the 10-year historical period you chose for your final project. Identify trade policies of the time and discuss the following points: What are the main goods and services the United States traded internationally? What trade barriers were in place during that decade? What are two pros and two cons of the trade barriers used?

The data in the table below gives sales revenue for Continental Divide Mining from 1995 to 2005.

YEAR YEARS SINCE 1990 SALES REVENUE (MILLIONS)
1995 2.6155
1998 3.3131
1999 3.9769
2000 4.5494
2001 4.8949
2002 5.1686
2003 4.9593
2005 4.7489

(a) Complete the missing column in the table.
(b) Use Excel to determine the quadratic regression model, y, that best represents sales revenue as a
function of, x, the number of years since 1990. Round three decimal places.

(a) Find the year in which there is maximum revenue and find the maximum revenue. Write solution as a
complete sentence.

The ISO 9000 series of quality management systems standard has been widely applied all over the world since its introduction in 1987. By the end of 2013, ISO 9000 had been adopted by over 1,129,000 facilities in 189 countries. Both academics and practitioners are interested in understanding the relationship between adoption of ISO 9000, and other factors (Christmann & Taylor, 2006; Du, Yin, & Zhang, 2016; Fikru, 2014a, 2014b, 2016; Nakamura, Takahashi, & Vertinsky, 2001; Pekovic, 2010; Wu, Chu, & Liu, 2007).

In 2008, the National Bureau of Statistics of China conducted an Economic Census of the service firms. The descriptions of variables, the coding are shown in the table. The data is available in Moodle.

Table: Variables, their descriptions and coding

Required Task

You are expected to work in groups and write a research report. When you work on your report, you need to use the dataset, and other sources such as journal articles. If you use website material, please pay attention to the quality of the material (e.g. government website or industry website etc.). There is no word limit for the report. For the number of references, there should be at least ten academic sources (journal articles, or books). It is encouraged to use more relevant, high quality, and up to date sources in the report.

Students have a high degree of flexibility in doing the research. The important thing is that the research should be well connected with the literature.   

The required structure should be as following.

1. Executive Summary: Major findings and major recommendations
2. Introduction: Background (of the case); purpose (of this report); two to three research objectives for a study that you would seek to conduct; and format (of this report).
3. Write a short literature review of at least ten academic sources relevant to your topic. Any source including books, journal articles are acceptable, as long as they are relevant. You can also use a particular website for some information. If websites are used they will be in addition of the ten academic sources.
4. Describe the methodology and justify your choice.
5. Analyses and findings: Run some analysis to turn the data into useful information as follows:

1. Descriptive statistics: Sample characteristics will be described with descriptive analysis. This will include at least the following analysis: Frequency, percentage; Measures of central tendency; Measures of dispersion (variance, standard deviation)
2. Inferential statistics: Inferential statistics will be used to analyse relationship between variables. This will include at least the following analysis (Chi-square, Pearson’s r, t-test, ANOVA test).

6. Discussion and managerial advises: link your findings to extant literature. Advise the management about the usefulness of the findings.
7. Limitations and directions for future research. Suggestions of how the research can be improved.
8. Include a correctly constructed reference list of all sources used in the project, not just those used in the literature review section. Appendices also should be attached which will include all the analysis and graphs etc. that are not included in the body of the report.

I'm interested in a t-test of looking at the means for the <30 group in comparison to the other age groups. Do I need to run four t tests, one for <30 with each age group? The data below details the percentage of giving by age group for each of the 32 years listed. Thank you!

Go to the SEC Web site. Under ‘‘Filings & Forms (EDGAR),’’ click on ‘‘Search for Company Filings.’’ Click on ‘‘Company or Fund, etc.’’ Under Company Name, enter ‘‘Amazoncom Inc’’ (or under Ticker Symbol, enter ‘‘AMZN’’). Select the 10-K filed January 30, 2009.

1.What were the net sales for 2008, 2007, and 2006?

2.What were the gross profits for 2008, 2007, and 2006?

3.What were the income from operations for 2008, 2007, and 2006?

4.What were the interest expenses for 2008, 2007, and 2006?

Go to the SEC Web site. Under ‘‘Filings & Forms (EDGAR),’’ click on ‘‘Search for Company Filings.’’ Click on ‘‘Company or Fund, etc.’’ Under Company Name, enter ‘‘Kroger Co’’ (or under Ticker Symbol, enter ‘‘KR’’). Select the 10-K filed March 31, 2009.

1.Why is the goodwill account on the balance sheet?

2.Is there a goodwill impairment charge for 2008? (Review Note 2—Goodwill.)

3.Would a goodwill impairment charge be described as a noncash impairment?