Company XYZ is a high technology company. It is planning on acquiring another company in the high technology sector. Company XYZ dose not have enough cash to acquire the company and is planning on financing the acquisition through a bond offering. Which of the following measures is company XYZ MOST LIKEY to use in its analysis of operating profits considering it is a high debt transaction?

A. LONG-TERM DEBT TO CAPITAL

B. EBITDA margin

C.Net profit margin

D.return on equity

The most common way that companies structure their treasury operations is as a(n):

A. Cost center

B. Profit center

C. Shared service center

D. In-house bank

ASSIGNMENT:

• The purpose of a quality management plan is to define overall project quality guidelines that will be applied to the project. Using your selected RFP or Desktop Lab Project - in a written assignment, develop a quality management plan for your project.
• This plan should contain information about:
  1. How you will control changes to the project?
  2. How you will ensure that the information technology you selected meets requirements?
  3. How you will ensure that the technology works properly?
  4. How you will plan for and execute testing, during development and when completed?
  5. How you will track and resolve defects?
  6. What metrics will you use to gauge quality?

Jones Co. is in a technology-intensive industry. Recently, one of its competitors introduced a new product with technology that might render obsolete some of Jones's inventory. The accounting staff wants to follow the appropriate authoritative literature in determining the accounting for this significant market event.

Instructions

(a) Identify the primary authoritative guidance for the accounting for inventories.

(b) List three types of goods that are classified as inventory. What characteristic will automatically exclude an item from being classified as inventory?

(c) Define “market” as used in the phrase “lower-of-cost-or-market.”

(d) Explain when it is acceptable to state inventory above cost and which industries allow this practice.

One of the current complaints of the U.S. is that China is utilizing discriminatory practices in its pursuit of technology transfers from U.S. Companies. It points to Chinese regulations that gives Chinese parties to a joint-venture agreement the right to use the technology transferred under the agreement even after its expiration.   The U.S. asserts that violates TRIPS Article 3. The Chinese have in turn complained that the U.S.'s action of imposing of a 25% tariff on Chinese goods is a violation of the WTO provision against unilateral retaliation against another WTO Member.

Explain which party should prevail and why. Limit your analysis to the facts presented here.

The technology and the media have played increasingly larger roles that may have affected our interpretation of physical development and perception. Please share your thoughts regarding how television shows portray physical characteristics across the lifespan. Select a current television show that you are familiar with and share your reflection about how that show portrays: children, adolescents, young adults, adult or older adults. Also explain how rapid changes in technology may have affected this portrayal over the last thirty years. Give specific examples of biological, psychological, or sociocultural factors that you see demonstrated in this show.
State with references

Discuss key aspects of digitalization that affect the technology stack that is connected to a minimum list of 5 actions you perform on an average day that use data communications and computer networks.

In this discussion, describe the layers of the technology stack that are connected by protocols and standards in your described “action architecture.”

* To receive full credit for your post, you must fulfill some basic requirements:

1. The post should be a minimum of 150 words.

2. You must post a minimum of two replies to another’s student’s post by each Sunday @ 11:59 pm.

3. Your post must be thought-provoking and relevant.

Derek’s company has existing assets that generate Earnings Per Share EPS of $5. If Derek does not invest except to maintain existing assets, EPS is expected to remain constant at $5 a year. However, starting next year, Derek an opportunity to invest $3 per share a year in developing a new technology. Each investment is expected to generate a 20% return (assume that this return is not compounded, so each year the return is 3 x .2). The technology will be fully developed by the end of the fith year. What will be the stock price and PE ratio assuming that investors require a 12%? [Hint: use the dividend discount model]

Identify a problem at a company that you feel can be improved by implementing a new process or technology. Note: This must be a real company and a real process that you feel needs improvement but the focus should NOT be on the company but rather on the process to be improved.

Note: You may want to start with either a problem that you have identified at a company OR a technology advancement or tool that you feel could help with a problem at a company, rather than starting with the company itself.

LO 1: STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

Identify an operations problem that could negatively affect the efficiency and/ or productivity of the organization. This problem must be one that can be resolved by implementing a new technology.

Clearly define the current process (“current state”), including the problem, in detail, and provide supporting flowcharts and diagrams. *You may have to create these.

Break up large problems into smaller sub-problems.

Clearly state the impact and the extent of the problem on the organization and/or customer

Clearly state the purpose of the paper as an attempt to solve the problem you have identified.

LO 2: PROBLEM ANALYSIS

Identify relevant factors leading to the problem (e.g. social, political, economic, and legal). One example of a factor would be an OSHA Safety Regulation.

Clearly state possible causes of the problem

Be sure to identify the difference between a symptom and a problem

Clearly state all issues (reasons why the problem is important to resolve), including any secondary or ‘non-obvious’ issues

Prioritize issues

LO 3: PROBLEM SOLUTIONS

Research emerging technology or process innovations that could be an opportunity for the company and this process.

Identify and describe a minimum of two possible solutions to the problem through the implementation of researched technology innovations.

Describe fully the possible solutions, including supporting flowcharts and diagrams

Discuss merits of both solutions, including all relevant factors necessary to make a decision between the two. Be sure not to neglect cost factors (you may need to provide estimated costs)

LO 4: SOLUTION JUSTIFICATION

Clearly state your proposed solution (one of the two options proposed in LO3: Problem Solutions)

Explain in detail why you are recommending this solution and how you feel it will specifically solve or alleviate the problem(s) and issues you identified (Justify solution)

Describe solution benefit(s)

Discuss the feasibility of the solution

Present an implementation plan for your proposed solution

OVERALL ASSESSMENT

Correctly defined terminology used

Used analytical tools and technology in paper

Performed appropriate calculations

Used analysis to find and justify decisions

Paper well organized and sections clearly defined

APA format

Correct grammar and spelling

Please read case and answer the questions thank you.

Voice-controlled devices and utilities are growing more popular as smartphone and cloud technology become more robust. Apple’s Siri, Android’s Google Now, and Windows’ Cortana digital assistants are all powered by voice recognition, and Amazon entered the fray with voice controls for its Amazon Fire TV technology. Amazon’s latest voice-controlled technology offering, the Amazon Echo Bluetooth speaker and virtual home assistant, raises the stakes even further. Echo was released in 2015 to mixed but mostly positive reviews, which emphasized the future potential of the device. Amazon Prime members could buy Echo for just $99, while normal Amazon customers had to pay $199.Currently, Echo’s functionality is simplistic, but useful. The device is always on, but requires its ‘wake word’ to prime it for interaction – the only two choices are “Alexa” or “Amazon” at the moment. You can ask Echo questions, have it play music, create a to-do list, or get the weather. Echo can also play a digest of the biggest news stories or play reports of specific issues that users ask to hear. The Echo companion app allows you to customize settings, keep a record of your queries and the answers to those queries, and view the shopping and to-do list items that you’ve previously dictated to Echo. Amazon is also developing a developers’ kit to allow developers to create Echo apps, which are likely to make it even more multi-functional in the future.Echo is a move by Amazon to enter the voice-controlled technology space, but it also has potential as a “smart home” appliance, which is a growing market. Echo might someday be able to integrate with your home appliances, adjusting the temperature, locking and unlocking doors, and turning lights on and off. Amazon might envision a future where Echo is a kind of “hub” where you can manage and connect with all of the smart appliances in your home in one centralized location.Echo lacks a battery option and has to be plugged in to function, limiting its portability. It’s also able to glean information from Wikipedia, but not from Google or other search engines. That will likely change in the future as both Amazon and Echo’s developers gain more familiarity with the device. The speaker quality is also limited, with testers reporting distortion at higher volumes. Users report that Echo experiences some confusion with queries that don’t fall within its narrowly defined specifications, although Echo also learns from its mistakes and adapts to the types of queries you most frequently make.It’s not currently clear how Amazon uses the information it gleans from users’ questions and commands, or whether there’s any capacity for storing things you say that aren’t directed at Echo itself. From Amazon’s perspective, the Echo could be an invaluable new tool for learning more about its customers, with an ability to generate heaps of granular data about the routines and preferences of each individual user.On the other hand, privacy advocates have ample reason to be concerned about a device that can quickly transmit your every word to the cloud, where it can be stored along with the rest of Amazon’s trove of your personal information and used to make product recommendations and generate marketing materials. However, Amazon notes that any users uncomfortable with the collection of their data can simply go into their “History” using their Echo app, and delete queries either individually or in bulk, which will also delete the information from Amazon’s servers.At this point, there’s no telling what the Amazon Echo of 2020 will look like compared to the launch version of 2015. It could be a staple in homes across the country, or it could flame out like the Amazon Fire phone long before then. Amazon seems poised to commit the necessary resources to ensure the former.

1. What functionality does Amazon Echo display during the video?

2. What kind of technology does Amazon Echo use?

3. Why does Amazon Echo make sense as a hub for home appliance automation?

4.What might be some privacy concerns involving Echo? Are these well founded? Why or why not?

5. Why is releasing a developers’ kit for Echo important for Amazon to keep pace with services offered by Apple, Google, and Microsoft?

A company has 3 machines: A, B, and C. The number of breakdowns per week is distributed Poisson. On average, machine A breaks down .4 times per week, machine B breaks down .45 times per week and machine C breaks down .9 times per week. The probability that there are 2 breakdowns in one week is _____ (round to 4 decimal places).