Consider Ford Motor Company’s statement that appeared in its 2010 Annual Report:

The company’s four-point plan consists of: balancing our cost structure with our revenue and market share; accelerating development of new vehicles that customers want and value; financing our plan and rebuilding our balance sheet; and working together to leverage our resources around the world.

What are the implications of this strategy for financial management of Ford?

Visit the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation’s website and read the Program Results Report. Source: Lead States in Public Health Quality Improvement (originally called the Multistate Learning Collaborative). Retrieved from http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2010/07/multistate-learning-collaborative-.html List the major goals of the program Delineate positive outcomes from a minimum of two states Comment on the stated next steps of the program

not less than 1500 words)

Strategic management and business policies
(Panera Bread Company (2010): Still Rising Fortunes)
Develop a complete strategic audit report that contains the following components
1. Background about the organization
2. Corporate governance
3. External environment analysis
4. Internal environment analysis
5. Financial Analysis
6. SWOT Analysis
7. TOWS Matrix
8. Implementation and Evaluation

Explain the following Australian, international and local legislation and conventions that are
relevant to financial management in an organisation. [120-200 words]
Note: You must briefly explain the legislation and the impact it has upon an organisations
practices.
a) Competition and Consumer Act 2010
b) Privacy Act 1988
c) National Employment Standards under the Fair Work Act 2009
d) World Trade Organisation and the 10 things the WTO can do

Based on the data below, forecast US hotel revenues for 2017, 2018, and 2019. Provide the model developed for your calculations.

YEAR REVENUE ($USD BILLION)

2001 105.00

2002 111.90

2003 118.80

2004 119.30

2005 135.50

2006 146.20

2007 153.80

2008 154.70

2009 133.30

2010 142.00

2011 153.30

2012 155.50

2013 163.00

2014 176.70

2015 189.50

2016 199.30

Search the Web for articles about the Toyota recalls and investigations.

 How have the recalls that Toyota announced in early 2010 affected current public opinion about the company’s record for quality & reliability?

 How has Toyota changed its strategies toward value chain management as a result of these quality & safety problems.

 You are required to write a mini report about the above issues in an A4 paper not exceed three pages.

The Protek Company is a large manufacturer and distributor of electronic components. Because of some successful new products marketed to manufacturers of personal computers, the firm has recently undergone a period of explosive growth, more than doubling its revenues during the last two years. However, the growth has been accompanied by a marked decline in profitability and a precipitous drop in the company’s stock price.

You are a financial consultant who has been retained to analyze the company’s performance and find out what’s going wrong. Your investigative plan involves a series of in-depth interviews with management and doing some independent research on the industry. However, before starting, you want to focus your thinking to be sure you can ask the right questions. You’ll begin by analyzing the firm’s financials over the last three years, which are presented in the supplemental datasheet. Assume the company sold no property, plant, or equipment during the time periods presented. Also assume the company did not repay any long-term debt. The company’s normal credit terms extended to its customers is net 30.

Complete the following using Microsoft Excel and Word. All quantitative analysis should be done in Excel, while all qualitative analysis should be completed in Word. Construct horizontal analysis (year-over-year growth) on the financial statements for 2019 and 2020. Analyze the trend in each line; what does the trend analysis reveal? What are strengths, and areas for concern? Construct common size balance sheets for 2018 - 2020, respectively, and common size income statements for 2018 - 2020, respectively. Analyze the trend in each line. What appears to be happening? What are your significant findings? Construct Statements of Cash Flows for 2019 and 2020 using the indirect method. Also compute Free Cash Flow for each year. Where is the company’s cash going to and coming from? What are strengths, and areas for concern? Calculate all the financial ratios discussed in chapter 15 (use exhibit 15-6 as a guide) for 2019 and 2020. Analyze trends in each ratio. What can you infer from this information? Make specific statements about liquidity, asset management, debt management, profitability, and market performance. Do not simply say that ratios are higher or lower (or that they are going up or down); instead, think about what might be going on in the company and propose reasons why the ratios are acting as they are. Finally, based on all of your analysis, what two (or more) specific actionable items should the company do to improve its situation? Be specific in your response and discuss the implication of your recommendation.

4. Specialization and trade When a country has a comparative advantage in the production of a good, it means that it can produce this good at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partner. Then the country will specialize in the production of this good and trade it for other goods. The following graphs show the production possibilities frontiers (PPFs) for Maldonia and Desonia. Both countries produce grain and sugar, each initially (i.e., before specialization and trade) producing 18 million pounds of grain and 9 million pounds of sugar, as indicated by the grey stars marked with the letter A. Maldonia 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 48 42 36 30 24 18 12 6 0 SUGAR (Millions of pounds) GRAIN (Millions of pounds) PPF A Desonia 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 48 42 36 30 24 18 12 6 0 SUGAR (Millions of pounds) GRAIN (Millions of pounds) PPF A Maldonia has a comparative advantage in the production of , while Desonia has a comparative advantage in the production of . Suppose that Maldonia and Desonia specialize in the production of the goods in which each has a comparative advantage. After specialization, the two countries can produce a total of million pounds of grain and million pounds of sugar. Suppose that Maldonia and Desonia agree to trade. Each country focuses its resources on producing only the good in which it has a comparative advantage. The countries decide to exchange 18 million pounds of grain for 18 million pounds of sugar. This ratio of goods is known as the price of trade between Maldonia and Desonia. The following graph shows the same PPF for Maldonia as before, as well as its initial consumption at point A. Place a black point (plus symbol) on the graph to indicate Maldonia's consumption after trade. Note: Dashed drop lines will automatically extend to both axes. Maldonia Consumption After Trade 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 48 42 36 30 24 18 12 6 0 SUGAR (Millions of pounds) GRAIN (Millions of pounds) PPF A The following graph shows the same PPF for Desonia as before, as well as its initial consumption at point A. As you did for Maldonia, place a black point (plus symbol) on the following graph to indicate Desonia's consumption after trade. Desonia Consumption After Trade 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 48 42 36 30 24 18 12 6 0 SUGAR (Millions of pounds) GRAIN (Millions of pounds) PPF A True or False: Without engaging in international trade, Maldonia and Desonia would not have been able to consume at the after-trade consumption bundles. (Hint: Base this question on the

1. Which one of the following would be an example of a supply-side market failure?

A. Your business wants to attract repeat customers by putting on a customer-appreciation picnic at a public park, but you decide not to because you couldn't prevent noncustomers from consuming the food and entertainment you provided. B. Everyone rushes to the local retail outlet at midnight on the day of the release of a new video game console, and the store runs out before everyone is able to buy one. C. A gas station is slowly leaking diesel fuel from its underground tanks, but the state uses taxpayer money to clean up the pollution rather than requiring the business to pay. D. A gas station is slowly leaking diesel fuel from its underground tanks, and after the leak is discovered, the business immediately cleans up the pollution at its own expense.

2.The law of increasing opportunity costs states that

A. if the prices of all the resources used to produce goods increase, the cost of producing any particular good will increase at the same rate. B. if society wants to produce more of a particular good, it must sacrifice larger and larger amounts of other goods to do so. C. if the sum of the costs of producing a particular good rises by a specified percent, the price of that good must rise by a greater relative amount. D. the sum of the costs of producing a particular good can't rise above the current market price of that good.

3.Why is regulatory capture a potential government failure?

A. When regulators get too close to the industry they're meant to manage, they may begin to create rules and laws that benefit the industry over the public. B. Laissez-faire economics dictates there should be no government intervention in the markets at all. C. It prevents the government from supplying important public goods. D. The right to coerce is powerful and prone to abuse.

4 .Jacinta, Juan, and Julian have all decided to start a business together. They'll pool their resources to get it started, they'll share any profits or losses from the business equally, and each of them will be personally responsible for any debts or liabilities from the business. What type of business should they form?

A. Corporation B. Sole proprietorship C. Capital accumulation D. Partnership

5.Imagine that the mayor of your town receives most of his reelection funding from cattle industry clients. As soon as he is reelected to office, he passes a law allowing cattle to be driven through the downtown area. The law is very unpopular, and it could be considered a result of _______ on behalf of the cattle industry clients. A. collective-action problems B. political corruption C. Pigovian taxes D. rent-seeking behavior