Explain the concept of competitive intelligence. Provide one example of how your institution (university or college) can use competitive intelligence

In University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar case, the Supreme Court held that the "___________" standard would apply in retaliation cases.

Select a company in your pathway that maintains inventory. Don't use a company that someone has already used. Please put the company's name as the subject of your post. (No posting the company name only to hold it. You must make a full post or I will delete it.)

Access a recent (less than 12 months) annual 10-K report for the company at the EDGAR filings at SEC Edgar searh tool or Yahoo or Google finance. Review the report and in and in a minimum of three paragraphs, tell us the following:

1. When the report was filed and the time period it covers, indicating specific dates.
2. What are the company's major product lines?
3. What inventory methods do they use? (Hint: see the Notes of the financial statements)
4. List the major components of the inventory and their values.
5. Include two other items that you found interesting about the financial statements.

Examples of businesses in pathways could be:

• AHCD: Dance, Theater, Film production, Social media, Graphics design or architecture business
• Business: Accounting office, caterer, advertising firm, dry cleaner, restaurant, any business is acceptable
• Education: K-12 tutoring, Child care, Charter schools
• Health Sciences: Dr. or Dentist office, PT office, Hospital, Insurance co,
• IMCT: Engineering Co., Aviation maintenance, Aviation distribution, Supply Chain Management
• Public Safety: Law office, PI, Equipment providers for the industry
• STEM: Engineering Co., Vet. Office, Computer Services co.
• SGSHS: Psychology office, Non-profit agencies, Social Media

Post your initial response, read all of the posts, and post two detailed replies to at least two other student's posts, who used a company different than yours.

Follow the minimum requirements for discussion board posts located in the general discussion area. Recall, those are the minimum requirements, more posts are always encouraged.

A couple want to save for their daughter’s university studies in 10 years. Their daughter, Susan, will study for 4 years with 1 term for each half year. Susan will need $18,000 at the beginning of each term for 1 term. The couple plan to deposit a fixed amount at the end of each year for 10 years. How much money must the couple have accumulated, in 2 decimal places, at the end of 10 years to support Susan’s 4-year university studies over a period when the interest rate is 7% per annum compounded semi-annually?

The average age of students at the University of Houston – Downtown is about 28 years old. The president of the university believes that the age of full-time students attending classes during the day is lower that the average of all students. Test this hypothesis. Be sure to show all five steps.

Show your Excel file ONCE per group with all the names of your team members included.

Age

14-21: 23%

22-24: 23%

25-30: 27%

31-35: 12%

36-50: 13%

Over 50: 2%

In a university it is known that there are exactly the same number of men and women among faculty members. The university selects one faculty member each month for a survey on the effectiveness of new faculty mentoring program. It is understood that any faculty member can be selected more than once. Let X denote a random variable that counts the number of female faculty members selected over a period of 30 months.

1 Write down the pmf of the RV X

2 Find E(X) and σ 2 X

3 Find P(X < 2)

Indicate whether each of the following transfers by Connie constitute a taxable gift, and if so give the amount of the gift. Explain your answer. Assume unless stated otherwise that Connie is not married, and in each case, it is the only transfer to that person during the year.

a) $16,000 transferred to Connie’s sister.

b) $25,000 is given to Connie’s alma mater Mont State University

c) $30,000 is paid to the local hospital for medical bills for Connie’s best friend Ben.

d) $20,000 is paid directly to the registrar of Big Sky University for the tuition of Connie’s niece Dierdre.