An assembly operation at a software company currently requires ​$96,000 per year in labor costs. A robot can be purchased and installed to automate this​ operation, and the robot will cost $192,000 with no MV at the end of its​ 10-year life. The​ robot, if​ acquired, will be depreciated using SL depreciation to a terminal BV of zero after 10 years. Maintenance and operation expenses of the robot are estimated to be $70,000per year. The company has an effective income tax rate of 24​%. Invested capital must earn at least 6​% after income taxes are taken into account.

a. Use the IRR method to determine if the robot is a justifiable investment.

b. If MACRS​ (seven-year recovery​ period) had been used in Part​ (a), would the​ after-tax IRR be lower or higher than your answer to Part​ (a)?

The CEO of Manitoba Health does not want the variance of waiting times at the emergency in Manitoba's hospital longer than 0.25 0.25 square hours. A random sample of 25 25 patients taken from Health Science Center gave the variance of the waiting time equal to 0.49 0.49 square hours. Assume that the waiting times for all patients are normally distributed. (a) Test whether the standard deviation of the waiting times for all patients at HSC is greater than 0.5 0.5 hours. Use α=0.05 α=0.05 . (b) Calculate a 95% 95% confidence interval for the population standard deviation.

Read the article “Data is Worthless if you don’t Communicate it”Preview the document from the HBR Blog. This article lists out six critical questions for the data analyst/user/presenter. Based on what you have learned about inventory management, please create a hypothetical scenario in which you answer those questions for the CEO of your firm. Not only do we need to communicate big data to our management, but we need to understand what it is worth, what value it brings to the enterprise. Please watch this TED talk on how to monetize big data.

You are in charge of a IT for an large state-wide electric utility. The CEO has asked you specifically for guidance on what you consider the greatest "cyber terrorism" threats that the utility faces.

Please provide the top 3-4 threats, and justification/assessment for each.

You can be as specific or general as you want concerning the threats. Separately, the threats could be from state, non-state, specific technologies, security gaps, etc.

I suggest you take time and utilize outside sources to answer this question

Show me what you have learned about the threats we face.

"Apple CEO wants to launch another high range phone at a price point of 30% more than the current price. As a data scientist what will be your suggestion to him to ensure that sales will not be impacted by price spike?

Guidelines :

• The word limit is 200 words.
• You are asked to reflect on and respond to the above question and post your views
• Your replies/answers should be thoughtful & add value
• You are to write your opinion about the topic in discussion and your response should have some originality.
• You should refrain from posting any definitions of theories & concepts.

Donald Trump proposed steep tariffs on imports to the US. He described trade promotion authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership as “bad, bad deal[s] for American businesses, for workers, for taxpayers.” Discuss how in a large capital abundant country (such as the US) levying a tariff on the labour-intensive imports affects:

(a) Domestic (US) real wages and domestic real return to capital.

(b) The US wellbeing (welfare) as a whole.

(c) The US job market.

Liquidity risk is a major concern for some financial institutions. For this discussion, take the position of a bank CEO. What are the best options to implement to reduce the liquidity risk and to make sure the core deposits are not drained? Explain.

Read: The Real World 16.2 "Joie de Vivre CEO Uses Maslow's Pyramid to Change Culture"

Utilizing this theory how could you apply the same to your current position or future position

Assume that you are the chief Executive officer (CEO) of X organization and you wanted to involve consumers with the control of ethical behavior of business leaders? Explain how could you develop and implement a plan to acheive that?