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How do organizations make decisions to pursue a global strategy?

-One major reason is the nature of the industry in which they operate. Firms that pursue a global strategy are typically highly centralized and at the same time bring in cultural diversity and creativity as well as best practices.\

How can expanding globally become a threat to a multinational enterprises (MNEs) reputation? Explain with the help of a real-world example.

-One of the most valuable resources that a firm may possess is its reputation. A firms reputation can have several dimensions, including a reputation for innovation, customer service or brand reputation. Apple’s brand is an example, its brand stands for innovation and superior customer experience. Their reputation is one of their most important resources. The brand is valued at #230 billion, making it one of the most valuable brands in the world.

What is meant by cultural distance? How does it affect a firm? Use a real-life example of a business affected by cultural difference.

-cultural difference is the degree to which norms and values or working methods between companies and consumer preferences differ between countries because of differences in their national characteristics. Cultural difference does not seem to affect how much capital firms invest and whether they enter through a joint venture or fill ownership. Interestingly, cultural distance has a strong negative effect on subsidiary performance but no effect on the performance of the whole multinational company. An example of cultural difference s as they pertain to the workplace include employees who are younger or older than their co-workers, employees who hold higher degrees than others in the workplace and individuals who grew up either metropolitan areas or small towns.

What are IKEA’s external and internal challenges? Which ones pose the greatest threat? Why? How would you address the challenges?

- The one that faces the great threat is the lack of adequate supply of wood. This is because lack of wood supply implies that the company does not have the potential of expanding globally. Such a situation will occur since it does not have sufficient raw materials to sustain the conduct of its business activities. Moreover, deforestation has become a global issue, which implies that the company may lack carbon credits. As such, the target market may decline as potential customers become sensitive to the global issue of deforestation. The problem lack of adequate supply of wood can be solved if the company can engage in environmental activities, which involve planting of trees. This will ensure that the company has the ability to access its own raw materials, as well as from other sources. Further, IKEA should partner in business and environmental activities with companies that produce wood. As such, it will become easy for IKEA to acquire raw materials.

Who is your favorite Baroque composer (or what is your favorite Baroque piece)? Discuss why.

Write a program to compute the total time and average speed it will take a runner to run 10 miles with the following pace segments:

they run the first mile at a pace of 7 minutes per mile, the following 4 miles at a pace of 8.5 minutes per mile, the next 4 miles at a pace of 9 minutes per mile and the last mile at a pace of 3.5 minutes per mile.

Performs the computations and prints the results in a single nice message

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A plate capacitor C has an initial charge Q and plates separation d. A dielectric material (k=2) is inserted between the plates at the mean while the separation parallel between the plates is doubled (to become 2d). So, in this process one statement below is wrong:

a) U is the same

b) Q is the same

c) V is the same

d) E is the same

Overview

Your assignment is to complete a wireless network design for a small company. You will place a number of network elements on the diagram and label them appropriately. A network diagram is important to communicate the design features of a network between network administrators, system administrators and cyber-security analysts. It helps to create a shared mental model between these different technologists, yet each will have their own perspective on what is important to have documented on the diagram. Please review a description of ABC Corporation’s network resources and how they are allocated.

You may find the following Floor Plan helpful in completing this lab.

ABC Corporation’s Network Description

ABC Corporation is a small business in the heart of Central Pennsylvania. They provide services to their clients all over the region. The three-story main office building is where all of the employees report to work each day. There are no remote users. ABC Corporation is a very traditional business. While they have a computer network and are connected to the Internet, they aren’t very fancy and don’t yet have a need for telecommuting, wireless networks, or smart phones. All of their computers are desktop machines and are connected with wired Ethernet connections. All of the network wiring is CAT-6 twisted pair wiring that goes from the office location to a wiring closet. There is one wiring closet on each floor. Each closet is connected to the basement wiring closet via fiber.

There are several departments of the company. The administrative office has ten employees including the CEO, executive Vice-President, a human resources manager, and several assistants and secretaries. The finance office has fifteen employees. Both of these divisions are on the third floor.

The second floor has the Sales and R&D departments. There are a total of twenty employees in the Sales Department and includes sales executives and assistants. All of the sales department personnel have laptop computers, but they are still connected via the wired network. The R&D department has ten engineers who have two computers each – one in their office and one in their lab spaces.

The first floor has the shipping/receiving department, manufacturing department and the receptionist. The receptionist shares a computer with the night watchman, since they work opposite shifts. There are 20 people in manufacturing, but they only use three computers to enter their production details into the company’s ERP system. The shipping/receiving department has six people, each with a computer that connects to UPS, Fedex and USPS systems, prints packaging labels and shipping documents. There is also a conference room/training room on the first floor with a multimedia system that includes a podium computer, projector, and all of the bells and whistles.

The basement houses the maintenance department, information technology, and the mail room. The mail room clerk doesn’t use the computers at all. The two maintenance workers have computers at their desks that they use to enter reports of work performed. The IT Department has seven employees, each with a desktop computer. They also manage the server farm, which includes two domain controllers, one print server, one mail server, one database server, one internal web server, one external web server (on the DMZ interface of the firewall), a file server, a special server for the ERP system, and a backup server.

Add Wireless Network Access Points

Each floor, with the exception of the basement (the basement does not need wireless), needs to have two wireless access points, one for the north end of the building, and the other for the south. However, the wireless access points will overlap in the middle of the building, so you need to pick different wireless network channels for each end. On the first floor, there should be an additional wireless access point in the conference room for guests.

The “guest” network should have a different SSID than the company’s wireless network. It should be configured to allow anyone to connect with a password. The password will be provided by the receptionist to any visitors and will be changed each week. The company wireless network should be configured to have the same SSID on all of the wireless network access points (but different from the “guest” network). It should be configured with WPA-2 Enterprise with AES and should be connected to the company’s servers for authentication (Windows Server with RADIUS server enabled for the Active Directory).

Note: You might want to review this informative webpage to see how to configure Windows Server to handle the authentication for the access points.

Place your network access points on your network diagram you did for Homework #2. Segment the wireless network separately from the wired network so that it is on its own subnet. Segment the visitor wireless network so it’s on its own subnet, separate from both the wired network and the company wireless network.

Label each access point with its own IP address and basic configuration. Each device should have its own name, IP address and should list its configuration in terms of encryption protocol (TKIP, AES, 3-DES or None) and authentication protocol (WPA, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, WPA-2, WEP, etc, none, etc). Identify the SSIDs that are used for each device.

Place the wireless access points in the building. You may use the floor plan provided in the attached PDF.  

Create a Network Diagram

Your network diagram needs to include the following elements:

• Each Wireless Access Point (WAP)
• Each WAP’s critical configuration details – name, IP address, SSID, connection protocols, encryption protocols and wireless channel
• The Windows authentication server – including name, IP address, and important configuration details
• Additional switches and connections between the building’s floors to establish the network(s)
• IP Address ranges that will be assigned to network devices when they join the wireless networks

Network Documentation

Your network design document needs to explain each of the elements in your wireless network design. Explain how you segmented your wireless network from other parts of the network. Describe what security settings you might want to implement in your router. Describe the reason for the number of access points that you need on each floor.

What to Turn In

For assignments that require you to submit Visio work, please export your file and submit as a PDF. Also, please submit your original Visio file.
You also need to turn in a Word document (.doc or .docx) file that explains your network diagram elements. Include snapshots from your network diagram in your Word doc file – and annotate your diagram snapshots to better help your explanation of your network.

I want the answer in Microsoft VISIO screenshot

In the context of communication theory and health behavior change, how has media been used to positively affect health care and discuss how media can (or has) negatively affected health care?

Around the world, governments are introducing laws which either limit or prohibit the availability of cryptography for their citizens, require key escrow (c.f. the Clipper chip), or require telecommunications and Internet service providers and software developers to somehow break or weaken cryptography in their products, perhaps by introducing 'back doors' or other vulnerabilities (e.g. the Assistance and Access Act (Cwlth) 2018).

Take a position for or against government intervention in cryptography, for government, the business sector and private individuals. In each case, you should briefly describe and weigh up the positive benefits of cryptography as well as the threats it poses. Should governments have the power to prohibit or break encryption?

There are obvious implications for confidentiality and privacy, but what about the other security properties such as integrity, entity authenticity, integrity, anonymity, fairness, etc.?

What are the implications of any weakening of protocols or the introduction of back doors? Are there other, perhaps more important, threats to democracy and individual liberties in cyberspace?

Take into account:

• Changes in the cryptologic landscape over the next 25 years or so
• The geo-political threat landscape
• The ethical and moral objectives society expects of its members
• Other threats to individual liberty, the production of business, and the health of society

Due to changes in social structures such as the economy and corporate America, some argue the American Dream is no longer available to all Americans. On the other hand, others still believe anyone can climb the social ladder and experience social mobility. Think about whether you agree or disagree with the idea that social mobility is achievable for most Americans.

Write an essay expressing your opinion about social mobility and the American Dream. Be sure to explain the sociological terms structural mobility and life chances in your response. Integrate these terms and concepts to discuss whether the American Dream is achievable for most Americans.

John and Sandy Ferguson got married eight years ago and have a seven-year-old daughter, Samantha. In 2018, John worked as a computer technician at a local university earning a salary of $152,000, and Sandy worked part-time as a receptionist for a law firm earning a salary of $29,000. John also does some Web design work on the side and reported revenues of $4,000 and associated expenses of $750. The Fergusons received $800 in qualified dividends and a $200 refund of their state income taxes. The Fergusons always itemize their deductions and their itemized deductions were well over the standard deduction amount last year. The Fergusons had qualifying insurance for purposes of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Use Exhibit 8-9, Tax Rate Schedule, Dividends and Capital Gains Tax Rates for reference.

The Fergusons reported making the following payments during the year:

• State income taxes of $4,400. Federal tax withholding of $21,000.
• Alimony payments to John’s former wife of $10,000 (divorced in 2014).
• Child support payments for John’s child with his former wife of $4,100.
• $12,200 of real property taxes.
• Sandy was reimbursed $600 for employee business expenses she incurred. She was required to provide documentation for her expenses to her employer.
• $3,600 to Kid Care day care center for Samantha’s care while John and Sandy worked.
• $14,000 interest on their home mortgage ($400,000 acquisition debt).
• $3,000 interest on a $40,000 home-equity loan. They used the loan to pay for a family vacation and new car.
• $15,000 cash charitable contributions to qualified charities.
• Donation of used furniture to Goodwill. The furniture had a fair market value of $400 and cost $2,000.

a. What is the Fergusons' 2018 federal income taxes payable or refund, including any self-employment tax and AMT, if applicable? (Round your intermediate computations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Tax Refund ________________?

1) Know and understand the history of the development of the atomic theory (name the scientist and what they did)

2) State the Law of Consercation of Matter

3) State the Law of Constant Composition (aka Law of Definite Proportions)

a) Be able to calculate percent by mass

4) Name the three subatomic particles of atoms, and know the mass and charge of each particle.

5) Draw a diagram of Thomson's plum-pudding model of the atoms and explain why it has this name

6) Know and understand what alpha particles are and how they contributed to the development of Rutherford's model of the atom

a) draw a diagram of the Rutherford model of the atom and label the nucleus and the element

7) Know and understand how to find the atomic number and atomic mass of each element on the periodic

a) Be able to calculate the number of neutrons using the mass number and atomic number

b) Be able to write the atomic symbol

8) Know and understand what isotopes are and how they are different from each other.

a) Be able to write the full atomic symbol for any isotope

b) Be able to calculate the number of protons and neutrons when provided the full atomic symbol for any isotope

9) Know and understand what the atomic mass (aka atomic weight) of each element is

a) Know the units used for atomic mass

b) Be able to calculate the weighted average values for the atomic mass of an element

10) Know and understand the difference between a group and period in the periodic table

a) Be able to find the group number from the periodic table

11) Know the following sections of the periodic table:

a) Main group elements (representative)

b) Transition metals

c) Landthanides (rare earths)

d) Actinides

e) Metals

f) Nonmetals

g) Metalloids

h) Alkaline metals

i) Alkaline-earth metals

j) Chalcogens

k) Halogens

l) Noble gases

12) Know and understand what an ion is

a) Know and understand the difference between a cation and an anion

b) Know and understand how a cation and an anion are developed

c) Know and understand how to determine the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons for an ion when given the complete symbol of the ion

d) Know and understand how to write the complete symbol of the ion when given the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons for an ion.

A Corp. owns 80% of B Corp. The Consolidated Financial Statements of A Corp. for 2018 and 2019 are shown below:

A Corp.

Consolidated Balance Sheet, December 31, 2019

A Corp.

Consolidated Income Statement, For the year ended December 31, 2019

Other Information:

A purchased its interest in B on January 1, 2015 for $360,000 when the company's net assets were valued at $300,000. The acquisition differential was allocated equally between goodwill and equipment, which was estimated to have a remaining useful life of ten years from the acquisition date.

B reported a net income of $75,000 and paid dividends of $5,000 during 2019.

A issued $300,000 in bonds during the year. A reported an equity method net Income of $300,000 and paid $70,000 in dividends to its shareholders.

Required:

Prepare a Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for A Corp. for 2019.

1.What volume of 0.250 M AgNO₃(aq) is required to react with 35.0 mL of 0.210 M CaBr₂(aq) in the reaction below:

                   2 AgNO₃(aq)   + CaBr₂ (aq)    ® Ca(NO₃)₂(aq) + 2AgBr(s)  

1. A researcher who works for a national retail chain is interested in changes in employee satisfaction during the holiday season. The table below contains employee satisfaction scores taken at two time points (August 1^st and December 1^st) from a sample of 12 employees. Higher scores indicate more satisfaction. Conduct a hypothesis test to determine if there is an increase or decrease in employee satisfaction from Time 1 to Time 2. Use alpha .05.

1. State the null alternative hypothesis.
2. Conduct the hypothesis test.
3. State your findings.
4. Report an effect size measure. Please use the formula that we used in class

4. With Parmenides Western Philosophy takes a turn for the logical that is continued with Zeno. At the foundation of this view is the position that Being is motionless and changeless, explain the logic behind this and how Democritus was able to overcome the Parmenidean position.

The Ramirez Company uses standard costing in its manufacturing plant for auto parts. The standard cost of a particular auto​ part, based on a denominator level of 4,200 output units per​ year, included 5 ​machine-hours of variable manufacturing overhead at $9 per hour and 5 ​machine-hours of fixed manufacturing overhead at $17 per hour. Actual output produced was 4,600 units. Variable manufacturing overhead incurred was $260,000. Fixed manufacturing overhead incurred was $375,000. Actual ​machine-hours were 27,500.

Requirements

Requirement 1. Prepare an analysis of all variable manufacturing overhead and fixed manufacturing overhead​ variances, using the​ 4-variance analysis. Begin by calculating the following amounts for the variable overhead.

Now complete the table below for the fixed manufacturing overhead.

Now complete the​ 4-variance analysis using the amounts you calculated above. ​(If no variance​ exists, leave the dollar value blank. Label the variance as favorable​ (F), unfavorable​ (U) or never a variance​ (N).)

Requirement 2. Prepare journal entries using the​ 4-variance analysis. Record the actual variable

manufacturing overhead incurred. ​(Record debits​ first, then credits. Exclude explanations from any journal​ entries.)