how PetMed will increase its competitive advantage by increasing the acquisition of new customers and increasing sales to loyal customers. What can they do?

You are considering a merger of two companies:

                                                Company A                             Company B

Value of Assets (MV)            $ 10 Billion                            $ 100 Billion

Debt (MV)                              $ 5 Billion                             $ 10 Billion

Maturity of Debt                          5 years                                       5 years

Volatility                                     35%                                              40%

Rf                                                  2%                                                 2%

If company B wants to buy Company A’s equity and pay off its debt as part of the merger,

(a) use the Black-Scholes model to analyze the market value of the equity and the debt of A and B before the merger

(b) If the two firms are merged and there is no synergy, and the combined firm has volatility of 32%, use the Black-Scholes model to analyze the market value of the equity and the debt of B of the combined firm

(c) does this merger makes sense for the stockholders of A and B? Explain

acme bank is making a commercial real estate loan to jackson apartments with the following data purchase price 20 million, loan to value ratio of 75%, minimum debt service coverage 1.1 times, interest rate of 5%, cap rate of 7% and 30 year amortization. which of the following statements are false? a) cash on cash return in year one is 6.67% b) loan yield is 9.33% c) debt coverage ratio is 1.45 times

Would the following function work correctly if statically allocated activation records are used for implementation? Explain why it would work or not.

                   fun fact x = if x <= 0 then 1 else x * fact(x - 1);

Select two Fortune 500 companies. Compare their entrepreneurial orientation (autonomy, innovativeness, proactiveness, competitive aggressiveness, and risk taking). Based on your analysis, which one of the two companies you selected has a stronger entrepreneurial orientation?

The global trade environment and the dynamics of competition among organizations are the most important topics for understanding and practicing management in today’s markets. The focus of this TMA is to select an example of a successful global organization/brand and discuss the factors that had led to its success along with the challenges that it faces in operating globally.

Your answer should be in the form of an essay. The essay should be well organized, that is, it has an introduction (2.5 marks), body and conclusion (2.5 marks). The introduction should introduce the topic.

In the body paragraphs, the following points should be discussed:

1. Name the global brand/organization and briefly describe its products, markets and activities.
2. What does it mean to be a global organization? Why is your chosen organization global?
3. Discuss the main success factors of the global brand. What is the marketing strategy, competitors and competitive advantage?
4. Discuss the concept of globalization vs. customization and the measures taken by the global brand to recognize that offerings and communication should be adapted to local preferences and conditions. Support your answer with solid examples.
5. Discuss the main challenges faced by the global organization in brand building such as positioning, communication, environmental change, product life cycle, brand equity, market share, consumer behavior, etc...(10 marks)
6. Discuss the organization’s future plans, expansions and diversification.

Exercise 22-20

The before-tax income for Tamarisk Co. for 2017 was $98,000 and $80,300 for 2018. However, the accountant noted that the following errors had been made:

Prepare a schedule showing the determination of corrected income before taxes for 2017 and 2018.

As part of a quality improvement initiative, Consolidated Electronics employees complete a three-day training program on teaming and a two-day training program on problem solving. The manager of quality improvement requested that at least 8 training programs on teaming and at least 10 training programs on problem solving be offered during the next six months. In addition, senior-level management specified that at least a total of 25 training programs must be offered during this period. Consolidated Electronics uses a consultant to teach the training programs. During the next six months, the consultant has 84 days of training time available. Each training program on teaming costs $10,000 and each training program on problem solving costs $8,000

1) Build a spreadsheet representation of the model, and then solve it using Solver. Keep the solution as part of your spreadsheet. How many training programs of each kind would be offered, and what would be the total cost at the optimal point?

A consumer products company has identified a potential product which would require $1,800,000 in start-up costs to launch. If it turns out to be a major success, there will be a $10,000,000 contribution to profit. A minor success would give a profit contribution of $2,000,000, while a failure would have a profit contribution of only $500,000. The company is most worried about this third possibility, since in this case the net profit would be $500,000 minus $1,800,000, i.e. a loss of $1,300,000. In the past, only one new product in twenty became a major success, while three-quarters of them became failures; there is no reason to suspect that this product would be any different from the rest. Some of their competitors use an outside independent market research firm to give them advice about new products. The fee for the research firm is $50,000; in return, the consumer products company would be told that the proposed product either “looks well” or “looks poorly”. The research company had established a track record which gave them confidence about saying the following: 1. If a product would be a major success, they would say “looks well” with probability 0.8; 2. If a product would be a minor success, they would say “looks poorly” with probability 0.7; 3. If a product would be a failure, they would say “looks poorly” with proba- bility 0.9. Develop a decision tree and solve it to obtain a recommendation for the con- sumer products company. Show all workings and calculations

• State your Research Topic, Objective/Purpose and Research Question(s).

Aviation safety: pilot fatigue

Should the FAA allow for cockpit naps to help with pilot fatigue? Does even taking short naps of 40 minutes even help with fatigue and improve alertness?

• List and label the variables, including independent, dependent, intervening, or moderating.
• Explain the relationships among the variables.
• What is the purpose of operationalizing variables?
• How would you operationalize the variables in your research question(s)? You can mention more than one possible option for these, as there can be different ways of operationalizing the same variables.
• Develop a set of hypotheses (null and alternative) from your identified variables that address your identified research question(s).

C Program: (Knapsack Exhaustive): How do I add the 5 random generated values into the val [] arrays and how to add the total maximum weights ?

   // returns maximum of two integers
   int max(int a, int b) { return (a > b)? a : b; }
  
   // Returns the maximum value that can be put in a knapsack of capacity W
   int knapSackExhaustive(int W, int wt[], int val[], int n){
  

if (n == 0 || W == 0)
return 0;
  
// If weight of the nth item is more than Knapsack capacity W, then
// this item cannot be included
if (wt[n-1] > W)
return knapSackExhaustive(W, wt, val, n-1);

else return max( val[n-1] + knapSackExhaustive(W-wt[n-1], wt, val, n-1),
knapSackExhaustive(W, wt, val, n-1)
);

}
  

int main() {
  
  
int i;
time_t t;


//Intializes random number generator
srand((unsigned) time(&t));

// Print 5 random values from 3 to 15
int q;
printf("Five Random Values:\n");
for( i = 0 ; i < 5 ; i++ ) {
int q=printf(" %d\n",rand() % 15+2);
}
int val[]= {i};

   int j;
   //Print 5 random weights from 1 and 10000
   printf("Five Random Weights:\n");
for( j = 0 ; j < 5 ; j++ ) {
printf(" %d\n", rand() % 10000);
}

int wt[]={j};

  
int W = 10000;
int n = sizeof(val)/sizeof(val[0]);
n = sizeof(wt)/sizeof(wt[0]);
  
printf("Total Value: %d\t\n", knapSackExhaustive(W, wt, val, n));

printf("Total Weight:\t");

return 0;
}

Discuss the influence of biological and genetic factors in deviance and crime and what role the health care community should play in controlling and modify anti-social and/or criminal behaviors. Use examples from your personal life and a quote or two from your textbook to support your ideas and cite them using the APA format.

Suppose a company has proposed a new 4-year project. The project has an initial outlay of $70,000 and has expected cash flows of $20,000 in year 1, $23,000 in year 2, $29,000 in year 3, and $35,000 in year 4. The required rate of return is 12% for projects at this company. What is the discounted payback for this project? (Answer to the nearest tenth of a year, e.g. 3.2)

Optimus Company manufactures a variety of tools and industrial equipment. The company operates through three divisions. Each division is an investment center. Operating data for the Home Division for the year ended December 31, 2020, and relevant budget data are as follows.

Actual

Comparison with Budget

Sales$1,400,000$100,000 favorable

Variable cost of goods sold665,00045,000 unfavorable

Variable selling and administrative expenses125,00025,000 unfavorable

Controllable fixed cost of goods sold170,000On target

Controllable fixed selling and administrative expenses80,000On target

Average operating assets for the year for the Home Division were $2,000,000 which was also the budgeted amount.

Prepare a responsibility report for the Home Division. (List variable costs before fixed costs. Round ROI to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.57%.)

OPTIMUS COMPANY
Home Division
Responsibility Report
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

Difference

Budget

Actual

Favorable
Unfavorable
Neither Favorable
nor Unfavorable

Gross ProfitControllable Direct Fixed CostsTotal Variable CostsVariable CostsContribution MarginControllable MarginTotal Controllable Direct Fixed CostsSalesCost of Goods SoldSelling and Administrative

$ $ $

FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable

SalesContribution MarginControllable Direct Fixed CostsSelling and AdministrativeControllable MarginCost of Goods SoldGross ProfitTotal Controllable Direct Fixed CostsTotal Variable CostsVariable Costs

    Variable Costs    Controllable Margin    Contribution Margin    Selling and Administrative    Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Cost of Goods Sold    Gross Profit    Sales    Total Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Total Variable Costs    

FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable

    Contribution Margin    Total Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Selling and Administrative    Total Variable Costs    Variable Costs    Controllable Margin    Cost of Goods Sold    Gross Profit    Sales    

FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable

    Variable Costs    Selling and Administrative    Cost of Goods Sold    Total Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Total Variable Costs    Sales    Contribution Margin    Gross Profit    Controllable Margin    

FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable

SalesSelling and AdministrativeContribution MarginGross ProfitTotal Controllable Direct Fixed CostsVariable CostsTotal Variable CostsControllable Direct Fixed CostsControllable MarginCost of Goods Sold

FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable

Total Variable CostsControllable MarginVariable CostsContribution MarginCost of Goods SoldGross ProfitControllable Direct Fixed CostsTotal Controllable Direct Fixed CostsSalesSelling and Administrative

    Contribution Margin    Sales    Selling and Administrative    Variable Costs    Cost of Goods Sold    Total Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Controllable Margin    Total Variable Costs    Gross Profit    

FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable

    Controllable Margin    Total Variable Costs    Sales    Total Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Cost of Goods Sold    Variable Costs    Contribution Margin    Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Selling and Administrative    Gross Profit    

FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable

    Total Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Controllable Margin    Cost of Goods Sold    Variable Costs    Selling and Administrative    Gross Profit    Total Variable Costs    Contribution Margin    Controllable Direct Fixed Costs    Sales    

FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable

Controllable Direct Fixed CostsControllable MarginCost of Goods SoldGross ProfitSalesSelling and AdministrativeTotal Controllable Direct Fixed CostsTotal Variable CostsVariable CostsContribution Margin

$ $ $

FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable

ROI % % %

FavorableUnfavorableNeither Favorable nor Unfavorable

Compute the expected ROI in 2020 for the Home Division, assuming the following independent changes to actual data. (Round ROI to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.57%.)

The expected ROI

(1)Variable cost of goods sold is decreased by 5%. %

(2)Average operating assets are decreased by 10%. %

(3)Sales are increased by $200,000, and this increase is expected to increase contribution margin by $80,000. %