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John Deere & Company MINICASE ASSIGNMENT
$25.00FIN-516 – WEEK 2 – MINI – CASE ASSIGNMENT (This should be posted in Document Sharing)
Select a major industrial or commercial company based in the United States, and listed on one of the major stock exchanges in the United States. Each student should select a different company. Avoid selecting an insurance company or a bank, as the financial ratios for these financial businesses are different. Write a 7 – 8 page double spaced paper answering and demonstrating with calculations and financial data the following questions:
- What is the name of the company? What is the industry sector?
- What are the operating risks of the company?
- What is the financial risk of the company (the debt to total capitalization ratio)?
- Does the company have any preferred stock?
- What is the capital structure of the company?: Short term portion of Long Term Debt, Long Term Debt, Preferred Stock (if any), and market value of Common Stock issued and outstanding?
- What is the company’s current actual Beta?
- What would the Beta of this company be if it had no Long Term Debt in its capital structure? (Apply the Hamada Formula.)
- What is the company’s current Marginal Tax Rate?
- What is the Cost of Debt, before and after taxes?
- What is the Cost of Preferred Stock (if any)?
- What is the Cost of Equity?
- What is the cash dividend yield on the Common Stock?
- What is the Weighted Average Cost of Capital of the company?
- What is the Price Earnings Multiple of the company?
- How has the company’s stock been performing in the last 5 years?
- How would you assess the overall risk structure of the company in terms of its Operating Risks and Financial Risk (Debt to Capitalization Ratio)?
- Would you invest in this company? Why? Or Why not?
- The last page of your paper should be a Bibliography of the sources you used to prepare this paper.
FIN-516 Week 2 – MINI – CASE ASSIGNMENT
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Time to Cash Out by David Wolman
$10.00Assignment 5-1Analyze and compare the three attached (Time to Cash Out by David Wolman, But I didn’t do it by Stanley Fish, Nothing but Nets by Rick Reilly) and comment on their effectiveness in the following areas: (A) thesis statements, (B) evidence, and their (C) rhetorical strategies (logos, ethos, and pathos).Identify the that you thought was most effective. Explain why.Assignment 5-2Assume you are teaching high school juniors about APA resources. Compare the benefits and shortcomings of two APA style guide Websites. Provide the names of the Websites and the URLs in the discussion.Assignment 6-1Assume you are an instructor of Freshman Composition 101. Provide two reasons students need to document sources. Provide support for each reason.Explain why plagiarism is prevalent and recommend a way for college professors to prevent it.Assignment 6-2Recommend two digital tools for collaboration and explain their benefits. Include the URL for each tool.Identify and explain ways to improve a peer’s paper. Discuss benefits from conducting a peer review and from having peers review your paper. -
Analyze a change that has happened at your place of employment
$10.00Organizational and Change Theory Paper( 3 pages): use the reading and references below
Although an organization may be a jungle of personalities and numerous challenges, positive changes can occur. This happens because of the dedication nursing leaders and those around them have. It is not easy to change the minds of many individuals, but with knowledge of appropriate change theories and perseverance, it is possible to bring about the changes you desire.
Based on the theories of organizational and change management presented in the text and this week’s readings,
Analyze a change that has happened at your place of employment. Utilizing one of the change theories as a framework, discuss how effectively this change was handled. As a nurse leader, what would you have done differently to make the change more effective? Write a 3 page paper addressing how well the change process worked
Week Readings, References:
Course Text: Course Text: Sullivan, E. J. (2013). Effective leadership and management in nursing. (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall
Chapter 2, “Designing Organizations”
Chapter 5, “Initiating and Managing Change”
Course Text: Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
“Standards of Nursing Practice
Course Text: Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and Application: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases
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MINICASE: DIGITAL AGE GAMES (Shirley Sales Management)
$3.50MINICASE: DIGITAL AGE GAMES
Digital Age Games is a video game publisher that took gaming to a new level in the early 1990s with its well-known ‘Sack Attack—Extreme Football’ game. Unfortunately, it has not had a popular game title since that lime and is attempting to make a comeback with its new game • Drop-Kick–Extreme Wrestling.’ However, digital Age has found that there is -extreme competition for space on retailer shelves, as the top three game publishers (Digital Age is not one of them) hare a 90 percent share of the market and a corresponding share of shelf space ‘therefore. Digital Ages sales group is an area of key concern to address this concern, Digital Ages management has hired Shirley Hill, job analysis consultant. to conduct a lob analysis of the company’s sales positions and give overall advice on how to improve the recruitment process for those positions Shirley began her analysis try dong research on the gaming industry as a whole. re•Irwin° the sales structure and lob descriptions of Digital Age’s major competitors and determining goals and objectives of Digital Age’s management. Management told her that it wants to locus on customer prospecting and product demonstration by increasing in-person sales-person attention (and therefore. salesperson travel) It also wants employees with gaming knowledge who will better understand product detail and be able to communicate it to Customers She spoke at length with the sales managers to determine what the salespeople actually do, as well as which are high performers and which are low performers. On her office visits with management, she perceived the tension her presence brought to the sales representatives, who were concerned that their lobs may be at stake, so she spared them and herself by not talking with them directly. Because the job descriptions had not been updated since 1997. her next order of business was to create a new description for the sales representative position lief draft rob description is as follows:Sales Representative
The digital Age Games North American sales organization drives the placement, retail marketing, and retail advertising support for consumer goods in its established retail and distributon channels The sales representative must
- Manage U.S. video game distributors and other regional accounts for both video game and PC game products
- Achieve quarterly sell-in objectives and revenue targets
- Maintain established accounts through regular customer contact in pursuit of follow-on sales Provide crisp and consistent feedback/communication to managers and others as required
Selection criteria.
- 2-3 years of experience in sales of entertainment products
- Bachelor’s degree
- Team player who can deal with ambiguity
- Customer service-oriented
- Strong presentation and communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
Finally, Shirley made recommendations as to sources for new sales recruits Because knowledge of gaming and the product is central to the position, she recommended that the company primarily look to applicants who are existing employees in the company. Similarly, Shirley reasoned, by advertising positions on the Internet, both on Digital Age’s website and other third-party job sites, Digital Age would attract tech-savvy applicants. Shirley insisted that these two sources would provide more than enough quality applicants. Shirley was quite satisfied with her analysis and recommendations, but management has some concerns and has scheduled a feedback meeting with her
Questions
- From the facts given, did Shirley do a proper job analysis, What else could she have done to evaluate the current positions’ Explain
- Evaluate the job description. Is there anything you would have added, deleted, or changed?
- Besides those recommended by Shirley, what other source(s) of applicants might Digital Age use for recruiting new salespeople? Why’,
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Case 2: Luxury Wars – LVMH versus Hermès
$12.501.Hermès International was a family-owned business for many years. Why did it then list its shares on a public market? What risks and rewards come from a public listing?
2.Bernard Arnault and LVMH acquired a large position in Hermès shares without anyone knowing. How did they do it and how did they avoid the French regulations requiring disclosure of such positions?
3.The Hermès family defended themselves by forming a holding company of their family shares. How will this work and how long do you think it will last?
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Financing S&S Air’s Expansion Plans with a Bond Issue
$7.50Chapter 7 Mini Case 4: Financing S&S Air’s Expansion Plans with a Bond Issue
Mark Sexwale and Thandi Shilowa, the owners of S&S Air have decided to expand their operations. They instructed their newly hired financial analyst, Chris Gumede to enlist an underwriter to help sell R20 million in new 10-year bonds to finance construction. Chris has entered into discussions with Danielle Ralston, an underwriter from the firm of Raines and Warren, about which bond features S&S Air should consider and what coupon rate the issue will likely have.
Although Chris is aware of the bond features, he is uncertain as to the costs and benefits of some features, so he isn’t clear on how each feature would affect the coupon rate of the bond issue. You are Danielle’s assistant, and she has asked you to prepare a memo to Chris describing the effect of each of the following bond features on the coupon rate of the bond. She would also like you to list any advantages or disadvantages of each feature.1. The security of the bond, that is, whether the bond has collateral.
2. The seniority of the bond.
3. The presence of a sinking fund.
4. A call provision with specified call dates and call prices.
5. A deferred call accompanying the above call provision.
6. A make-whole call provision.
7. Any positive covenants. Also, discuss several possible positive covenants S&S Air might consider.
8. Any negative covenants. Also, discuss several possible negative covenants S&S Air might consider.
9. A conversion feature (note that S&S Air is not a publicly traded company).
10. A floating rate coupon.Additional Files:
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Robin Hood Case Answers
$7.50- What problems does Robin Hood have? What issues need to be addressed?
- Do Robin Hood and the Merrymen need a new mission? New objectives? A new strategy? Why or why not?
- What strategic options does Robin Hood have? Is continuing with the present strategy an option or is the present strategy obsolete? Conduct a SWOT analysis to complete this answer
- Why not try to end the campaign by killing the Sheriff?
- What are the pros and cons of accepting the offer of the barons to assist in securing King Richard’s release from prison?
- What action plan would you recommend to Robin?
- How should Robin implement the recommended plan? What action steps will need to be taken to make the recommended strategy work successfully?
MKTG 522 Marketing Plan Final Paper – Hantz Group: A New Era of Financial Planning
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MINICASE: DIGITAL AGE GAMES
$5.00MINICASE: DIGITAL AGE GAMES
Digital Age Games is a video game publisher that took gaming to a new level in the early 1990s with its well-known ‘Sack Attack—Extreme Football’ game. Unfortunately, it has not had a popular game title since that lime and is attempting to make a comeback with its new game • Drop-Kick–Extreme Wrestling.’ However, digital Age has found that there is -extreme competition for space on retailer shelves, as the top three game publishers (Digital Age is not one of them) hare a 90 percent share of the market and a corresponding share of shelf space ‘therefore. Digital Ages sales group is an area of key concern to address this concern, Digital Ages management has hired Shirley Hill, job analysis consultant. to conduct a lob analysis of the company’s sales positions and give overall advice on how to improve the recruitment process for those positions Shirley began her analysis try dong research on the gaming industry as a whole. re•Irwin° the sales structure and lob descriptions of Digital Age’s major competitors and determining goals and objectives of Digital Age’s management. Management told her that it wants to locus on customer prospecting and product demonstration by increasing in-person sales-person attention (and therefore. salesperson travel) It also wants employees with gaming knowledge who will better understand product detail and be able to communicate it to Customers She spoke at length with the sales managers to determine what the salespeople actually do, as well as which are high performers and which are low performers. On her office visits with management, she perceived the tension her presence brought to the sales representatives, who were concerned that their lobs may be at stake, so she spared them and herself by not talking with them directly. Because the job descriptions had not been updated since 1997. her next order of business was to create a new description for the sales representative position lief draft rob description is as follows:Sales Representative
The digital Age Games North American sales organization drives the placement, retail marketing, and retail advertising support for consumer goods in its established retail and distributon channels The sales representative must
- Manage U.S. video game distributors and other regional accounts for both video game and PC game products
- Achieve quarterly sell-in objectives and revenue targets
- Maintain established accounts through regular customer contact in pursuit of follow-on sales Provide crisp and consistent feedback/communication to managers and others as required
Selection criteria.
- 2-3 years of experience in sales of entertainment products
- Bachelor’s degree
- Team player who can deal with ambiguity
- Customer service-oriented
- Strong presentation and communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
Finally, Shirley made recommendations as to sources for new sales recruits Because knowledge of gaming and the product is central to the position, she recommended that the company primarily look to applicants who are existing employees in the company. Similarly, Shirley reasoned, by advertising positions on the Internet, both on Digital Age’s website and other third-party job sites, Digital Age would attract tech-savvy applicants. Shirley insisted that these two sources would provide more than enough quality applicants. Shirley was quite satisfied with her analysis and recommendations, but management has some concerns and has scheduled a feedback meeting with her
Questions
- From the facts given, did Shirley do a proper job analysis, What else could she have done to evaluate the current positions’ Explain
- Evaluate the job description. Is there anything you would have added, deleted, or changed?
- Besides those recommended by Shirley, what other source(s) of applicants might Digital Age use for recruiting new salespeople? Why’,
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Competitive Strategies and Government Policies
$17.50Management has recognized the effect of changes in the real-world competitive environment and government policies on other industries and anticipates similar events occurring in their industry, so they ask you for a report considering the following points.
Write 1,400 – 1,750-word paper of no more than in which you describe how each of the following are or potentially will affect your industry or one with which you are familiar:
- New companies entering the market, mergers, and globalization, on pricing and the sustainability of profits: Identify the type of merger activity in your industry or one with which you are familiar-horizontal, vertical, or conglomerate-and explain why you made that choice.
- Current and expected government policies and regulations, including taxes and regulations in place to address issues related to externalities
- Global competition on the decisions made by management with regards to change in labor demand, supply, relations, unions, and rules and regulations in your chosen industry
- Recommend how the industry you chose may respond to each of the previous points.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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