Archive | January, 2016

5-forces analysis: the economics of the concentrate business

10 pages including introduction then answer the question.  Use a 5-forces analysis to analyze the economics of the concentrate business. Put the soft drink producers and their rivals in the center of the diagram. Identify key structural determinants of each force. Based on your analysis, how attractive is the industry? That is, how high is […]

How to decompose in traditional DuPont fashion.

Need answers for all three questions in the case attached. Notes: Read the questions closely and follow the instructions on the requirements for answering them. Decompose in traditional DuPont fashion where; ROE = (Income/Equity) = (Income/Sales * Sales/Total Assets * Total Assets/Equity) Compare ratios using corresponding quarters eg 4th quarters 1997,1998 & 1999 and NOT yearly […]

Suppose that Colin’s preferences for goods X and Y can be represented by the utility function U ( x , y )=min{ x , y },

Suppose that Colin’s preferences for goods X and Y can be represented by the utility function U ( x , y )=min{ x , y }, where x (respectively, y ) is the amount of X (respectively, Y ) that he consumes. min{ x , y } is a function that gives the minimum of […]

How to set up a scheduling variance.

il Fence is a large timber and Christmas tree farmer who is attending a project management class in the fall, his off season. When the class topic came to earned value, he was perplexed. Isn’t he using EV? Each summer Wil hires crews to shear fields of Christmas trees for the coming Holiday season. Shearing […]

Accounting

Let’s put all the pieces together now. Suppose that you are analyzing Martin Company. You know that at the beginning of the year, the assets equaled $390,000 and the liabilities equaled $214,500. During the year, assets increased by $58,500 and equity increased by $90,675. The change in equity includes all increases and decreases. Further analysis […]

Care providers.

According to you, who are the main providers of managed care.

Risk analysis and management.

1. Comment on the following statements: a. “Because our new expansion project has the same systematic risk as the firm as a whole, we need do no further risk analysis on the project.” b. «Our company should accept the new potash mine project at Moosejaw. The cost of additional loans to fund the project is […]

Ethical issues involved in finance.

BYP2-9 Sara Rankin is the assistant chief accountant at Hokey Company, a manufacturer of computer chips and cellular phones. The company presently has total sales of $20 million. It is the end of the first quarter. Sara is hurriedly trying to prepare a general ledger trial balance so that quarterly financial statements can be prepared […]

The main significance of marketing.

Why is marketing useful in the real world? Please provide an example.

Origin of the Pythagoras

What was the community that Pythagoras started? How was it similar to modern-day cult?