Business and Finance Homework Help

The Company Chosen and Description
(~2-3 paragraphs)

2. Please describe the company that you are choosing. Describe the background of the company. Your assignment should be at least one page. Please include the following in-formation:
• Describe the firm. How old is it? What industry (or industries) is the firm active in? What products or services does it sell? Who are its principal competitors? Is it active internationally? How many employees does it have?
• Who is the CEO? How long has she/he been in the position? What has been the career track of the CEO?

In Managing Quality: Integrating the Supply Chain, Ch. 15 you learned about the different types of audits. Define the different types of audits. Pick a company and define which type would be best for it. Support your answer.

Requirements
For this paper:

Identify your top three strengths from the BetterUp assessment. Explain how you currently use those strengths.
Discuss your strengths, both as identified by the BetterUp assessment and by summarizing what the people that you asked about you responded.
Develop a statement of who you are as a leader, based on your analysis. You may wish to include your purpose, values, strengths, goals, and more. You may also wish to add to your statement who you want to be as a leader—what you aspire to. This way, your statement becomes your own vision of who you want to be.
Explain how the live BetterUp coaching experience that you had during this course can help you use your leadership strengths and best self to achieve your professional goals.

Deliverable Format
Your deliverable is a 2–3-page business report. Because this is a personal reflection, you may write it in the first person and do not need to cite any supporting references.

Related Company Standards
The Defining Yourself As a Leader business report is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines, including single-spaced paragraphs. In addition to the report, include:

Title page or a heading at the top of the first page with title, date, and your name.
Conclusion.
References page (if applicable).
APA-formatted references (if applicable).
You might consider using the following outline:

Introduction. (Tell the reader what this paper is about.)
My Strengths. (Detail your BetterUp-identified strengths and describe how you currently use those strengths.)
Leadership Statement. (Create a statement of who you want to be as a leader—make it aspiring, like an affirmation.)
Conclusion. (Wrap up the paper, mentioning that you had your BetterUp coaching, and describe specific ways how you can use the future BetterUp coaching sessions to lead yourself or others even better.)
References.

***MARKETING INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE*** POSITION (EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/MARKETING MANAGER)

In paragraph format answer the following (Please include headers specified in #1-3 below):
1. The Main Activities
Describe in detail 3-5 main activities, duties, or responsibilities you completed during your internship. (For example, activities might include designing a newsletter, writing memos, entering data, analyzing financial reports, etc.) Give a description of the activity, the process you went through to successfully complete the activity and any results, etc. Talk about any assumptions you had going in to the internship, what surprised you, etc.

When applicable, attach examples of your work. (Always check with your site supervisor first to make sure the material can be included in your report. We do not want you to include any information the organization deems proprietary or confidential).

2. Class Concepts
Identify 2-3 class concepts or theories (from your academic work thus far) that relate to your internship work and discuss these relationships. Describe any skills/knowledge you acquired as they relate to class concepts.

3. Impact on Development
Identify and explain, with examples, 2-3 aspects of your internship experience that impacted you in areas such as your point of view, your learning, your professional development. Related examples might include a change of viewpoint, networking, communication skills, problem-solving skills, time management, etc.

Bread price-fixing In December2017, it was revealed that seven of the largest bread-making or bread-selling companies in Canada were allegedly involved in a price-fixing scheme to falsely inflate the price of bread. Loblaws, one of those charged, agreed to provide information in return for lenient treatment. Loblaws also offered customers a $25 gift card to apologize. What is happening with this story now? How are consumers reacting to this? Why is it illegal in the first place? What types of responses have bread companies made?
a)Explain this business issue: what happened? how long did it go on? who was involved, and what was the impact on the Canadian consumer?
b)Analyze:what course concepts apply?
Suggestions:
•free market competition & equilibrium price
•collusion / consumer rights
•public relations and crisis management
•other?•
Market economy, competition and equilibrium price: why is competition is important in a free-market economy? What rules govern ethical behaviour here?Legal behaviour?
•Marketing/public relations/crisis management:What is happening for customers? What kind of feedback is there about the $25 gift certificate? As an attempt to calm customers, did Loblaw’s action work? What are consumer protection groups saying? What about the other bread companies involved?
•Socially responsible business/consumer rights/collusion:given what we learned about social responsibility, what can you say about this situation?
•Other?

Jumping-Off Information Source:
•http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-december-21-2017-1.4458465/bread-price-fixing-investigation-into-at-least-7-companies-1.4458469

so we were taught about these things in this see if this helps:-
course concepts
· Perfect vs. Oligopoly Competition: Many sellers; product is basically identical. Relatively easy to enter the industry. Individual firms have no control over price.
· Oligopoly Competition: A few large suppliers dominate. Higher barriers to entry. Products are seen as similar. Prices gravitate toward a common “market price”
What if this ‘common’ market price these large corporations are supposedly gravitating towards is fixed?
Promoting Competition
· Government as a Regulator/ Taxation Agent
· Protecting Consumers – Customer and Corporate Affairs Canada Administer
· External Environment: Factors beyond the organization’s boundaries that cannot be controlled (i.e. competition)

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You own two lakes rich in fish. The quantity of fish caught in each lake depends on the number of persons who fish in each, according to
Q1 = 10N1 – 0.1N12 and
Q2 = 16N2 – 0.4N22,
where N1 and N2 denote the number of fishers at each lake. In all, there are N fishers working for you, each of them is paid a wage w, and the price of fish is P.
1. Write down your optimization problem as an optimization problem with a single variable, N1. Hint: find N2 from the formula N = N1 + N2, and replace it in the objective function.
2. Write down the first order condition for this problem. Do not solve the equation yet!
3. The first order condition (which you did not solve yet, right?) implicitly defines the optimal number of fishers in lake 1, N1* as a function of P, w, and N. Use the implicit function theorem to calculate all three partial derivatives of N1*.
4. Solve the first order condition to calculate N1*.
5. Write down and check the second order condition(s).
6. Skip
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7. Write the optimization problem you are faced in the previous section (questions 1 — 5), as a constrained optimization problem with 2 variables.
8. Write down the first order conditions.
9. Write down the second order condition(s) and check whether it/they are satisfied.
10. Find the optimal numbers of fishers in each lake.
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On a popular air route, an airline offers two classes of service: business class (B) and economy class (E). The respective inverse demands are given by
PB = 540 – 0.5QB and PE = 380 – QE.
Because of ticketing regulations, business passengers cannot take advantage of economy’s low fares.
Each flight has a capacity of 200 passengers, The cost per full flight is $20,000, so you may assume the marginal cost per passenger is $100.
11. Write down the optimization problem this airline is faced with. Set it up as an unconstrained optimization problem with two variables.
12. Write down the first order condition(s).
13. Solve the first order condition(s) to find out the optimal number of flights.
14. Write down the second order condition(s) and check whether it/they is/are satisfied.
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End of assignment.

Discussion: The Market is Calling for Biolage R.A.W.

Biolage R.A.W. is a professional haircare brand launched in 2017, in Portugal. The brand is taking its first steps into the Portuguese market and facing a lack of awareness about high-end natural products along with facing challenges with pricing in this segment. This case looks at how Biolage R.A.W. can come up with a launch strategy in a market where the brand name is unknown and the price of the products is regarded as high by the target consumer. After completing this week’s readings and after reading the corresponding article in the Reading and Resources section of this module, address the importance of

Identifying your target demographic(s)
Defining the psychographics of your target demographic(s)
Addressing the needs and wants of the target demographic(s)
Describing how the company can use its brand to help establish trust with the target demographic

Write an Executive Summary (EXSUM) analyze a required case study with a directed focus using one component from the NCO Core Competencies. You will then summarize the case study staying relevant to the directed question from the lesson. The EXSUM will focus on the historical case study, but will be supported by other research conducted to support your findings.

Construct a proposal to JGJ Inc. of 1000 words (+/- 50 words) using at least four credible and objective sources not provided as resources in the course in your analysis, plus at least one source provided in the course reading list.
Use the titles in the Market Analysis Report Template to create six sections for this part of the consultant’s report:
Analysis of Current Pricing Models in the Market
Analysis of Current Promotional Models in the Market
Analysis of Current Distribution Models in the Market
Recommended Pricing Strategy for JGJ Inc.
Recommended Promotional Strategy for JGJ Inc.
Recommended Distribution Strategy for JGJ Inc.

The first three sections require significant quantitative data and will be used to support the three recommendation sections. These analysis sections should provide a solid overview of existing competition with enough specifics from primary competitors to demonstrate a mastery of the market. You will not need to detail every competitor in the market; you should focus on those competitors which will be closest to JGJ Inc. in the positioning matrix and/or those who hold the largest market shares.
You do not need to necessarily use a different strategy than the competition in any of the three recommendation sections, but your recommendations must provide a logical and substantially strong argument for why your set of tactics will be successful. Going head-to-head is very difficult so your combination of tactics must meet the standard that it has a high likelihood of success. You should be creative and use the most current methods and trends to establish differentiation for your target customers.

Utilize concepts and terms learned in the course to prepare pare a 3-5
page paper that addresses items 1 – 4 below:
1. Discuss the importance of establishing a quality management
system and show how such quality processes are initiated
successfully within an organization.
2. Describe the differences between processes at an organization
that do not utilize quality practices, and one that does. What
specific benefits will be yielded by adapting a quality
management program?
3. Examine a specific quality methodology, and discuss how it is
utilized to increase efficiency and establish a continuous
improvement mindset within an organization.
4. Discuss how quality processes are adapted throughout an
entire organization and specifically note what actions could be
established that would eliminate friction.
Writing expectations:
Must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and typed in
12-point Times New Roman.
Your Essay should have a Title Page and References Page.
Proofread for spelling and grammar mistakes.
Cite all texts used, including page numbers to avoid plagiarism.
Be sure to provide specific examples and research to support
your analysis.
Again, the paper should be 3 – 5 pages (excluding the title and
reference pages).
The goal of this assignment is to answer the questions provided by
1 / 2
utilizing the four SLO’s that we have discussed to date….your paper
will be graded by how well you can incorporate them into the
framework of your paper.
Please contact me immediately if you have questions and/or concerns
about turning in the paper on time.
CASE ASSIGNMENT DUE NO LATER THAN SUNDAY 11:59 PM (PST)