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Please answer the following short answer questions with 2 or more paragraphs each:1) How do the expectations of future interest rates impact an investor’s willingness to pay for a stock, ceteris paribus? Justify your answer.2) Please explain carefully; how did the “call loans” of the 1920s contribute to the severity of the stock market crash of 1929?3) What are some of the most compelling evidences for the Keynesian interpretation of the Great Depression and why?4) Please carefully explain (using the theory of utility maximization) if a farmer would prefer to receive price supports or direct income supplements and why, ceteris paribus.5) Please explain and define the Phillips curve.6) How does the QWERTY keyboard demonstrate “path dependence”?

Generating Higher Value at IBM (A)Case SynopsisThis case analyzes IBM’s financial performance and its capital allocation decisions over a 10-year period from 2004-2013, during which IBM returned more than $140B to shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. During this time, CEO Sam Palmisano’s created, announced, and then regularly updated a long-term financial “roadmap” as part of the firm’s strategic transformation. The roadmap showed both a destination (a target EPS number) and a detailed path to that destination in terms of revenue growth, margin expansion, and share repurchases. After successfully achieving its first roadmap, the firm announced a second 5-year roadmap known as the “2015 EPS roadmap”. The case is set in May 2014, just after IBM’s annual investor briefing. Despite more than 10 years of strong financial performance, IBM reported relatively weak financial results in the first quarter of 2014. Sophia Johnson, an equity analyst, must decide whether to revise her investment recommendation based on what she heard that day.

1. Discuss the relationship between data, information, and knowledge. Support your discussion with at least 3 academically reviewed articles.2. Why do organization have information deficiency problem? Suggest ways on how to overcome information deficiency problem.

In Canada, what are the different provincial or territorial requirements for different forms of business ownership? Note: I write only about sketchwin Provence.

Discussion Topic:250-500 words 48-72 hours $5 usd need 2Many organizations offer a combination of goods and services to their customers. As you learned in Chapter 1, there are some key differences between production of goods and delivery of services.What are the implications of these differences relative to managing operations?Provide a relevant example from your own perspective to support your understanding.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Project Assignment- FINALI. INTRODUCTION· Product OvervieH.O.M.E kit focuses on supplying the consumer with simple non-perishable goods that are often looked over when making a move. Hence it provides ease of mind to the consumer because moving into an apartment can be very stressful and most college students are likely to miss out on some of the smaller details. The H.O.M.E kit is a bag filled with either cleaning tools or cooking tools like cups, plates, pot, pan, grater, cutting boards, utensils, flashlight, towel, dustpan, and spray bottle etc. It could also be a customizable kit where the customer can mix and match tools by themselves. The bag has two sizes, a medium size H.O.M.E kit that can carry 21 products and a large size H.O.M.E kit Plus that can carry additional contents like a mini-vacuum, lightbulbs, batteries, and a toolkit. Each kit comes in a considerable weight that can be easily carried· Idea Generation (why is there a need for your product?)Moving can be very hectic, it is considered the 3rd most stressful event in a person’s life. About 40 million Americans move every year making up 17% of the US population. (https://www.ctmovingandstorage.com/resources/15-interesting-moving-facts). Even though the idea of making kits is popular and the familiar to people, there are still students and couples who would rather spend money to get a kit that contains the essentials when moving in. Also, the trend towards gifting newlyweds couples or students already moved in kit that has everything in it has increased dramatically for the past years. This service would ensure when the consumer moves into their new living situation all of the small details will be taking care off· Value Proposition (why should a consumer purchase your product?)Recently the popularity of bundles or kits have become more apparent. For example, there are a wide array of services that offer premade meals for people that find gathering all the ingredients and preparing the meal may take too long for someone with a busy life. Therefore, and idea of replicating this type of product but in the form of necessities is needed when moving into a new college living situation. Young adults now are seeking the aspect of ease and simplicity so this product will align perfectly with that trend. HOME kit developed this product based off the needs for college students, and with that in mind it is created to be the cheapest alternative possible.

Here are the sections you will need to cover in your paper, in the following order:What is the name and mission statement of the company? How long has it been in business? What is the line of business? Who are the competitors?What is the history of the company up through the present day? (Summarize major events and tell how those major events affected the company. A timeline may be a great way to show major events).Write about at least 1 example that shows what you consider to be a good ethical decision this company has made in the past or is in the process of making/considering today. Make sure to tell why they made this decision (What prompted them to make it? What do they hope to achieve by making it? Etc.). Also, make sure to tell why you consider this a good ethical decision.Write about at least 1 example that shows what you consider to be a poor ethical decision this company made in the past or is in the process of making/considering today. Make sure to tell why they made this decision (What prompted them to make it? What do they hope to achieve by making it? Etc.). Also, make sure to tell why you consider this a poor ethical decision.Write about their marketing and distribution strategies. Please provide examples to support your statements.Write about their operations. Again, provide examples to support your statements.Write about the good and/or bad effects that the current recession has had on the company. Provide examples.Include at least one of the following financial statements: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cashflow Statement (or budget). Make sure these statements are no older than 5 years.Write a summary paragraph for your paper to wrap it up at the end.Provide a bibliography in MLA format listing all the references you used (websites included) in this paper. If you are unfamiliar with MLA format, please look at the examples on this website:

Length and format: Work sheets from below, and a paper no less than 400 words in length.TopicThe dominant theme of supply chain management is the achievement of operational integration. The benefits from operational integration are directly related to CAPTURING EFFICIENCIES BETWEEN FUNCTIONS within an enterprise as well as ACROSS ENTERPRISES in a supply chain.Having noted this, let’s take a closer look at a business you’re familiar with, and come up with a plan!Select either a business where you currently work, worked previously, or even select Post University.Make sure you identify what you are covering!Complete the inputs for the questions below based on either your work, or school. Each section is based on a different facet of the organization, so the hope is the business is covered as a whole.Then comment on the overall outlook for that business as it relates to integrated operations planning. Does it function well, or is there a need for improvement? Where is that improvement needed, and what would you do, based on this week’s readings, to effect change? Be sure to include your worksheet from below with the assignment!Students: Be sure to read the criteria (last page), by which your assignment will be evaluated, before you write, and again after you write.

Below is a list of five large and significant organizations. Research each organization and select one as the topic for the final paper:CSX – Transportation industryJBS – Food industryUniversity of Arizona Global Campus (formerly known as Ashford University) – Higher educationNokia – Technology industrySimon Properties Group – Real Estate and RetailEach organization is unique and has important strategic challenges. Once you select an organization, begin a detailed search to identify the history, industry, mission and vision, values and purpose, the leadership within, and potential competition.Also, research and locate a news item (within the last 12 to 24 months) that is affecting the company and posing a challenge to its strategy. Challenges come in many different forms and could be positive or negative. You may discover leadership issues, legal or legislative issues, environmental challenges, human resource concerns, product design and research challenges, growth challenges, or possibly financial issues. Keep in mind that the identified challenge will be the core of the strategic review and recommendations developed throughout the paper.Once your research is complete, prepare Section 1 of the paper. Section 1 must have at a minimum three full pages of APA content (excluding the cover and reference pages). You must include at a minimum three resources that provide qualified information related to the organization. Wikipedia is not a qualified resource.Include the text as a scholarly resource to support theory and concepts related to strategy. During the construction of Section 1, be specific and refrain from making assumptions. .To complete this assignment, you must address the following:Select an organization.Identify the history, the industry, the mission and vision, the values and purpose, the leadership within, and potential competition.Research and locate a new item that is affecting the company and posing a challenge to its strategy

Business LawInternal Assignment Applicable for June 2021 Examination2. Explain in detail two (2) real-life cases of penalties being imposed for offences underInformation Technology Act, 2000. Please explain the facts and the nature of the offencein detail. (10 Marks3. Rehan’s father died due to COVID-19 complications but Rehan felt that the negligenceof the hospital authorities led to his father dying. The hospital in which his father wasadmitted is a government hospital. Now, Rehan wants to file a case against the hospitaltowards this negligence. He requested the hospital to provide the case papers of his fatherhealth records, admission records and other details of his stay in the hospital. However,the hospital refused it.a. Under what law can Rehan apply to obtain the documents and records from thegovernment hospital in light of the refusal of the government hospital to provide thesame? Please explain the answer with reasons (5 Marks)b. Can the government hospital refuse the provision of the documents, if yes under whichlaw? Please explain the answer with reasons (5 Marks)