Category: Business & Finance

Discussion

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, Review Chapter 48 of the course textbook. Between 1966 and 1975, the Orkin Exterminating Company, the worlds largest termite and pest control firm, offered its customers a lifetime guarantee that could be renewed each year by paying a definite amount specified in its contracts with the customers. The […]

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Discussion

Watch this video featuring John Bathke, faculty member at the Forbes School of Business and Technology. Prior to beginning work on this discussion, Review Chapter 49 of the course textbook. Coed Theatres (Coed), a Cleveland area movie theater booking agent, began seeking customers in southern Ohio. Shortly thereafter, Superior Theatre Services (Superior), a Cincinnati booking […]

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“Family Matters.”

In Chapter 14 of your textbook, read the case study, “Family Matters.” After reading the case study, address the questions and prompts below.  What is the most immediate problem for Larry Cohen, the president of Accurate Perforating? Describe Accurate Perforating’s current business model. Describe a new business model using business theories and  concepts that you […]

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Discussion Board

Company – Berkshire Hathaway Research the company you have chosen for your final project, finding something in recent news (less than 8 weeks old) that pertains to a significant change effort that has happened recently, is currently happening, or if you cant find a change effort under way, then choose something currently going on that […]

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margins of error and confidence intervals

1)    Explain why this data is a population, rather than a sample. Remember that we can generally describe a population using a phrase like, this is a list of all of ___________. 2)    Like last weeks exercises, well calculate confidence intervals using random samples of this data. Choose 20 rows at random.  Find the standard […]

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Financial analysis project

  Instructions 1)  You are to prepare the following ratio analysis calculations for the two years 2006 AND 2005 based on the following ratios listed below: Current RatioQuick RatioInventory Turnover in DaysAccount Receivable turnover in DaysAccounts Payable Turnover in DaysFixed Assets TurnoverTotal Assets TurnoverDebt Ratio Times Interest EarnedCost of Borrowing (do your best on this […]

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DB #1

QUESTION 1: EXTERNAL ANALYSIS Describe the firms external environment. Select at least one issue that is relevant to the general environment, at least one that is relevant to the industry environment, and at least one that is relevant to the competitive environment (e.g., strategic group). Explain the importance of each issue and its impact the […]

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