Publicized Conflict at Yahoo

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Case Study 10.1 Publicized Conflict at Yahoo

Introduction  Teams and organizations face challenges and inevitable conflicts will naturally arise. Clash between individual or groups happen because of different opinions, thought processes, and perception. Disagreements and clashes cause stress and discomfort, but not all conflict is bad. During these times conflict helps teams and organization be more creative and innovative.

Unit Learning Outcomes  ULO 1: Analyze the concept of power and its relationship to leadership. (CLO 1, 3 & 5)

ULO 2: Examine the results of the various influence tactics. (CLO 3, 5 & 6)

Directions  Mini-case studies: The students are expected to answer the questions associated with the case. These questions are intended to elicit thoughtful reactions to contemporary organizational behavior initiatives and challenges. The students are expected to carefully read the assignment instructions, then thoroughly and explicitly address each component of the corresponding case study questions.  The responses should reflect higher level cognitive processing (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation), which is essential for someone in any industry, as diversity decisions affect all levels and stakehol8.ders within the organization and in the external marketplace.  There is no minimum number of references that need to be utilized to support the completion of this assignment; however, it is generally understood that any good case study analysis will incorporate the appropriate quality and quantity of scholarly sources to support any suppositions and recommendations.  The submission will not exceed four (4) pages in length, excluding the title and references pages.  The document must adhere to the APA writing style.  The document should be prepared as a Microsoft Word file.

Answer the case questions

1. Explain whether the ousting of former CEO and COO as well as the employees standards reform, have been functional or dysfunctional conflict for yahoo.

2. Explain what type of conflict made DeCastro less than suitable for the postion of COO at yhaoo.

3.Describe why trust will be an important factor for yahoo as a company.

Global Entity Project

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Global Entity Project

Write a biography of some global entity. It can be a tangible object or good, a philosophy or idea, a person you know, an image you’ve seen, an institution or organization- some entity that has crossed international borders.

If you’ve selected an intangible entity, like an idea, a person, or an organization, you might want to consider the tenets, the experience, or the membership of your selection. What is the background of this entity? Where did it originate? How did it become global? Who regulates it? How is it made known to the world? What is its value? Who holds it valuable? How does it connect people?

Auctions as price discovery

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ECO 550 Case Study 1: Auctions

The following video describes auctions as price discovery mechanisms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kWuxfVbIaU 
Use the video on auctions and at least 3 academic and/or high-quality business publications, see definitions below, to answer the following questions in 5-7 pages: 
1.  There are many types of auctions each with strengths and weakness at uncovering the real price/value of an item.  Compare and contrast: 
a) the English and Dutch auctions; and, 
b) the sealed bid first price auction and the Vickery Auction. 
2.  After many months of offers and counter offers for Sky PLC, the UK’s The Takeover Panel (http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/) required that Sky PLC be acquired via an auction.  What type of auction was the Sky auction, who were the bidders and who won?  Given that there had been multiple public offers revealed by the bidders, was the auction type selected the best type of auction for the Sky acquisition? 
3.  Auctions are widely used in finance, e-commerce and in e-games.  Identify 3 applications of auctions used in finance, e-commerce and/or e-games.  Explain the: 
a)  need for an auction in the product/service; and 
b)  what type of auction is used and why that type of auction is appropriate for the product/service. 
4.  Auctions are also widely used to generate revenue for not-for-profit organizations.  What are the advantages/disadvantages of auctions as revenue generators for not-for-profit organizations? 
5.  Suggest ways in which the company you work for, or the company which you aspire to work for, can use auctions to better uncover value and increase revenue. 
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: 
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12) with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format.  Check with your professor for any additional instructions. 
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title and the date.  The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment length. 
Acceptable Types of Publications 
The definition of a high-quality professional business publication is one which is primarily a publication directed to reporting and/or analysis of the workings of business.  Examples are:  Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters…etc.  Avoid general news publications such as USA Today, Washington Post, NY Times. 
PLEASE DO NOT RELY ON WIKIPEDIA, INVESTOPEDIA OR ANY OTHER PEDIA AS A REFERENCE AT ANYTIME IN THIS COURSE. 
Submission Rules 
You may submit 1 attempt at the assignment to test your SafeAssign Score.  The SafeAssign score should be 25% or less. 

Stock journal entry

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FIN 100 week 8 stock journal entry

If you need help submitting assignments, please click here for more information.
There are three (3) types of textbook based homework items located at the end of each chapter. These include Review Questions (RQ), Exercises (E), and Problems (P). Some homework items have been custom created. Complete the following homework scenario: o Select one (1) U.S. publicly traded company and review its most recent Annual Report. (You may use one (1) of the three (3) companies you selected for your Stock Journal assignment.)  Use the Income Statement and Balance Sheet to determine the changes in:  assets, liabilities, and equity  total revenue and net income  Briefly describe the change from the current and prior years in each of these key areas and determine if the changes would be positive or negative from an investor / stockholder’s view. Week 8 Stock Journal – FIN100155VA016-1188-001

Managerial Decision Making in a Global Environment

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Managerial Decision Making in a Global Environment

This assignment will assess competencies 5. Develop an effective entry strategy and organizational structure for new ventures in a multinational organization and 6. Predict the political, legal and ethical challenges of international management, decision making and control in an international environment.
Directions
The due diligence analyses on the three countries chosen in LP1 will continue in this LP with the exploration of management decision making processes. For each of your countries, you will create a roadmap for your entry strategy into the country with which type of ownership structure you would use, providing examples of why this would be the best choice. You will discuss whether there are regulations with regards to trade in moving into this country.
Provide a SWAT analysis of the government and political issues you will be encountering during the entry process. Finally, discuss all the legal and ethical challenges you foresee in moving into this arena. A minimum of two pages per country is required and you will follow APA (6th edition) formatting (no abstract is required for this milestone) with title and reference pages, indented paragraphs and a minimum of four APA formatted references and associated in-text citations.  This information, and that of the following LPs, will become part of your final project artifact.
Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox LP4 Assignment: Milestone 4: Management Decision Making in a Global Environment. This assignment is worth 100 points and will be graded according to the LP4 Assignment: Milestone 4 rubric.
HA6510 ASSIGNMENT:
LP4 Assignment
LP4 Assignment: NGOs
This assignment will assess the following competencies: 4. Evaluate international nonprofit and non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) that identify, educate, and intervene in global health care. 5. Analyze the impact of international issues on the United States healthcare system.
Directions: In a 1250-1500 word paper (words included on the title page and reference section do not count towards this length requirement), analyze and evaluate the impact of health education that is provided by NGOs in underdeveloped countries.
Consider the following in your analysis:
• The major initiatives conducted by these agencies • The effectiveness of these initiatives • Five key health care related issues impacted by these initiatives • What the impact of these initiatives on these issues has been • The impact of these organizations on US health care
Criteria for this paper:
• The paper must be written and properly cited in APA style • The paper must include at least three peer-reviewed sources other than the text
Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox LP4 Assignment: NGOs. This assignment is worth 100 points; grading will be based on the General Writing Rubric, located under “Course Information.”

Bond repayment ratios

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BHA 4053 Unit II Assessment

Questions
1. Using the example balance sheet and statement of operations (Tables 2.2 and 2.3) provided in Chapter 2, calculate the three bond repayment ratios. Use your calculations to comment on the financial condition of Ridgeland Heights Medical Center.
2. Why is it so important for a healthcare organization to develop a five-year strategic financial plan, not just an annual budget?
3. Why is financial ratio analysis crucial for understanding the financial position of a healthcare organization? Select any three of the commonly used financial ratios, provide the formula, and briefly explain what it tells us about the status of the healthcare facility.
4. Explain the difference between direct and indirect costs for a healthcare organization. Provide and discuss at least one example of a direct cost in health care and one example of an indirect cost in health care.

Relative valuation of common stock

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BBA 3310 Unit VI Assignment

Instructions: Enter all answers directly in this worksheet. When finished select Save As, and save this document using your last name and student ID as the file name. Upload the data sheet to Blackboard as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file when you are finished.

Question 1: (10 points). (Bond valuation) Calculate the value of a bond that matures in 12 years and has $1,000 par value. The annual coupon interest rate is 9 percent and the market’s required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 12 percent. Round to the nearest cent.

The value of the bond is  

Question 2: (10 points). (Bond valuation) Enterprise, Inc. bonds have an annual coupon rate of 11 percent. The interest is paid semiannually and the bonds mature in 9 years. Their par value is $1,000. If the market’s required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 14 percent, what is the value of the bond? What is its value if the interest is paid annually and semiannually? (Round to the nearest cent.)

a. The value of the Enterprise bonds if the interest is paid semiannually is $
b. The value of the Enterprise bonds if the interest is paid annually is $

Question 3: (10 points). (Yield to maturity) The market price is $750 for a 20-year bond ($1,000 par value) that pays 9 percent annual interest, but makes interest payments on a semiannual basis (4.5 percent semiannually). What is the bond’s yield to maturity? (Round to two decimal places.)

The bond’s yield to maturity is   %

Question 4: (10 points). (Yield to maturity) A bond’s market price is $950. It has a $1,000 par value, will mature in 14 years, and has a coupon interest rate of 8 percent annual interest, but makes its interest payments semiannually. What is the bond’s yield to maturity? What happens to the bond’s yield to maturity if the bond matures in 28 years? What if it matures in 7 years? (Round to two decimal places.)

The bond’s yield to maturity if it matures in 14 years is   %
The bond’s yield to maturity if it matures in 28 years is   %
The bond’s yield to maturity if it matures in 7 years is   %

Question 5: (15 points). (Bond valuation relationships) Arizona Public Utilities issued a bond that pays $70 in interest, with a $1,000 par value and matures in 25 years. The markers required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 8 percent. (Round to the nearest cent.) For questions with two answer options (e.g. increase/decrease) choose the best answer and write it in the answer block.

Question Answer
a. What is the value of the bond if the markers required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 8 percent? $
   
b. What is the value of the bond if the markers required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond increases to 11 percent? $
   
c. What is the value of the bond if the market’s required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond decreases to 7 percent?

 

 $
   
d. The change in the value of a bond caused by changing interest rates is called interest-rate risk. Based on the answer: in parts b and c, a decrease in interest rates (the yield to maturity) will cause the value of a bond to (increase/decrease):  
By contrast in interest rates will cause the value to (increase/decrease):  
Also, based on the answers in part b, if the yield to maturity (current interest rate) equals the coupon interest rate, the bond will sell at (par/face value):  
exceeds the bond’s coupon rate, the bond will sell at a (discount/premium):  
and is less than the bond’s coupon rate, the bond will sell at a (discount/premium):  
   
e. Assume the bond matures in 5 years instead of 25 years, what is the value of the bond if the yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 8 percent? $ 960.07 Assume the bond matures in 5 years instead of 25 years, what is the value of the bond if the yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 11 percent? $
   
f. Assume the bond matures in 5 years instead of 25 years, what is the value of the bond if the yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 7 percent? $
   
g. From the findings in part e, we can conclude that a bondholder owning a long-term bond is exposed to (more/less) interest-rate risk than one owning a short-term bond.  

 Question 6: (5 points). (Measuring growth) If Pepperdine, Inc.’s return on equity is 14 percent and the management plans to retain 55 percent of earnings for investment purposes, what will be the firm’s growth rate? (Round to two decimal places.)

The firm’s growth rate will be   %

Question 7: (10 points). (Common stock valuation) The common stock of NCP paid $1.29 in dividends last year. Dividends are expected to grow at an annual rate of 6.00 percent for an indefinite number of years. (Round to the nearest cent.)

a. If your required rate of return is 8.70 percent, the value of the stock for you is: $
b. You (should/should not) make the investment if your expected value of the stock is (greater/less) than the current market price because the stock would be undervalued.    

Question 8: (10 points). (Measuring growth) Given that a firm’s return on equity is 22 percent and management plans to retain 37 percent of earnings for investment purposes, what will be the firm’s growth rate? If the firm decides to increase its retention rate, what will happen to the value of its common stock? (Round to two decimal places.)

a. The firm’s growth rate will be:  
b. If the firm decides to increase its retention ratio, what will happen to the value of its common stock? An increase in the retention rate will (increase/decrease) the rate of growth in dividends, which in turn will (increase/decrease) the value of the common stock.    

Question 9: (10 points). (Relative valuation of common stock) Using the P/E ratio approach to valuation, calculate the value of a share of stock under the following conditions:

  • the investor’s required rate of return is 13 percent,
  • the expected level of earnings at the end of this year (E1) is $8,
  • the firm follows a policy of retaining 40 percent of its earnings,
  • the return on equity (ROE) is 15 percent, and
  • similar shares of stock sell at multiples of 8.571 times earnings per share.

Now show that you get the same answer using the discounted dividend model. (Round to the nearest cent.)

a. The stock price using the P/E ratio valuation method is: $
b. The stock price using the dividend discount model is: $

Question 10: (10 points) (Preferred stock valuation) Calculate the value of a preferred stock that pays a dividend of $8.00 per share when the market’s required yield on similar shares is 13 percent. (Round to the nearest cent.)

a. The value of the preferred stock is $ Per share

Common-size income statement

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BBA 3301 Unit V Assignment

Instructions: Enter all answers directly in this worksheet. When you are finished, select Save As, and save this document using your last name and student ID as the file name. Upload the data sheet to Blackboard as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file when you are finished.

 

Question 1. (30 points total) Use this balance sheet and income statement from Carver Enterprises to complete parts a and b:

  1. (15 points) Prepare a common size balance sheet for Carver Enterprises. Complete the common-size balance sheet: (Round to one decimal place.)
 

Common−Size Balance Sheet

 2013
Cash and marketable securities $ 490 %
Accounts receivable 5,990
Inventories 9,550
Current assets $ 16,030 %
Net property plant and equipment 17,030
Total assets $ 33,060 %
Accounts payable $ 7,220 %
Short−term debt 6,800
Current liabilities $ 14,020 %
Long−term liabilities 7,010
Total liabilities $ 21,030 %
Total owners’ equity 12,030
Total liabilities and owners’ equity $ 33,060 %

  1. (15 points) Prepare a common-size income statement for Carver Enterprises. Complete the common-size income statement: (Round to one decimal place.)

Common−Size Income Statement   2013    
Revenues $ 30,020   %
Cost of goods sold (19,950)
Gross profit $ 10,070 %
Operating expenses (7,960)
Net operating income $ 2,110 %
Interest expense (940)
Earnings before taxes $ 1,170 %
Taxes (425)
Net income $ 745 %

Question 2. (10 points total) Use this data table of Campbell Industries liabilities and owners’ equity to complete parts a and b.

  1. (5 points) What percentage of the firm’s assets does the firm finance using debt (liabilities)? (Round to one decimal place.)
  2. (5 points) If Campbell were to purchase a new warehouse for $1.3 million and finance it entirely with long-term debt, what would be the firm’s new debt ratio?  (Round to one decimal place.)

 

 

 

 

Question 3. (10 points total) (Liquidity analysis) Airspot Motors, Inc. has $2,433,200 in current assets and $869,000 in current liabilities. The company’s managers want to increase the firm’s inventory, which will be financed using short-term debt. How much can the firm increase its inventory without its current ratio falling below 2.1 (assuming all other assets and current liabilities remain constant)? (Round to one decimal place.)

 

 

 

Question 4. (10 points total) (Efficiency analysis) Baryla Inc. manufactures high quality decorator lamps in a plant located in eastern Tennessee. Last year the firm had sales of $93 million and a gross profit margin of 45 percent.

  1. (5 points) How much inventory can Baryla hold and still maintain an inventory turnover ratio of at least 6.3 times? (Round to one decimal place.)

  1. (5 points) Currently, some of Baryla’s inventory includes $2.3 million of outdated and damaged goods that simply remain in inventory and are not salable. What inventory ratio must the good inventory maintain in order to achieve an overall turnover ratio of at least 6.3 (including the unsalable items)? (Round to one decimal place.)

Question 5. (15 points total) (Profitability and capital structure analysis) In the year that just ended, Callaway Lighting had sales of $5,470,000 and incurred cost of goods sold equal to $4,460,000. The firm’s operating expenses were $128,000 and its increase in retained earnings was $42,000 for the year. There are currently 99,000 common stock shares outstanding and the firm pays a $4.770 dividend per share. The firm has $1,180,000 in interest-bearing debt on which it pays 7.7 percent interest.

  1. (5 points) Assuming the firm’s earnings are taxed at 35%, construct the firm’s income statement.

Income Statement
Revenues $
Cost of Goods Sold
Gross Profit $
Operating Expenses
Net Operating Income $
Interest Expense
Earnings before Taxes $
Income Taxes
Net Income $
  1. (5 points) Calculate the firm’s operating profit margin and net profit margin. (Round to one decimal place.)
 

The operating profit margin is

   %
The net income margin is %

  1. (5 points) Compute the times interest earned ratio.
 

The times interest earned ratio is

 %

What does this tell you about Callaway’s ability to pay its interest expense? (Fill in the blank with the times interest earned ratio from above and select the best choice.)

1)     Callaway’s operating income can fall as much as ______ times the interest expense and the company would still be able to service its debt.

2)     Callaway’s interest expense is _______ times higher than its competitors.

3)     Callaway’s gross profit can fall as much as ______ times and still be able to service its debt.

4)     Callaway’s operating income can fall as much as ______ times and still be able to repay its debt.

What is the firm’s return on equity? (Select the best choice.)

1)     The firm’s return on equity is the same as the net profit margin, 9.4%.

2)     The firm’s return on equity is the sum of the operating profit margin and the net profit margin, 25.5%.

3)     There is not enough information to answer this question.

4)     The firm’s return on equity is the same as the operating profit margin, 16.1%.

Question 6. (5 points total) (Market value analysis) Lei Materials’ balance sheet lists total assets of $1.16 billion, $132 million in current liabilities, $415 million in long-term debt, $613 million in common equity, and 58 million shares of common stock. If Lei’s current stock price is $52.08, what is the firm’s market-to-book ratio? (Round to one decimal place.)

 

Question 7. (5 points total) (DuPont analysis) Bryley, Inc. earned a net profit margin of 5.1 percent last year and had an equity multiplier of 3.49. If its total assets are $109 million and its sales are $157 million, what is the firm’s return on equity? (Round to one decimal place.)

 

Question 8. (15 points total) (Calculating financial ratios) Use the balance sheet and income statement for the J. P. Robard Mfg. Company to calculate the following ratios:

Current ratio (Round to two decimal places.)    
Times interest earned (Round to two decimal places.)   times
Inventory turnover (Round to two decimal places.)   times
Total asset turnover (Round to two decimal places.)    
Operating profit margin (Round to one decimal places.)   %
Operating return on assets (Round to one decimal places.)   %
Debt ratio (Round to one decimal places.)   %
Average collection period (Round to one decimal places.)   days
Fixed asset turnover (Round to two decimal places.)    
Return on equity (Round to one decimal places.)   %

Budgeting and the Cost of Capital

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FIN 501 CASE Module 3 – Case Capital Budgeting and the Cost of Capital

1. The table below gives the initial investment and expected cash flows over the next five years for two different projects. Assume that the industry you are in expects a return of 10%, which you use as the discount rate in net present value (NPV) calculations and as the required rate of return for purposes of deciding on projects. Also, assume that management only wants to invest in projects that pay off within four years.

For each project, compute the payback period, NPV, and internal rate of return (IRR). Then explain whether each project should be accepted based on these three criteria.



  Project A Project B
Initial Investment $40,000 $28,000
Year Cash Flows
1 $10,000 $10,000
2 $10,000 $13,000
3 $10,000 $5,000
4 $10,000 $5,000
5 $10,000 $6,000


2.Suppose you are planning on becoming a vendor at the arena where your favorite sports team plays. You are trying to decide between opening up a souvenir stand selling T-shirts, caps, etc., with your sports team’s logo or opening up a hot dog and beer stand. It is more expensive to open up the hot dog and beer stand because you need to purchase a license to serve alcohol and you need to spend money to comply with health department regulations. Revenue from the souvenir stand is likely to be unpredictable because fans of your favorite team tend to want to purchase hats and T-shirts only when the team is winning. Revenue from hot dogs and beer seem to be a little more steady since fans want to eat and drink regardless of whether the team is winning.

Below is a table with the initial investment cost of each type of stand and the annual payments you expect over the next five years. The annual payments will be different depending on how well your team does. Therefore, you will estimate how much cash flow you will get depending on whether your team does better than expected (optimistic), the same as the past few years (most likely), and worse than expected (pessimistic). Use a discount rate of 8%.

Based on the table below, answer the following items:

A.Calculate the net present value (NPV) for each type of stand under each of the three scenarios. Calculate the range of possible NPV values for each type of stand.

B.Based on your answer to A) above and your own guesses about how well you think your favorite team will do over the next five years, which type of stand would you rather invest in?

  Souvenir Stand Hot Dog and Beer Stand
Initial Investment $100,000 $150,000
   Annual Cash Inflows (5 Years)
Outcome    
 Pessimistic $30,000 $50,000
 Most likely $50,000 $60,000
 Optimistic $70,000 $70,000




3.   Suppose you are a corn farmer in your home state. You have to decide between two projects. One project is to purchase new equipment for your farm that will help boost your profits for the next 10 years. You also find out that you can purchase a large banana farm in Brazil for the same price as the equipment, and at the current market price for bananas you will make a lot more profit than you would from purchasing new corn farming equipment.

After asking around, you find out that the standard discount rate for evaluating the NPV of the farming project is 6%. Most farmers in your home state seem to use this rate successfully. However, you don’t know any other banana farmers and you don’t know too much about farming in Brazil, so you have to make a guess on an appropriate discount rate for the Brazilian banana farm. Based on the concepts from the background readings, would you say the Brazilian banana farm will need a lower or higher discount rate? A lot larger or smaller, or only a little?

4.   Calculate the following:

A.  The cost of equity if the risk-free rate is 2%, the market risk premium is 8%, and the beta for the company is 1.3.

B.  The cost of equity if the company paid a dividend of $2 last year and is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7%. The stock price is currently $40.

C.  The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) if the company has a total value of $1 million with a market value of its debt at $600,000 and a market value of its equity at $400,000. Its cost of debt is 6% and its cost of equity is 15%. The tax rate it pays is 25%.

5.   Suppose you own a chain of dry cleaners and the WACC you’ve been using to make decisions on new purchases of dry cleaning equipment is a steady 9%. Recently, gambling has been made legal in your home town so you decide to expand and open up a casino. Should you use the same WACC to evaluate purchases of casino equipment? Why or why not? What are some alternatives to using the same WACC to make decisions on casino equipment? Explain your reasoning, and make references to concepts from the background readings. 

Setting Goals

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Setting Goals

1.Briefly list any financial problems you face personally or as a household, such as too much debt not enough savings, or not enough income.

2.Describe your personal and household financial goals, such as paying off debt or earning more income. Include short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term goals.

3.Develop a list of practical solutions to help solve the financial problems and reach the financial goals identified above.1.Briefly list any financial problems you face personally or as a household, such as too much debt not enough savings, or not enough income.

4.Describe your personal and household financial goals, such as paying off debt or earning more income. Include short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term goals.

5.Develop a list of practical solutions to help solve the financial problems and reach the financial goals identified above.1.Briefly list any financial problems you face personally or as a household, such as too much debt not enough savings, or not enough income.

6.Describe your personal and household financial goals, such as paying off debt or earning more income. Include short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term goals.

7.Develop a list of practical solutions to help solve the financial problems and reach the financial goals identified above.