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Description Have you ever wondered how the health of the economy is determined without a thermometer? In this activity, you will select a country and explore the concepts of nominal and real GDP to measure the economic health of your country. As part of your research, you will also explore these key economic factors. Key Economic Factors Gross domestic product (GDP) Unemployment Poverty rates Housing Starts Key Economic Factors GDP per capita Inflation Human development index Standard & Poor's 500 Key Economic Factors Population Interest rates Retail sales Locate a recent article (published within the last year) that includes values for the key economic factors. You can use the Hunt Library, newspapers, new stations, or other credible sources to locate an article. Analyze your selected country's economic well-being. Include the following in your discussion. Discuss how nominal and real GDP for your selected country are effected if there is a decrease in taxes and an increase in interest rates. Identify and discuss at least six economic indicators for your selected country. State the relationship between GDP, net domestic product (NDP), national income (NI), personal income (PI), and disposable income (DI). Summarize your findings using at least 250 words and provide a minimum of one reference. Use current APA formatting to document your sources

Description Like bread and butter go together, so do supply and demand. In this activity, you will select a country and explore the concepts of supply and demand and market equilibrium. Locate a recent article (published within the last year) that discusses supply and demand of an exported good at the macro level. You can use the Hunt Library, newspapers, new stations, or other credible sources to locate an article. Analyze your selected country's exported good and determine the market equilibrium. Include the following in your discussion. Identify the country chosen. Discuss the exported good. Define the Law of Supply and the Law of Demand. Examine the concepts of change in demand, change in quantity demanded, change in supply, and change in quantity supplied and state how these concepts apply to your selected country. Identify the determinants of supply and demand. Explain factors that will shift the supply and/or demand curves to the left and/or to the right. Summarize your findings using at least 250 words and provide a minimum of one reference. Use current APA formatting to document your sources.

Description Based on the article "That Slow Hissing Sound? The Jet Bubble" - i attacked in files below.. answer 3 questions below: (each atleast 150words) Explain what/who is in each of Porter’s 5 forces that affect Boeing or Airbus. (Who are they?) In this article, explain whether/why any one of these 5 forces has considerable power over Boeing or Airbus, another has moderate power and yet another has little power. Defend your answer. Using the theory of co-opetition (value net), explain how one or more governments are in the value net of Boeing or Airbus. Why/how is this important to their profits?

Description ***must let me know which topic you are choosing before 1/26/2019***here is the list of topics you must choose 1 1. Anheuser-Busch 2. Apple 3. AT&T 4. Coca Cola 5. Colgate-Palmolive 6. Exxon Mobil 7. Ford 8. Hertz 9. Home Depot 10. Kraft-Heinz 11. McDonalds 12. Nike 13. Starbucks 14. United Airlines 15. Verizon Reflection is a cognitive process that promotes critical thinking through writing. The purpose of this assignment is to allow students to reflect and make inferences and predictions based on an understanding of the knowledge they have learned in this course. Students should support personal opinion, inference, and prediction by inclusion of relevant content knowledge presented in professional, published works. Format: Term paper should be 3-5 pages (excludes title and reference page) and written in APA style format. Citations and references must be included. Milestones and Due Dates for Reflection Paper: There are 3 parts for this assignment. Deliverable #1: Selecting a Company (20 points; due Module 2): Students select a company or organization, which allows access to economic data, such as sales, prices, employment, interest rates, etc. Examples of industries clearly impacted by the macro economy include: automotive, home building, steel, airlines, and household appliances. Deliverable #2: First Draft (40 points; due Module 4): Students will conduct independent research using online and library resources for the selected company or organization. Then, students will submit at least a one- page summary containing a brief industry/company history, and a brief industry/company overview. Also, the paper should define basic nationwide macroeconomic indicators as well as find time series data for the last 10 to 15 years and time series data for firm level indicators. Deliverable #3: Term Paper (50 points; due Module 6): The paper must address the following items: Provide an overview of the selected company (history, financial status, etc.) Define basic nationwide macroeconomic indicators and find time series data for the last 10 to 15 years. Define and find time series data for firm level indicators. Compare and contrast the nationwide indicators with firm level indicators. Explain whether current economic conditions are more consistent with the Keynesian or classical economic theories. Summarize the impact of the macro-environment. Analyze the relationship among inflation, unemployment, and the business cycle on the selected industry/company. Provide a brief evaluation of the impact of past and current fiscal policies and monetary policies on the economy and on the selected industry/company. (1)

Description Look up a recent article about international trade. What is the article about? What countries are involved? What continent are they located on? Review the article and save it Using the article that you found in the introduction to this unit, answer the following questions. Be sure to include information regarding where you found the article (name of publication or website address) and the name of the author of the article as well as the date of the article. What is the main topic of the article? Provide a well-developed one to two paragraph summary of the article. What countries are discussed in the article? Where are these countries located? What impact does this country’s trade have on other countries? What is the importance of international trade? You may answer this question based on what you learned in this section, as well as what is pointed out in the article.

Description APA format - 8 to 10 slides with 150 words of speaker notes on each slide Respond to the following scenario with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use research to reinforce your ideas. You're meeting with Lester in his office to discuss the details of your presentation to the board next week. "Given all of the research that you have completed over the past several weeks," he says, "you should have most of the information you need to make a presentation to the board. The board doesn't want you to do any more research on all of the topics; rather, we want you to summarize the research that you have already done. " "Yes," you say. "I think I have what I need." "Of course we want your final conclusion and recommendation on what the company should do regarding the location issue, as well," he says. "What type of presentation do you have in mind, Lester?" "A PowerPoint presentation would be appropriate for this group,” he says. “I want you to include slide notes, too, in case we have to go back and look at something at a later date. Your PowerPoint presentation should contain between 10–15 slides, not including the title slide and reference slide(s). For each slide, you should have between 150–200 words in the Notes sections. Let’s take a few minutes now to go over how the slides should be organized. I’ve done similar presentations, so I can save you some time with a few pointers.” When you get back to your office, you type out your notes about each element you discussed and the overall organization of the presentation. For this presentation, you are addressing the following elements: Legal, social, and financial factor considerations Economic factors: gross domestic product (GDP), inflation, interest rates, unemployment Elasticity of demand Economies of scale and efficiency Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) Market structure Risk Costs (marginal, fixed, variable, etc.) International expansion (Five factors that should be considered before making the decision to expand internationally)

Description After reading these articles: Explain how a patent creates a kind of monopoly and what benefits a patent conveys to the owner. Explain what happens in a market when patent protection for a technology runs out. Explain the effects of pay-for-delay actions on producers and consumers. Discuss whether pay-for-delay tactics should no longer be allowed, or should continue.Be sure to support your conclusion using economic arguments.

Description Review the six economic goals discussed in this section. Then, in a paragraph of at least five sentences, describe the goal you feel is the most important to a country and explain why you feel this way. Be sure to provide at least two logical reasons to support your choice. Efficiency: Possible examples: An assembly line, a group of people working as a team Freedom: Possible examples: Someone choosing to buy a house in a particular neighborhood; someone choosing a career Security: Possible examples: Going to the gas pump and buying gas; knowing there are items that you depend on for survival, like knowing that the medicines you need will be in the pharmacy Equity: This is a difficult one! It is rare to find any economy where everyone makes the same amount of money. Growth: Possible example: a new factory being built Innovation: Possible example: new products on the shelves

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Description Instructions Submit your final project, the comparative analysis paper. Using what you have learned in the course, you will analyze your two publicly traded domestic firms by assessing the broader economic climate and evaluating the working capital of each firm. The product of the inquiry and analysis you have completed in each of the three milestones will be brought together in your final project, along with critical element IV (Conclusions and Recommendations), as outlined in the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document: Referring to your evaluation, you will determine which firm is performing better in terms of its short-term financial management. For the firm that is not performing well, you will provide recommendations for performance enhancement and support your recommendations with evidence. To complete this assignment, review the rubric document. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Background: Describe both of the firms and their management, including their strategic objectives. Provide sufficient detail to support the rest of your analysis. II. Assessment of the Economic Climate A. Assess the current interest rates for their impacts on short-term financial markets and instruments. Cite specific evidence that supports your conclusions. B. Assess the current rate of inflation for its impacts on short-term financial markets and instruments. Cite specific evidence that supports your conclusions. C. Referring to the goal of the Federal Open Market Committee, which is to provide a monetary supply that facilitates constant and moderate expansion of the economy, assess the Federal Reserve’s plans (e.g., the likelihood of changes to monetary policy and/or regulations) for their potential impact on short-term financial markets and instruments. Cite specific evidence that supports your conclusions. D. Examine the ethical (e.g., regulatory, tax) considerations that impact the industry within which your firms operate as a result of Sarbanes-Oxley. To what extent do these realities impact their core cash flow management? Provide specific examples to illustrate. III. Evaluation of the Firms A. Analyze both companies’ cash flow management practices for the last three fiscal years, including cash, accounts receivables, accounts payable, fixed assets, and inventory. Cite specific examples and figures to illustrate. B. Analyze both companies’ working capital cash flow management practices, including cash, accounts receivables, accounts payables, fixed assets, and inventory. Cite specific examples and figures to illustrate. C. Evaluate both companies’ liquidity. Cite specific examples and figures that support your evaluation. D. Calculate both companies’ financial ratios: 1. Activity ratios, including inventory turnover ratios 2. Debt ratios (financial leverage) 3. Profitability and market ratios E. Using the financial ratio calculations above, identify strengths and weaknesses for each firm, citing specific examples and figures to support your response. IV. Conclusions and Recommendations: Using your evaluation, determine which firm is better performing in terms of short-term financial management. For the firm that is not performing well, make the following recommendations for performance enhancement, supporting each with evidence: A. Indicate which forecasting tools should be used, and defend your claims using specific evidence. B. Propose specific working capital and borrowing options that align to the firm’s strategic objectives. C. Propose specific financial products that align to the firm’s strategic objectives. D. Explain how your recommendations appropriately address each of your identified risks. For additional details, please refer to the rubric document. I have uploaded the final rubric and my milestone draft 1-3. You need followed the feedback and the rubric to provide a revised and completed final milestone. The each feedback you can check it in the end of each milestone. Do not only copy my draft and do not make any adjustment, even plagiarism. I will check it by turnitin.