Need business and finance help to research the coca-cola Company’s efforts Using the internet as resource,

Need business and finance help to research the coca-cola Company’s efforts Using the internet as resource,

Part A

Using the Internet as a resource, research the Coca-Cola Company’s efforts to keep its soft drink formula a trade secret over the course of the company’s (and the soft drink’s) one hundred-year-plus history.

  1. Provide a brief summary of The Coca-Cola Company’s efforts to protect its soft drink formula as a trade secret.

  1. Describe one (1) challenge the company has faced in preserving its trade secret.

  1. Describe two (2) reasons why The Coca-Cola Company would choose to protect its soft drink formula as a trade secret, as opposed to using another form of intellectual property protection (for example, a patent).

Part B

  1. Through Internet research, find and describe three (3) examples of physical or mental problems covered by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), and three (3) examples of physical or mental problems not covered by the ADA.

  1. Present an argument supporting the position that the ADA has been appropriately interpreted and applied by the courts (in terms of the types of disabilities covered), or that it has not (for example, that it has been overly interpreted and applied to too many types of physical and mental maladies). Provide two (2) supporting facts to justify your position.

Grading Rubric

Please refer to the rubric on the following page for the grading criteria for this assignment.

Time value of money- discussion question

Time value of money- discussion question

What factors determine the appropriate discount rate to use when calculating the net present value?

(Please give good quality and original response. Thanks!)

APPLIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT

APPLIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Please watch the attached video carefully, and answer these questions based on the video:

1. What is Agile / Agile Project Management?

2. What is a Scrum, and how does it work?

3. What does a Product Owner do?

4. What does a Scrum Master do?

5. Why is Agile a better approach compared to the traditional project management model?

Note: It is critical that your responses are original.

Please use this link for the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE

Unrelated product diversification (conglomeration) is widely discredited in deve

Unrelated product diversification (conglomeration) is widely discredited in deve

Unrelated product diversification (conglomeration) is widely discredited in developed economies. However, in some cases it still seems to add value in emerging economies. Is this interest in conglomeration likely hold or decrease in emerging economies over time? Why?

answer in Academic style essay in 250-300 words with Two APA references

Human Resources……….

Human Resources……….

What are key human resources concerns and considerations related to compensation when an organization expands and moves into two or more geographical markets? Will total compensation in existing markets be affected by the organization’s expansion into different markets? Why or why not?

Please respond to the following

Please respond to the following

  • Ethics and the law help to protect businesses and consumers. Often, there is a disconnect between what a company says and what it does. Identify a company that you are familiar with that professes benefits that are not actually true. Summarize the general details of your example. Then, explain the way(s) that the law helps to protect consumers from any “unfair” business practices such as your example.
  • This is Business Law I 100 class discussion question

Complete the Assignment on Capital Budgeting Techniques

Complete the Assignment on Capital Budgeting Techniques

Assignment 1: LASA # 2—Capital Budgeting Techniques

By Saturday, February 1, 2014, submit the following assignment:

As a financial consultant, you have contracted with Wheel Industries to evaluate their procedures involving the evaluation of long term investment opportunities.  You have agreed to provide a detailed report illustrating the use of several techniques for evaluating capital projects including the weighted average cost of capital to the firm, the anticipated cash flows for the projects, and the methods used for project selection.  In addition, you have been asked to evaluate two projects, incorporating risk into the calculations.

You have also agreed to provide an 8-10 page report, in good form, with detailed explanation of your methodology, findings, and recommendations.

Company Information

Wheel Industries is considering a three-year expansion project, Project A.  The project requires an initial investment of $1.5 million. The project will use the straight-line depreciation method. The project has no salvage value. It is estimated that the project will generate additional revenues of $1.2 million per year before tax and has additional annual costs of $600,000.  The Marginal Tax rate is 35%.

Required:

  1. Wheel has just paid a dividend of $2.50 per share. The dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of six percent per year forever. If the stock is currently selling for $50 per share with a 10% flotation cost, what is the cost of new equity for the firm? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using this type of financing for the firm?
  2. The firm is considering using debt in its capital structure. If the market rate of 5% is appropriate for debt of this kind, what is the after tax cost of debt for the company? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using this type of financing for the firm?
  3. The firm has decided on a capital structure consisting of 30% debt and 70% new common stock. Calculate the WACC and explain how it is used in the capital budgeting process.
  4. Calculate the after tax cash flows for the project for each year. Explain the methods used in your calculations.
  5. If the discount rate were 6 percent calculate the NPV of the project. Is this an economically acceptable project to undertake? Why or why not?
  6. Now calculate the IRR for the project. Is this an acceptable project? Why or why not? Is there a conflict between your answer to part C? Explain why or why not?

Wheel has two other possible investment opportunities, which are mutually exclusive, and independent of Investment A above.  Both investments will cost $120,000 and have a life of 6 years. The after tax cash flows are expected to be the same over the six year life for both projects, and the probabilities for each year’s after tax cash flow is given in the table below.

Investment B

Investment C

Probability

After Tax 
Cash Flow

Probability

After Tax 
Cash Flow

0.25

$20,000

0.30

$22,000

0.50

  32,000

0.50

  40,000

0.25

  40,000

0.20

  50,000

  1. What is the expected value of each project’s annual after tax cash flow? Justify your answers and identify any conflicts between the IRR and the NPV and explain why these conflicts may occur.
  2. Assuming that the appropriate discount rate for projects of this risk level is 8%, what is the risk-adjusted NPV for each project? Which project, if either, should be selected? Justify your conclusions.

Turn in your completed work to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox by Saturday, February 1, 2014.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Correctly calculated the cost of new equity and explained the calculations, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of using this type of financing for the firm. (CO4)

20

Correctly calculated the cost of new debt and explained the calculations, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of using this type of financing for the firm. (CO4)

20

Correctly calculated the weighted average cost of capital and explained how and why it is used in the capital budgeting process. (CO4)

20

Correctly calculated the annual cash flows for the projects and explained the methods used in the calculations. (CO1)

44

Evaluated the projects using the NPV method and came to the correct conclusions based on the decision rules for the NPV. (CO2)

44

Evaluated the projects using the IRR method and came to the correct conclusion based on the decision rules for the IRR. Identified any conflicts between the IRR and the NPV and explained why these conflicts may occur. (CO 3)

44

Correctly introduced risk into the evaluation by using the expected values as the cash flows and evaluated these cash flows using risk adjusted discounted rates. (CO 5)

44

Written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

64

Total:

300

LASA Rubric


Business Law Unit 1 Question 1

Business Law Unit 1 Question 1

Begin each writing assignment by identifying the question number you are answering followed by the actual question itself (in bold type).

 • Use a standard essay format for responses to all questions (i.e., an introduction, middle paragraphs and conclusion).

• All responses must be typed double-spaced, using a standard font (i.e. Times New Roman) and 12 point type size for ease of reading and grading.

• Undergraduate courses: 350 – 500 words or 1 – 2 pages.

Question 1) Evaluate the views of the Critical Legal Studies School of jurisprudence. What are the benefits and drawbacks of using broad notions of fairness in deciding cases? Unit 1

E-Commerce Marketing

E-Commerce Marketing

Research and apply the content from recent articles about e-commerce marketing. You must cite at least 3-5 sources. Write a minimum of 3 to 5 pages for the body of the research paper (using APA writing style format) discussing your viewpoint on the topic and refer to the content from the articles to support your findings. APA writing style requires in-text citations and references support the citations on the references page as needed throughout the document.

References

Realtor.com, (2012). National association of realtors and movie Inc. Available from http://www.realtor.com/?scid=SEM300012

Motivating Employees

Motivating Employees

This is part 1 to a 2 part assignment. I will post the second part next week. Here is the requirements for part 1.

Develop the format and framework for your final project. The submission should include:

APA formatted Title page

APA formatted Abstract

An outline summarizing the main topics of what paper will be about 

APA formatted Reference page.

The topic of the research paper is motivating employees