Evaluating Supply Chain Strategy Review Xu, Xu, and Liu’s 2014 article, “Wal-Mart and Carrefour’s Supply Chain Management Strategies in China.” Evaluate Wal-Mart and Carrefour’s use of supply management as an offensive strategy in their move into the Chinese market. In your post, consider the importance of supply chain strategy to overall firm strategy. se your Purchasing and Supply Management text to complete the following: Read Chapter 1, […]

Using R, Download several years (1-2) of SPY. Find two (2) other ETFs that track it. (5 points) Compute the returns, active returns, and average active return. (5 points) Compute the tracking error and mean-adjusted tracking error. (5 points) Which ETF tracks the SPY better? (2 points) Download the Select SPDR funds (tickers = XLB, XLE, XLEF, XLI, XLK, XLP, XLRE, XLU, XLV, XLY) over […]

GB560-4: Evaluate change management plans. In this Assessment you will provide a critical evaluation of a business process in the scenario provided. The final response for this Assignment will be a 15–17-slide-PowerPoint presentation with audio. The audio portion transcript is found in the notes section below each slide. The presentation includes a cover slide, abstract, body addressing the checklist items, and APA citations and references. Background: Mohammed […]

Examine the components of a SOW for the purpose of open competition without restrictive provisions. Select a field that you are interested in and determine the information that would be included in a SOW for a contract in that field. From the e-Activity, evaluate the  listed resources for market research, and then explain which source you found to be the most accurate and why. Determine […]

Assignment 2: Negotiation Plan When negotiating in an emerging market, it is critical to understand a variety of internal and external workings of the country in which you will be launching a product. For example, the negotiator would need to understand the emerging market’s regulatory environment, the market itself, distribution channels, supply chains, tariffs, taxes, and culture. Your team is negotiating a new product launch […]

Hello Tutors, My assignment is to prepare a CPA examination study sheet. These include all 4 sections; FAR, BEC, REG, & AUD. It should be 10 pages for each section (meaning a 40 page total with single spacing). This should contain problems with solutions that are relevant to the most recent iteration of the CPA examination. Please feel free to reach out if you have […]

South Company purchased a machine that was installed and placed in service on January 1, 2007 at a cost of $240,000.00. Salvage value of the machine was estimated at $40,000.00. The machine is being depreciated over 10 years using the double-declining method. For the year ending December 31, 2008, what amount should South Company report as its depreciation expense in its general ledger account?

I need assistance with a question. Can you please show me the steps I need to take to solve this problem. Thanks. Rau Inc. has 6.0 percent coupon bonds on the market with 9 years to maturity. The bonds make semi-annual payments and currently sell for 110 percent of par. What is the YTM?

US Government/Non-profit Accounting Instructions: Contributions of long-lived assets may affect more than one type of fund. Discovery Barn, a not-for-proï¬t science center for children, received a contribution of $30,000 explicitly designated for the acquisition of computers. During the year it acquired $21,000 of computers, which it estimated to have a useful life of three years. It is the policy of the organization to charge an […]

Using the industry average EV/EBITDA multiple, I’ve valued my firm at $25,000,000. My (normalized) EBITDA last year was $1,000,000, and the industry average EBITDA multiple is 25x. My firm is a small, private entity. Which of the following statements is true? Question 5 options: None of these statements are correct. You can expect your enterprise value to be at least 20% lower than what is […]