Business 629 Week 1 Disc 1

Ethical behavior can be viewed at a personal level, as well as a corporate level. In business, personal ethics is often tied to the agency theory and at the corporate level tied to corporate social responsibility.For this paper: First, identify one real-life example of personal(healthcare finance) ethics and one real-life example of corporate social responsibility … Read more

Week 6 Disc Questions

Access Ulta’s company quarterly financial statements (10-Q) for the past two quarters on EDGAR, which is available on the web page https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch• Prepare a balance sheet and income statement horizontal analysis for the last two quarters.• Prepare a balance sheet and income statement vertical analysis for the last two quarters.• Prepare a liquidity analysis by … Read more

Week 6 Discussion 1 and 2

Using The Children’s place and it’s annual reports Prepare a comparative balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows, and perform a horizontal analysis of the company’s balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows for the most recent 2 years. Identify at least one significant change (increase or decrease) from one year … Read more

Week 4 Discussion 1 and 2

Using The Children’s Place Inc., and their annual reports. Calculate the current ratio and quick ratio for the latest two years, obtain the industry average ratios from the Mergent Online database, which allows you to do industry comparison.• Discuss what each of these ratios tells you about the company’s current financial condition, and how they … Read more

Week 3 Discussion 1 and 2

1. Discuss how can management control cash. Your discussion should include what tools management may use to control cash.2. Using The Children’s place, Inc’s annual financial statements from Mergentonline.com disclose the company’s cash balance, and discuss if you believe the company has too much or too little cash. Be sure to support your opinions with … Read more

Week 6 Discussion 1 and 2

Week 6 D 1 For the country of NEW ZEALAND Discuss how comparative analysis, trade restrictions, tariffs, and exchange rates of New Zealand will impact the business decision to expand there. You need to take these macroeconomic concepts and apply them directly to the Walmart expansion decision. Considering the topics you have studied throughout this … Read more

Week 5 Disc 2

From the tables presented in Chapter 17, (See attached file) what did you find most striking or unusual in the given income levels and growth rates of the different countries? Are rich countries getting richer while the poor are getting poorer? Has the United States become more or less economically free and how might this … Read more

Week 5 D1 Bus 626

What helps economists forecast the economy? Imagine you are presenting the index of the leading indicators concept to a small group of newly hired analysts. Discuss the index of the leading indicators.Is the Phillips curve a helpful predictor? Why or why not?As a business person, how could you use this predictive macroeconomic information to help … Read more

Bus week 2

Research and review credible sources to gain an understanding of the pros and cons of government intervention.The role of government in the economy is often debated by economists and business people. The debate ranges from having little to no government intervention to having a strong government presence in both business and social settings.Thinking through the … Read more

Bus 626 week 2 D2

Address the following questions:How is unemployment calculated, and what is and is not included?What were the unemployment numbers for the latest three quarters in the USA?Why is unemployment mentioned in business news so often and used as an important metric for our economy?What might cause the unemployment numbers to be questioned from an accuracy standpoint … Read more