Assignment Questions: 1. What is Amazon’s business and what factors are critical to its success? [list or table] Amazon’s Businesses Critical Success Factors Disinter mediate the retail process Eliminate stores and warehouse Have a big enough array of options of products Have a webpage and catalogs Bond with supplier Good relationship with the stores they sale the products of Competitive advantage First mover advantage More reliable for customers Competitive advantage Creating their own fulfillment
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1. Consider a 1-Year $10‚000 CD A. The future value of a $10‚000 CD that has a maturity of 1 year at maturity with 10% interest is $11‚000. Financial Calculator Inputs: $ -10‚000=PV‚ 1=N‚ I=10‚ FV=? ($11‚000) B. The future value of a 1-year‚ $10‚000 CD after one year at an interest rate of 5.0% is $10‚500. Financial Calculator Inputs: $-10‚000=PV‚ 1=N‚ 5=I‚ FV=? ($10‚500) The future value of a 1-year‚ $10‚000 CD after one year at an interest rate of 15.0% is $11‚500. Financial
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Review #1 1. The basic unit of structure and function for life is atoms 2. The levels of organization for an organism are: atoms‚ molecules‚ cell‚ tissue‚ organ‚ organ system‚ organisms‚ population‚ community‚ ecosystems‚ and biosphere 3. The characteristics of living organisms are; a. Life is organized b. Life uses materials and energy c. Life reproduces d. Life is homeostatic 4. The major driving force behind evolution is; natural selection (brings about adaptation to the environment) 5. Eukaryotic
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Case #1‚ Part 1 “Don’t tell me we’ve lost another bid!” exclaimed Sandy Kovallas‚ president of Lenko Products‚ Inc. “I’m afraid so‚” replied Doug Martin‚ the operations vice president. “One of our competitors underbid us by about $10‚000 on the Hastings job.” “I just can’t figure it out‚” said Kovallas. “It seems we’re either too high or get the job or too low to make any money on half the jobs‚ we bid anymore. What’s happened?” Lenko Products manufactures specialized goods to customers’ specifications
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Table of Contents 1. Description of the Pharmaceutical sector In the year 2004‚ the global economy experienced a momentum. After the dot.com bubble and the 9/11 terrorist attacks‚ the economy slowed down‚ especially in the USA. The American economy‚ which was the greatest market for the pharmaceutical industry‚ suffered an economic recession from 2001 to 2003. However‚ in 2004 the tax cuts and the lower interest rates stimulated a robust expansion in that country. Particularly
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applicants) Application – options Dr 10 000 Options Cr 10 000 (Issue of options) 31/12 Cash Dr 63 000 Share capital Cr 63 000 (Issue of shares on issue of options) Options Dr 10 000 Share Capital Cr 9 000 Options lapsed reserve Cr 1 000 (Transfer of lapsed options) Exercise 2.6 ISSUE OF ORDINARY AND PREFERENCE SHARES Prepare journal entries and ledger accounts to record the following transactions for Kuwait Ltd: KUWAIT LTD 2015 01/4 NO ENTRY 10/4 Cash trust Dr 210
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(Consolidate existing product‚ reap without investing) E(X) = 0.6(10‚000) + 0.4(1‚000) = 6‚400 EV B.) The decision alternative that has the most favorable total expected value is to develop new product thoroughly with a total expected value of 210‚200. 1.) The Company has determined that it has two alternatives for improving profits: develop new products either rapidly or thoroughly‚ or consolidate existing products by strengthening products or reaping without investing. On the first branch of the decision
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ABINGTON-HILL TOYS‚ INC. PART I – INTRODUCTION Due to the death of the last original founder‚ Lewis Hill‚ the financial condition was deteriorating under Hill’s last-year control. Owners of the firm decided to find a capable manager to improve the firm’s financial condition and reshape the company as well. Then‚ Vernon Albright was selected as the new president of this company. Lately‚ David Hartly became the comptroller assistant and was responsible to analyzing the firm’s financial conditions
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Group Assignment #1 Group 11 Runcheng Zhang‚ Blair Macaulay October 13th 2014 ACC-1100-D01 Debbie Mortimer *Note: The other two group members did not contribute to this assignment 1a) Predetermined overhead rate. b) Overhead costs per program base on predetermined rate c) Total cost per student of each academic program 2a) First stage allocation of overhead costs b) Activity rates c) Second stage allocation of overhead Professional Arts Technology 3. Total cost
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Case 5.2 Conflict of an Insurance Broker An insurance broker firm‚ Ashton & Ashton secures insurance coverage bids based on their client’s individual needs. The broker gets compensated for their services based on an industry average of 10 to 15 percent. An additional way they get paid is founded on the contingency payment made annually by the insurance provider which is established on the past years volume of business. Ashton & Ashton is presented with a potential conflict of interest situation
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