Category: Business and Management

when it comes to the Brixton observation experience and the 17hrs of employbility, you can make up the statistics. 
CW1 and CW2 are two different reports so please separate them when turning in. 

Question 1:
HiFlyer Corporation does not currently have any debt. Its tax rate is 0.4 and its unlevered beta is estimated by examining comparable companies to be 2.0. The 10-year Treasury bond rate is 6.25% and the historical risk premium over the risk free rate is 5.5%. a. Calculate the firm’s current cost of equity.
b. Estimate the firm’s cost of equity after it increases its leverage to 75% of equity?
Question 2:
ABC Incorporated shares are currently trading for $32 per share. The firm has 1.13 billion shares outstanding. In addition, the market value of the firm’s outstanding debt is $2 billion. The 10-year Treasury bond rate is 6.25%. ABC has an outstanding credit record and has earned an AAA rating from the major credit rating agencies. The current interest rate on AAA corporate bonds is 6.45%. The historical risk premium for stocks over the risk-free rate of return is 5.5 percentage points. The firm’s beta is estimated to be 1.1 and its marginal tax rate, including federal, state, and local taxes is 40%.
a. What is the cost of equity?
b. What is the after-tax cost of debt?
c. What is the cost of capital?
Question 3:
Abbreviated financial statements are given for Fletcher Corporation in the following table:
2019 2020
Revenues $600.00 $690.00
Operating expenses 520 600
Depreciation 16 18
Earnings before interest and taxes 64 72
Less Interest Expense 5 5
Less: Taxes 23.6 26.8
Equals: Net income 35.4 40.2
Addendum: Yearend working capital 150 200
Principal repayment 25 25
Capital expenditures 20 10
Yearend working capital in 2018 was $160 million and the firm’s marginal tax rate is 40% in both 2019 and 2020. Estimate the following for 2019 and 2020:
a. Free cash flow to equity.
b. Free cash flow to the firm.
Question 4:
No Growth Incorporated had operating income before interest and taxes in 2011 of $220 million. The firm was expected to generate this level of operating income indefinitely. The firm had depreciation expense of $10 million that same year. Capital spending totaled $20 million during 2011. At the end of 2010 and 2011, working capital totaled $70 and $80 million, respectively. The firm’s combined marginal state, local, and federal tax rate was 40% and its debt outstanding had a market value of $1.2 billion. The 10-year Treasury bond rate is 5% and the borrowing rate for companies exhibiting levels of creditworthiness similar to No Growth is 7%. The historical risk premium for stocks over the risk free rate of return is 5.5%. No Growth’s beta was estimated to be 1.0. The firm had 2,500,000 common shares outstanding at the end of 2011. No Growth’s target debt to total capital ratio is 30%.
a. Estimate free cash flow to the firm in 2011.
b. Estimate the firm’s cost of capital.
c. Estimate the value of the firm (i.e., includes the value of equity and debt) at the end of 2011, assuming that it will generate the value of free cash flow estimated in (a) indefinitely.
d. Estimate the value of the equity of the firm at the end of 2011.
e. Estimate the value per share at the end of 2011.
Question 5:
Ergo Unlimited’s current year’s free cash flow is $10 million. It is projected to grow at 20% per year for the next five years. It is expected to grow at a more modest 5% beyond the fifth year. The firm estimates that its cost of capital is 12% during the next five years and then will drop to 10% beyond the fifth year as the business matures. Estimate the firm’s current market value.

Case 10 Brewed to
Perfection: New Belgium Brewing.
·       
Summarize the case or give the history of the
case
·       
Answer the three case questions (list each
question in numerical order then answer it). Two paragraphs per question.
Case Questions:
1- What environmental issues does the New Belgium Brewing
Company work to address? How has NBB taken a strategic approach to addressing
these issues? Why do you think the company has taken such a strong stance
toward sustainability?
2- Do you agree that New Belgium’s focus on social
responsibility provides a key competitive advantage for the company? Why or why
not?
3- Some segments of society contend that companies that sell
alcoholic beverages and tobacco products cannot be socially responsible
organizations because of the nature of their primary products. Do you believe
that New Belgium’s actions and initiatives are indicative of a socially
responsible corporation? Why or why not?
·       
Give a conclusion or comments or solutions for
the case.
·       
References or sources of information or
citations

1. Discuss the below item on the discussion board in 100 words or more.
2. Respond to two other student’s discussions ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS with your opinion of his/her discussion in 50 words or more for each summarization. Responses such as, “I agree” or “Good idea” are not acceptable and will receive no credit. The response must add to the scholarly dialogue presenting the reasons for your opinion and supporting documentation cited.
Topic:
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (specifically Title VII) is the Holy Grail of discrimination protections in the United States. It protects against discrimination in places of public accommodation (airports, restaurants) for race, color, sex, religion and national origin. You will notice however those protections do not include provisions for LGBT individuals. An internal EEOC ruling followed by an Article III decision in 2015 – 2016 finally interpreted “sex” to include LGBT discrimination. However, a variety of state laws and local ordinances protected LGBT individuals from discrimination in the workplace. The Great State of Minnesota (yes, I’m from there), became the first state in the nation to include protections for both sexual orientation and gender identity in their Human Rights Act in 1993. (Florida has yet to protect either).
One cannot read a news article today without seeing a story about a court ruling or new statute regarding protection of LGBT individuals, or conversely, the freedom to practice religion and the intersection of those two views. For example, recent state and Supreme Court cases have found that private bakeries are not required to provide services for same-sex weddings.
What is the appropriate balance between individual liberties and the law? One person’s liberty is another person’s oppression. Freedom and equality despite arguably being our two most important values as a nation, are in fact contradictory forces. How can you be free and equal concurrently? Should for-profit business owners have the right on religious grounds to perform certain services to LGBT individuals, provide contraceptives to employees pursuant to the ACA (Obamacare), and so on and so forth?

WATCH VIDEO AND READ CHAPTERS 8 AND 9! IMPORTANT
Please watch video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on40BNZHUr4&t=2s
Read chapters 8 and 9 from textbook : Leadership: Theory and Practice 9th Edition By Peter G. Northouse
Please write 3 pages of these important points:
1) Key points, reported facts, and takeaways DO NOT include a summary of entire video but focus on chapter 8 and 9 concepts and how they relate to the video.
2)Personal opinion about CEO leadership style and personal reflection of your own leadership style.
3) Must be in APA format!

Discussion: Ethics and Organization Culture in Strategic Management
Can Business Ethics Survive Fake News and AI?
In 2020, many companies and brands took hits in the media as the world changed dramatically. The ethics of artificial intelligence, the “truth,” and #fakenews are some of the ethical issues facing organizations.
Module 1 Discussion Week 1 Resources
Hey, Business Leaders, Let’s Tackle Bad PR Behavior Together (2022)
6 business risks of shortchanging AI ethics and governance (2022)
The State of Ethics & Compliance in the Workplace: A Look at Global Trends (2022) 
Fake reviews to be illegal under new rules (2022) 
Week 1 Discussion Post
Based on the resources provided and your research, share two major ethical dilemmas faced by organizations and what is being done to curb abuses. (Research Support Required)
This post should be 2 paragraphs (150-200 words). Since you are engaging in research, cite in the body of the post and add a reference list in APA format. NOTE: Failure to use research with accompanying in-text citations to support content will result in reduced scoring “Level 2-Developing” on the grading rubric.

For the first assignment you are asked to interview
two people with supervisory or managerial responsibility and write a report on
the following:
The extent to which the career paths of the people you have interviewed
conform, or do not conform, to the pattern of the managerial escalator. Also,
reflect on the implications of the Managerial Escalator model for your own
career and write one paragraph on this topic at the end of the report before the
Conclusions.
Additional materials or links to useful resources for this assessment:
Reading: Rees & Porter (2015) Macmillan, Chapter One
Cotterell: Handout on the module Blackboard site.
Here’s a link to the video assessment brief for this assessment:
https://westminster.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?
id=48bbb622-dbf2-4494-ad5e-af9e00590873

PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS: ISO9001Group Project Part I – SOPs (group).docx
I have started a document which is uploaded: Project Part 1_SOPs.pdf. Therefore Complete questions from 5-9 with References.
Please make sure to use Clause/Sub Clause using document: ISO9001-2015 – Clause.pdf. (I was unable to download full document, maybe writer can)

You will be marked using
the following assessment criteria – please use these as a checklist to
guide you in writing your answer. We need to see that you have:
·       Chosen and
justified your research topic
·      
Critically reviewed relevant literature
·       Clearly
identified and showed reasoning for your chosen research methodology and
methods including ethical considerations
·       Provided evidence
of data collection with critical analyse of the findings
·      
Developed reasoned arguments and justified
conclusions from your thinking
·       Included a
reflective evaluation of how you can apply this knowledge into future
employment or studies
Presentation
·       A logical
and coherent report
·       Spelling
and grammar checked
·       Accurate
referencing using the university Cite them Right Harvard system
The ethics form with both student and supervisor
signatures should be included in the report

I have a business plan thats already written However it’s not where I think it could be. I am 
looking for help in rewriting the business plan to include a little more and to show more clarity and personalized ideas for the company. I have received feedback about the Business plan I’ll add it to this.
The Feedback: 
It is too general, it reads like a conceptual idea, needs more details to be implemented.
How are you delivering the “genuine connections and unwavering encouragement” this seems to be the brand differentiator, however except for a mention of using social media there is no clear explanation on how to achieve this. Again, feels like a conceptual idea.
Graph on page 15 does not list source. It is not a statistic; it is a graph.
It ends after offline marketing, somehow abruptly.
I am starting a new career and its taking alot of my time as of right now and a longer time to finish. I am drained after trainings. I will provide you with any form of help that you may need as far as my ideas go and the vision I have for the company. 
Im looking for editing services and an additional 5 pages towards the 24 pages thats being provided. Thankyou in advance! I have attached the Business plan below