You have just been hired as the safety manager for a company that manufactures parts for automobile engines. The facility employs almost 500 people. Due to an economic downturn, the plant has laid off nearly 100 employees within the last year. The average tenure of the employees is 16 years. The manufacturing process includes numerous […]

As you learned this week, the government can enact the concept of eminent domain and “take” private property so long as it is for the “public use” and the owner is justly compensated. This concept is hotly contested and often results in a clash between property owners and the government. Developers and businesses generally like […]

1. Provide a brief history of the neurotransmitter: glycine. When and where was it discovered?  Who discovered it?  2. Review the major functions of glycine. What physiological or psychological functions have been ascribed to this neurotransmitter. Is it inhibitory, excitatory, or both? Which other neurotransmitters are similar to glycine? Does glycine commonly work with any […]

hosted by A.M. Best. Examine the risk report of five different countries on at least 3 different continents. Discuss the different sources of risk in these countries and how these risks will impact different things such as the country’s exchange rate, your ability to conduct business and borrow in the country, etc. As the manager […]

Directions: Revco Drug Store filed for bankruptcy in July of 1988 and was one of the largest bankruptcies in US financial history as well as being one of the largest leveraged buyouts. As recently as 1984, Revco was operating approximately 2,000 stores in 30 states and was taken private in a leveraged buyout in 1986 […]

Consider the different uses of free cash flow to a firm. Which use is the most optimal? Does the cost of capital matter in your decision? Defend your answer and cite your sources.  

Directions: Christopher William, president of William Industries which produces widgets, has hired you to determine its cost of debt and the cost of equity capital. The stock currently sells for $25 per share and the dividend will be $5. Christopher argues that it will cost us $5 per share to use the stockholders money this […]

Examine the financial statements of a publicly traded company and discuss their current capital structure. Is this current capital structure optimal or not? What should the firm do to improve its capital structure? Defend your answer and cite your sources.  

Directions: Find an article online about a publicly traded firm’s decision regarding at least two different project alternatives. To be clear, you are to choose (1) decision, and analyze at least (2) different project alternatives for that (1) decision. What was the decision that the firm made about the different projects and what was the […]

Using the organization/company that you work for,( ** PICK ANY COMPANY**) or have worked for in the past, how do they (1) align the budget with organizational goals and (2) align the budget with the mission of the company? How are capital decisions made? If you were in a position that you could change things, […]