Case Study For ECO 550
Case Study 1: Auctions
Due Week 7 - Worth 250 points
The following video describes auctions as price discovery mechanisms .
Use the video on auctions and at least 3 academic and/or high-quality business publications, see definitions below, to answer the following questions in 5-7 pages:
1. There are many types of auctions each with strengths and weakness at uncovering the real price/value of an item. Compare and contrast:
a) the English and Dutch auctions; and,
b) the sealed-bid, first-price auction, and the Vickery Auction.
2. Concierge Auctions Limited sells very high end and unique properties worldwide using an English style auction, selling to the highest bidder. They have been embroiled in multiple lawsuits see the link to the Wall Street Journal. Advise Concierge as to the weakness that an English auction may have in uncovering a propertys value. Provide a recommendation for
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Bus 310 7
Performance Appraisal System
Managers are oftentimes overwhelmed with their day-to-day activities and postpone important aspects of their jobs, including performance appraisals. What is the purpose of performance appraisals within an organization? Do you think performance appraisals are effective? Give a reason for your position. What components should be included in a performance appraisal?
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Assignment 2 Bus 310
Assignment: Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee named Jims annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine (9) months of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a few minutes each day, either. It is starting to cause problems in the production line. In this assignment, write a one (1) page summary of your conversation with Jim. How will you address his recent performance issues while still praising him for his previous nine (9) months of good work? Your goal is to balance the negative and positive feedback so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.
Notes:
Assignment 2: Annual Review
Due Week 7 and worth 150 points
Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee named Jims annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine (9) months of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a few
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Kim Woods SRW30
During Session 2B, you will proceed to implement your source-gathering strategy by collecting or at least examining and recording the key sources that you will be citing in your literature review. It is expected that you may need to modify your strategy in some ways, if you are having difficulty obtaining the kind of information you seek. During this module, you want to assemble the bulk of the material you put into your literature review. You will also begin to develop paragraphs for the review as you read and review your sources and fit them into the proposed structure of your review.
As your submission for this module, you are to prepare a short paper describing your success or lack thereof in obtaining materials that you need and your success or lack thereof in finding within the sources the support material you need for your draft (quotations, etc.) You need to include at least one sample paragraph from your literature review draft that you are ass
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Kim Woods RNW2
During Session 2, your project assignment is to develop a strategy for searching out key sources within the literature that will meet the needs you identified in your Session 1. By strategy, we mean a list of steps that you will take to identify the sources that you need. These sources may include professional writing such as journal articles or conference presentations, technical reports or other sources of technical data, analyses and opinions presented by knowledgeable experts regarding your problem, or any other kinds of information that you identified a need for in Session1. Hopefully, you will be able to identify a way of gathering information about everything that you identified as a need earlier.
Specifically, you are to prepare a short paper describing your information sources and the steps you will undertake to obtain what information you need. This might involve library research, consultation with other experts, online searching using a varie
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Problems About: Financial Ratios And Time Value Of Money
I need your support to answer the problems in the attached (and as per the below) it should be provided in Excel format
- Problem 4-1: Ratio analysis
- Problem 4-2: Market value ratios
- Problem 4-3: Future value calculations
- Problem 4-4: Present value calculations
- Problem 4-5: Compound annuity calculations
- Problem 4-6: Present value of annuity calculations
- Problem 4-7: Compound interest at non-annual rates
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Costs Of Capital
Individual or component costs of capital) Compute the cost of the following:
a). A bond that has $1,000 par value (face value0 and a contract or coupon interest rate of 11 percent. A new issue would have a flotation cost of 5 percent of the $1,125 market value. The bond matures in 10 years. The firm's average tax rate is 30 percent and its marginal tax rate is 34 percent.
b). A new common stock issue that paid a $1.80 dividend last year. The par value of the stock is $15, and earnings per share have grown at a rate of 7 percent per year. This growth rate is expected to continue into the foreseeable future. The company maintains a constant dividend-earnings ratio of 30 percent. The price of this stock is now $27.50, but 5 percent flotation costs are anticipated.
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Facebook Dilemma
Requirements: watch the two-part Facebook Dilemma video:(cut & paste link)
Part 1
Part 2
Then, write a 1-2 page paper that includes answers to the following two questions (remember to cite sources):
1) In today's technological immersive environment, do you think even a big tech company can get in over it's head?
2) Is Facebook part of the problem or part of the solution? Find examples where they have succeeded or failed.
Remember to cite your sources in a bibliography.
You will post your paper on Blackboard, under "Facebook Dilemma - Submit Discussion Paper " link.
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Marketing Plan – Control And Exhibits
Write a minimum of 2 pages for the Control and Exhibits portions for your Marketing Plan to address the situation in the case study. See attached Case Study.
For Control:
1. Adequate Goal Progress - Explain how you will track progress toward the specific measurable goals you established. No generic discussion allowed! For example, if you want to attract more of your target market, establish specific numbers you want to see by certain dates. A marketer cannot wait for the end of a marketing campaign to judge whether it has been successful.
2. Performance Gap Management Identify specific areas where the organizations performance is not what you want it to be. Be specific! Explain how you will monitor these areas to ensure that the Marketing Plan is creating the desired results.
3. Environmental Analysis The Opportunities and Threats are a description of the external factors that ca
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Matrix – For-Profit Vs Not-For-Profit
Create a matrix that contrasts the differences between marketing in for-profit and not-for-profit health care organizations. Use the sample matrix that is attached.
Include the following in your matrix:
- Centralized versus decentralized format of management
- Strategic goals of the organizations
- Variation in the access to the capital market
- Strategic marketing differences between these two types of organizations
- Quality attributes of the two types of organizations
- The management of pricing and volume
Do not simply copy and paste quotes into the matrix. I expect at least 80% of the content to be your own original work.
Cite at least 3 reputable references in APA format to support your assi
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