An expatriate employee is someone who lives and works in outside of their native country at the behest of the company they work for. These employees can have a difficult time maximizing their productivity because of the problems that come with adjusting to another country. These problems can be different depending on cultural upbringing. For example, the five hardest adjustments for Employees from the United […]

 The diversity of paradigms within each region (in the United States and within each country) is vast; paradigms exist within smaller sub-cultures and vary from town to town, village to village, family to family, business to business, and religion to religion. For intentional proof, we can look at documents everywhere—from mission statements to wedding vows. Social research allows us to look at the ambiguous and […]

The Discussion Board is part of the core of online learning. The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow you to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the Discussion Board question. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires your active participation with classmates and your instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Students are highly encouraged to […]

Rawls argues that we should decide the terms of distributive justice behind what he calls a “veil of ignorance” so as not to advantage our own position. Thus, if we carried out his thought experiment, we would not neglect the interests of disadvantaged minorities (as utilitarians might) since we would be acknowledging the possibility that we ourselves might be among them. In such a frame […]

Using the information gathered from your SWOT analysis conducted in Unit II, create an external factor analysis (EFAS) table for the company you researched. Use Microsoft Word, or a similar program, to create your table. It should have five columns. The first column heading should be titled External Factors, the second column should be titled Weight, the third column should be titled Rating, the fourth […]

Go to the Federal Reserve’s FOMC video press conference on December 14, 2016, located at https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomcpresconf20161214.htm. Analyze how much monetary policy affects the bond market and determine if you are in agreement with this strategy. How are monetary policy, the bond market and inflation related? Apply these relationships to advise a small-business owner who wants to start a pension fund for her/his employees. (Students are […]

Stanford University medical researchers conducted a study on the correlation between the use of fertility drugs and ovarian cancer.  Their study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, concludes that the use of the fertility drugs, Pergonal and Serophene, may increase the risk of ovarian cancer by three times.  The lead author of the studies, Professor Alice Whittemore, stated, “Our finding in regard to fertility […]

each student will be expected to keep a weekly Investment Diary and to submit their diary updates via Submissions each week. three submission with each diary！This is an easy way to gather 100 points.  Record your thoughts on the macro environment and on your degree of confidence or trepidation with the market, your valuation work or your portfolio.  You will find this to be an […]

There are many possible exchange rate systems that can be employed by nations of the world. • What are the advantages and disadvantages of the currently dominant floating exchange rate system? • What alternative system(s) might be better suited to manage the present world economy? Justify your position through a thoughtful discussion that draws upon the readings and lectures for this week. In addition, you […]

 As was previously discussed, your finance project is due in WEEK 13.  You have the option to do a power point presentation.  You will have 12-15 slides which does NOT include your cover sheet with your name, class and title of your power point, plus your reference list.  So you may have 14-17 slide when finished.  If you prefer to do a paper it has to be 5-7 […]