You are the manager of Acme Fireworks, a fireworks retailer who sells fireworks, puts on ground display fireworks, and large aerial display fireworks. The company started in the owner’s garage two years ago and now has 15 employees that you manage. The company started as a sole proprietorship, and the owner has never changed the entity. The owner has informed you that the company has […]

You recently attended the Healthcare Information and Management System’s Society (HIMSS) yearly conference in Orlando with several other leaders in your organization. The CIO has requested you each select one key trend from the module lectures and readings. Based on your selection, you are to create an Executive Summary that incorporates your module learnings, your own research, and include a recommendation for use of this […]

Explain why you chose to take this course (sustainability in fashion). How will the knowledge of sustainability and choosing eco-friendly fashion products help you with your merchandising/marketing career? Then, reflecting on this module’s textbook readings and resources, discuss whether you agree or disagree with the following statement by Fletcher: “For too long environmentalists have treated fashion as an irrelevance, an unnecessary extravagance and the chief […]

Assignment 1.1: Conflicting Viewpoints Essay – Part I Prewriting  Due Week 2 and worth 30 points  When looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view? This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect of critical thinking by playing the “Believing Game.” The Believing Game is about making the effort to “believe” […]

DC, a Delaware corporation, purchases goods manufactured in the United States by several related corporations and sells them in the United States and countries X and Y.  The sales in country X are made through a branch of DC in country X, and the country Y sales are made by an unrelated country Y corporation functioning as DC’s independent sales agent.  For the current taxable […]

 You have been hired as a consultant for Pristine Urban-Tech Zither, Inc. (PUTZ), manufacturers of fine zithers. The market for zithers is growing quickly. The company bought some land three years ago for $2.1 million in anticipation of using it as a toxic waste dump site but has recently hired another company to handle all toxic materials. Based on a recent appraisal, the company believes […]

Given everything that has gone on in the world in the last year, what is the current business climate like in Canada? Would you open a business in Canada right now? What elements in this current environment might support business and what elements might be barriers to businesses? This is a business opinion report so be sure that you use your own voice and write […]

In preparation for your report in Project Two, you will need to calculate the financial ratios needed to determine your chosen business’s current financial health. Once you’ve calculated these ratios, the results will be used to analyze the business’s current financial position and help them make decisions about how to improve or maintain their financial health. Pay particular attention to working capital management. If liquidity […]

ToolsCorp Corporation is a fictitious company that does exist anywhere. For the purpose of this course, it is located it in Tennessee. As members of the senior management team of ToolsCorp Corporation, your group has been asked to prepare a neat and organized report for the Strategic Officers Steering Committee (SOS-C) of ToolsCorp Corporation. The purpose of this paper is to obtain permission from them […]

 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 […]