Return on Investment – Education Funding Develop a three-page analysis (excluding the title and reference pages) on the projected return on investment for your college education and projected future employment.  Analyze your desired occupation. Determine how much compensation (return) you expect to earn and how long will it take to pay back the return on this investment. Use the financial formulas, Net Present Value (NPV), […]

Galaxy International is a small privately held company in the Northeast U.S. which manufactures high- tech carbon composite skis for the U.S. market. The company has been in business for 20 years, has 125 employees, and has $50 million in annual sales. Its owner, Jeremy Riven, is an ex-Olympic skier who developed the proprietary technology and bonding polymers that give Galaxy skis their unique flexibility, […]

The new model costs $150,000 (delivered and installed), with an expected life of 5 years. The company expects that the new equipment will cost approximately $1,000 more in utilities than what it now pays. The company will also spend $500 per month for an extended warranty. The new model is more complex and requires hiring someone to program it. The base salary of this new employee will be $36,000, plus applicable payroll taxes and […]

Think about what you have read and seen in the news on globalization. Consider the fact that the clothing we wear, the cars that we drive, the cell phones we use to communicate and the computers we use to work, are each likely to have been manufactured in whole or in part in different parts of the world. While there are still companies and firms […]

This video introduces the concept of business risk and risk management. It notes that business risks can generally be classified into four categories: property, market, employee, and customer. Using each of the four categories of risk, develop an analysis of how financial management techniques or policies can be used to mitigate each of the risks. To supplement your risk analysis, you must use at least […]

Case Study: (8 Marks) : With an inheritance from his father, Nigel set up a business at his home to produce and sell honey. Nigel gave up a well-paid job to start his business. At first, he did not think that his sales were high enough to make a profit, but since then he believes that his business has become profitable. Nigel has gathered together […]

Choose five risky assets and give reasons for your choice. Download historical price information from Yahoo Finance (use ‘adjusted close’ prices for the basis of the computation). • Compute the sample mean, variance, standard deviation, skewness and kurtosis of these shares. Then annualise sample mean, variance and standard deviation. • Plot the daily share prices and daily returns for each individual asset. • Plot the […]

A manufacturing company is thinking of launching a new product. The company expects to sell $950,000 of the new product in the first year and $1,500,000 each year thereafter. Direct costs including labor and materials will be 45% of sales. Indirect incremental costs are estimated at $95,000 a year. The project requires a new plant that will cost a total of $1,500,000, which will be […]

Question 1 Discuss the most important emerging issues that the Suzlon Energy Ltd sector faces in the next five years. In your answer, use appropriate strategic frameworks of your choice to analyse the industry and external environment. Question 2 Utilising Barney’s ‘VIRO’ and Porter’s ‘Value Chain’ models, critically evaluate Suzlon Energy Ltd resources and capabilities relative to their competition. Question 3 Critically evaluate Suzlon Energy […]

The Final Project will involve applying the concepts learned in class to an analysis of a company using data from its annual report. Using the concepts from this course, you will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the company and write a report either recommending or not recommending purchase of the company stock.   Research Tip: The “Mergent” database in the Ashford University Library contains […]