Imagine you have your MBA degree and have just been hired as Assistant to the Vice President. Your boss tells you that the company is thinking about building a new hotel. The success of the hotel will depend on many factors such as:  the direction of the economy; if there are meeting rooms or not; if they have a cafeteria and a full service restaurant of just a […]

Airvalue Airways is a regional carrier whose strategy is to expand gradually as they can identify routes that offer an attractive return on the investment necessary to support successful coverage of the route.  As part of this expansion, the company is planning to buy a new plane in the upcoming fiscal year. The purchasing department has narrowed the choice down to two models.  One is […]

As a financial consultant, you have contracted with Wheel Industries to evaluate their procedures involving the evaluation of long term investment opportunities.  You have agreed to provide a detailed report illustrating the use of several techniques for evaluating capital projects including the weighted average cost of capital to the firm, the anticipated cash flows for the projects, and the methods used for project selection.  In […]

Solve the following problem. Norma’s Cat Food of Shell Knob ships cat food throughout the country. Norma has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by two and one-half days. Furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by […]

First Republic Bancorp is considering the acquisition of a new data processing and management and information system. The system, including computer hardware and software, will cost 1 million. Delivery and installation of the system is expected to add $100,000 to this cost. To put this new system in place, the bank expects to have to make an investment of $50,000 in net working capital immediately […]

Using the SEC 10-K for Amazon, answer the following questions: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000101872416000172/amzn-20151231x10k.htm#sD94ADF4FB5251FD6C2CAABB2495413FA 1.Reading the notes to the financial statements, as well as the balance sheet, post information about the Accounts Receivable for your company. Who owes the company money? 2.Search for the phrase “Bad Debts” or Allowance (for collectible accounts). When you read the balance sheet, you may see that the receivables are listed as a […]

1) For your first topic in this conference I would like for you to briefly review either your personal experiences and/or the financial literature to identify and present a description of one actual capital project/product failure and the reasons attributed to the failure. For those of you who do not have personal experiences the following are some illustrated examples of failed projects/products over the last […]

Prepare a capital budgeting analysis of your MBA. Estimate the revenues, expenses assuming a 15 year life on the degree. There are several articles on the internet that can assist you with this calculation. Most are focused on the accounting return on investment (http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/paying/articles/2016-04-07/calculate-the-return-on-investment-for-an-mba), but I want you to compute the Net Present Value (http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/02/21/the-npv-of-business-school )and IRR of your degree. Be sure to only include the […]

I need 4 annotated bibliography of FUND #140, FUND #143, FUND#144, FUND # 159. An annotated bibliography describes and evaluates literature on a topic in a collection of succinct, one-paragraph entries of 250-350 words worth up to 20 points depending on Turn It In (under 30%) and Grammarly programs. There are four important points to know about an annotated bibliographyI attached PDFs that you will be […]

As mentioned in class, the story of options and the development of the Black-Scholes formula is intertwined with the story of international financial markets and investment and global financial crisis. Although B-S was originally developed for pricing stock options, the formula that we have been using in class for currency options is virtually identical. Specifically, except for the Tr e − * term that discounts […]