Three months ago, Janet Hart’s husband of twenty years died of cancer. Although he had medical insurance, he left Janet with outstanding medical bills of more than $50,000. Janet has worked at the local library for the past ten years, earning $1,500 per month. Since her husband’s death, Janet also has received $1,500 in Social Security benefits and $1,100 in life insurance proceeds every month, […]

Over the past week you have been conducting security-level analysis in creating your 5 stock portfolios. Today, 1/17, the Dow Jones closed at a record high of 29,348 points.  Many investors are predicting/hoping for a 35,000 point Dow by the end of 2020.  In contrast, other investors are more bearish. One such investor, Michael Burry, is pessimistic, arguing in the article below that all of the […]

Just like with most things, when creating trade policy, there needs to be a balance between meeting the needs of the consumers and meeting the interests of businesses and their employees.  Businesses must be able to produce a product that consumers wish to purchase at a price low enough to incentivize them to make the purchase.  Businesses must be able to balance this production at […]

You will be responsible for posting to the Canvas Discussion Board four examples of data visualization being used “in the wild.” This can come from a news source, social media, think tank report, YouTube commercial, academic article, or virtually any other source that has some relevance to your life. Your assignment is to post a link to the source and critically reflect on the visualization […]

PPP, which is purchasing power parity, is a theory economically that takes different countries’ currencies and compares them using an approach called “basket of goods.” The currencies are in balance, which is known as being at par; the exchange rate is considered what the basket of goods at the same price in each country (Hall,2019).  There are several calculations throughout Chapter 10, even one related […]

Taking on the role of a CEO, develop a PowerPoint presentation of  approximately 6-7 pages with left justification that explains how you would adapt the Western  leadership strategies of either Heifetz and Linsky or Drucker in your  approach to managing an international organization on the brink of  structural change and expansion.  One of your main goals will be to  motivate and communicate a vision while […]

For the SLP this session, you will be taking a close look at a company of your choice. You are free to choose any company you want as long as it is publicly traded on one of the major stock market exchanges such as NYSE or NASDAQ. This could be a company that you personally are interested in investing in, or a company whose product […]

 Sitting through PowerPoint presentations and trainings is often viewed as a necessary evil of working in a professional organization.  While a PowerPoint should ideally be a visually appealing complement to a speech or lecture, too often presenters create crowded, ineffective slides with either too much or not enough text, or an overload of “gimmicks” like clip art, sound files, and jarring transitions.  What are some of your presentation […]

A great deal has been written about Africa and its ability to attract international business. In 2000 a report was prepared by the Pan-African Productivity Association (PAPA), for the International Labour Office entitled, supply side constraints that hamper African enterprises from taking advantage of emerging export market opportunities. Obviously, the report is now outdated. However, if you were reading this article in 2000 what pieces […]

 Implementation Plan: Part 3 For the final assignment of this course, you will continue your work with the company you used in Unit IV and Unit VI. For the Unit VIII Project, you will complete the final components of your implementation plan. For Part 3, you will focus on the following points:  internal and external issues,  competition ,  future outlook for the […]