Due to our business being a moderate restaurant group with about 60 shareholders, we have elected to pursue an S type corporation as our ownership model. “S corporations are corporations that elect to pass corporate income, losses, deductions, and credits through to their shareholders for federal tax purposes. Shareholders of S corporations report the flow-through of income and losses on their personal tax returns and […]

Your coffee franchise cleared for business in all three countries (Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and China). You now have to develop your global franchise team and start construction of your restaurants. . You invite all of the players to the headquarters in the United States for a big meeting to explain the project and get to know one another since they represent the global division of […]

Critical Analysis Exercises([email protected] 10% each):  You will be responsible for submitting threeindividual criticalanalyses of a problem or opportunity described in an article or case postedon Canvas.Critical analyses must be a maximumof threepages in length; only the first threepages will beread and evaluated by the instructor. You will identify the problem or opportunityand discuss a viable solution based on your analysis of the case. The general […]

hapter 12 covered creating a successful financial plan. The three basic financial statements that were covered including the balance sheet, the income statement, and statement of cash flows. Balance sheet is based on the old accounting formula assets equals liabilities plus owners equity. Balance sheets an estimate of the company’s value on a particular date, much like a snapshot of the company’s financial position. The […]

Bob operated a flower shop as a sole proprietorship and decided to formalize the operation of the flower shop, so he formed a limited liability company (LLC) to own and operate the flower shop.  After the LLC was formed, the LLC hired David to drive the delivery van that was owned by the LLC and that was used to deliver flowers to customers of the […]

For your Module 3 SLP assignment, continue to do research on the company that you wrote about for Modules 1 and 2. For this assignment, you will be estimating the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for your chosen company. The final calculation will be fairly straightforward, as it involves just plugging in some numbers into an equation. However, the more challenging task will be […]

 Kyle Wong, our guest speaker, speaks to how his organization integrated differentiation, innovation, and the Internet to gain competitive advantage (INF220 Week Two Information Systems – For Competitive Advantage (Links to an external site.)). Using Michael Porter’s Model of Competitive Advantage, analyze how you feel Pixlee uses information systems for its customers’ competitive advantage. Hint: See the Competitive Advantage Strategies in the “Business Use of Information […]

As you learned in this module, leadership and the hiring of employees is critical to small business success. You must calculate your company’s staffing requirements and determine how many employees you will need to start your business. First, what are their job titles and basic job descriptions? Second, estimate the number of employees you will need at startup during the first year, during the second […]

This is a discussion forum to share your proposal ideas and plans for the assignment  Describe what kind of proposal you want to develop, what specific problems you want to solve or what opportunity you want to create/maximize, why, who will benefit from it and how, and why your proposal makes sense and deserves support. Additionally, who is your target audience? Who are you planning […]

Evaluating financial statements and using financial analysis methods is a critical part of the decision to make capital investments. The goal of capital management is to acquire and maintain sufficient working capital and assets. This helps an organization meet operating and expense obligations, while also keeping a sufficient cash flow. It is also a way to confirm that capital purchases and agreements are made with […]