Can not be plagerized! Research a specific company of your choice and identify some of the managerial decisions that were made over time and in response to changes in its market or competitive environment. Use the Ashford University Library and web-based sources for your research. At least three external scholarly sources must be used in addition to the textbook.

Address all of the following areas:

• Describe the company and provide a brief history of its operations. Find or use graphs to illustrate its financial performance over the years.
• Describe any sources of risk or uncertainty in its operations. Do the financial reports indicate risky or uncertain activities or changes to the economic environment that ultimately appear to have affected the company’s financial outcomes? Be specific.
• Are there any government regulations that have affected this company’s operations domestically or abroad? Explain.
• Describe the inputs that are used in this company’s production function and identify any challenges to securing these inputs.
• Determine if the company has introduced new products in existing markets or created new markets over time. What is the impact on its finances?
• Determine if the price of its products increased or declined over time and analyze the reasons for price fluctuations. Study the demand elasticity for its products and discuss the availability of close substitutes for its products. How does that affect pricing decisions?
• Analyze the company’s profitability. Identify the economy or industry influences on its costs, operations, and profitability.
• Describe the competitive environment in which the firm operates, the distribution of market power, and the strategic behavior of the firm and its competitors. Apply your knowledge of the theory of this company’s market structure. How does the company make pricing and production decisions? Is your observation supported by the theoretical models? Refer to the financial reports for illustration.
  Describe any non-price competitive strategies that the company might be engaging in. Provide specific examples.
• Evaluate if the company made any mistakes in its decisions over time, and recommend any changes or improvements for future operations. Refer to the financial reports when making specific observations or recommendations..

Use economic language and demonstrate your understanding of the concepts and theories of this course.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length (excluding including the title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement which identifies the focus of the paper.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the text.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

 

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Assignment 2: Small-Business Preference

Worth 120 points

Imagine you are a service-disabled veteran and have made your hobby of building model airplanes into a small business that produces very small remote control aircraft capable of long sustained flights. You are ready to expand your business by competing for Department of Homeland Security contracts.

Write a three (3) page paper in which you:

1. Determine at least three (3) specific programs created by Congress that benefit your business.
2. Analyze the small-business programs created by Congress and provide details of how they will benefit your company over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Lockheed Martin).

1. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Differentiate between business sizes and analyze the opportunities for small businesses.
• Evaluate common small-business preference programs.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in contract administration and management.
• Write clearly and concisely about contract administration and management using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 120	Assignment 2: Small-Business Preference
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 60% F	Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Determine at least three (3) specific programs created by Congress that benefit your business. Weight: 35%	Did not submit or incompletely determined at least three (3) specific programs created by Congress that benefit your business.	Insufficiently determined at least three (3) specific programs created by Congress that benefit your business.	Partially determined at least three (3) specific programs created by Congress that benefit your business.	Satisfactorily determined at least three (3) specific programs created by Congress that benefit your business.	Thoroughly determined at least three (3) specific programs created by Congress that benefit your business.
2. Analyze the small-business programs created by Congress and provide details of how they will benefit your company over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Lockheed Martin). Weight: 50%	Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the small-business programs created by Congress; did not submit or incompletely provided details of how they will benefit your company over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Lockheed Martin).	Insufficiently analyzed the small-business programs created by Congress; insufficiently provided details of how they will benefit your company over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Lockheed Martin).	Partially analyzed the small-business programs created by Congress; partially provided details of how they will benefit your company over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Lockheed Martin).	Satisfactorily analyzed the small-business programs created by Congress; satisfactorily provided details of how they will benefit your company over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Lockheed Martin).	Thoroughly analyzed the small-business programs created by Congress; thoroughly provided details of how they will benefit your company over large multinational organizations that build aircrafts (e.g., Lockheed Martin).
3. 3 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.	Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
4. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 8 errors present	7-8 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present

 

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Please write a presentation about Urban Outfitters. The presentation should including intrduction about this company, and about this company and its accounting, financial and managerial, in general. You may focus on one or a selection of accounting aspects as you decide. Please download some forms of this company from 2013 to 2015, like income statement or balance sheet, see there is big change in this company and why there is a big change. If you think there is nothing to say about 2013 to 2015, you can choose any year you like, like 2010 to 2012.

Slides: One header slide, 10 content, 1 conclusion slide, and 1 showing references used.

 

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Venture Capital Limited (VCL) proposes to invest an amount “$X” today in a cloud-based accounting software company. In exchange the VCL will receive a 49% interest in the company. Assume the company will have no debt and issue no other securities other than ordinary shares. The cash provided by the VC will be paid to the company in exchange for the issue of new ordinary shares. There will be no cash inflow returns to VCL or any other shareholder, other than when exit is expected to take place.

VCL has or expects:

• An Exit (horizon) time equal to three years.

• Required return = 30% per annum.

• At the end of three years the business is expected to earn earnings before interest and tax, (‘EBIT’) of $10 million.

• Shares in comparable, more established accounting technology companies currently sell at around twenty times EBIT.

In answering the following questions, state any other specific assumptions you may need to make.
a) Calculate the expected business or enterprise value at the end of three years. 

 

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Corporations have been scrutinized as to the recording and valuation of taxes they owe. The determination of how much they will pay is a combination income and expenses they report. There are many tax rules and regulations that are part of the IRS Tax code that apply to tax reporting of corporations. Please select a specific IRS tax code rule and present this to the class. In your presentation describe what is being measured, the intent of the rule and how the rule came to be.

Please make this 1-2 paragraphs and make it in APA format.

Please include a reference page and site sources within the paper.

 

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