What are the details of each configuration? How does this relate to price?

The file LaptopSalesJanuary2008.jmp contains data for all sales of laptops at a computer chain in London in January 2008. This is a subset of the full dataset that includes data for the entire year.

a. Create a bar chart, showing the average retail price by store (Store Postcode). Adjust the y-axis scaling to magnify differences. Which store has the highest average? Which has the lowest? Use the Local Data Filter (under the red triangle > Scripts) to isolate these two stores.

b. To better compare retail prices across stores, create side-by-side boxplots of retail price by store. Now compare the prices in the two stores above. Does there seem to be a difference between their price
distributions?

Revenue Questions:

i. How do the sales volume in each store relate to Acell’s revenues?
ii. How does this depend on the configuration?

Configuration Questions:

i. What are the details of each configuration? How does this relate to price?

ii. Do all stores sell all configurations?

Create a report summarizing the competitor analysis for three of the best performing organizations in the life sciences industry, focusing on pharmaceuticals and medicines.

You are a business development manager for a life sciences organization in the Midwest that has recently found great success through their new cancer treatment drugs. You are part of the team that is planning your organization’s exit strategy, as the owners want to sell the business. As you continue to gather and analyze data to include in your strategic recommendations, you hear about a possible roadblock that can affect your plans.

There is currently one prospective buyer interested in acquiring your organization. Your team has started planning for the acquisition process based on this interest. However, you receive word that due to recent economic and market instability, the buyer is now reconsidering its acquisition proposal. If this buyer backs out, your organization will have to re-evaluate its strategy.

To ensure the organization’s readiness in case of a setback, the VP of business development wants you and your team to identify alternative scenarios and draft a contingency plan. Your team agrees with this approach and decides to perform some preliminary research that will not only help in your acquisition analysis but will also help identify alternative buyers in the event the current buyer backs out.

In this report, you will identify and research the top three organizations in your industry and market. You will then summarize this information in a report to your VP as the list of companies to consider if they decide to look for an alternative buyer.

Prompt

Create a report summarizing the competitor analysis for three of the best performing organizations in the life sciences industry, focusing on pharmaceuticals and medicines.

Specifically, you must address the following criteria:

  1. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code: Identify the NAICS Code from the NAICS website for the organization (a life sciences firm producing cancer treatment drugs) in the course scenario. Make sure the NAICS code relates to either the oncology, pharmaceutical, or medicines sectors.
    1. How will you use the code to find potential buyers in your segment?
  2. Top competitors: Identify the top three organizations in the same industry with the same NAICS code as the organization in the course scenario and explain three criteria you used for shortlisting these companies. Use resources such as IBISWorld, Mergent ONLINE, and MarketLine to help you in your research. Consider the following in your response:
    1. Why did you select these three criteria?
    2. How do these three criteria impact the organization?
    3. What other criteria did you consider but not use? Why did you not use those criteria?
  3. Company information: Summarize the following information for the three competitors and potential alternative buyers. Use resources like investor relations pages on the organizations’ websites and MarketLine to help you in your research. (Consider using a table to capture this information.)
    1. Strategic vision (if available)
    2. Primary product(s) or service(s)
    3. Overall market share
    4. Compound annual growth rate (CAGR)

Guidelines for Submission

Submit a 3- to 4-page Word document using double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.

identify a clinical problem and provide proof of patient education addressing the health promotion and disease preventative elements needed for the individual/family or community.

PATIENT EDUCATION PLAN                                                     

Evidence of teaching the patient and or family is a critical element for the nurse practitioner. Each student must identify a clinical problem and provide proof of patient education addressing the health promotion and disease preventative elements needed for the individual/family or community.

CLINICAL PROBLEM: HEART DISEASE

2 PAGES

3-4 REFERENCES NO OLDER THAN 5 YEARS OLD

NO PLAGIARISM MORE THAN 10 % ACCEPTED , PLEASE ATTACH PLAGIARISM REPORT.

Evaluate their characteristics and assess the extent to which they are comparable in terms of market commonality and resource similarity.

Activity I – Many firms fail when they enter into strategic alliances with firms that link up with companies based in other countries. What are some reasons for this failure? Provide an example.

Activity II –E-Loan and Lending Tree are two entrepreneurial firms that offer lending services over the Internet. Evaluate the features of these two companies and, for each company:

  • Evaluate their characteristics and assess the extent to which they are comparable in terms of market commonality and resource similarity.
  •  Based on your analysis, what strategic and/or tactical actions might these companies take to improve their competitive position? Could E-Loan and Lending Tree improve their performance more through co-opetition rather than competition? Explain your rationale.

2 pgs in length and double spaced pls

Analyze the role of accounting in business operations.

Assignment Content
Competencies
Analyze the role of accounting in business operations.
Apply the principles of accrual accounting and accounting cycles.
Appraise the financial health and performance of a company.
Analyze cost behaviors and production costing methods.
Employ accounting data for business analysis and prediction.
Evaluate accounting-related legal and ethical business implications.
Student Success Criteria
View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.
Scenario
The Vice President of Finance called you into a meeting to discuss the overall vision and future of your company. He states that he has always admired International Business Machines (IBM) since he studied the company in college. The VP has not followed the company as of late and would like you to prepare an update as to how IBM is doing over last three years and the top line outlook for next year. The VP would like you to use similar techniques that you have used in writing your previous reports.
Instructions
Using the financial statements of International Business Machines Corporation:
Prepare an income statement vertical and horizontal analysis of International Business Machines Corporation using three years of data. Use Mergent Online to download income statement to Excel.
Be sure to search for International Business Machines Corp, and choose the United States entity. FAQ for accessing and downloading income statements
Using the line item desсrіptions from the income statement, create a new tab and identify which expenses (costs) are likely fixed, variable, product, and period costs.
Using Mergent Online, create a ratio analysis report showing International Business Machines Corporation and its largest 4 competitors based on total revenue
Download the following ratios and peer average into Excel. Format and arrange the data in a professional manner:
Current Ratio
Gross Margin
Inventory % of TA
Inventory Turnover
Debt/Equity Ratio
Net Current Assets % TA
Net PPE % TA
Net Profit Margin %
Operating Margin %
R + D % TR
ROA %
ROE %
ROI %
Selling and General Admin % TR
Total Asset Turnover
Using the historical income statement data, prepare a sales (revenue) forecast for the upcoming year including your assumptions, calculations, and rationale.
Using the SEC.gov website, find articles on of International Business Machines Corporation and comment in a Word document on any recent accounting standards or ethical considerations that affect the company.
Note: The use of Microsoft Excel is a requirement for this course and a key demonstration of your management skills, therefore, all calculations, formulas, and results derived must use Excel functions.

Analyze the differences between individual racism, interpersonal racism, institutional racism, and systemic racism.

Does White Privilege Exist? Part 1

Learning Objectives
After you read the assigned materials and answer the questions, you will be able to:

1. Analyze the differences between individual racism, interpersonal racism, institutional racism, and systemic racism.
2. Analyze the causes of white privilege on an institutional, interpersonal, and personal level.
3. Analyze the effects of white privilege on an institutional, interpersonal, and personal level.
4. Analyze the causes and effects of white denial on an institutional, interpersonal, and personal level.
5. Analyze how whites are involved in systems of white privilege and how they might challenge white privilege.

REREAD: ​Koegel: “Exploring Our Mental Models: Why The Sociological Imagination May Be Hard To Understand And Accept” (read the first 3 pages of attached PDF)
READ: ​Koegel: “Most White People Believe There Has Been Significant Racial Progress In The Past 50 Years – Are They Right?” (see attached 4-page PDF)
WATCH:​5 Things You Should Know About Racism | Decoded | MTV News at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v＝8eTWZ80z9EE
READ: Koegel: “Do You See What – And How – I See? Exploring Different Ways Of Thinking About Racism” (see attached 4-page PDF)
WATCH: “Systemic Racism Explained,” 2019 (4 minutes and 23 seconds) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v＝YrHIQIO_bdQ
READ: ​“Does White Privilege Exist” (read all the assigned essays in this PDF)
WATCH: “Systemic Racism Against Latinos” (3 minutes) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v＝9gYJ0RPTGG8

[Read before you answer question 1A] After re-reading page 1 of my essay “Exploring Our Mental Model” until the end of the 4th paragraph of page 3 whose last sentence ends with: … “our assumptions and beliefs about the way things are”),

QUESTION 1A: Describe how I support my conclusion that we do not simply see and experience the world “out there” as it is. Rather, our mental model profoundly shapes our lives – or, as I put it, “it is not just our actions and reactions, but our very perceptions, what we think we see, hear, feel, smell and experience that are deeply affected by our mental model, our assumptions and beliefs about the way things really are” (this quote is on pages 2 and 3)

How did the current (Biden) and previous (Trump) presidents handle the problem? 

Consider a topic (mental health, HIV, opioid epidemic, pandemics, obesity, prescription drug prices, or many others) that rises to the presidential level.

Topic- COVID PANDEMICS

1. How did the current (Biden) and previous (Trump) presidents handle the problem?

2. What would you do differently?

3. Consider how federal agendas promote healthcare issues and how these healthcare issues become agenda priorities.

4. Consider a population health topic that rises to the presidential agenda level. Which social determinant most affects this health issue? How did two recent presidents handle the problem? What would you do differently?

5.  Utilize at least 3 scholarly references and APA referencing

 

Topic

Past President’s Approaches 

What could be Done Differently