This video mainly focuses on the U3 Unemployment Rate, but it also shows the influence of labor force participation on the U3 rate. While not specifically noting the U6 rate, it does refer to other rates that provide a more accurate picture, that is a reference to the U6 rate.
This week we are going to look into the labor market in some depth. We shall be examining unemployment as well as the labor force participation rate.
This week you will examine the U3 unemployment rate (often called the Headline Rate because it is the one most often reported by the media) and the U6 unemployment rate (a more inclusive measure of unemployment) in detail. This activity will give you a deeper understanding of the different unemployment measures available to analyze what is occurring in the national labor market.
1) Watch the above video
2) Go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://bls.gov) and find the current:
a) labor force participation rate
b) the U3 (Headline) unemployment rate, and,
c) the U6 unemployment rate;
3) What are the differences between the U3 and U6 unemployment rates? Note not only the unemployment rate percentages, but also who is counted in each of the two measures.
4) After examining the information and views found in the above activities, what factors are contributing to the current unemployment rate and the current labor participation rate? Support your view with data from the BLS, information from the readings and the videos and concepts from the textbook readings (chapters 28 – 31).
5) Post your views to the discussion board and refer to at least two different concepts from this week’s Chapters. Your illustration of concepts MUST include an explanation why you think they are relevant to the week’s topic using specific information from the articles, videos and other
Identity Theft- Discuss the events facilitating the vice
Identity Theft
In the year 2017, approximately 145 million Americans experienced a data breach on behalf of equifax, one of the nations three major credit reporting agencies. This breach lasted from mid-May through July and came as a massive shock to the American people. This particular breach is important to emphasize because of the sheer scale and the plethora of information that was stolen.
During this several-month long breech, hackers were able to obtain “tax identification numbers, email addresses and drivers’ license information beyond the license numbers” This allowed criminals to open fake accounts using this information. One of the most alarming aspects of this breech is that anybody is susceptible through no fault of their own. Consumers have no choice but to have all their personal information recorded in places such as equifax, and were hence completely unable to protect themselves against this fraud. Discuss the events facilitating the vice.
This week students will review and revise their Week 3 Research Analysis for Business Signature Assignment based on economic analysis and the feedback provided by their facilitator. Students will also expand their Week 3 analyses to evaluate the challenges of expanding their chosen company's production to a foreign market.
Purpose of Assignment
This week students will review and revise their Week 3 Research Analysis for Business Signature Assignment based on economic analysis and the feedback provided by their facilitator. Students will also expand their Week 3 analyses to evaluate the challenges of expanding their chosen company’s production to a foreign market.
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Revise your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business, using the feedback provided by your facilitator. This Week 6 report should only include one conclusion, so you will need to rewrite the conclusion you included in your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business.
Select a foreign market in which to expand your chosen product. If you wish, you may use one of the countries your team analyzed in their Week 5 Comparative and Absolute Advantage Assignment.
Prepare a minimum1,750-word report addressing the points listed below. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged, you may submit any economic data in Microsoft® Excel® format in a separate file. You may use the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Federal Reserve of St. Louis’s FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, and World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. The new sections of your report should:
• Evaluate current global economic conditions and their effects on macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Provide forecasts for population growth, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth.
• Evaluate any competitors’ existing production in the chosen country.
• Assess sales forecasts in the selected country by using the Federal Reserve of St. Louis’s FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library.
• Categorize the type of economy that exists in your selected country as closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion?
• Assess how your chosen country’s current credit market conditions, especially interest rates and the availability of financing, affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country.
• Analyze the role of the selected country’s central bank on that country’s economy.
• Compare the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss any additional challenges of international production, such as political stability, availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks.
• Explain any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to make your product in your chosen country and selling the product in other countries.
• Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you:
o Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations.
o Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented.
o Propose how the firm’s position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action.
o Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government.
o Recommend any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors currently operating in that country, and defend your position, either for or against, expanding your company’s production into your chosen country based on your research.
Integrate with the Week 3 Individual Assignment, and incorporate corrections and suggestions from the instructor’s feedback. The final report should be a minimum of 2,800 words.
Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook.
Include all peer-reviewed references and government economic data sources/references from Week 3.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Monetary Theory And Policy-Tom purchased a -month treasury bill with a face value of $1,000 at a discount price of $750. If the treasury bill has 35 days remaining to maturity and using a trading year of 360 days calculate the coupon yield. Calculate the yield on the treasury bill, the return on it.
Tom purchased a -month treasury bill with a face value of $1,000 at a discount price of $750. If the treasury bill has 35 days remaining to maturity and using a trading year of 360 days calculate the coupon yield.
Calculate the yield on the treasury bill, the return on it.
(It is NOT a paper!!! I want the answer in maximum TEN MINUTES step by step)
This position paper should not be a simple summary of the case. The cases include questions following each of them, which provide an indication of what your position paper might address. However, write your position paper as an organized essay, not as responses to the questions.
This position paper should not be a simple summary of the case. The cases include questions following each of them, which provide an indication of what your position paper might address. However, write your position paper as an organized essay, not as responses to the questions.
Required format:
1) Maximum length is three pages double spaced:
2) summarize the most important facts surrounding the case:
3) identify the key issue or issues in terms of the relevant conceptual framework;
4) recommend the desirable course of action or policy in terms of the conceptual framework.
Production possibilities-Sketch the Production possibilities curves for Japan and South Korea separately
The figures in the following table give the alternate combinations of steel and autos that Japan and South Korea can produce if they fully use their resources at their disposal with the best technology available to them.
Answer the questions that follow based on these figures. You can submit your answers via a link to Google document.
- Sketch the Production possibilities curves for Japan and South Korea separately. Locate steel on the vertical axis and autos on the horizontal axis of each graph.
- What is the opportunity cost of steel in Japan? What is the opportunity cost of steel in Korea? Based on your results, which country has comparative advantage in steel production?
- Based on your answer in Question #2, should the countries specialize in an area of production? If so, which country should specialize in steel production? In autos? Explain your answer.
- Suppose, in Autarky, Japan chooses to consume 300 units of steel and 240 units of autos. Label this point on the country’s PPC.
- Suppose, in Autarky, South Korea chooses to consume 450 units of steel and 200 units of autos. Label this combination on the country’s PPC.
- If these countries now want to develop trade relation, what would be the trade price of steel in the world market?
- Suppose the negotiated trade price is: 1 unit of steel for 1 Auto. Would it be a valid price?
- Using the trade price, draw the terms of trade line in each of the PPC graph you have drawn before. Write the slope of the TT line.
- If South Korea still wants to consume 450 units of steel, how many autos can it get through exchange when trade begins? Is it a better position than autarkic position?
- If Japan still wants to consume 240 autos, how much of steel it can get in exchange when trade begins? Would it be better than the autarkic position?
Research Proposal-The research proposal is the research plan that you, as the senior researcher, submit to the management for approval before conducting the research. It is a contract between you and management in terms of the steps of the business, budget and timeline
Short Paper: Research Proposal
Student Guide for Short paper 2 Research Proposal
You are working as a senior researcher for a company (of your own choice) to conduct
business research in order to solve an issue/situation. The issue/situation the company
is facing could be a problem, such as declined revenue, or a potential opportunity, such
as the introduction of a new product or the exploration of new market. The issue that the
company is facing requires rigorous business research. It is not a problem that can be
resolved through simple thinking or discussion.
The research proposal is the research plan that you, as the senior researcher, submit to
the management for approval before conducting the research. It is a contract between
you and management in terms of the steps of the business, budget and timeline. In a
Prospectus–a plan to do research–you do everything except for collect and analyze the
data. Keep in mind that you are hired by the company to conduct the proposed research
in order to help the management make informed decisions
Steps
1. You first need to select a company and a research problem that you want to
study. This is the Short paper 2 topic submission.
2. After your topic is approved, you write an abbreviated research proposal
indicating the background of the problem, the purpose of the study, the research
and sample design, and the budget and times schedule. Use page 124 in the
textbook (page 124) as an example.
3. You also need to present your research proposal in a voice-over presentation.
Requirements for the presentation part
Prepare no more than 5 slides (excluding the cover slide) to present your research
proposal. The voice-over presentation should be no more than 5 minutes. Here is a
youtube video to help you with recording the voice-over presentation:
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uk4CU7uobM
Note that if you are preparing the voice-over using a Mac, you need to make sure the
save file can be open by a PC and the voice can be heard.
Here is a list of things you need to pay attention when preparing the presentation
1. Make sure you to record over every ppt slide. That is, do not give your whole
presentation over the first slide. You need to turn the pages as you go over them
one by one.
You are working as a senior researcher for a company (of your own choice) to conduct
business research in order to solve an issue/situation. The issue/situation the company
is facing could be a problem, such as declined revenue, or a potential opportunity, such
as the introduction of a new product or the exploration of new market. The issue that the
company is facing requires rigorous business research. It is not a problem that can be
resolved through simple thinking or discussion.
The research proposal is the research plan that you, as the senior researcher, submit to
the management for approval before conducting the research. It is a contract between
you and management in terms of the steps of the business, budget and timeline. In a
Prospectus–a plan to do research–you do everything except for collect and analyze the
data. Keep in mind that you are hired by the company to conduct the proposed research
in order to help the management make informed decisions
Steps
1. You first need to select a company and a research problem that you want to
study. This is the Short paper 2 topic submission.
2. After your topic is approved, you write an abbreviated research proposal
indicating the background of the problem, the purpose of the study, the research
and sample design, and the budget and times schedule. Use page 124 in the
textbook (page 124) as an example.
3. You also need to present your research proposal in a voice-over presentation.
Requirements for the presentation part
Prepare no more than 5 slides (excluding the cover slide) to present your research
proposal. The voice-over presentation should be no more than 5 minutes. Here is a
youtube video to help you with recording the voice-over presentation:
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uk4CU7uobM
Note that if you are preparing the voice-over using a Mac, you need to make sure the
save file can be open by a PC and the voice can be heard.
Here is a list of things you need to pay attention when preparing the presentation
1. Make sure you to record over every ppt slide. That is, do not give your whole
presentation over the first slide. You need to turn the pages as you go over them
one by one.
2. Given an overview of the presentation before formally presenting the detailed
contents.
3. Rehearse before recording the presentation.
4. You should include a cover page/slide with you name and the title of the
presentation.
5. The font should be large enough for audio in a distance to see (size>18 as a
minimum)
6. You may use one or two pictures/graphs to make the slides interesting. However,
too many graphics can be distracting.
Requirements for the written part
Formatting
The proposal should be double-spaced using Times New Roman 12 font and should not
exceed 1000 words, including references and appendix, if any. You are required to
follow APA style when writing the short paper.
Here is a tutorial on APA style:
http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~instruct/articulate/apa_mod/APA_Intro/player.html
Specific Information
Note 1: Even though you will NOT be implementing the research plan you design in the
proposal prior to writing your paper, your plan must be a realistic plan that you
personally have the knowledge and resources to implement upon request.
Note 2: Your paper must be your own original work! Be sure to give proper credit when
you borrow or use someone else’s words and ideas, including your own previously
written works. See the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association pages 15-16 for specific information on Plagiarism and Self-
Plagiarism. Failure to follow this requirement will result in a grade of 0.
Note 3: Write your paper in third person. Scholarly works generally are written in third
person to avoid reader concern about bias in an empirical study. A research prospectus
should be concise. If you find yourself using phrases like “As mentioned previously…”
then you are repeating yourself without providing new information.
Note 4: You should use a neutral tone while stating the issues. No emotionally charged
wordings should be used such as “unfortunately,” “drastically,” etc.
contents.
3. Rehearse before recording the presentation.
4. You should include a cover page/slide with you name and the title of the
presentation.
5. The font should be large enough for audio in a distance to see (size>18 as a
minimum)
6. You may use one or two pictures/graphs to make the slides interesting. However,
too many graphics can be distracting.
Requirements for the written part
Formatting
The proposal should be double-spaced using Times New Roman 12 font and should not
exceed 1000 words, including references and appendix, if any. You are required to
follow APA style when writing the short paper.
Here is a tutorial on APA style:
http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~instruct/articulate/apa_mod/APA_Intro/player.html
Specific Information
Note 1: Even though you will NOT be implementing the research plan you design in the
proposal prior to writing your paper, your plan must be a realistic plan that you
personally have the knowledge and resources to implement upon request.
Note 2: Your paper must be your own original work! Be sure to give proper credit when
you borrow or use someone else’s words and ideas, including your own previously
written works. See the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association pages 15-16 for specific information on Plagiarism and Self-
Plagiarism. Failure to follow this requirement will result in a grade of 0.
Note 3: Write your paper in third person. Scholarly works generally are written in third
person to avoid reader concern about bias in an empirical study. A research prospectus
should be concise. If you find yourself using phrases like “As mentioned previously…”
then you are repeating yourself without providing new information.
Note 4: You should use a neutral tone while stating the issues. No emotionally charged
wordings should be used such as “unfortunately,” “drastically,” etc.
Note 5: There is no need to provide detailed company information or the history of the
company.
Note 6: You are proposing to conduct business research to help a company to solve an
issue. So there will be no conclusion or any conclusive suggestions, such as “The
company should….”
Note 7: No pictures, graphs, cartoons, or figures should be included.
Grading
Your paper will be graded based on the formatting with a small weight. However, keep
in mind that the senior VP of the company is NOT impressed by APA style as the major
outcome of your work. The grade for the paper will be based on content, organization,
and format. Although the entire paper will be graded, the major focus of grading will be
on content.
Required layout
You need to follow the layout listed below, not the one in your textbook!
Cover Page: Include a title of the research proposal, course number, course name, and
the author’s name
Background/current situation: What led you to address this problem? What are the
symptoms that led you to believe this problem needs to be addressed by business
research? You should not discuss the history of the company or state how great
the business was/is. In general, if you are investigating a current issue, anything
happened a few years ago is irrelevant.
Purpose of the Research: What is the purpose of your research? Be very specific in
stating the purpose. For example, your “purpose” might be that you want to investigate
the attitudes of consumers about a specific product and their decisions to purchase that
product.
Research design and sample design: You should discuss how the study will be
conducted, including the source of data, how they are going to be collected, and the
type of research, exploratory, descriptive, or casual research. If data are collected
through surveys, you need to discuss what the target population is and how the sample
will be determined. Also, instead of providing sample survey questions, you
should provide general research questions to indicate what results the
management can expect after you conduct the proposed research.
company.
Note 6: You are proposing to conduct business research to help a company to solve an
issue. So there will be no conclusion or any conclusive suggestions, such as “The
company should….”
Note 7: No pictures, graphs, cartoons, or figures should be included.
Grading
Your paper will be graded based on the formatting with a small weight. However, keep
in mind that the senior VP of the company is NOT impressed by APA style as the major
outcome of your work. The grade for the paper will be based on content, organization,
and format. Although the entire paper will be graded, the major focus of grading will be
on content.
Required layout
You need to follow the layout listed below, not the one in your textbook!
Cover Page: Include a title of the research proposal, course number, course name, and
the author’s name
Background/current situation: What led you to address this problem? What are the
symptoms that led you to believe this problem needs to be addressed by business
research? You should not discuss the history of the company or state how great
the business was/is. In general, if you are investigating a current issue, anything
happened a few years ago is irrelevant.
Purpose of the Research: What is the purpose of your research? Be very specific in
stating the purpose. For example, your “purpose” might be that you want to investigate
the attitudes of consumers about a specific product and their decisions to purchase that
product.
Research design and sample design: You should discuss how the study will be
conducted, including the source of data, how they are going to be collected, and the
type of research, exploratory, descriptive, or casual research. If data are collected
through surveys, you need to discuss what the target population is and how the sample
will be determined. Also, instead of providing sample survey questions, you
should provide general research questions to indicate what results the
management can expect after you conduct the proposed research.
Budget and time schedule: any complete research proposal should include a
schedule of how long it will take to conduct each stage of the research and a statement
of itemized costs. Although you may not have a very good idea about the budget and
time schedule, you are supposed to provide such information to your best knowledge.
Note that the budget and time schedule is not for carrying out whatever solution or
business plan you are suggesting. The example in the textbook does not provide any
specific budget or timeline. However, you are required to provide itemized costs and
detailed timeline for each step of the research process.
References: If you cite any sources in your short paper, you need to put them in the
references. Failure to cite the sources appropriately may result in plagiarism and is
subject to consequences listed in the Academic Honesty Policy.
schedule of how long it will take to conduct each stage of the research and a statement
of itemized costs. Although you may not have a very good idea about the budget and
time schedule, you are supposed to provide such information to your best knowledge.
Note that the budget and time schedule is not for carrying out whatever solution or
business plan you are suggesting. The example in the textbook does not provide any
specific budget or timeline. However, you are required to provide itemized costs and
detailed timeline for each step of the research process.
References: If you cite any sources in your short paper, you need to put them in the
references. Failure to cite the sources appropriately may result in plagiarism and is
subject to consequences listed in the Academic Honesty Policy.
responce paper on common phrase in business: "Cash is king." "Cash flow is the life-blood of a company
Submit a DB thread of at least 300 words product
***300 Words with at least 3 APA formatted referenced***
There is a common phrase in business: “Cash is king.” “Cash flow is the life-blood of a company. Without it, a company will fail” (Hicks, 2012). Yet, companies often have to take risks that could potentially jeopardize their cash flow (e.g., new projects, growth, capital budgeting, etc.). Assume you are the CFO of a struggling company. While you do have a positive cash flow, it is minimal at best. If something does not change soon, the company will go under. Fortunately, your product development team has just created a new product that will not only save the company from financial demise but will also revolutionize how the industry does business. The problem is that the product is still 2 years away from being able to be sold to the public, and you will run out of cash within the next 6 months. How would you propose obtaining the funds needed to keep the company alive and thriving for the next 2 years until you are able to see a return on the product development? How would you keep the stakeholders happy?
There is a common phrase in business: “Cash is king.” “Cash flow is the life-blood of a company. Without it, a company will fail” (Hicks, 2012). Yet, companies often have to take risks that could potentially jeopardize their cash flow (e.g., new projects, growth, capital budgeting, etc.). Assume you are the CFO of a struggling company. While you do have a positive cash flow, it is minimal at best. If something does not change soon, the company will go under. Fortunately, your product development team has just created a new product that will not only save the company from financial demise but will also revolutionize how the industry does business. The problem is that the product is still 2 years away from being able to be sold to the public, and you will run out of cash within the next 6 months. How would you propose obtaining the funds needed to keep the company alive and thriving for the next 2 years until you are able to see a return on the product development? How would you keep the stakeholders happy?
Selling BMW Car Parts On E bay (Online)-submist a written research proposal
TOPIC: Selling BMW Car Parts On E bay (Online)
own a ware house, break down auction cars, list the parts online and mail purchased parts to customers.
Please also find the attached guide line
This will be two parts:
1-written research proposal (1000 Words)
2- 5 slide Power point (excluding cover slide) which i will do a voice over after slide is completed.
The Profit Motive in Healthcare reseacr paper
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References
Agboola, S., Hale, T. M., Masters, C., Kvedar, J., & Jethwani, K. (2014). “Real-World” Practical Evaluation Strategies: A Review of Telehealth Evaluation. JMIR Research Protocols, 3(4).
Deschamps, C., Rinfret, N., Lagacé, M. C., La Capitale, C., & Privé, C. (2016). Transformational Leadership and Change: How Leaders Influence Their Followers’ Motivation Through Organizational Justice. Journal of Healthcare Management, 61(3), 194-213.
Mah’d Alloubani, A., Almatari, M., & Almukhtar, M. M. (2014). Effects of Leadership Styles on Quality of Services in Healthcare. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 10(18).
Poultney, N., Maeder, A., & Basilakis, J. (2015). Evaluation Study of Australian Telehealth Projects. In Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Workshop On Health Informatics and Knowledge Management (HIKM 2015), Sydney, Australia, 27-30 January 2015 (Pp. 63-68).
Agboola, S., Hale, T. M., Masters, C., Kvedar, J., & Jethwani, K. (2014). “Real-World” Practical Evaluation Strategies: A Review of Telehealth Evaluation. JMIR Research Protocols, 3(4).
Deschamps, C., Rinfret, N., Lagacé, M. C., La Capitale, C., & Privé, C. (2016). Transformational Leadership and Change: How Leaders Influence Their Followers’ Motivation Through Organizational Justice. Journal of Healthcare Management, 61(3), 194-213.
Mah’d Alloubani, A., Almatari, M., & Almukhtar, M. M. (2014). Effects of Leadership Styles on Quality of Services in Healthcare. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 10(18).
Poultney, N., Maeder, A., & Basilakis, J. (2015). Evaluation Study of Australian Telehealth Projects. In Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Workshop On Health Informatics and Knowledge Management (HIKM 2015), Sydney, Australia, 27-30 January 2015 (Pp. 63-68).