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Please write a 500 word research paper on one of the nine below topics and attached current global news items.You are expected to incorporate in this research paper the various topics from your weekly reading assignments and to utilize other scholarly writings. Below please find 15 suggested topics for your final research paper. These topics are suggestive so if there is a topic that is keen interest to you please use it. Instructions: This is a 500 word paper. You must follow the APA format. This is a graduate level research paper so please make sure that you provide supportive material for your statements. Also, this is your last paper for this course and it should reflect correct grammar and sentence structure and write clearly, and organize it so that the information flows and it can be understood by someone who may not be familiar with your topic. In this regard just make sure that you have proof read your paper. Finally, in selecting your topic please use primary sources for documentation where possible. For example, if you are citing statistics on unemployment in the US , it is better to go to the Department of Labor than citing what an author may have provided in a research paper

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go to Yahoo! Finance to get information on Eastman Chemical (EMN)

Under Profile and Key Statistics, you can find the following information:
# of shares outstanding
Book value per share
Price per share
Beta

Under analysts estimates, you can find analysts estimates of earnings growth (use as a proxy for dividend growth)

The Bonds section at Yahoo! Finance can provide the T-bill rate

Use this information, along with the CAPM and DGM to estimate the cost of equity
Go to FINRA to get market information on Eastman Chemicals bond issues
Enter Eastman Ch to find the bond information
Note that you may not be able to find information on all bond issues due to the illiquidity of the bond market

Go to the SEC website to get book value information from the firms most recent 10Q
Find the weighted average cost of the debt
Use market values if you were able to get the information
Use the book values if market information was not available
They are often very close

Compute the WACC
Use market value weights if available

the solution should be in XL sheet.

Evaluate National and International Policy and Planning Issues in Aviation

Scenario:

The economic environment of the GCC region is reliant on oil price which continues its downward path. Your assignment is to research and analyze Emirates Airline which is more so reliant on transit passengers and tourism within the country and growth of the region.

You should consider this above scenario on low oil costs and decide what steps the airline should take to minimize and survive the impact.

The scenario should be considered so as to identify the overall potential risk and costs for the region, country and airline and what the potential knock on effects could be, identifying how each element will be interlinked.

Also, consider from the airlines point of view what would be the short term and long term ramifications and propose steps which the company could take to minimize effects.

Strategic Management is all about planning and preparation for the unexpected. You should consider the implications at the international, regional and local level.

Always with adversity comes opportunity, so consider what those opportunities may be and for whom.

Grading Criteria:

Review of the external environment, identifying potential risks and costs for the region, country and businesses. Potential knock on effects which could be caused. Identifying how each element recognized will be interlinked.
(20 marks)

Identify from the airlines point of view what would be the short term and long term ramifications of each scenario.
(20 marks)

Propose steps which the airline company could take to minimize effects of each scenario.
(20 marks)

Consider the implications on both the company and country at the international, regional and local level for each scenario.
(20 marks)

Consider what those opportunities may exist and for whom, surrounding each scenario.
(10 marks)

Introduction, conclusion, proper layout and referencing
(10 marks)

The word count is expected to be approx. 2000 words.

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Dear writer, this assignment is supposed to be a continuation of a previous assignment that I have written. Consider this assignment to be \’Part 2\’. You will need to refer to the old assignment in some parts of this assignment (especially when evaluating how oil prices will impact PESTE factors). So I will be attaching \’Assignment 1\’ in the Customers Area.

Also, my lecturer gave me a format sheet that I will also attach in the Customers Area under the name \’format sheet\’. Please write the assignment in that format.
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Dear writer, unfortunately, I\’m not satisfied with the work. The instructions were poorly followed. And multiple key instructions were ignored all together. Also, the work is not done in the format I clearly specified. The document has to be written in that format.

People often make assumptions that the guilty pay in some way for their misdeeds. Consider The Story of and Hour and The Cask of Amontillado. Each story gives a brief glimpse into a quick moment of the characters lives. Do you think the demise of Louise Ballard and Fortunado have to do with past misdeeds on their parts? Did they, in some way, get what they deserved? Or were they innocent victims of circumstance? Looking for textual evidence from both stories to support the point of view.

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The main aim of this course is to enable students to research and write-up a study in the form of a business analysis report. The study will comprise a comparative appraisal of the financial position, performance, cash flows, and valuation of two companies in the same sector. (The first company is Randgold Resources, The second company is Gem Diamonds) The appraisal includes a SWOT Analysis for each of the two companies. The principal sources used will be the published Annual Reports of the two companies and will include horizontal and vertical analysis and trend analysis, with reference also to market forecasts and corporate valuation. Analytical skills will be included in the material on Study Direct as part of this module to complement the skills acquired during the module, 941N1 (Accounting for decision makers in management and finance). As part of your report, you will critically survey the literature and online resources, and employ this knowledge to guide you in drawing conclusions regarding the financial position, performance, cash flows, and valuation of competitive firms and their respective strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

1. Demonstrate a critical awareness of business analysis and critically appraise and evaluate research problems in the field.
2. Critically survey and analyse relevant theories,models and evidence and examine their explanatory contribution with respect to the cases under investigation.
3. Select appropriate financia land business data,and generate a robust financial statement analysis of competing firms in order to account for market values and/or market forecasts.
4. Effectivelyplan,organiseandself-managetheresearchproject.

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I need you to research, compare and contrast between the laws and customs of SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES (Sweden, Denmark, Norway..) in comparison to the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, this is a paper mainly concerning family policy and laws. These are the areas to explore:

1-The right to have or not to have children (issues of abortion, adoption, and fertility.. etc.)
2-Rights & Responsibilities (In terms of marriage, divorce, custody, and child rights.. etc.)
3-The costs & benefits of having children (treatment, child benefits, education.. etc.)
4-Childcare (Family, Parents, Nurseries)
5-Parental leave (Duration, conditions.. etc.)

It is important to include information about SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Research industry trends and the technology associated with these trends. In a written paper, analyze the current and future industry trends related to:
*Procurement and supply
*Bench marking and best practices
*Inventory methods
*Quantitative Decision Making
*Lean Supply Systems

For each trend, list at least one technology associated with that trend and explain how it is used.

Rubric information:
Content: Procurement and Supply – Student discusses in depth current and future industry trends related to procurement and supply. Lists more than one technology associated with the trends discussed, and explains in detail how the technology is used. Supports discussion with examples and references.

Content: Bench Marking and Best Practices- Student discusses in depth current and future industry trends related to bench marking and best practices. Lists more than one technology associated with the trends discussed, and explains in detail how the technology is used. Supports discussion with examples and references.

Content: Inventory Methods – Student discusses in depth current and future industry trends related to inventory methods. Lists more than one technology associated with the trends discussed, and explains in detail how the technology is used. Supports discussion with examples and references.

Content: Quantitative Decision Making – Student discusses in depth current and future industry trends related to quantitative decision making. Lists more than one technology associated with the trends discussed, and explains in detail how the technology is used. Supports discussion with examples and references.

Content: Lean Supply Systems – Student discusses in depth current and future industry trends related to lean supply systems. Lists more than one technology associated with the trends discussed, and explains in detail how the technology is used. Supports discussion with examples and references.
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Research industry trends and the technology associated with these trends. In a written paper, analyze the current and future industry trends related to:

Procurement and supply

Bench marking and best practices

Inventory methods

Quantitative Decision Making

Lean Supply Systems

For each trend, list at least one technology associated with that trend and explain how it is used.
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Answer the following questions in an essay format using the attached documents as reference. Please be thorough and efficient when answering the questions.

Stanley Jevons, who in his classic work The Coal Question, first published in Great Britain in 1865, argued that \”it is a confusion of ideas to suppose that the economical use of fuel is equivalent to diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth\”.
1.) What is the Jevons Paradox?
2.) Attempt to draw this Paradox using Supply and Demand analysis. (Graph it!)
3.) Why is the Jevons Paradox a problem for environmental legislation in areas such as global warming and non-renewable fuel consumption?
4.) What else is needed to ensure that technological changes towards energy efficiency will actually lead to reduced non-renewable energy consumption? Do suggest ways to prevent this Paradox and still achieve these policy

This essay is an extended illustrated essay as such it should include appropriate illustrations, images and/or links where appropriate

Essay question: The search for infallible methods for identifying, apprehending and understanding the criminal is both a futile exercise and an essential strategy for the maintenance of ontological security in late modernity. Discuss using examples.

i will attach the attachment the tutor had on this question and an essay sample of a 2:1 grade.
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Write a 1,200-1,500 word analysis of Case Study: Healing and Autonomy. In light of the readings, be sure to address the following questions:
Under the Christian narrative and Christian vision, what sorts of issues are most pressing in this case study?
Should the physician allow Mike to continue making decisions that seem to him to be irrational and harmful to James?
According to the Christian narrative and the discussion of the issues of treatment refusal, patient autonomy, and organ donation in the topic readings, how might one analyze this case?
According to the topic readings and lecture, how ought the Christian think about sickness and health? What should Mike as a Christian do? How should he reason about trusting God and treating James?
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
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