Author: chris

Abdul signed a franchise agreement with franchisor Sierra Chocolate to operate a Sierra Chocolate franchise location in California.  In the franchise agreement, there were several provisions that restricted business operations, including provisions that Abdul purchase all candy products from Sierra Chocolate and that Abdul not carry other food products and that Abdul would not own or operate any other food business within five mile of the franchise location .  The franchise agreement had another provision that required Abdul to represent and warrant that he did not own an interest in any other food business that would violate the restriction.  The franchise agreement also contained a termination provision that allowed Sierra to terminate the agreement if Abdul breached any promise in the agreement or if Abdul made any material misrepresentation in connection with the acquisition of the franchise.

After opening the store, Abdul had problems making a profit.  He began to make his own candy, using recipes that used less expensive ingredients than those used by Sierra, so that he could sell the candy at a higher profit.  Sierra began to receive complaints from customers about the quality of the candy that they purchased at Abdul’s store and, after investigating, found that Abdul was making his own candy and that he was selling this candy not only at his Sierra store but also at a bakery that he co-owned with his parents, and which was located down two blocks from the franchise store.

Answer the following questions:

1.  Explain whether Sierra would be allowed to terminate the franchise agreement under the California Franchise Relations Act, Business and Professions Code §§ 20000-20043 based upon Abdul’s candy making and based upon his co-ownership of the bakery, and include in your answer the specific statute that would apply and whether or not Sierra would be required to give notice and an opportunity to cure.  [10 points possible]

2. If Abdul were to claim that, before he had purchased the franchise, Sierra representatives had made false claims about the amount of profit he would earn, which aspect of the disclosure document required by the FTC Franchise Rule may be important and what information in that document would be important in analyzing his claim?   [5 points possible]

homework will be graded based upon how completely and accurately you describe and apply the statutory requirements, using proper spelling, grammar and sentence structure.  You can review the California statutes from the link on the Course Resources section, and should also review the California Department of Corporations publication Look Before You Leap – A Guide to Buying a Franchise, and Federal Trade Commission publication Buying a Franchise: A Consumer Guide, both linked above, to help provide information for your answers.

Unit VI Case Study

 

For this assignment, read the case study, “Southwest Airlines,” on page 479 of your textbook. Once you have read and reviewed the case scenario, respond to the following questions with thorough explanations and well-supported rationale.

 

1. What is the Southwest business model and why is it so effective?

 

2. Is the “Continental Lite” and “Shuttle by United” achieving their objective of matching Southwest’s price and service offering?

 

3. Compile a comparative analysis of two competing airlines to Southwest with respect to service and price.

 

4. How might Southwest react to the changes discussed in the “Tuesday Meeting” (last couple of paragraphs of case)?

 

 

 

Your response should be a minimum of two pages in length, double-spaced. References should include your textbook plus a minimum of one additional credible reference. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations per APA guidelines.

Visit a website you access frequently (excluding social networking sites and search engines*) and write a one-page summary of the site that addresses the following topics:

• What is the URL of the site?
• What is the purpose of the site?
• Who is the intended audience?
• Do you think that the site reaches its intended audience? Why or why not?
• Is the site useful to you? Why or why not?
• Does the site appeal to you? Why or why not? Consider the use of color, images, multimedia, organization, and ease of navigation.
• Would you encourage others to visit the site? Why or why not?
• How could the site be improved?

Please write your summary in complete sentences, using single-spaced, 12-point font, and submit your Microsoft Word (.docx, .doc) document as an attachment via the File Upload tab.

*NOTE: Sites to avoid include, but are not limited to Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Bing, Canvas, and Reddit.

REMINDER:

The content for this course is presented in a module format, and structured in a way that requires students to review and/or complete items sequentially. As a result, it is imperative that students access all course content through the Modules tab in the Canvas course menu. If, at any time, content displays as “locked”, please review the previous content in the corresponding module to make sure those items have been completed and/or reviewed as required. Additionally, failure to follow the instructions, including submission and formatting requirements, may result in the deduction of points. Please refer to the Saving and Submitting Assignments page in Canvas for specific requirements, and/or contact your instructor for additional information.

In today’s information age, anyone can publish just about anything on the Web. Discuss at least three (3) ways you can tell whether or not online sources of information are reliable, and how you can use that information in an ethically responsible manner. To complete the assignment, create a one-page reflection using Microsoft Word, adding a second page to list your references. You must include at least two (2) references (APA formatting), one of which can be your textbook. For APA reference assistance, use Purdue OWL (Links to an external site.).

Please write your reflection in complete sentences, using single-spaced, 12-point font, and submit your Microsoft Word (.docx, .doc) document as an attachment via the File Upload tab.

REMINDER:

The content for this course is presented in a module format, and structured in a way that requires students to review and/or complete items sequentially. As a result, it is imperative that students access all course content through the Modules tab in the Canvas course menu. If, at any time, content displays as “locked”, please review the previous content in the corresponding module to make sure those items have been completed and/or reviewed as required. Additionally, failure to follow the instructions, including submission and formatting requirements, may result in the deduction of points. Please refer to the Saving and Submitting Assignments page in Canvas for specific requirements, and/or contact your instructor for additional information.

Cash conversion cycle

The text identifies three principal components that jointly comprise the cash conversion cycle.  The cash conversion cycle is defined as the average length of time a dollar is tied up in current assets, and it is determined by the interaction between the production cycle (also called Days of Sales in Inventory), receivables collection period (also called Number of Days of Credit, Collection cycle, or Days of Sales Outstanding), and the accounts payable cycle (also called Days of Payable Outstanding).  Ideally, a company wants to minimize the cash conversion cycle as much as possible.  In some circumstances, a firm has a comparative advantage in working capital management because of the nature of its business.  We will look at the cash conversion cycles of companies and their implications.

In your initial response to the topic you have to answer all 6 questions.

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1. Go to http://finance.yahoo.com and get a quote for one company of your choice. On the left column, scroll down and select “Income Statement.”  Write down the annual sales, cost of goods sold, and depreciation expense for the most recent year. For some companies depreciation expense can be found in Cash Flow statement.
2. Select the firm’s Balance Sheet. Write down the balances shown for the firm’s inventories, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.
3. Using the information from parts a and b, calculate its inventory turnover, accounts receivable turnover, and accounts payable turnover. You should show your work!

4. Calculate production cycle (also called Days of Sales in Inventory), collection cycle (also called Number of Days of Credit or Days of Sales Outstanding), and accounts payable cycle (also called Days of Payable Outstanding). You should show your work!

5.  What is the company’s cash conversion cycle? You should show your work! Please note that there is a typo in the textbook. The correct formula isCCC = DSI + DSO – DPO

6. Discuss the results that you receive in one paragraph. Should the company decrease cash conversion cycle? Please explain your answer.

Supporting Families At Risk: Website Construction

This assignment provides you the opportunity to begin early construction of your website by building a foundation from which to continue development during the remaining weeks of this course and finalize in the Week Six Final Project. To prepare for this assignment, review the website creation options listed in the Recommended Resources for Week Two and the Week Two Instructor Guidance. Next, begin creation of your website using the content and written communication instructions below.

Note that for the two topics learned thus far; poverty and child protection, only pages with placeholders are created. Summarized information and artifacts pertaining to these topics will only be evaluated in the Week Six Final Project. However, at any point during the course, you may consult the Final Project requirements and add things at your own pace. Use the Grading Rubric to review your assignment before submission to ensure you have met the distinguished performance for each of the components described below. For additional assistance, please contact the instructor using the Ask Your Instructor discussion.

In a single-page Word document, include a link to your website and the title of your website. Also include your definition of at risk. Submit your assignment to the course for evaluation.

Content Instructions

• Website Title – Homepage (1 point): A descriptive title for the website located on the homepage of the website.

• Definition of At Risk – Homepage (2 points): Your working definition of the term “at-risk” located on the homepage of the website crafted during Week One.

• Poverty Page (1 point): Create a page including section headings for an Overview of Poverty, Support, and Resources. Be sure to link the page to the homepage.

• Child Protection Services & Child Maltreatment Page (1 point): Create a page including section headings for an Overview of Child Protection Services and Maltreatment, Support, and Resources. Be sure to link the page to the homepage.

• Homelessness Page (1 point): Create a page including section headings for an Overview of Homelessness, Support, and Resources. Be sure to link this page to the homepage.

• Students at Risk Page (1 point): Create a page including the following section headings; Professional Presentation and Professional Application. Be sure to link this page from the homepage.

Written Communication Instructions

• Syntax and Mechanics (1 point): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Discussion 1 Due

• Complete the life-changes questionnaire in your course textbook on pages 248 and explain your life-stress index and how your level of stress impacts you.
• Expand the discussion to focus strategies you apply to deal with stress and the stress that patients and families deal with in a hospital setting. How can you assist them? Bring pertinent personal experiences into the discussion, if any.
• Explain how those instances of stress affect behavior. How does understanding stress and its effects change your view of patient behavior?

1. recent survey of 200 small firms (annual revenue less than $10 million) asked whether an increase in the minimum wage would cause the firm to decrease capital spending. Possible responses to the survey question were: “Yes,” “No,” or “Don’t Know.” These data are best classified as ____________.
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Interval Scale
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Ratio Scale
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2. Ordinal ScaleWhich of the following variables is qualitative?
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Height
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Weight
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Gender
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Temperature

3. In order to summarize qualitative data, a useful tool is a __________.
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Frequency Distribution
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4. The accompanying chart shows the numbers of books written by each author in a collection of cookbooks. What type of chart is this?
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Frequency histogram for quantitative data
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Frequency histogram for qualitative data
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Bar chart for qualitative data
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• Bar chart for quantitative data
5. Which of the following variables is quantitative?
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Temperature
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Religious Affiliation
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Gender
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Marital Status
6. ABC Plumbing wants to understand its customers’ perceptions of the quality of the company’s plumbing service calls. They plan to survey a sample of its customer base. What will ABC need to do to ensure that their data is valid and reliable?
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The survey must include items that ask customers to rate the friendliness of the receptionist, the survey must include all customers from the north side of the city, and the survey method must appeal to all respondents.
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The survey must include items that ask customers to rate the quality of plumbing service calls, the survey sample must represent all parts of the customer population, and the survey method must be repeatable.
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The survey must include items that ask customers about their plumbing experiences, the survey sample must include the first 15 customers off the customer database, and the survey method must be repeatable.
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The survey must include items that ask customers to rate the appearance of the plumbing store, the survey must include all customers, and the survey method must include setting up a table outside the local dollar store.
7. Which of the following represents a population and a sample from that population?
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Residents of Albany, New York, and registered voters in Albany, New York
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Freshmen at St. Joseph’s University and basketball players at St. Joseph’s University
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Teachers in a high school and members of the parent teacher group
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8. Fans at a concert who purchase t-shirts and fans at a concert who purchase soda
population consists of _________________.
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all items of interest in a sample
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a subject of interest in a sample
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all items of interest in a statistical problem
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a subject of interest in a statistical problem
9. A stem-and-leaf diagram is constructed by separating each value of a data set into two parts. What are these parts?
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Stem consisting of the leftmost digits and leaf consisting of the last digit
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Stem consisting of the leftmost digits and leaf consisting of the second digit
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Stem consisting of the last digit and leaf consisting of the leftmost digits
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Stem consisting of the second digit and leaf consisting of the last digit

Answer each of the 2 essay questions below with a response that is at least 300 words in length. The total submission for this week should be 600 words in length. APA formatted and 5% similarity. Make sure you use adequate, credible and reliable APA source 2 citations to support your work

 

1. What are mortgage-backed securities, why were they developed, what types of mortgage-backed securities are there, and how do they work?

2. Describe the sequence of events in a financial crisis and explain why they can cause economic activity to decline.

200 word mi nimum,APA format, cited & referenced/non-plagiarized work please. Textbook in use: Patterson, T. (2013). The American democracy (11th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc.