Financial Planning E

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Essay Objective: Describe the sources of capital available to firms and estimate the cost for various sources.

Introduction: Financial planning is about developing strategies to help you manage your financial affairs and meet your life goals. Business financial planning determines how a business will afford to achieve its strategic goals and objectives that are aligned to the mission and vision.

Deliverables: 3-page essay.  A minimum of 3 full pages (exclusive of title and reference pages) is required.

Activity Details:

Step 1: Introduction

Begin with an introductory paragraph that describes what business financial planning is and why it important.

Step 2: Research and Write Essay Content

Consider the following scenario: you and your two new partners have to get through the financial planning process. They have no financial management knowledge and are confused by some of the terminology. Since most of the funding for the startup was done via capital funding, it is important that your partners understand these terms and how they can work towards the growth of the business. There are specific questions that need to be answered:

What is the difference between the coupon rate and the current market interest rate of a bond?

What is the difference between a mutual fund and a mutual fund family?

What is the difference between a preferred stock dividend and a common stock dividend, if any?

Describe and explain to the reader what the above financial planning items are and answer the questions.

Step 3: Conclusion Summary
For the conclusion paragraph summarize what you have learned about possible business financial planning and share your thoughts about business financial planning.

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References
Financial Statement Analysis For Small Businesses from the Virginia Small Business Development Center (2011) Florida Small Business Development Center Network Florida SBDC Network grants permission for use and modification of this manual to the Virginia SBDC July 16, 2008.

DaimlerChrysler – A Failed Global Merger

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Answer only 3 of these questions:

1) In broad terms, what were each of Chryslers and Daimlers motives for entering the merger?  Evaluate the extent to which each firm accomplished these motives.

2) Explain how the DaimlerChrysler merger enhanced economies of scale and scope in the respective firms.  How successful was the venture in attaining such economies?
What advantages did each of Chrysler and Daimler seek from their merger? 

3) What disadvantages did these firms bring to the venture?  Elaborate.

4) The chapter identifies a collection of questions that managers should address before forming international collaborative ventures.  In terms of potential risks in collaboration, what issues did top management at DaimlerChrysler fail to adequately understand?  Elaborate.

5) Suggest a systematic process that Daimler could have followed to increase the likelihood of merger success.  Provide examples on how Daimler might have made such a process succeed.

– No less than 1,100 words and no more than 1,500 words.

– Single spacing only.

– Restate the question in your submission using such as section headers.  The questions restated will NOT count toward your min / max word count.

How did the rise of big business change social classes in the United States?

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You are to write a narrative introducing your ideas or reactions, backed with evidence, and a conclusion. You must provide critical analysis of the readings and not simply a restating of the facts the authors present. Use only the book as resource- Of the People:  A History of the United States, Volume 2:  Since 1865 Fourth Edition. I do not have the book yet, so if you can help me with that.

BSG Experiential Paper

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****If you have never taken the Business Strategy course and have never participated in the BSG please do NOT place a bid!!!*******

This paper is a minimum of two (2) pages double-spaced in APA format, summarizing your experience with the BSG simulation. A cover page and abstract are not necessary.

While the list below is not comprehensive, you are expected to address these and similar characteristics:

What were your key learnings during the BSG Simulation?
What strategies were successful and why?  Which were not and why not?
What did you discover about working as a member of a management team?
How did your team decide to organize its activities, meetings, and work?
Did members of your team agree on your firms strategies?  How did you handle disagreements?
What lessons can you take from this simulation and apply to your current professional role?

I need to give some background on my and my teams background with the game. The game was challenging the whole way through. We struggled every week to get a consistent good grade (we were the lowest team each week). While trying to alter the prices weekly, keep good credit ratings, maintain debt, and purchase stock, I’m not sure no matter what move we made we came out on top. We underestimated the impact a small move would make on us as a company. Focusing on corporate citizenship/production/& ratio seemed like good ideas but still we could never make a good imprint in the game. Our company (which we name Swift Sneakers could not reach our fullest potential even with attempting different strategy’s. If you can summarize the following into a 2 page paper while adding details about BSG that would be great!