Using  the corporation you chose from Assignment 1, examine the industry in  which the entity operates. Use any or all of the following resources to  conduct research on the company:

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In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you selected and focused on for Assignment 1.

Using  the corporation you chose from Assignment 1, examine the industry in  which the entity operates. Use any or all of the following resources to  conduct research on the company:

Company website

Public filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml)

Strayer University’s online databases

Other miscellaneous sources. Note: the company’s annual report will often provide insights that other resources may not include.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Give  your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most  significant weaknesses. Choose either a strategy OR tactic the  corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths,  and the strategy OR tactic the corporation should select to fix its most  significant weakness. Justify your choices.

Determine the company’s tangible and intangible resources, core capabilities, and core competencies.

Choose  the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest  in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these  segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it  operates.

Choose  two (2) forces of competition that you estimate are the most  significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how well the company  has addressed these) forces in the recent past, going back no further  than five (5) fiscal years.

With  the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company might do to  improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.

Identify  what you consider to be the greatest external threat to this  corporation. Discuss how the corporation should address this threat.  Justify your explanation.

Identify  what you consider to be the greatest opportunity presented to the  corporation, and discuss how the corporation should take advantage of  this opportunity. Justify your explanation

Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources .

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS).  The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please  take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.

Include  a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s  name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover  page and the reference page are not included in the required page  length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms.
  • Identify the five forces of competition.
  • Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm.
  • Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
  • Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.

Calculate the simple payback period for this project. Your desired payback period is 5 years. How long is the payback period for this project?

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Assignment Details

Deal or No Deal?

Your neighborhood self-service laundry is for sale and you consider investing in this business. For the business alone and no other assets (such as building and land), the purchase price is $240,000. The net cash flows for the project are $30,000 per year for the next 5 years. You plan to borrow the money for this investment at 5%.

  1. Prepare a net present value calculation for this project. What is the net present value of this project?
  2. Calculate the simple payback period for this project. Your desired payback period is 5 years. How long is the payback period for this project?
  3. Is this a good investment? What would be a good price at which to purchase this business?

Submit an Excel spreadsheet which must include the answers to all 3 questions:  1) A Net Present Value calculation, 2) a Simple Payback Period calculation,  and 3) the answer to question regarding whether this is a good investment and what the best price should be.

The use of 1 scholarly source (e.g., textbook, article from the CEC Library) is

required.

Deliverable Length:  1 Excel spreadsheet with answers to all questions

Define      and differentiate the differences between a cash flow hedge and a fair      value hedge, including when (in or under which particular or specific      circumstances) a U.S.-based firm would consider using one hedge versus the      other hedge.

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500 words. Foreign Currency Transactions and Financial Instruments

Answer the following the questions covering the main objectives of this module:

  1. Define      and differentiate the differences between a cash flow hedge and a fair      value hedge, including when (in or under which particular or specific      circumstances) a U.S.-based firm would consider using one hedge versus the      other hedge.
  2. Summarize      the differences that exist between the US GAAP and IFRS on the accounting      for derivatives designated as hedges at the current date you are answering      this question.
  3. Prepare      an example of a U.S.-based firm managing an exposed foreign currency net      liability position, including the journal entries required from the date      the U.S. firm purchases goods on account from a foreign-based supplier      until the date the purchase is settled, including all journal entries      required over a 3-month period.

Within your initial post, support your responses with information from at least 2 peer-reviewed/scholarly source (not older than 3-5 years) and provide the full citation at the end of your post.

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500 words. An introduction to Performance Management.

Various wide-ranging discussions have taken place about what performance management is and what it is not. Heathfield (2018) stated that “performance management is the process of creating a work environment or setting in which people are enabled to perform to the best of these abilities” (para. 3).

For this week’s discussion forum, please answer the following questions:

  1. What      do you believe a performance management system is? Why?
  2. What      have your experiences been with performance management systems?
  3. Why      are performance management systems important to organizations?

Reference: Healthfield, S. (2018, October 31). Performance management. The Balance Careers. Retrieved from https://www.thebalancecareers.com/performance-management-1918226

Submission Requirements:

Within your initial post, support your responses with information from at least 2 peer-reviewed/scholarly source (not older than 3-5 years) and provide the full citation at the end of your post. Please use APA style in-text citations and references to support your posts.