GM recently faced a restructure plan through bankruptcy court (Chapter 11). In addition to cutting costs by closing plants etc, the company swapped more than $27 billion in bond debt for GM stock. The US government owned approximately 60%+ of GM by some reports. Is converting debt to equity a viable means of securing working capital and generating cash flow? Are there disadvantages to this type of swap? Do you feel this is necessarily the best plan or are there other alternatives for securing cash and working capital in the short term?

 
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1. Compute the Z score for General Motors Corporation given the information above for year-end 2004. Round your answer to four decimal places.

2. At what share price would GM have a Z score equal to 3.00? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

3. Based on its Z score, is GM likely to go bankrupt in the near future?

 
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Glycerol is a major by-product of ethanol fermentation in wine production and contributes to the sweetness, body, and fullness of wines. A recent article on glycerol concentration in standard-quality (uncertified) white wines includes a sample mean of 3.82 (mg/mL) with a sample standard deviation of 2.4 for 64 measured observations. Suppose the desired concentration value is 4.0 (mg/mL). Does the sample data suggest that the true average concentration is something other than the desired value? Test at a significance level of α = 0.05. Provide a P-value with your analysis. Make a statement about this hypothesis test using the P-value.

Parameter:

Null Hypothesis:

Alternative:

Test Statistic:

Reject Region:

Calculation:

Decision:

P-value:

 
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Gluon Inc. is considering the purchase of a new high pressure glue ball. It can purchase the glue ball for

$220,000 and sell its old low- pressure glue ball, which is fully depreciated, for $40,000. The new equipment has a 10-year useful life and will save $48,000 a year in expenses. The opportunity cost of capital is 10%, and the firm’s tax rate is 40%. What is the equivalent annual savings from the purchase if Gluon uses straight-line depreciation? Assume the new machine will have no salvage value. Round 2 decimals

Equivalent annual savings:

 
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Glucose molecules link together to form carbohydrates. The reaction for linking two glucose molecules is shown in the image. The ΔG and ΔH of breaking ATP is provided below.

ATP3− + H2O   →  ADP2− +  H2PO4−      ΔG° = −30 kJ/mol   ΔH° = −22 kJ/mol

how many ATP molecules need to be converted to ADP to link glucose molecules?

 
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1. GNP Gross national product (GNP) is the value of all goods and services produced by a country during a one-month period, excluding income generated by both domestic production and the country’s international activities.TrueFalse Save Answer 2. Globalization In the debate over inequality, studies suggest that developing nations are unable to boost incomes of their poorest members of society by integrating themselves into the global economy.TrueFalse Save Answer 3. Globalization 1 Globalization benefits companies by allowing them to sell the same products worldwide with little or no _______ a. modification b. advertising c. exportation d. effort e. standardizationSave Answer 4. Globalization 2 The globalization of markets benefits companies by ________. a. reducing costs through the standardization of marketing activities b. strengthening national sovereignty c. creating new market opportunities d. both A and C e. all of the aboveSave Answer 5. Globalization 3 Two major forces that underlie the expansion of globalization are ________ and ________. a. visa regulations; declining tourism b. trademarks; patents c. trade barriers; political unrest d. falling barriers to trade and investment; technological innovation e. the Internet; weakening currenciesSave Answer 6. GNP2 The value of all goods and services produced by a country’s domestic and international activities over a one-year period is called ________. a. gross domestic product (GDP) b. globalization of production (GOP) c. guns and roses (GNR) d. gross national product (GNP) e. imports and exports (IAE)Save Answer 7. Globalization 4 Barriers facing some of the world’s “least global” nations include ________. a. never-ending political unrest and corruption b. recurring droughts c. volatile prices on commodity markets d. terrorism e. all of the aboveSave Answer 8. Tariff-free zones A special region in which companies can engage in tariff-free importing and exporting is called a(n) ________. a. U.S. customs zone (USCZ) b. export-processing zone (EPZ) c. duty-free zone (DFZ) d. free trade area (FTA) e. regional economic integration zone (REIZ)Save Answer 9. Chap2 Ethnocentricity improves the ability to manage employees, market products, and conduct negotiations in other countries.TrueFalse Save Answer 10. Chap2 – 1 Although the nation-state plays a role in the development of national culture, cultural boundaries do not always correspond to political boundaries.TrueFalse Save Answer 11. Chap2 – 2 Using national flags as symbols for buttons to click to view different language versions of a company’s web site is always appropriate because it avoids potential cultural problems.TrueFalse Save Answer 12. Chap2 – 3 In Asian cultures, associates of equal standing bow about 45 degrees toward one another, but showing proper respect for elders requires a bow of about 90 degrees.TrueFalse Save Answer 13. Chap2 – 4 Typically, the first step in the process of analyzing a nation’s potential as a host for international business activity is to ________. a. find suitable housing b. investigate its governmental oversight c. analyze its religious environment d. find a cultural match with the home country e. assess its overall business climateSave Answer 14. Chap2 – 5 The United Kingdom and the United States value ________, whereas Japan and South Korea value ________. a. individual freedom; group consensus b. the caste system; the class system c. quality of life; quantity of life d. free speech; politeness e. aesthetics; ethnocentricitySave Answer 15. Chap2 – 6 Companies that want to avoid the charge of cultural imperialism should ________. a. focus not only on meeting people’s product needs, but also on how their activities and products affect people’s traditional ways and habits b. quickly launch new investment projects or management practices to avoid prolonged resistance to change c. implement new investment projects and management practices only during volatile times d. maintain a standardized approach to strategy with policy decisions made at headquarters e. all of the aboveSave Answer 16. Chap2 – 7 A knife would NOT be an appropriate gift to a business associate in ________. a. Russia b. France c. Germany d. A & C e. all of the aboveSave Answer 17. Chap3 – 1 Pure Internet companies ________. a. can avoid local laws and politics since they do not have a physical presence in other countries b. must adapt to local politics and law c. are exempt from most local regulations because of their unique intangible nature d. should act according to their own corporate culture, not the local environment e. both A and DSave Answer 18. Chap3 – 2 The Swiss system of public referendums works because ________. a. Swiss culture has little trust in representative democracy b. Switzerland consists of a relatively small population in a small geographic area c. the Swiss are precise and good at performing their civic duties d. politicians generally rig the results prior to the referendum e. of extensive training provided to Swiss citizensSave Answer 19. Chap3 – 3 A political system in which political leaders rely on military and bureaucratic power is called ________. a. theocratic totalitarianism b. autocratic socialism c. secular anarchism d. secular totalitarianism e. communismSave Answer 20. Chap3 – 4 The government of which of the following countries is currently a mix of communist and right-wing totalitarianism? a. China b. Kenya c. Poland d. India e. IranSave Answer 21. Chap3 – 5 ________ risk threatens companies within a particular industry. a. Local content b. Macro c. both A and C d. Micro e. PropertySave Answer 22. Chap3 – 6 Which of the following is the forced transfer of assets from a company to the government without compensation? a. Expropriation b. Nationalization c. Theft d. Nationalism e. ConfiscationSave Answer 23. Chap3 – 7 A copyright is granted for ________ but not for ________. a. the tangible expression of an idea; the idea itself b. trademarks; patents c. the idea itself; the physical product d. products; services e. patents; trademarksSave Answer 24. Chap3 – 8 The United Nations ________ has a broad mandate in the areas of international trade and economic development. a. Committee for Broad Mandates b. Conference on Trade and Development c. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change d. Committee for Tariffs and Trade e. Congress for International TradeSave Answer 25. Chap4 – 1 Which of the following is NOT true of good guanxi? 1. Business before pleasure. 2. Business partners are sometimes invited to family functions. 3. Contacts are more important than contracts. 4. Research is critical to success.Save Answer 26. Chap4 – 2 In a market economy, preservation and protection of individual property rights is important because ________. a. it encourages individuals and companies to take risks b. of competition c. of federal rulings on antitrust cases d. all of the above e. none of the aboveSave Answer 27. Chap4 – 3 ________ policies are used to control the money supply and interest rates. a. Development b. Monetary c. Bureaucratic d. Fiscal e. MarketSave Answer 28. Chap4 – 4 If GDP per capita at PPP is lower in Country X than it is in Country Y, ________. a. it costs less to buy the same basket of goods in Country X than it does in Country Y b. this is insufficient information to make any assumptions about the cost of living in these two countries. c. it costs the same to buy the same basket of goods in both countries d. it costs more to buy the same basket of goods in Country X than it does in Country YSave Answer 29. Chap4 – 5 Which of the following is NOT true? a. Countries with the lowest economic freedom tend to have the lowest standards of living. b. The connection between economic freedom and economic growth is not at all certain. c. Countries with the greatest economic freedom tend to have the highest standards of living. d. Economic freedom guarantees a high per capita income.Save Answer 30. Chap4 – 6 Scenario: Cleanshot USA in RussiaWhen Cleanshot USA, a photography products company, decided to enter the international arena it chose Russia as its main market. Although Russia has been in transition for years, Cleanshot believes it has tremendous opportunities there.Russia is an economy in transition from ________. a. market economics to centrally planned economics b. centrally planned economics to free-market economics c. centrally-planned economics to mixed economics d. mixed economics to centrally planned economics e. capitalist economics to mixed economicsSave Answer 31. Chap4 – 7 Scenario: Learning the American WaySergei Chernovl is a Russian exchange student. To learn more about how a market economy functions, Sergei is writing a research paper comparing business in Russia with business in the United StatesSergei knows that an important factor in a market-based economy is privately operated companies. As Russia goes through the privatization process, its main objective is to ________. a. increase economic efficiency, boost labor productivity, and raise living standards b. increase social welfare and land productivity c. increase employment and capital productivity d. increase tax revenues and productivity e. increase social justice, employment, and benefitsSave Answer 32. Chap4 – 8 Sam Johnson is an individual who accepts risks and opportunities involved in creating and operating new business ventures worldwide. He has been considering China, France, or Vietnam for his next venture.If Sam selects France for his venture, he should know that France is a(n) ________. a. country on the decline b. emerging market c. centrally planned economy d. developing country e. mixed economySave Answer 33. Chap5 – 1 Over time, trade has consistently grown more slowly than world output.TrueFalse Save Answer 34. Chap5 -2 When a country’s currency is weak relative to other nations, imports are more expensive relative to domestic products.TrueFalse Save Answer 35. Chap5 -3 According to comparative advantage theory, trade is still beneficial even if one country is less efficient in the production of two goods, as long as it is less inefficient in the production of one of the goods.TrueFalse Save Answer 36. Chap5 – 4 One way to measure the importance of trade to a nation is to examine ________. a. the availability of natural resources that provides absolute advantage b. the volume of an economy’s trade relative to its total output c. the number of trade agreements it has with other countries d. its comparative advantage relative to those of its neighbors e. its human development index relative to its CPISave Answer 37. Chap5 – 5 The theory of absolute advantage destroys the mercantilist idea that international trade is a ________. a. negative-sum game b. zero-sum game c. positive-sum game d. winner-take-allSave Answer 38. Chap5 – 6 Under factor proportions theory, a nation’s resources include all of the following EXCEPT ________. a. land b. labor c. capital equipment d. informationSave Answer 39. Chap5 – 7 The Leontief paradox describes evidence ________. a. that the assumptions of new trade theory are invalid b. that U.S. exports require more labor-intensive production than its imports c. that U.S. exports require more capital-intensive production than its imports d. in support of factor proportions theorySave Answer 40. Chap5 – 8 New trade theory is in line with the theory of ________ but at odds with ________ theory. a. comparative advantage; factor proportions b. absolute advantage; comparative advantage c. international product life cycle; comparative advantage d. national competitive advantage; international product life cycle e. factor proportions; absolute advantageSave Answer

 
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GM591 W6 P2People don’t resist change; they resist being changed. Is there validity in that statement, why?

Question:People don’t resist change; they resist being changed. Is there validity in that statement, why?Solution:Change refers to making the form, nature, content or any kind of course of…

 
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Go through the scenarios below. For each scenario, answer the questions and support each answer with at least one reference. Be clear about how your reading supports your answer. Your paper should be 4 to 5 pages:

  1. Suppose you are driving kind of fast and the car in front of you suddenly stops. You put on the brakes, but your car does not stop immediately and you almost hit the car in front of you. The other driver comes out the car and says “you could have killed me!” and says that he is going to sue you because it is your responsibility to make sure your brakes are working. In this case, did you commit a tort? If so, was it an intentional tort or an unintentional tort? Explain your reasoning.
  2. Suppose you form a corporation with two other investors. Paul is putting up 60% of the initial investment for the new corporation, while you and Susanna are each putting up 20%. When you form the by-laws for the corporate charter, it is agreed that Paul will be able to choose six members of the board of directors and you and Susanna will each be able to choose two members so your influence on the board is directly proportional to each of your investments. The board of directors is then given the authority to hire the CEO of the corporation, and they choose a CEO that all three of you are happy with. But then over the holidays you and Susanna go on vacation and several members of the board of directors are also on vacation. Paul decides to fire the CEO and appoint his brother-in-law as the new CEO. You and Susanna are furious that he fired the CEO without consulting the two of you and also did not consult the board of directors. Paul replies that he can do whatever he wants with the corporation since he owns 60%. Do you think Paul would prevail in court?
  3. You are the sole proprietor of a small physical therapy business that is rapidly growing, but you need to raise additional money to fund your expansion. You talk to several friends and family members about making them partners in your business in exchange for investing in your business. However, they tell you that even though they have confidence in your business, they are too busy to be your business partners. They also do not want to be liable for your debts if you go bankrupt or for any lawsuit that you face. Furthermore, you find out that limited liability companies are not allowed in your state for healthcare practitioners (LLC laws vary state by state). What kind of legal structure do you think you should switch to in order to help persuade your friends and family members to invest in your business?
  4. Suppose you are the CEO of a corporation. After attending a business conference in Hawaii, you and some other CEOs you met at the conference decide to relax and unwind with a few drinks at the hotel bar. The hotel bar closes, so you and the other CEOs decide to go back to your room and continue the party. You proceed to raid the large whiskey collection in your minibar. Your memory becomes hazy at this point, but you wake up the next morning and find the hotel room is completely trashed. The hotel sends you a $50,000 bill for the damages. Are you personally liable for this bill, or is it only the corporation that is liable since you are a CEO and the incident happened during a business trip for the corporation?
  5. Now suppose you are one of the owners of a limited liability corporation that owns some restaurants. One of your waiters takes an order from a customer who says she has a peanut allergy. The waiter makes a note on the order about this allergy before handing it to the chef. However, the waiter’s handwriting is bad and the chef thinks that the order says to include extra peanuts in the dish. The customer eats the food and has to be hospitalized. Would this be a tort? If so, would it be an intentional or an unintentional tort? Finally, would you be personally liable if the customer decided to sue?
 
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Go the project page for the Fossil Atmosphere project (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. on Gingko leafs in the Zooniverse catalog. In this project the researchers are using stomatal density to explore the effect of CO2 and temperature on plants using Gingko biloba as a model organism since it has been around a very long time and there are many fossil leafs as well as modern examples grown all over the world.  You could check out stomatal density for some other applications of this technology. For this assignment score 10 or so images and see if you noticed any differences in your data.  Do some of the samples have significantly different numbers of stomata relative to other cell types? Do the group around different numbers or are they randomly distributed? If the results page is up check out the results to see what everyone has found.

Now that you know about stomatal density and how to estimate it how could you use it to explore some questions about plants and climate? 

Note: If you choose to do this project as part of your classwork you will have make some stomatal impressions (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and observe them under a microscope.  If you do not have access to a scope you can purchase a Foldscope (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for about $25.  If you are a DIY science in the home geek this project is for you!

What do I turn in?

1. A summary of the data of the ten images you scored.  You could keep track of stomatal density, the ratio of stomata to regular cells, or the count of stomata on the samples for now. 

2. 3 questions you could answer using stomatal density measures. These do not have to involve Ginkgos, it could be comparing leafs of the any species in a garden and in Nature or on different slopes or even in different latitudes.  If you have access to Ginkgo leafs you could however compare your local data to those on this project. 

3. An hypothesis that is testable using this technology. 

4. A brief sampling design you would carry out to test your hypothesis

 
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Go over the Final Paper draft and complete the Final Paper for submission.

Write a one to three-page (500-700 words) paper describing a personally designed program to enhance your mental health.

Complete the following:

  1. Describe an area or areas in your life on which you would like to focus for the enhancement of your mental health.
  2. Describe three resources taken from your Mental Health Resource Record that you intend to incorporate into a project to enhance your mental health.
  3. Describe the project to enhance your mental health that incorporates the three resources you have described. 
  4. Provide a plan of action with time lines, if appropriate, to implement your project to enhance your mental health.

Note: Create this assignment using the APA Interactive Paper Template Including Reference Section and put each of these under one of the 4 “Put Subtitle Here” sections of the APA template.

Instructions:

  • For the abstract in the template indicate the paper will do the 4 things above.
  • Cite the textbook and the 3 Personality Assessments  within the paper when using information from them. Use APA citing style
  • For help with the APA citing style, if needed, see the following, Taylor, D. (2017, May 4). In-Text Citations Made Easy. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbyJdMz-Ato
  • Complete the reference section with the sources you cite. Complete it in APA style.
  • For help with completing the reference section, if needed, see the following, Jones, B., & Hurley, G. (2012, September 10). Purdue OWL: APA Formatting: Reference List Basics. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpAOi8-WUY4
  • The word count does not include the abstract or the references.
 
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