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Revise and add to Research Paper
Please Revise this Research paper and make it a final draft! Raise the quality of the paper to a graduate level. Add 5 pages to this draft; add more examples supporting the thesis.
The word Media is used about 50 times in the Introduction please fix that, do a little more research and revise the paper so that it flow a better
This will be the final draft so it must be good!
Must Not Be Plagiarized!! Paper Will Be Submitted Through TURNITIN Plagiarism Detection Software.
Topic: Discuss the role of the media in our society. Do the media have undue influence on public policymaking? Is there a political bias in reporting the news or in deciding what to report on? Consider the implications of the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Please submit a one-page outline on February 23, 2014 by 2200hrs PST
Due Date: March 2, 2014 2200hrs PST
Length: 20 pages
Formant: APA
Software: Use MS Word.
Type: Use 12 point Times New Roman type or equivalent at all times.
Spacing: Double-space text copy. Single space end notes and references. Left justify the main text and indent first lines of paragraphs.
Margins: Use page margins of at least 1-inch left and right and 1 inch top and bottom.
Graphics: Tables, charts, and graphs should be placed in appropriate places throughout the paper.
Notes: Put numbered explanatory notes in endnote form. Use sparingly and keep them brief.
Minimum of 5 References
Paper Components
Papers needs to have the following components:
1. Introduction: Write 2 pages describing the paper in detail. You should have a thesis statement whereby you tell the reader why and how this particular project is useful and what you intend to demonstrate or prove. Include a brief summary of how you plan to proceed in the sections of the paper that follow.
2. Literature Review: Write 2 or 3 pages reviewing the professional literature that relates to your project. This includes books, parts of books, journal articles, professional pamphlets and memoranda, internet sources, etc. This review should provide a framework for your thesis and give it some perspective. Try to determine if similar projects have been undertaken in other parts of the world.
3. Method of Research: Write 1 or 2 pages showing how you gathered data and/or information for your paper. Describe interviews with individuals who are knowledgeable about your topic, describe how you collected data if you did so (survey, observation, etc.), describe how you used Internet and library sources, and describe any statistical tool or computer analysis you may have used.
4. Results and Findings: Write 5or 6 pages detailing the results of your research. This part is not an analysis but rather the facts that have unfolded from your work. For example, provide detailed accounts from people that you interviewed. What are the key points from the literature that bear on your project? If you developed tables or graphs, identify salient points from them. If you conducted a survey, simply report the results from each of the questions.
5. Conclusions: Write 4 or 5 pages where you analyze the information that you have collected and organized. The conclusions should take the form of policy implications. You should determine if your thesis which you put forward earlier is credible or not. These conclusions should be supported by the preponderance of the data and information that you have reported in the “results and findings” section. Finally, you should use the information and analysis to formulate your own opinion about how your research and/or project will have an impact on your subject area.
6. Further Research: Write 1 or 2 pages indicating how you could improve your study if you had a chance to conduct it again. Be specific. And then show how your study can be expanded in the future. What are the next steps in this area of research? How will the subject area benefit from your research and continued research?
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Discuss the death sentence and how it has been changed over the years morally.
Discuss the use of physical torture and how it has changed over the years morally.
These papers are discussing time periods ranging from the spanish inquisition, all the way up to present day. How were these used in the past and how did our civilization change to accept it the way it is today?
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Yahoo and Amazon
BUS: Yahoo and Amazon: Building a Competitive Advantage
Assignment 1: Yahoo and Amazon: Building a Competitive Advantage
Due in Week 3 and worth 300 points
Review Case 21 “How Amazon.com became the leading online retailer by 2011”, and Case 23 “Is Yahoo!’s business model working in 2011?” located in the textbook to complete this assignment.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
Describe, in brief, the histories of both of Amazon.com and Yahoo.com, and determine the core business of each.
Determine the key strategic differences that have impacted the relative success of both Amazon.com and Yahoo.com. Provide two (2) specific examples of such strategic differences to support the response.
Compare and contrast the approach to strategic planning that each company has pursued in order to achieve a competitive advantage. Focus specifically on both intended and emergent strategies.
Analyze the manner in which each company’s distinctive competencies help to shape the strategies that each company pursues. Provide a rationale to support the response.
Recommend one (1) functional level strategy for each company which prescribes the essential ways in which each may achieve superior efficiency, quality, innovation, and customer responsiveness. Provide a rationale to support the response.
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:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
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 assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Analyze the role of a company mission, vision, and objectives and the impact to business strategy.
Describe strategic planning techniques used to formulate alternative strategies designed to achieve stated business goals.
Analyze the external and internal environment for opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.
Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanic
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Principles of Marketing 100- Marketing Plan 1
Due Week 4 and worth 300 points- see attachement
Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to familiarize yourself with an industry and then create a fictional start-up company that is entering a foreign (non U.S.) market with a good or service. Your fictitious company may export an existing good or service to a foreign business market (e.g., developing Websites for a foreign firm that targets the U.S. market). You will create a marketing plan for your start-up company.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you :
Describe your company and its product in terms of its marketability.
Determine the key strengths and weaknesses of your company, as well as the opportunities and threats it faces within its industry.
Explain the marketing objectives of your company that are based on the findings of your secondary market research. Your marketing objectives should, at a minimum, address potential customer profile and market segmentation. Explain the manner in which you conducted your secondary market research.
Outline the marketing goals in terms of the target market you selected, and describe the manner in which you would use marketing mix to reach that target market.
Describe the key method(s) that the company will use to implement the marketing mix that you have developed. The methodology should, at a minimum, focus on the details of the different elements of the market mix and how your company will focus them on the target market.
Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
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 assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Explain the fundamentals of marketing including product, price, distribution, and promotion in a global environment.
Determine the marketing planning process, market segmentation, and the development of the key elements of a marketing strategy.
Determine the elements of marketing research.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in marketing.
Write clearly and concisely about marketing using proper writing mechanics.
The professor will Run this through (Turn it in)
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a technology roadmap outline
TinselWriter
This Week you will be required to complete a technology roadmap outline for moving The International Food Group (IFG) from where they are now (functional website) to their vision of where they want to be (social networking, mashups, multimedia). In the outline, you should summarize your approach to each of the seven activities described in Chapter 8 of the required text, IT Strategy: Issues and Practices (2nd ed.). In a separate section, briefly address the difficulties you think you will face in trying to deal with the five practical steps mentioned in Chapter 8. Your outline should be 4 pages and should include at least three references in addition to your text. The Library is a good place to get these additional references.
You are also required to write an expository essay espousing the need for experimentation and innovation at IFG. The audience for this essay should be internal, upper management. Your essay should establish the need for, and benefits of, increased innovation and collaboration at IFG in order to reach the goals presented in your roadmap outline. Your essay should be 3 pages and include at least three references in addition to your text.
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Final Paper
Need a 3-5 paper for Bus 308 final paper
Final Paper
The final paper provides you with an opportunity to integrate and reflect on what you have learned during the class.
The question to address is: “What have you learned about statistics?” In developing your responses, consider – at a minimum – and discuss the application of each of the course elements in analyzing and making decisions about data (counts and/or measurements).
The course elements include:
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
Hypothesis development and testing
Selection of appropriate statistical tests
Evaluating statistical results.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
Must be three to- five double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must use at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the text.
Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center.
Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.
Assignment 1: Essay
Due Week 4 and worth 100 points
Choose one (1) of the topics below and develop a three to four (3-4) paragraph essay (of at least 250-500 words) which adequately address the topic you have chosen.
Topic Choices:
There have been many theories regarding how the pyramids at Giza were constructed. Most experts agree that they were constructed as burial monuments for pharaohs, but “how” these ancient people constructed monuments of such great size without modern machinery is a mystery which is still being debated.
No one can say for certain what happened to the Mayan people, but theories abound and include varied possible alternatives to explain the abrupt and mysterious disappearance of the Mayan civilization.
It is believed that Queen Hatshepsut dressed as a man to gain support of the Egyptians. After her death, her successor removed as many remnants of her rule as possible. Although a pharaoh, her mummified remains and tomb have never been conclusively found.
Tutankhamen died young, at around 18 years of age. However, his cause of death has not been confirmed. Did he die of an injury, of illness, or was he murdered?
Considered the “Mummy’s Curse,” a series of unexplainable, unfortunate, or tragic events that happened to the people who were present at the opening of Tutankhamen’s tomb.
The monumental size and complexity of the Tomb of Shihuangdi is astounding. It is believed that the workers were forced to remain inside the tomb when it was walled shut so they would not reveal the secrets of its construction. What was the emperor’s purpose for such an elaborate burial place?
Other topic choice recommended and approved by the professor and supported by the grading rubric
Write a 3-4 paragraph paper in which you:
Clearly state the “mystery” and provide a brief summary of at least two (2) theories which could explain the mystery. Because some theories may sound far-fetched, include the source or promoter of each theory – such as a scientist, a historian, a theologian, etc.
Identify one (1) of the theories and provide at least two (2) convincing reasons why the theory you have chosen is the best one to explain the mystery.
Use at least two (2) sources besides the textbook.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the course shell for reference)
Include a cover page containing the tile 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 assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes.
Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context.
Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.
Identify major historical developments in world cultures during the eras of antiquity to the Renaissance
Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures.
Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics.
Click here to view the grading rubric.
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Security Support
Question 1:
"Security Support Responsibilities" Please respond to the following:
Imagine you are the CIO of an organization. Construct an outline of four ongoing responsibilities that the digital forensics personnel must complete each week. Provide a possible scenario for how each responsibility may be performed to fulfill the forensics’ needs of an organization.
Compare the responsibilities you listed above with those of an IT security professional. Give your opinion on how responsibilities of digital forensics personnel and IT security professional are similar and in which ways are they different.
Question 2:
"Functional Security Support Roles" Please respond to the following:
Identify three steps required for implementing a physical and environmental security program. Select one step that would be the most challenging to perform and one step that you believe is the most important for providing protection against information assets of an organization. Explain why you chose each step.
Suggest three security support competencies of a privacy professional that support the security strategy of an organization. Justify your suggestions.
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Research Topics with Explanation
WEEK 2 COLA 1
Assignment 1: Research Topics with Explanation
Due Week 2 and worth 100 points
Read through the list of research topics (located in the Appendix), or by clicking the link here, on which to write a research paper. Select three (3) topics that interest you most and identify two (2) credible sources for each topic. Note: This is one (1) of several parts that will build toward a final draft of your persuasive writing research paper.
Write a one to two (1-2) page paper in which you:
Explain the reason for selecting topic one (1), identify the audience, and provide a preliminary thesis statement.
Explain the reason for selecting topic two (2), identify the audience, and provide a preliminary thesis statement.
Explain the reason for selecting topic three (3), identify the audience, and provide a preliminary thesis statement.
Identify and document six (6) credible sources (two (2) for each topic) that you would expect to use. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
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:
Recognize the elements and correct use of a thesis statement.
Associate the features of audience, purpose, and text with various genres.
Recognize correct APA documentation and reasons to document and avoid plagiarism.
Write clearly and concisely about selected topics using proper writing mechanics.
Use technology and information resources to research selected issues for this course.
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Short Essay
Essays
Short Essay
Your essay should be about three pages long. It will constitute 15 percent of your grade. Your essay can focus on 1 of the following topics.
Essay Choice 1: Institutional study
Churches, schools, civic organizations (black civil rights orgs, fraternities and sororities, etc) and businesses are important social institutions for any society. Select one of the above, with pre-World War II origins, and trace its historical development over time.
Family: Trace the outlines of your family's history to the post-Civil War era, or as far back as you can, and integrate your family's story within the context of historical events of the era discussed in this class. Include such elements as family structure, occupation, education, military service, religion, music, region or geography, and personality profiles and portraits, as well as food and folklore, i.e., family stories that you may want to share.
Essay Choice 2: Select one of the following comparisons and discuss in a short essay.
Emancipation: Compare the emancipation process in the United States with that in Brazil or Cuba or Haiti. Include a brief overview of their slave societies and racial, demographic, and political profiles of the day.
Ideology and Leadership: Booker T. Washington and. W. E. B. Du Bois; or King and Malcolm X; or Garvey and Randolph. Where do they have differences? Where do they have similarities?
Issues: Race and class—how do the two work in concert to impact progress in contemporary American society? OR Women: feminism vs. womanism? How are these two issues related but yet distinct? How do both issues gender and race intertwine for African American women as an issue to be combated?
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Computer Information systems
Imagine you are an administrator for a large organization which participates in the competitive widget market. Identify the types of documents that your organization will use. Assess the importance of protecting your organization’s HR, legal, administrative, etc. documents. Determine the method or tools you would use to classify the documents, and the approach you would use to protect the documents. Justify your suggestions.
Suppose the same large organization mentioned above consisted of several large sites and many smaller sites connected with WAN links (versus the often faster LAN option). Due to this structure you have multiple repositories that must be accessed from multiple sites. Speculate on the possible challenges that you believe users will encounter when accessing the various repositories. Suggest the key ways to mitigate these challenges.
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The Assignment:
1. Attend a local city council, planning commission, county board of supervisors, school district, or special district meeting. Summarize the parliamentary procedures (agenda, opportunity to speak, and votes). The summary should also include the topics of discussion and debate.
2. For students who do not have the ability to attend or watch a public meeting on television, a review of a public meeting through the local print media is acceptable.
Attach the article from which information for your summary was gathered.
*The summary of such a meeting must be one typed page (double space) when the meeting start, where, who speak, what the point. The class project is due May 4.
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You are presented with a 52-year-old female patient. She is experiencing acute discomfort from gall stone symptoms for the fourth time in 8 years. The condition has responded to nonsurgical treatment in the past, but each subsequent time is a slower and more painful recovery. She is underinsured, and the cost of a surgery would be beyond her means without some sort of write-off or assistance. However, her family makes too much to qualify for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS).
Examine this case, using each of the following principles in turn as a possible guide to your actions:
The principle of utility: Bring about the greatest good with the least harm.
The principle of equality: Everything is distributed equally.
The principle of need: Those with greatest need get the greatest share.
The principle of contribution: Everyone receives in proportion to what they put in.
The principle of effort: Those who work hardest get the most.
The principle of autonomy: Rational individuals are self-determining, and nothing is forced or coercive.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected. One to two paragraphs per principle.
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Your Marketing Plan
Need help on homework
Assignment 1: Part A: Your Marketing Plan
Due Week 4 and worth 400 points
From the start of this course, you have accessed the Interactive Marketing Plan tool and used the step-by-step guide to complete Part A of your marketing plan. You are required to submit a marketing plan for a hypothetical company. Your plan must include the company’s background information, as well as information collected from Steps 1- 4 of the Interactive Marketing Plan, located in the course shell.
Note: You may create and /or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:
Construct a concise executive summary that provides the details of the outcomes of your marketing plan outcomes. The relevant outcomes include profitability, shareholder returns, and return on investment.
Conduct an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.
Specify the primary and secondary target markets for your company.
Develop a branding strategy for your product / service that covers the brand name, logo, slogan, and at least one (1) brand extension.
Conduct a performance analysis with set benchmarks of 50% to 75% per annualized plan. Your analysis should include at least four (4) of the following metrics: tracking downloads of website content, Web site visitors, increases in market share, customer value, new product adoption rates, retention, rate of growth compared to competition and the market, margin, and customer engagement. Develop four (4) quantitative and (4) qualitative marketing objectives from your chosen metrics.
Conduct both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product/service. Each analysis should examine four (4) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company.
Develop a marketing strategy for your product / service and determine an appropriate timeframe for execution of the plan, i.e. 5, 10, 15 years. Provide a rationale for your timeframe for execution.
Develop a positioning statement which should include, at a minimum, i.e., a benefit, user, competitive, or innovative statement about your product / service. Provide a rationale for your timeframe for execution of your positioning statement.
Examine the relevant marketing science of customer behavior for your product / service.
Use at least four (4) academic resources as quantitative marketing research to determine the feasibility of your product/service. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product/service. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
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The Future of the New York Times
Week 1 - Assignment
The Future of the New York Times
Read the article: The Future of the New York Times, BusinessWeek, January 17, 2005, 64-72
Readership through circulation and news quality are key ingredients to profitability in the newspaper business industry. In a 2-3 page paper, examine what Arthur Sulzberger can do to revive the failing newspaper whose “financial performance is lagging “. Can New York Times, with its journalistic pride compete with the digital media and still deliver the best news?
Paper must be in the correct APA writing style. Include a minimum of 2-3 resources; 1 resource must be peer reviewed.
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Mass communication for finale xam
These are 9 short answers for my final exam on mass communication they need to be fuly answered, consise and direct to the point but they must answer correctly each question within the questions.
1. Do non-profit radio and television in the US rely exclusively on public funding for their operations or do they accept private sponsorships as well? If they do, how can they be labeled public media?
2. Name and define the movie industry’s three basic economic divisions? How have these divisions evolve through the years?
3. What contributed to the decline of the ‘network era’? Have the television networks today been sidestepped by other channels? If not, how do they retain their competitive edge?
4. Has narrowcasting on television solved the problem of consolidation of ownership in that industry?
5. What is cultural imperialism? Is it still a valid theory given the distribution of media flows today? Discuss the flaws of this theory.
6. Should we be concerned about the consolidation of global media flows today? Can smaller countries produce and control their own media?
7. What do we mean by the information economy and how is that affecting poorer countries? Make sure you discuss the notion of digital divide.
8. What’s the difference between the cultural approach to media studies and media- effects studies? Has the cultural approach been more convincing in its findings?
9. Given the dominant role of the mass media in society today, do you think the theories produced by media studies have an impact on changing our media institutions? Or do you think they have no direct effect on the media and their workings?
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technology firm
You work for a large technology firm. Recently the human resources department has provided notice that a vacancy has opened up for the District manager position. The notice lists the education and experience qualifications and the duties of the position. The notice further provides the means for applying for the position and that the position will be filled internally rather than looking for an external candidate. Further, the notice provides the deadline as to when candidates who want to be considered should provide the required information.
When looking to fill positions, whether a promotion or new hire, employers must make sure that they properly list the qualifications and requirements of the job so that the candidate can provide to the employer how they are qualified for the position.
This allows the employer to avoid any issue of possible discrimination or improper actions in the hiring and promoting procedure.
In framing your response, review leading legislation that employers must adhere to when dealing with promotions and hiring:
Identify at least 2 pieces of legislation specifically dealing with discrimination in promotion and hiring
Provide at least one advantage and one disadvantage of each piece of legislation
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The population I would like to target is adolescents
For your first project assignment, identify a culturally diverse population within your community. This population will serve as the basis for your course project. Then draft a 3-4 page paper that includes:
A brief description of your target population.
Advocacy processes for policies, programs, and services that are equitable and responsive to the unique needs of your target population and that address institutional and social barriers that impede access, equity, and success for this target population.
How local, state, or national public policies may have impacted the delivery or accessibility of these services to your target population.
A description of three individual, couple, family, group, or community strategies appropriate for working with and advocating for your specific culturally diverse population within your community.
At least three community resources (internet links with brief explanations are acceptable) currently available to assist the members of your target community and an explanation as to how you can promote client understanding of and access to these resources.
Reference materials from your studies and additional academic research from the Capella Library that support the approaches, strategies, and techniques you have described.
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FIN 540 – Homework Chapter 20
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Directions: Answer the following five questions on a separate document. Explain how you reached the answer or show your work if a mathematical calculation is needed, or both. Submit your assignment using the assignment link in the course shell. Each question is worth five points apiece for a total of 25 points for this homework assignment.
1. Which of the following statements is most CORRECT? a. By law in most states, all preferred stock must be cumulative, meaning that the compounded total of all unpaid preferred dividends must be paid before any dividends can be paid on the firm's common stock. b. From the issuer's point of view, preferred stock is less risky than bonds. c. Whereas common stock has an indefinite life, preferred stocks always have a specific maturity date, generally 25 years or less. d. Unlike bonds, preferred stock cannot have a convertible feature. e. Preferred stock generally has a higher component cost of capital to the firm than does common stock.
2. Which of the following statements about convertibles is most CORRECT? a. One advantage of convertibles over warrants is that the issuer receives additional cash money when convertibles are converted. b. Investors are willing to accept a lower interest rate on a convertible than on otherwise similar straight debt because convertibles are less risky than straight debt. c. At the time it is issued, a convertible's conversion (or exercise) price is generally set equal to or below the underlying stock's price. d. For equilibrium to exist, the expected return on a convertible bond must normally be between the expected return on the firm's otherwise similar straight debt and the expected return on its common stock. e. The coupon interest rate on a firm's convertibles is generally set higher than the market yield on its otherwise similar straight debt.
3. Which of the following statements concerning warrants is correct? a. Warrants are long-term put options that have value because holders can sell the firm's common stock at the exercise price regardless of how low the market price drops. b. Warrants are long-term call options that have value because holders can buy the firm's common stock at the exercise price regardless of how high the stock's price has risen. c. A firm's investors would generally prefer to see it issue bonds with warrants than straight bonds because the warrants dilute the value of new shareholders, and that value is transferred to existing shareholders. d. A drawback to using warrants is that if the firm is very successful, investors will be less likely to exercise the warrants, and this will deprive the firm of receiving any new capital. e. Bonds with warrants and convertible bonds both have option features that their holders can exercise if the underlying stock's price increases. However, if the option is exercised, the issuing company's debt declines if warrants were used but remains the same if it used convertibles.
FIN 540 – Homework Chapter 20
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4. Which of the following statements is most CORRECT? a. One important difference between warrants and convertibles is that convertibles bring in additional funds when they are converted, but exercising warrants does not bring in any additional funds. b. The coupon rate on convertible debt is normally set below the coupon rate that would be set on otherwise similar straight debt even though investing in convertibles is more risky than investing in straight debt. c. The value of a warrant to buy a safe, stable stock should exceed the value of a warrant to buy a risky, volatile stock, other things held constant. d. Warrants can sometimes be detached and traded separately from the debt with which they were issued, but this is unusual. e. Warrants have an option feature but convertibles do not.
5. Mariano Manufacturing can issue a 25-year, 8.1% annual payment bond at par. Its investment bankers also stated that the company can sell an issue of annual payment preferred stock to corporate investors who are in the 40% tax bracket. The corporate investors require an after-tax return on the preferred that exceeds their after-tax return on the bonds by 1.0%, which would represent an after-tax risk premium. What coupon rate must be set on the preferred in order to issue it at par? a. 6.66% b. 6.99% c. 7.34% d. 7.71% e. 8.09%
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Cited list
5 sources, two of these sources must be from the Fairmont state university library. You will go to FSU library Database, then Academic Search Complete, CQ researcher ,you must make a claim argument about a comment , important issue facing society EX( I argue that -------)
And I need (Research proposal 1-2 pages) Includes the answer to these questions.
1 - What topic has you chosen, and why? What is your personal started in the issue?
2 – What questions do you have about your Topic? What do you already know about your topic? What would you like to learning?
3 – Introduce tow database sources: Author and title database.
4 – Why showed people care about your topic? Why does this issue need an attention?
5 – What will you argue in your paper?
