The capital budgeting decision techniques that you have learned all have strengths and weaknesses, but they do comprise the most popular rules for valuing projects. Valuing entire businesses, on the other hand, requires that some adjustments be made to various pieces of these methodologies. For example, one alternative to NPV (Net Present Value) used quite frequently for valuing firms is called APV (Adjusted Present Value.)
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You are in the role of a category manager (buyer) for a large desktop computer manufacturing company that buys a significant number of microprocessors from multiple suppliers such as Intel and AMD. You are required to research the microprocessors category and develop an External Profile and Sourcing Strategy recommendation for your company.
After reading David Scheff’s Beautiful Boy in its entirety, write a 3-4 page critique of the book, responding to the following prompts. Be sure to draw on concepts covered in the readings, lectures, and other materials.
Prompt 1: Addiction is identified as a “family disease”. What is meant by this? How does Nic’s addiction impact the family system? Be sure to cite specific examples.
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You are part of a disaster recovery team for a medium-sized business in the manufacturing industry that has one physical location. All operations occur at this location.
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Throughout this article, Cofer speaks of the “ cultural schizophrenia” She felt, describing the “ conflicting message”, the “ cultural clash”, and the “mixed cultural signals ” she received from the two worlds she inhabited.
A woman of some forty years enters my office. She moves very carefully and hesitantly, stopping at the door and waiting. Although she is just my height, she keeps her head lowered in such a way that she has to look up at me. She doesn’t seem sure whether to close the door behind her or wait for me to do it. She waits. She asks where she should sit and I indicate which chair is for my clients, although it is obvious from the configuration of the room. She sits down, removes her shoes, and tucks her legs under her body. She wraps her arms around her body as if to hold herself in and silently waits.
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