Category: Essays

Assume the role of a professional analyst and write a 10 page paper, not including the cover page and references page. Choose a publicly traded US company and prepare a critical analysis of the microeconomic and macroeconomic environment and challenges that the company faces. Use the chosen company’s 10-K report to locate detailed information for your project. The critical analysis should have the following sections labeled:

Introduction – describe your chosen company and its industry.
Application of the theories, models, and practices of economic theory to create profit maximization for your firm.
Analysis of the economic implications of operating in global markets as well as different market and industry structures.
Assessment of the impact of ethical and regulatory considerations on your chosen company.
Analysis of the macroeconomic environment of corporate operations.
Analysis of the microeconomic environment of corporate operations.
Conclusion and recommendations. The conclusion should include the long-term outlook for the company.
References.

Below are questions to consider as you prepare the analysis. These are not the only questions to consider, and they may not all apply. If they apply then they must be answered.
1. Describe the company, the company background, industry (computer, financial, and so on), and industry structure (oligopoly, monopolistic competition, and so on).
2. Describe if and how the company is regulated. Is it covered by EPA?
3. What are the factor markets like?
4. What global pressures does it face? Foreign competition?
5. What is its cost structure (for example, fixed versus variable)?
6. What ethical issues are present?
7. Are there economies of scope or scale?
8. Is it subject to business cycles?
Ten references, four of which should be academic journals; and no more than two should be textbooks.

Do you believe economic principles like competition apply in both private and public organizations?

2-Are there other public functions that might benefit from more competition, including competition from private firms?

3-A. How can you find some middle ground in this debate to show that both businesspeople and those who work together more closely to help people?

3-B. How could you use the concepts of Adam Smith to help illustrate your position?

Support your answer with facts either from your real life experience

Do you believe economic principles like competition apply in both private and public organizations?

2-Are there other public functions that might benefit from more competition, including competition from private firms?

3-A. How can you find some middle ground in this debate to show that both businesspeople and those who work together more closely to help people?

3-B. How could you use the concepts of Adam Smith to help illustrate your position?

Support your answer with facts either from your real life experience

Pattern of organized crime in Mexico.

Should states be organized to maximize their own power or organized to restrain this power?

Write a 2 page memorandum addressing the questions below.
Before addressing the specific facts, please provide a brief description of general components of a crime (such as mens rea, what is actus reus, etc).
Then, for each of the four potential defendants answer the following:
(a) what crime could he/she be charged with (remember to include inchoate crimes in your discussion);
(b) what is the mens rea required for each crime to be charged (be specific to each defendant and crime);
(c) what is actus reus (be specific to each defendant and crime);
(d) are there any possible defenses like excuses or justifications that might be applicable (be specific to each defendant and crime);
(e) for each defendant be sure to include what the most likely outcome will be.

All the answers are from the following passage:

Mark, Robert, Lisette, and Sandra are friends, and they all just lost their jobs because the company they used to work for closed. They decide that in order to obtain a little money, they will break into the mansion of the McPherson’s, who are a very wealthy family in Miami. Mark has some mental problems, and although he has never even received a traffic ticket in his life, he fears that he will be unable to obtain another job and joins in the plan with his friends.

One night, they all get together and make a plan about how they will proceed. They were able to obtain a floor plan of the McPherson’s home (Lisette was able to hack into the McPherson’s computer and obtain it) and together they make sure they create a “perfect” plan and getaway. They plan to break into the mansion two weeks from that night because the McPherson’s are expected to be out of the home for a planned vacation. A week and a half pass and the friends continue to elaborate on their plan. However, three days before the planned burglary, Lisette decides that she no longer wants to be a part of the crime. She informs all of the other friends of her decision. The three remaining friends decide to continue with the plan anyway.

On the day of the planned burglary, the three friends meet at Mark’s house, Robert tells the other two that he will be taking a gun to the house, just in case there are any unexpected events, although Mark and Sandra think the gun is a bad idea, they do not tell him anything about it. At Mark’s house, the friends got dressed, and put together all of their tools. They waited outside of the mansion and at about 2:00 AM, they got out of the car and proceeded to the inside of the house. Robert used a thin metal tool to open the lock on the front door, and deactivated the alarm, something he knew how to do well. Mark stayed outside as the lookout, and was planned to drive the car for the getaway. So Robert and Sandra proceeded inside the home, and began to put the most expensive things they could find into their big cotton bags. While they were doing this, Robert heard a noise, and took out his gun. Then he saw Sam McPherson, the Father of the family coming down the spiral staircase with a gun in hand, and calling out “who is there?” It turns out that the McPherson family had postponed their vacation due to a family emergency. As Mr. McPherson comes down the stairs, Robert points his gun at the Father of three. Sandra, who just realizes what is going on, screams out “please, don’t shoot Robert!” Robert does not listen, and shoots Mr. McPherson on the head. Sam McPherson dies instantly. Robert and Sandra run away from the scene, and Mark, who has no idea what just happened inside, drives them off. The police later find the three suspects and arrest them. They also subsequently arrest Lissette.

Business Studies.

Your first DBQ essay should be written over the documents in Chapter 2 of Discovering the American Past. Your essay is due at the beginning of class on Thursday, Jan. 29.

In Chapter 2, five African-American spokespersons (Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, Henry McNeal Turner, W.E.B. Dubois, and Frances Harper) offer different solutions to the problems of African Americans in post-Civil War America. Your task in the DBQ is to evaluate these alternatives. What solution did each spokesperson offer? What were the strengths and weaknesses of each argument? Which alternative provides, in your opinion, the most practical and most likely to be successful alternative?

On the Course Menu to the left, in the section for Course Information, is a folder on “How to Write History.” Contained in that folder are several short articles and charts that provide guidelines for writing historical essays, including document-based essays. You should begin by reading each of these; they will help you organize your essay. Then turn to Discovering the American Past and read the background essay, the method of analysis, and questions to consider in Chapter 2. Finally, read each of the documents by the five authors.

Remember: this is a “document-based” question. You MUST use the documents provided in Chapter 2 to answer this question. Failure to use the documents as supporting evidence will result in a failing grade.

Your first DBQ essay should be written over the documents in Chapter 2 of Discovering the American Past. Your essay is due at the beginning of class on Thursday, Jan. 29.

In Chapter 2, five African-American spokespersons (Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, Henry McNeal Turner, W.E.B. Dubois, and Frances Harper) offer different solutions to the problems of African Americans in post-Civil War America. Your task in the DBQ is to evaluate these alternatives. What solution did each spokesperson offer? What were the strengths and weaknesses of each argument? Which alternative provides, in your opinion, the most practical and most likely to be successful alternative?

On the Course Menu to the left, in the section for Course Information, is a folder on “How to Write History.” Contained in that folder are several short articles and charts that provide guidelines for writing historical essays, including document-based essays. You should begin by reading each of these; they will help you organize your essay. Then turn to Discovering the American Past and read the background essay, the method of analysis, and questions to consider in Chapter 2. Finally, read each of the documents by the five authors.

Remember: this is a “document-based” question. You MUST use the documents provided in Chapter 2 to answer this question. Failure to use the documents as supporting evidence will result in a failing grade.

Terrorist threats to the United States emerge from both domestic and international extremist organizations. The types of threats as well as the precautions that must be taken to guard against these threats have similarities and differences based upon whether the terrorist group is a domestic or a foreign organization.

Research the different types of threats posed to the United States by domestic and international terrorist organizations. Some suggested topics that you might consider discussing in your paper include the different types of threats posed by domestic and international terrorist organizations, the measures required to guard against these different types of threats, or the role of a lone terrorist in a domestic versus an international terrorist threat.