Discuss in one short paragraph the relevance of one-tailed and two-tailed tests with alternate hypothesis. Give a numerical example of a two tailed test showing all five steps (please post this portion as an Excel attachment). any example will do on a one-tailed and two-tailed tests with alternate hypothesis.
Please see the attached file, if you are familiar with the documentary movie "Who killed the electric car?"
Ex. 5 The manufacturer of the X-15 steel-belted radial truck tire claims that the mean mileage the tire can be driven before the tread wears out is 60,000 miles. The standard deviation of the mileage is 5,000 miles. The Crosset Truck Company bought 48 tires and found that the mean mileage for their trucks is 59,500 miles. Is C
I'm trying to understand if there are any predictable performance cycles. If so what are the periods that business hit high and lows ? how do business seem to stay stable when everything changes with the economy? Also what are large business such as McDonalds strategies for coping with these business cycles? How do they com
We are doing a case study about company "Shimano". I would like to get some answers to the following questions: 1. Should the bicycle manufacturers think about vertically integrating into component production? Why or why not? 2. Why is the high-end bike industry a global one? 3. Why is Shimano also in the fishing tac
You work for a major defense contractor. Your company prepared and submitted a bid for a recent Department of Defense RFP, entitled Automated Mobile Defense System (AMDS). You have been assigned to lead Project X, which will design, develop, test, demonstrate and deploy 10 AMDS units to a location to be determined by the DoD ass
Strategic Overview - Microsoft. See attached file for full problem description.
In all other problems within this course, service rate has been provided for me. I've reviewed the chapter but can't seem to grasp calculation for service rate. It appears from the problem that there are an average of 100 customers arriving per hour (thus the rate of 100 for customers arriving into the system), but when attemp
Some companies undertake sustainability reporting and others do not. What are the implications for a company that does not report its social and environmental impacts to stakeholders?
As one of four HR managers for the Home Company, you have been asked to prepare a policy and communication and education process for several areas needing attention. Assume that all of these policies will address subjects that have until now been handled informally and inconsistently throughout the company. Policies need to be d
Distinguish strategic control from operating control. Give an example of each. Explain the differences among implementation controls, strategic surveillance, and special alert controls. Give an example of each. What are some measures that you can use to evaluate the success or failure of the strategy and its implementati
The annual incomes of the five vice presidents of TMV Industries are: $125,000; $128,000; $122,000; $133,000; and $140,000. Consider this a population. What is the population variance? The standard deviation? What is the range? What is the arithmetic mean income? The annual incomes of officers of another firm similar to TMV
Complete a financial analysis on Target Corporation. Use all relevant rations. Make sure and include the Dupont formula, MVA, EVA, and ROIC. Use any other metrics that are important. Compare all this data to the firms' 3 to 5 year trends, industry averages, and/or industry leader. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of Tar
List two risk prevention controls utilized by your current or former employer and how they work.
Winn-Dixie: what is the company's functional strategy for each of the areas listed? Production-Operations-Manufacturing Research and Development
(Fraud risk) Consider the following situation. Company A is a public company that competes in the highly competitive market for manufactured household products. The company is dominated by Rob Bigbucks, the chairman and chief executive officer who has guided the company since it was a private company and has extensive influence
7. Suppose you are on a weekend trip to a city that is d miles away. Develop a model that determines your round trip gasoline costs. What assumptions or approximations are necessary to treat this model as a deterministic model? Are these assumptions or approximations acceptable to you? 11. For most products, higher prices res
What systems and processes can be put in place in any organization to foster excellent brain storming and other creative acts to foster a good strategic discussion at an organizational level?
Elasticity refers to the responsiveness of one economic variable to changes in another, related variable. Consider the price elasticity of demand (or cross price elasticity), please use at least one example to explain the impacts of elasticity of demand (or cross price elasticity). In your example, please explain how the elasti
Bob is the manager of a machine design dept in a large corporation. His engineers and designers charge their internal corporate clients on an hourly basis at $50/hr. This represents the department's average cost for an hour's labor based on full capacity. Each engineer is assumed to have 1,800 billable hours/year. The $50/hour i
Assume the following sample data: LENGTH (FT) SAMPLE 1 207.495 247.725 345.33 257.175 198.855 166.185 326.295 233.01 209.25 177.12 173.07 180.36 252.315 182.655 186.975 233.955 192.915 216 250.95 207.09 209.25 312.12 209.25 247.725 1. Calculate and explain the sample mean. 2. Calculate and
Create a list of the vital few ideas which you believe relevant and important for Honda Motor Company to pursue. The list can include products, services, marketing initiatives, identifying new products, merger and acquisitions, financial movements and safeguards, to name a few. Be creative.
Do you have any articles or notes on "Web experienced phenomenal advertising growth in recent years but is now dropping off. Why might that be true?"
When conducting environmental scans, what are a few of the resources that you found the most useful? Why is concentrated growth considered the least risky strategy? When is concentrated growth not a good strategy to employ?
What is the definition of Strategic Adaptability and how does it tie into environmental analysis and mission/vision/long-term objectives establishment? Please provide references.
Prepare a list of strategic alternatives and recommendations for Honda Motor Company by reflecting on elements such as the following: Environmental changes The aging population Emerging Markets Research and Development Emerging Technology
Describe the strategic connection between free Internet email and free online billpay. Environmental scanning generally produces large amounts of data. What are some questions to ask to aid you in screening that data to determine its usefulness What influence has technology had on environmental analysis?
Discussion Question: What is the relationship between change and systems thinking?
Discussion Question: Why are the parts of a system less important than the whole?
Describe why new innovations are often resisted in organizations. Name two remedies for resistance that can be deployed by leadership in organizations experiencing resistance.