Formula Case Studies Samples For Students

Executive summary

Regan Inc. has been involved in the installation and manufacturing of commercial heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) units. This report uses dividend growth model to estimate the price of the stock. The report calculates the price of the stock of Regan Inc. after including the super growth period that the company would observe after advancement in technology. Price to earnings ratio of the company has been used and compared it with the industry to analyze how the investors think about the company’s future as well as the industry future. Return on equity has also been calculated if the ...

Naso-duodenal tube feeding is recommended for hospitalized patients. This means that Sharyn does not need the assessment of the caretakers and the important home details. However, like any other patient, Sharyn needs to be psychologically prepared to the feeding method. Therefore, there will be need to establish an understanding between the hospital caregivers and Sharyn. This will include explaining to the patient everything concerning the procedure including the indication and contraindication. Hospitals will often provide the outlined procedure for the administration of the feeding method and this should be followed to the latter. According to the hospital procedure and ...

(Name of Professor)
U.S. Supreme Case of Shelby County v Holder
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Shelby County v Holder is a landmark case involving the Supreme Court ruling declaring the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, particularly sections 5 and 4 (b), as unconstitutional. Section 5 of the said Act requires the local government to get a pre-clearance from the US Attorney General or three judges acting as a panel of the US District Court in Columbia prior to changing the laws on voting to ensure that the new law will not result in the denial of the right to vote ...

1. Which formula would you use to calculate the daily inpatient census?

Daily inpatient census refers to the number of inpatients present within a hospital facility or hospital unit at the time the census is being taken, a task which is normally done daily at midnight in majority of the hospitals. In addition, it includes any patients who were admitted and discharged within the 24 hours between one census taking time and the next (Koch, 2008, p.67). Therefore, computation of the daily inpatient census is done using the following formula:
Daily inpatient census= The total number of patients at midnight of the census day+ A&Ds for that day( the patients admitted ...

Introduction

DEA is the Data Envelopment Analysis. It is a non-parametric approach used in investigates for the assessment of production frontiers. It is used to assess the relative efficiency of various units, called DMUs in the language of DEA. DEA uses multiple inputs and outputs to estimate the efficiency and for benchmarking the best performing units.
The structure of the market economy is a concept with many aspects. In particular, the structure of the market economy can be characterized in terms of the competitive relationship, the degree of their development. There are several approaches to the study of the structure. In ...

In 2008, Sanlu’s infant formula was suspected to be contaminated with melamine. The chemical is known to cause kidney stones, especially if consumed in high doses. During this time, the company recalled 700 tons of its formula. The company also admitted that their formula contained melamine and led to the stopping of the formula production. Tests later revealed that out of 490 milk samples collected from 109 brands in the country, 69 from 22 brands had melamine. Sanlu was at the top of the rank in terms of contamination. The concentration of melamine in the infant formula was ...

China has a great history of using unique traditional medication means such as Tai Chi, herbs, and many others. Of late, the medications have shifted from traditional means and narrowed to science. Much of the current medications means heavily rely on science and technology. Admittedly, there has been many scientific studies both on the specific operations of tiny body organs and breakdown of illnesses in ways where the application of scientific concepts is possible. Examples of Chinese medications that borrow a lot from science includes

Herbal therapy for the treatment of some allergic reactions.

Treatment of patients suffering from hypertension using food therapy
Treatment of Dysmenorrhea using Danggui ...

Jane Doe

Questions:
Describe how burn wounds are classified. Identify and describe Mr. Angelo’s burn injuries.
Burn wounds are classified using four degrees that are based on the severity of how many layers of the dermis have been damaged; the higher the degree of burn classification, the more severe the burn injury and damage done to the patients skin and body. In the case of Mr. Angelo’s burn injuries, he sustains both 2nd and 1st degree burns covering approximately 40 percent of his body.

Explain the “rule of nines” used in assessment of burn injury.

When assessing burn injuries, the “rule of nines” is a formula to assess how much ...

How should Jonathan describe the rationale of the dividend discount model (DDM) and demonstrate its use in calculating the justifiable price of PCU share?
Firstly, Jonathan should explain to Dwayne that there are different methods how a financial or a security analyst can analyze the fundamental and technical aspects of a security, which in this case is the PCU share, including its price, the forecasted growth rates, and a lot of other aspects. There is more than one way of predicting the future stock price of a company . A security analysis can focus on the fundamental aspects of the company such as the ...

What does the court mean when it says "Stare decisis is not an inexorable command; rather it is a principle of policy and not a mechanical formula of adherence to the latest decision"?
Stare decisis is a Latin word that means to stand by what has already been decided. Therefore, in criminal law it is defined as the adherence of the current court system with the principles that has already been established by previous court decisions or rulings. In other words, it can be stated to be a principle of policy. Hence, it promotes reliance on the judicial ...

Tools for Evaluating the Projects

Biz Systems Consultants Ltd is a firm that is set up by experienced persons. Now they are in consideration for the projects that have investment of 17, 00,000$ and three projects are mutually exclusive. In this report we will find out the ways and tools that can help the firm in accessing the feasibility of the project. There are different methods of accessing the feasibility of projects as well as many sources of finance but we will discuss here the three major sources of finance that are best suitable for the company (Bearse, 1993).
For the company Biz ...

Budget Analysis

This paper analyzes the most recent budget request of the state of California. The state is approximately 158,706 square miles, and it is the 3rd largest state by size. The highest level of population recorded was 37,396,000 by the department of finance. It is nicknamed the Golden state. The current Governor holding office is Edmund G. Brown Jr. The California budget is carried out through a year long process. The Department of Finance is responsible for the preparation, explanation and administration of the state annual financial plan. The Governor then submits the budget request in January to ...

In your view, what are the key elements of Ferguson’s Formula for managing his team?

In my opinion, Sir Alex Ferguson deserves his title as one of the greatest coach of all time. He revealed this through is successful management style that evoke effectiveness in his team. One of the key elements in the Ferguson’s Formula in managing his team is the never-ending involvement of research and innovation.
In his approach, he knows the important of starting early and building strong foundations. He invested in teaching kids as young as nine the basics of football and from their honed talents. Because of this approach he is able to maintain the standard of his ...

Importance of understanding cost changes

Introduction
Introduction
The report outlines the importance of having a good understanding of the cost changes. The two commonly used methods used to derive the cost function are the econometric method and accounting method. The report gives details on how the CVP analysis technique has been used to get prices of diverse range of products and services. The CVP analysis is based on certain assumptions which are extensively covered in the report. This report is intended to help in improving the efficiency of carrying out operations in both small and large business organisations.

Different methods were used in collecting ...

In order to calculate the real GDP for 2001 we can use the GDP deflator formula, because deflator and nominal GDP for 2001 are given.

GDPreal2001=GDPnominal2001*100GDP deflator2001=10128*100102.4≈9890.6

The real GDP for 2002 can be calculated using GDP growth rate:

GDP growth ratet=GDPt-GDPt-1GDPt-1*100%
1.6%= GDPreal2002-9890.69890.6*100 → GDPreal2002≈10048.8

The formula for calculating the growth rate of GDP used in (a) is applicable here:

GDP growth rate=GDPt-GDPt-1GDPt-1*100%
GDPnominal2002 growth= 10469.6-1012810128*100%≈3.4%
GDPnominal2004 growth= 11734.3-10971.210971.2*100%≈3.4%
GDPreal2001 growth= 9890.6-98179817*100%≈0.7%
GDPreal2003 growth= 10320.6-10048.810048.8*100%≈2.7%
Nominal GDP for a specific year measures the value of produced goods during that year and in that year’s prices. In contrast, real GDP measures the value of the output using base year prices, which ...

Introduction

In statistics and finance, the name of forecasting is the most dominating one, which has its own recognition and importance lies in a broad nutshell. It is important to analyze and forecast a thing with the help of effective tools of forecasting and organizations always consider the initiation of different standard tools and methods that stride under the ambit of statistical management in total.
Among different statistical tool, which would be used for different purposes in an organization, the name of regression tool is one of them, which has its own significance and importance. There are certain amount of topics, ...

Foing-nova is an IT company located in Varaždin, Croatia, which provides software for users of the state budget. However, Foing-nova remains a small business despite recently changing its location and expanding its headquarters. After consulting RajkoTomiek, who is the CEO of Foing-nova, it was clearly understood that the most suitable method of company’s expansion would be to increase their market share. Although, Foing-nova is expected to gain new customers by entering a new market and thus become more profitable. However, a strategy must be put in place to ease the diversification of the company and to ensure ...

1. Use of Information Technologies in the logistical operations of examples.
Cali Inc. is an ice cream manufacturer that sells ice cream and related products in the southwest states of the United States of America. The company produces ice creams in plastic containers and nacelles. The company has the production facility in Moapa Town in the Clark County of Nevada, United States of America. The production facility has two production lines, a raw material area, and finished products area. The company sells almost all its production in the states of Nevada and California. The company has ten years of ...

Questions

Ethical egoism is an ethical theory which holds that agents should always act in their best self-interest. From the perspective of ethical egoism, the company executives are behaving ethically. They are putting their own interests and those of the shareholders and board members that appointed them ahead of those of the public by maximizing profit rather than focusing on reducing pollution.
The Kantian perspective in ethics is one which promotes the “categorical imperative” or “formula of universal acceptability”. According to this formula, the company executives are not behaving ethically. Were all water companies around the world, or even all ...

Question one

Elcogas is an entire financing project that is expected to become limited after the construction stage. In this project, the lenders such as banks needed a guarantee from the guarantors because the gasification of coal technology was being applied for the first time in a power plant. Additionally, the lenders also wanted a change of law to protect them against the variations in the way the state determines the tariffs of electricity. Regarding the financial arrangements, the project had 35 lenders that include large and small banks in Spain, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (Elcogas Case Study, 2016). ...

Introduction

Since its inception, CloudFlare Inc. experienced exponential growth to the point of rivaling the main players in its industry. The innovative idea upon which the concept of the company was based, its customer value proposition, go-to-market plan, technology and operations management, and the cash flow formula all contributed to the growth of the company. However, the company was faced with several resignations over a short period. It was evidence that these resignations pointed to other underlying issues within the organization and its culture. An analysis of the problems in the company will lead to recommendations that form part of ...

Image Dithering

Introduction
Image and its parameters
An image is a two-dimensional representation of a rectilinear array of pixels. A pixel is sample point in the image that has coordinates location it. These samples are obtained from the continuous function CCD cells in a camera, photoreceptors in the eye and rays in a virtual camera. There are three types of image resolution. The first resolution is where each pixel has only the depth bits for color or intensities. The second type of resolution is the spatial resolution which involves the width and the heights of the image only. Lastly, another image ...

Keeping the body healthy and in shape is probably the big aim of everyone. However, all of those desires differ a lot on the gender, age and motivation basis. This assignment will demonstrate the analysis of two case studies. For both of them some recommendations and calculations will be given.

Anyways, some calculations are needed in order to get the entire picture of his body condition.

Secondly, Chad’s BMR is 1865.04
Finally, it is essential to implement the Karvonen formula in order to find out Chad’s target heart rate at 60% and 80%.
The answer looks as follows: Target HR (60%) = 131
Target HR (80%) = 148
At this point of time it is ...

1. How can the disease described above create a mismatch between ventilation and perfusion? Use your understanding of alveolar dead space and physiologic shunt to explain your answer.
In coal-miner’s pneumoconiosis, respirable coal dust that are inhaled for long periods of time trigger hyperactive immune responses that lead to destruction of the lung. At the beginning, coal dust particles are expelled out of the lung through the function of pulmonary macrophages beneath the epithelial layer of airways and near capillaries (Kopf, Schneider & Nobs, 2015). These macrophages phagocytize the dust particles and transport them to the lymphatic tree or ...

Analysis for reformulating the business model

With regard to the economics of a business, some performance metrics determines the success of a business venture in a certain region. These elements comprise of customers, competition, technology and the regulatory framework. In order to appreciate the background and the context of eBay, it is crucial to have an insight on its history. As an American company, eBay had survived the dot-com bubble in the US. Founded in 1995, the company had grown to a level of recording revenue at least 18% of its revenue by 2001 (Ireland, Hoskisson and Hitt). Therefore, having had such success in the US and international markets, ...

i) Calculating cost of equity using CAPM Model:
Capital Asset Pricing Model, often abbreviated as ‘CAPM’, is the most fundamental concept in the investment theory of present time. This is an equilibrium model that predicts the expected return on a stock, given the expected return on the market, the stock’s beta-coefficient and the risk free rate. Considered from the borrower point of view, this model is used to calculate the cost of equity for the company using the following formula:
Cost of Equity= RFR+ Beta(Equity Risk Premium)

Below is the detailed explanation of cost of equity calculated for Tim Hortons Inc:

Risk Free Rate: This refers to rates being offered by ...

AES is a leading independent supplier of electricity in the world with more than $33 billion in assets. Rob Venerus, the director of Corporate Analysis and Planning group was faced with a task of calculating the capital cost of the business. Many financial information and results were collected from subsidiaries in June 2003. The manager was obligated to develop a methodology to use the data to determine the costs of capital significantly in valuation and for capital budgeting. The group was created to solve the financial crisis, current and future strategic challenges.
The global economic instability had adverse effects such as ...

The Filter is a niche company in that it identified an unmet need in the market and developed a product to satisfy that need. The recommendation services they provide are required by client, going by the initial reception that individual customers gave to the firm upon its introduction into the market. However, for business, meeting a client’s need is paramount but not enough to justify it continued existence. Thus, for it to reward its proprietors it has to turn in a profit. This need led to their move for the provision of services to companies rather than individual clients. This move has ...

Question One

Based on the anthropometric indices provided, the weight status of the first client; Jacob would be considered normal weight. This can be determined through the calculation of the clients Body Mass Index. The calculation of Jacob’s Body Mass Index is shown below:

Weight: 140 pounds

Height: 5 Feet 3 Inches
The Body Mass Index is often calculated using the following formula:
Body Mass Index = Weight (in kilograms)/Height (in square metres)
Convert the anthropometric indices of the client to the required figures; weight to be in kilograms then height to be in metres.
1 pound is equal ...

A local health department epidemiologist investigated an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness thought to be associated with a college cafeteria. There were many complaints about the quality of the cafeteria’s offerings, and it appeared that the student’s worst expectations were confirmed when several students visited the college’s infirmary during the middle of the night and the following day complaining of nausea, diarrhea, fever, vomiting, and cramps. The health department’s investigation revealed that 24 students had eaten in the cafeteria and the development of active symptoms ranged from 24-36 hours. A list of foods eaten, the number of ...

In our calculations we will use Annual Report for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2013 (Form 10-K). In order to evaluate WACC, we need to analyze the structure of Target’s capital, mainly its debt, leases, common and preferred stock.

Capital Structure

The structure of Long-term debt is provided in Table 1:
The structure of Capital and Operating Leases is provided in Table 2:
According to the Annual Report, Target Corporation has 645,294,423 shares issued and outstanding at February 2, 2013. Company has issued no preferred stock.

Marginal Cost of Debt

According to finance.yahoo.com, yield for 10-year corporate bonds with ...

EBay is an online organization that provides online services such as purchase of goods online, payment for goods and services online, and online communication services. The company established itself in China, but it failed because of certain factors; however, the company can utilize modern business models and establish itself in China successfully. The model will be discussed, and suggestions for re-establishment will be given below.

Situation analysis

The population of china was growing rapidly, and the demand for online services was increasing. The company could not meet the growing demand of the Chinese people because the online needs of the people ...

Pita Pit franchise case study

A number of advantages are incumbent upon the purchase of a franchise as opposed to starting one’s own business. It should be appreciated that franchises bring with them advantages present in already developed business which often lacks in the start-ups. In this vein one appreciates issues like product formula and manuals, brand image and developed markets and supplier base. In considering the advantage as to the product formula and business manuals, one takes into consideration that the products are no longer new in the market and enjoys the brand image enabled by the franchisor’s establishment. In the fact ...

Warfare in Toyland

Elliot Handler and Harold Matson started off as a garage workshop and became world leaders in manufacturing, design and marketing of toys. The combined their names to start Mattel. In the beginning they offered doll hoses picture frames and furniture only, but with the changing time Mattel introduced a three dimensional doll. This doll was named as Barbie and the idea of introducing such a doll was very unique and was a hit. The company’s financials ascended at a very high pace. The management was very happy with the results and was pretty much satisfied as there were no rivals in the industry. ...

External Analysis about McDonald

McDonald operates in the food service industry. The industry deals with selling ready to eat foods. Most of the companies in this industry have op-ted to increase their profits through expansion policies, which they do by having a supply chain of shops. In the case of McDonald, this is done through franchise where individuals own and operate independently from the main office of the company. The industry is fast growing, as more and more people get busy at their work place that little time is left for them to go and prepare meals. Again, in the area of its operation, a ...

Answers to Questions

1. What is Economic Value Added (EVA) and what are the advantages and disadvantages of using EVA as a measure of a company’s performance?

The basis for the financial performance measurement tool called Economic Value Added (EVA) is that any capital brought into a company must create value for its shareholders. Very simply put, if the after-tax net operating profit of a company (or NOPAT), less the capital used to generate that profit is positive or greater than zero, then the company has generated true economic profit for its investors. In mathematical terms, this relationship is shown as:

Economic Value Added = NOPAT – ...

Introduction

Perturbation method and method of strained coordinates is usually not in a position of computing standard legitimate expansions in cases, in which steep changes in dependent variables occurs in particular sections of the domain of the independent variables. In such occurrences, simple expansions are used to simplify such section, and strained coordinates that are almost similar to them are not able to handle the steep changes. In order to acquire standardized legitimate expansions, one must acknowledge and embrace the fact that the steep changes are featured by the magnified scales, which are distinct from the scale featuring the behavior of ...

Take the current amount you have in your checking or savings account ($9,052.36 USD). Suppose you have a choice of keeping your money for five years in a savings account with a 2% interest rate, or in a five year certificate of deposit with an interest rate of 4.5%. Calculate how much interest you would earn with each option over five years time with continuous compounding.

The continuous compounding follows the use of a universally accepted formula given as:

A = Pe rt where:

P is the current amount held in checking or the savings account. This amount is given as $9,052.36 USD; ...