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Is there a conflict between maximizing shareholder wealth and never paying bribes when doing business abroad? If so, how might you explain the firm’s position to shareholders asking why the company does not pay bribes when its foreign competitors in various nations do so? Please explain how Saint Leo’s core value of responsible stewardship is reflected in your answer.
This situation is what most US firms face, unfortunately, as soon as they venture to various markets overseas-whether they try to sell their products overseas or try to manufacture their products overseas in various countries where the local laws do not prohibit or penalize such behaviors.  
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) was passed in the 1960s are a result of the large US oil companies obtaining an unfair advantage over smaller US-based oil companies in their dealings with foreign governments over oil drilling rights and extraction.
Despite this Act being around now for almost 50 years, the Justice Department presently is investigating over 100 US firms for alleged violations of the FCPA!  The list of firms being investigated includes the ‘Who is Who’ in American businesses, too.

I require help to complete the methodology, results and discussion portion of my masters thesis. I will include the data that that I have researched as well as the rough results. Here is also a general outline for these portions. 
The research methodology being used will is quantitive in nature
Chapter 3: Methodology
Research Design: Choose between qualitative (e.g., detailed case studies), quantitative (e.g., statistical analysis of startup outcomes), or mixed methods (combining both to enhance depth and reliability).
Data Collection Methods: If qualitative, describe plans for semi-structured interviews with founders and investors. If quantitative, outline surveys measuring key performance indicators of startups.
Sample and Population: Define criteria such as industry focus, startup stage, and geographical location. Explain sampling techniques—random, stratified, etc.
Data Analysis: Describe analytical methods—thematic analysis for qualitative data, regression analysis for quantitative data.
Ethical Considerations: Discuss consent, confidentiality, and the handling of sensitive information.
Chapter 4: Results
Presentation of Data: Organize findings logically—perhaps themed around different types of strategic influence (e.g., mentoring, networking, strategic direction).
Analysis: Correlate findings with research questions, using statistical or thematic analysis methods to draw conclusions about the influence of business angels.
Chapter 5: Discussion
Interpretation of Results: Link back to your theoretical framework and compare your findings with existing literature.
Implications: Discuss the practical implications for startups and business angels, such as best practices for leveraging angel networks and expertise.
Limitations: Critically evaluate the limitations of your methods, sample size, or any potential biases.
The data I have captured looks at startups between 2015-2020 and we look at startups who have been backed angels, accelerators, and those who bootstrapped. 
Angel Backed Companies: founded between 2015-2020 
-8778 (total angel backed companies excl. accelerator backed startups)
-Angel companies the following reached a Series A funding round: 2962 (33.72%)
-Those with a valuations greater than $50M: 2706 (30%)
-Those with valuations greater than $100M: 1739 (19.81%)
– Reached Unicorn status (+$1B value): 249 (2.83%)
-Recieved funding of $10M + : 3102 (35.33%)
Accelerator Backed Companies: founded between 2015-2020 
-24430 (total accelerator backed companies excl. Angel backed startups) 
-Startups reached a Series A funding round: 2902 (11.87%) 
-Valutions greater than $50M: 1777 (7.27%)
-Valuations greater than $100M: 973 (3.98%)
-Startups with Unicorn status: 63 (0.25%)
-Recieved funding of $10M+ : 2349(9.62%)
Bootstrapped Companies: Founded between 2015-2020
-5292 (total bootstrapped companies) 
-Reached Series A: 0
-Valuation greater than $50M: 3 (0.06%)
-Valuation greater than $100M: 3 (0.06%)
-Startups with Unicorn status: 1 (0.02%)
-Recieved funding of $10M+: 23 (0.44%)
Success metrics: Should companies reach a series A funding round, it is a positive sign for future success. Anecdotal evidence suggests $10M in funding instills investor confidence. Of course Unicorn status is the ultimate sign of success in the venture capital world. 
Some limitations I faced: The data did not allow me to find the averaged funding raised for each group, that would be a great metric to judge success. 
If you are able to find secondary data sets ir evidence to support the findings please include. 
Evidently you can see from the data provided that startups with angel inlvovement are far more likely to succeed than without, even more than those who go through accelerator programs. Data was caputured from dealroom.co
Also attached are some other research papers as well as my thesis outline 
If you have any questions that will help to write the thesis please ask. 

Full order description: Dear Freelancer,please create a presentation, 6 slides with 100 speaker notes for each slide. You can use any company common diety or good as long as it fits the requirements.
FRED is a good site for it but all the graphs must be original and correct
? MAIN DETAILS:Textbook: https://openstax.org/books/principles-microeconomics-3e/pages/1-introduction
The TL;DR of the assignment is: use data relevant to the second half of the term and give a presentation showing that you understand how it fits together with the course material. This assignment is inherently open-ended but there are some requirements- Please read through the following background and guidelines to get an idea about what is expected, Collecting/generating data Relevant examples you’ve collected/generated so far • Cost functions and cost curves—be very careful to create the correct cost structure If you choose this • Perfect competition and monopoly/oligopoly as above be careful to create examples that follow normal behavior; you should be discussing profit• Monopolistic competition—choose a couple of companies and use a diagram to explain their market• Externauties: use the “crowdsourced€ data from our shared GSheet or collect your own data to tell a compelling story• Insurance: use our •crowdsourced” data (or gather your own) to tell a story about risk. insurance. or a related topic from Chapter 16Unlike the problem sets, you don’t need to be concerned about what other students are choosing. Showing you understand how the numbers fit with the material
? ATTACHED:-instructions-

This competency assessment addresses assessing the value of investment projects. The Arbitrage Pricing Theory helps calculate required stock returns considering a number of factors. In this Assignment, you will apply Arbitrage Pricing Theory to a business scenario.
Prepare this Assignment as a Word document. List each question followed by your answer.
Complete problem: Cost of Equity-CAPM
XYZ, Inc. has a beta of 0.8. The yield on a 3-month T-bill is 5%, and the yield on a 10-year T-bond is 7%. The market risk premium is 5.5%, and the return on an average stock in the market last year was 20%. What is the estimated cost of common equity using the CAPM? Show your work.
Complete problems: NPV, IRR, MIRR, Profitability Index, Payback, Discounted Payback
A project has an initial cost of $60,000, expected net cash inflows of $10,000 per year for 8 years, and a cost of capital of 12%. Show your work.
What is the project’s NPV? (Hint: Begin by constructing a timeline).
What is the project’s IRR?
What is the project’s MIRR?
What is the project’s PI?
What is the project’s payback period?
What is the project’s discounted payback period?
Your division is considering two investment projects, each of which requires an up-front expenditure of 20 million. You estimate that the investment will produce the following net cash flows:
Year          Project A                       Project B
1               $5,000,000                    $20,000,000
2                10,000,000                    10,000,000
3                20,000,000                     6,000,000
What are the two project’s net present values, assuming the cost of capital is 5%? 10%? 15%?
What are the two projects’ IRRs at these same costs of capital?
Show your work.
Prepare this Assignment responding to the problems as an Excel® or Microsoft® Word®, showing all necessary formulas and steps. List each question, followed by your answer. Please submit this Assignment through the Dropbox.
The Module 3 Competency Assessment has 3 parts:
Part 1 Analyze the discounted cash flow approach
Calculate cost of equity using CAPM
Part 2 Apply the NPV equations of an investment to project its NPV
Calculate a project’s NPV
Calculate a project’s discounted payback period
Calculate a project’s IRR
Part 3 Estimate an investments Net Present Values
Demonstrate a project’s NPV assuming cost of capital at different percentages

You are tasked with developing a comprehensive research proposal, with a
maximum length of 3,000 words. Your proposal should be meticulously structured
into the following key sections:
Introduction and Literature Review
This section should provide an insightful introduction to your
research topic, followed by a detailed review of relevant literature. It
should clearly outline your research questions or hypotheses,
demonstrating their significance and relevance in the current academic
discourse.
Ontological and Epistemological Assumptions
Articulate your philosophical stance concerning the nature of
reality (ontology) and the nature of knowledge (epistemology). This
section should reflect how these assumptions underpin your research
approach.
Research Strategy
Define the scope of your study, including a clear description of
the cases or population you plan to examine. Detail your method for
selecting or sampling these units, ensuring that your approach aligns
with your research objectives.
Methods of Data Collection and Analysis
Describe the methodologies you will employ for data collection and
analysis. This should include a detailed plan addressing any ethical
considerations inherent in your research design. If your research
involves primary data collection instruments (like questionnaires or
interview schedules) or secondary data from specified databases, provide
an overview of these tools. If applicable, include screenshots in an
appendix to demonstrate the availability of relevant data within these
databases.
Reference List (Bibliography)
Conclude your proposal with a comprehensive list of references,
adhering to the appropriate academic citation standards. This
bibliography should encompass all sources consulted in the formulation of
your research proposal.
Your proposal should be a testament to your academic rigor and
capability in conducting research, presented in a coherent, well-structured
format that adheres to the highest standards of academic writing.

Virtual Stock Exchange Project
You will be participating in a virtual stock exchange! You will be buying and selling stock over the next 4 modules and analyzing the fluctuation in the value of your stock portfolio.
Constraints
You will be “given” $500,000 in fictional funds.
Each position you take in an asset must be a minimum of 5% of your assets and a maximum of 10% of your assets.
Cash must not exceed 20% of your portfolio at any time. We want you invested, not sitting on the sidelines.
Resources
Resources that you may find to be particularly valuable for your research include:
MarketWatch: http://www.marketwatch.com/
Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com
Yahoo Finance: finance.yahoo.com
Daily Treasury Yield Curve Rates: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=yield
Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com
SLP Assignment
Make 3 Stock Purchases, Provide Information about the Purchases, and Calculate and Interpret the Standard Deviation
Please download the Module 3 SLP template. You will type your answer into this Excel workbook. When finished with the SLP assignment, please save the document with your last name and submit to the dropbox.
Purchase 7 and 8: Buy stock in two companies that have returns that are inversely related. In other words, you might choose to buy stock in a company that does well when oil prices rise and one that does poorly when oil prices rise. You must explain this in the spreadsheet in the field “Reason for Buying.”
Purchase 9: Buy a stock that has countercyclical returns. In other words, its returns are inversely related to the business cycle.
You are free to make additional purchases, but you only need to explain the reasoning behind your required purchases 7 through 9.
You will need to include the following information for each stock in this workbook:
Company Name
Ticker Symbol
Reason for Buying
In addition to making these purchases and recording the above information, you will need to calculate the mean and standard deviation of the daily stock price for TWO of your required stock purchases for the last year. The historical stock price can be downloaded from finance.yahoo.com. Once you have searched on the company, using the ticker symbol, you can select the “Historical Data” tab. Click on “Download Data.” You will copy and paste this information into the SLP template and calculate the mean and standard deviation for the “Adj Close” price.
Once you have downloaded the data and calculated the mean and standard deviation for both stocks, you will answer the following additional questions in the template:
Based on the standard deviation alone, can you make any conclusions about the relative risk of the two stocks?
Given the risk, what can you say about the relative expected return of the two stocks?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Answer the assignment questions directly.
Stay focused on the precise assignment questions. Do not go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.
For computational problems, make sure to show your work and explain your steps.
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Module 2 Discussion Topic:
Investigate in detail the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) from the Internet, periodicals, or academic journals.  Select one of the provisions of the Act, briefly describe it, and indicate why you think (or do not think) financial statements will be more trustworthy if company financial executives implement the provision of SOX you have chosen.  In the Title to your initial response posting, please name the provision (for example: Section 404) so your classmates can see which provision you have chosen to analyze.  Please provide reference(s) for your response(s).
Website for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
You can use Google and enter the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 to get thousands of websites to get you started on your response to this question.  Below is a good one that also gives you a great, straight-forward summary of this Act and its importance to the financial markets, as well as a list of the Sections of the Act with links to the details of each Section:
Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 Summary 
or
www.soxlaw.com/
Introduction of DQ2
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was landmark legislation that tried to protect investors, shareholders, and ultimately employees from firms and their management that issued fraudulent or misleading financial statements to the public.  SOX has many Sections, all of which have now generally been fully implemented and tested in business, in the field, and in the courts since that date. Many senior executives found guilty of violating various Sections of SOX have been jailed and are still in jail as a result of their violations of SOX.  Ultimately, our free-market principles are compromised and tested when firms issue fraudulent or misleading financial statements which result in either unfair or illegal profits being earned by the management of these firms or hurt investors.

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1. Compare and contrast an aggressive and conservative asset mix strategies.  (Your comparison should address goals, liquidity and risk.)
2.Arora et al., (2015) proposes an active role of clinicians in the “price transparency” movement.  Summarize their argument and, based on what you have learned from class, state whether you agree or disagree and why.
3. Explain the difference between a joint venture and a merger.

This is the to find an annual report for a company: www.annual reports.com
You can choose any company that follows these guidelines.

Canyon Drilling, Inc. has just come under new management. One of the first things the new management wants to accomplish is to identify its capital structure and the cost of additional funding, if needed.
According to the accounting department, the current balance sheet is accurate and reflects the financial structure of the company. They have also calculated the marginal tax rate to be 40%. The company’s beta is currently 1.15.
Your Chief Financial Officer, Marge, has also provided you the following information about the market and the company’s financials:
Company Specifics
Debt:
3,600 par value ($1,000) bonds outstanding. All have a 7% coupon, and will mature in 20 years. Market value is currently $1,050 and interest is paid once a year.
Equity:
Common Stock
The company has 40,000 shares of common stock outstanding, and has a market price of $50 per share. The stock last paid a dividend of $1.40 and had a constant growth of 5% per year.
Preferred Stock:
The company has 7,500 shares of 5% preferred stock outstanding. All have $100 par value and are selling for $80 per share.
Floatation costs: Debt ＝ 4%, Equity ＝ 5%
Market Specifics:
Market risk premium ＝ 7% Risk free rate ＝ 4%
Return on the average stock ＝ 11%
Tasks:
–Assuming the same capital structure is to be maintained, what is the optimal capital structure for Canyon Drilling?
–What is the component cost of capital for the firm?
–Calculate Canyon Drilling’s after tax weighted average cost of capital, using the information above.
Submit Microsoft Word doc.