In this initial post you will:

Provide a brief background on the company and the external factor you selected.

Explain how this external factor is currently influencing the internal functional areas of the business/company. In other words, what short-term changes, actions, or decisions are needing to be made within the functional, internal areas of the company as a result of the external factor?

How do you think the company will address this external factor over the long term?

This posting should be a minimum of one short paragraph and a maximum of two paragraphs.

Word totals for this post should be in the 100200-word range. Whether you agree or disagree,

explain why with supporting evidence and concepts from the readings or a related experience.

Include a reference, link, or citation when appropriate.

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Financials (1-2+paragraphs): Using resources available to you, what is the total potential market value of your business/product/service? Project a 5-year financial business model for your venture. Think about sunk costs verses prospective costs. (As a start-up, remember it is acceptable that initial years may not make a profit and may even have an initial loss.)

Fundraising(1+paragraph): If you need to fundraise to sustain operations, in what order and how will that be done? You could potentially tie this into your financial projections as long as it is a clear distinction of raising verses spending on diagrams.

10pts. What are your interventions? (1 paragraph)

1) Summarize case study 3 in 4 to 5 paragraphs.

2) Give your thoughts on a separate paragraph.

3) Do all three questions on pg 455:

   1. Do you think Walmart is doing enough to become more sustainable?

   2. What are the ethical issues Walmart has faced? 

   3. How is Walmart attempting to answer concerns regarding misconduct?

As J Mase III asks (around the 11-minute mark), what are some goodies that you get for being polite and nice in the face of bias, discrimination, trauma, etc.? 

Try to list at least 2 examples of goodies that you or others have received or experienced in exchange for niceness/politeness.

Are these “goodies” any “good”? Who benefits from these “goodies”? Write a few sentences sharing your thoughts.

1. read article “Ikea puts it all on the Table with SR” pg 3 and give your thoughts (one paragraph for 150-200 words) [Ch1]

2. read article “Best Buy in Stakeholder Communication” pg 61 and give your thoughts (one paragraph for 150-200 words) [Ch 2]

Based on the information presented in the video, attached a word document or post brief responses to the following requirements:

Explain why companies issue corporate bonds  (1 pt)

Explain where the accountant would find the terms and conditions of a companys bond issue. (2 pts)

Explain the interest an investor would have in buying equity (common stock) in a company vs the interest a bondholder would have in buying a companys bond. – (2 pts)

List and explain the (3) types of bond issues. (5 pts)

List 2 commonly known bond credit rating agencies. (2 pts)

What instrument acts as the bond agreement? (2 pts) 

Bond issues are typically issued in what denomination? How about Baby Bonds? (2 pts)

Explain what is meant by the Face Value of a bond?  Face Value is also referred to as ? by lenders? (2 pts)

Interest payments are typically paid how frequently to bondholders? (2 pts)

What 3 sources are available for accountants to use to get a bond issues interest payment schedule? (5 pts)

Requirements

Complete the Time Management Worksheet attached  to understand how many hours you devote to each activity listed, then answer the following questions:

• Do you feel you have enough hours in the week to concentrate on your priorities?
• Is there an area where you can adjust the time spent to better fit your needs?
• How do you plan to commit to a schedule that works for you? Think about the amount of time (is it rational), but also what about stress, your study zone, etc.

Read this document about the models of innovation.  

1.  Using the examples provided, find 5 similar products/technologies and determine whether they are disruptive or sustaining technology?  First state sustaining or disruptive (today) then explain your choice. (minimum of one paragraph of 3-8 sentences for each product).

Include references in APA format and grammar checks. One example is medical testing. What other kinds of medical testing can you find? the second one is related to medical treatments, the third to construction innovations, the fourth to alternative energy products, The fifth and last is Poo-Pourri has many competitors in the bathroom fragrance space, you need to find one that is similar. Optional: select a product or technology that you have learned about in this course or are passionate about as one of the 5 required. State that this is the optional product/technology.

2.  Under each similar product you found above, identify what other models (other than Christensen’s)  describe each product innovation? (such as Abernathy-Clark or Value chain) Explain. 

Here is an optional article that may help in defining the terms:

For a deeper dive in a more recent article from Christensen, et. al.

Listen to  and answer these questions in about 200 words:

1. What was the problem?

2. How did technology allow this product to exist?

3. Have you ever used Door-Dash? Why? 

4. Based on the founders plans for the future from the time Door-Dash was started do you think they have been able to realize that vision

the link to the podcast

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/09/666295686/doordash-tony-xu