Anthony Garcia

Questions: A Framework for Examining Business Strategy (2 of 2)   SWOTacronym used to describe the particular strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that are potential strategic factors for a specific companyStrategy = opportunity/capacityOpportunity has no real value unless a company has the capacity to take advantage of that opportunity.   Criticisms of SWOT Analysis (2 of 2)It uses a single point in time approach.There is no tie to the view from the customer.There is...

Task(Fill in the blanks) The symbol called the ________ is used in derivations to explicitly indicate that a ________ has been derived. 1. (Pick one) How many lines should be cited for an application of⊥I? a. one b. two c. three 2. How many lines should be cited for an application of¬I? a. one b. two c. three 3. Can negation introduction (¬I) be used to derive any type of formula other than a negation? a. yes b. no 4. Can negation elimi...

Question : Literature Review: To review two separate academic journal articles that both discuss the same sub-area of project management such as risk, the triple constraint, stakeholder management, team dynamics, project communications, cross-cultural issues, methodologies, etc. Summarise these two articles, comparing and contrasting them. Discuss the lessons that can be learned from these articles and how these lessons may help form ‘best practice’ guidance for projects managers around th...

Tensions between US and China and Russian Interference in the Baltic States  1. How likely is interstate war with more than 1,000 battle deaths between the United States and China in the next decade?   2. How likely is Russian military interference in any of the three Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, in the next five years, given that all three are NATO members?   3. How likely is civil war with more than 1,000 battle deaths between the Turki...

Risk ParityThe second optimization model we will implement is risk parity. By definition, risk parity seeks to equalize the individual risk contribution of each constituent in a portfolio. Therefore, it is an purely risk-based portfolio, i.e., it does not require the asset expected returns as an input parameter. Instead, it only requires the asset covariance matrix, Q. For this project, the covariance matrix should be estimated from the PCA factor model in Section 2. This optimization model w...

Question 1 A. Show a housing market with a nonbinding rent control (price ceiling).    B. Show this on a graph.  Show a housing market with a binding rent control (price ceiling). Does this create a shortage or surplus?    C . Show this on a graph clearly. Who are helped by the binding rent control and those who are hurt by the binding rent control. ?   D . If there is an immigration (out of country) t...

Acceptance and rejection of claims made by cultural relativistsIn a paper of no less than 400 and no more than 600 words, answer exactly one of the following two questions. 1) On page 18 of “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism,” James Rachels lists six claims cultural relativists have made. On the basis of your reading of Treatise One of Nietzsche’s Genealogy, do you see evidence that Nietzsche would accept any of these claims, and if so, which? Do you see evidence that he...

The Business PlanYou must read the following case study and provide and advice to the person requesting the information. You will need to identify all of the legal elements to the case, provide advice about what you think each party should do and come to a conclusion about what the outcome will be. Case Study Jim was a well-known business man in Kamloops. He recently retired from his job and decided he wanted to start a business with his neighbour. Jim had a sweet tooth and decided to start...

Description of Recent Modifications You are to write a short critical review of recent developments in your assigned analytical method. You will be allocated one technique or modification to a technique studied in this course.This assignment is modelled on the Highlights Section in the former Anal. Comm. Highlights, which were mini-reviews or summaries of research in a well-defined, specific topic area covering the most recent developments. For your topic you should review analytical de...

Learning Outcomes1. Critically analyse and evaluate the theories, concepts and contexts which frame the international institutional trade and multi-national investment environment including political, economic, social, technological and environmental  factors.2. Analyse and critically evaluate the modes of engagement, key decision and strategy frameworks applied within international markets and the interconnectedness between these and the economic, legal, governmental, political, regulat...