The Genesis Energy operations management team is now preparing to implement the operating expansion plan. Previously, the firm’s cash position did not pose a challenge. However, the planned foreign expansion requires Genesis Energy to have a reliable source of funds for both short-term and long-term needs. One of Genesis Energy’s potential lenders tells the team that in order to be considered as a viable customer, Genesis Energy must prepare and submit a monthly cash budget for the current year and a monthly cash budget for the subsequent year. The lender will review the cash budget and determine whether or not Genesis Energy can meet the loan repayment terms. Genesis Energy’s ability to repay the loan depends not only on sales and expenses but also on how quickly the company can collect payment from customers and how well it manages its supplier terms and other operating expenses. The Genesis Energy team members agreed that being fully prepared with factual data would allow them

"Medicaid Expansion and the Affordable Care Act" Please respond to the following: Read the Senate Bill HB 707 for the state of Georgia located in Week 2. You may also view the article at http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143506.pdf. Next, predict the impact of Senate Bill HB 707 on the expansion of Medicaid in the State of Georgia. Defend or critique the implications of Georgia’s HB 707 on Georgia’s uninsured population. Support your position using a minimum of two (2) sources from the textbook or Internet. Identify the positive trends relative to the future of organized delivery systems. Provide one (1) example of an organized delivery system in your area, and examine its impact on reducing costs, increasing access to care, and improving quality of care. Note: This professor uses a plagiarism checker. Sources must be current, meaning published within the last 3 years. This discussion question only requires 250-350-word response (equivalent 2 paragraphs).

Healthcare Financial Management" Please respond to the following:   According to the textbook, consumer-driven health plans often rely on large deductibles funded via a health savings account framework. Suggest two (2) scenarios that depict the potential effect(s) of a large deductible on price elasticity for health services. Theorize one (1) possible outcome of your proposed scenarios.   Note: This professor uses a plagiarism checker. Sources must be current, meaning published within the last 3 years. This discussion question only requires 250-350-word response (equivalent 2 paragraphs).

Write a paper (1,250-1,500) on what you think should be included in a future reform of the health care system, focusing on financial operating changes that would improve efficiency and provide for improved transparency to the public. Include three to five research/references to support your position.     Paper MLA format, times new roman 12 point font

Identify the 3 types of finance companies, the types of customers they serve, and examples of each type of finance company. Discuss the advantages finance companies offer over commercial banks and explain why finance companies are less regulated than commercial banks. Your assignment should be a minimum of 2 written pages and utilize APA formatting. In-text citations and a reference page should also be included.

  Assignment 2: Negotiation Plan When negotiating in an emerging market, it is critical to understand a variety of internal and external workings of the country in which you will be launching a product. For example, the negotiator would need to understand the emerging market’s regulatory environment, the market itself, distribution channels, supply chains, tariffs, taxes, and culture. Your team is negotiating a new product launch with an emerging market in Asia, and your company needs to negotiate the specifics for the product launch. You are the lead in your company’s negotiation team and you have been asked to create and distribute a Negotiation Plan that includes strategies, tactics, guidelines, and a pre- and postmeeting checklist. Do the following to complete this assignment: First, create the negotiation strategy for your company. Then, provide an explanation of the stages to the rest of the negotiation team. Identify and explain your planned negotiation tactics. Finall

Assignment 3: Explaining the Importance of Emerging Markets Emerging markets affect the domestic market in America and its interaction with the global markets. Businesses from emerging markets are traded vigorously on the American stock market; hence it is important to understand emerging markets and their impact from domestic and global perspectives. In this assignment you will explain the importance of emerging markets to both domestic and global markets. Do the following to complete this assignment: Define what an emerging market is from a domestic perspective. Define what an emerging market is from a global perspective. Explain the importance of an emerging market from a domestic viewpoint. Explain the importance of an emerging market from a global viewpoint. Utilize at least two scholarly sources. Write a 3–5-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to the citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc. For example, if your na

Assignment 1: Interest Rates and the Cost of Capital

General Questions:

Respond to the following questions thoroughly, in 150–300 words for each question. Use your textbook as your first and major reference.

1. Compare long-term instruments and short-term risks, in terms of the various types of risk to which investors are exposed. Explain your answers.
2. What methods can be used by the FED to influence interest rates? Are these methods effective? Use examples where appropriate.
3. If a company is going to finance a project entirely with retained earnings, what would be the cost of that capital? Why?

Instructions: This project requires you to develop a PowerPoint slide presentation for use as a training tool with brand new supervisors!  You are in charge of presenting them on information on how to transition from a worker to a supervisor. There is great satisfaction in taking a brand new employee, helping them to develop their Management, Coaching and Leadership skills, and then watching them excel!  With this in mind, your presentation should have and title slide, an overview and body of slides for the audience.  You should focus the majority of your presentation (i.e., 8-10 slides) on what challenges a new supervisor may face, what makes a good supervisor (or bad one) and how to transition to becoming a supervisor. Factors to consider in all forms of communication--Who is your audience? What is your message? Are you trying to persuade? Inform?   Here are some guidelines to get you started: You are the Lead Shift Supervisor and are

Part One: Quantitative Exercises Barbow Enterprises, Inc., is considering an expansion in their operations. One of the first items they want to examine is their cost of capital. According to the accounting department, the following items and their respective costs have been identified: The cost of Common Equity: 15% The before tax cost of debt: 12% No Preferred stock They have also calculated the marginal tax rate to be 40% and the stock sells at its book value. Barbow Enterprises Inc. Balance Sheet Assets Liabilities and Owners' Equity Cash $240 Long Term Debt $2,304 Accounts Receivable 480 Equity 3,456 Inventories 720 Net P&E 4,320 Total Assets $5,760 Total Liabilities and owners' Equity $5,760 Required: Calculate Barbow’s after-tax weighted average cost of capital, using the data in the balance sheet above. Deliverable: By Tuesday, August 22, 2017, submit the completed assignment to the W4: Assignment 2 Dropbox. Use a Microsoft Excel s