Exxon Mobil XOM

Mini-Case 9-2 (Chapter 9)

Exxon Mobil ( XOM) is one of the half- dozen major oil companies in the world. The firm has four primary operating divisions ( upstream, downstream, chemical, and global services) as well as a number of operating companies that it has acquired over the years.

A recent major acquisition was XTO Energy, which was acquired in 2009 for $ 41 billion. The XTO acquisition gave Exxon Mobil a significant presence in the development of domestic unconventional natural gas resources, including the development of shale gas formations, which was booming at the time. Assume that you have just been hired to be an analyst working for ExxonMobil’s chief financial officer.

Your first assignment was to look into the proper cost of capital for use in making corporate investments across the company’s many business units.

a. Would you recommend that Exxon Mobil use a single company- wide cost of capital for analyzing capital expenditures in all its business units? Why or why not? b. If you were to evaluate divisional costs of capital, how would you go about estimating these costs of capital for Exxon Mobil? Discuss how you would approach the problem in terms of how you would evaluate the weights to use for various sources of capital as well as how you would estimate the costs of individual sources of capital for each division.

Critically evaluate Coca-Cola’s current policy and performance on sustainability

Critically evaluate Coca-Cola’s current policy and performance on sustainability”

Subject: Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Business Ethics Title: “Critically evaluate Coca-Cola’s current policy and performance on sustainability” Coca-cola’s report on sustainability is available here: http://www.coca-colacompany.com/sustainability. Please consider this in light of their products (in particular the health concerns) and their packaging (in particular plastic bottles). Your report should follow this format: Introduction Findings Conclusions Recommendations Please note: 1. Further general information o Words allowed: 2000 +/- 10% (excluding list of references / bibliography) o Display your title at the start of your report. o The report should take account of theory and practice in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Business Ethics. o The general UG assessment criteria will be applied in marking this report. 2. The assessment will take into account o format/style/fluency o research and (Harvard or APA) referencing o awareness and depth of analysis o deployment of relevant of theoretical insights o exercise of judgement and critical evaluation

Business processes and requirements

Business processes and requirements

Produce Role Activity Diagrams for the given scenario. You should produce two distinct models, one of the current (as-is) process, as described, and one to illustrate your suggested revised process (which will incorporate an IT system). Produce Volere templates, UML Use Case diagrams and SysML Requirements diagrams for the given scenario Business briefing document Produce a professional business document briefing the business owner on

Mission and vision statements of fortune 500 companies

Mission and vision statements of fortune 500 companies

Instructions We have discussed the importance of mission and vision statements. As a part of that discussion, we analyzed mission and vision statements for their effectiveness. For the Unit II Essay, you will expand on this topic. Using your favorite search engine, research the mission and vision statements of different fortune 500 companies. Then, you will write an essay in which you compare and contrast the mission statements of two companies and the vision statements of two companies. You may use the same companies for both the mission and vision comparisons or separate companies. Within your essay, include the information below. Explain the principle value of two vision statements. Explain the principle value of two mission statements. Compare and contrast vision statements of each organization in terms of composition and importance. Compare and contrast mission statements of each organization in terms of composition and importance. Do you think organizations that have comprehensive mission statements tend to be high performers? How do mission and vision statements assist in selecting an industry-specific strategy? Explain why a mission statement should not include monetary amounts, numbers, percentages, ratios, goals, or objectives. Your essay should be a minimum of three pages in length or approximately 750 words, not including the title and reference pages.

Stocks Valuation

Respond to the questions and complete the problems. Questions In a Word document, respond to the following. Number your responses 1–3. Describe the rights and advantages belonging to shareholders Explain the differences between the Standard and Poor’s 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Which is a better measure of stock market performance? Why? Describe the differences between common stock and preferred stock. Use references to support your responses as needed. Be sure to cite all references using correct APA style. Your responses should be free of grammar and spelling errors, demonstrating strong written communication skills.

Explain the opportunity cost of not providing excellent early education

In your explanation define opportunity cost and explain the external benefits that result from educating someone else’s children. or Discuss the short run and long run advantages and disadvantages of the bail outs of investment banks and corporations in response to the Great Recession. Choose from either topics Conduct research on your topic using at least two sources.

Write a Research Paper with a Body length of 2-3 pages using APA or MLA style In the Body of your Research Paper begin with an Introductory Paragraph and end with a Concluding Paragraph. RUBRIC Economic Ideas: Are economic terms, theories, and ideas clearly defined and correctly used? Is appropriate economic terminology used in your paper? Mechanics:

Does the paper have grammar, spelling, punctuation, or sentence structure errors? Citations: Are all ideas, statistics, and information borrowed from outside sources clearly identified in the body of the paper? Are direct and indirect quotes appropriately identified and cited? Is all borrowed information properly cited using APA standards?

Organization: Does your main idea (thesis statement), introduction, body, and conclusion flow in a logical direction? Do you effectively use transition words and statements? Does the paper include an abstract with key words, a title page, and a reference page using correct APA style? Topic: Does the paper effectively address the topic? Does the writer effectively combine information and analysis to present support for his/her ideas?

Standing the Behaviour Finance

Standing the Behaviour Finance view presentation of a research article: Anchoring on Credit Spreads (focus on anchoring!!!) 15-20 slides, plus the explanation notes The presentation of a research article should be at least including: • Introduction—summarise what you are going to say and explain the rationale of the article

• Background (Literature Review)—introduce necessary terms (illustrate complex ones with examples); state the hypotheses and theoretical arguments • Methodology—briefly describe the main methodology

• Data—a brief summary of the data utilized by the study • Main results—identify the main results and conclusions. Incorporate subsequent research findings – confirming or contradicting the review paper • Conclusions—summarise what you have said; point out any limitations of the study; make any recommendations for future work (these limitations and/or recommendations are not necessarily stated explicitly in the article). What do we learn from the paper? What are the major strengths and weaknesses of the paper?

How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media To Build a Better World by Simon Mainwaring

Topic: We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media To Build a Better World by Simon Mainwaring

 

Paper details:

Read the book, and then write a two-page (1,000 – 1,200 word) report that describes the book and its impact on you as a social worker (and as a person). Make sure to address the following points: Introduce the book, and review major points Discuss what the most important pieces were to you, both as a social worker and also as a member of your own community. What should we know of/ about this book to enhance our own social work practice? What has this book shown you what we can do as members of our own community? Your book reports will be “published” for the whole class to read so that they can be familiar with all the books, not just the ones they read. So be sure these are reports that you are proud of. Again, feel free to use the first person. Include the name of the book and its reference information in the reference sheet.

Branding and Marketing : Knorr food brand

Branding and Marketing Communications Background: Knorr is the world’s 9th biggest food brand which has been used and trusted by millions of cooks across 87 markets. The Knorr cooking products range from stock cubes, soups, sauces to cooking chocolate. It is a trusted brand with a heritage stretching back 187 years. Globally, there has been a surge in interest in food so it could be argued that there never was a better time to be a food brand. The traditional category approach to marketing communications, of ‘mum cooking food for the kids’, might have appealed in the past but a different approach is needed for consumers today. Task: 1. Conduct some research into this brand – company, markets, products, sales etc. 2. Write an introduction to the essay where you provide the context for this global brand – the markets, the products, its sales etc. 3. Identify the key consumers of the brand. What are their characteristics? What part does this brand play in the lives of consumers who purchase this brand? 4. Discuss the approach to the positioning of the brand. What alternatives could they have taken? 5. Discuss how this brand advertises – on-line or offline or combinations. 6. Critically evaluate the marketing communication used by this brand. To what extent is it using integrated marketing communication using a range of digital and traditional tools? 7. Identify any circumstances which might have an impact on the effectiveness of the messages. 8. Briefly, evaluate the effectiveness of the marketing communications in achieving brand objectives. (It would be good to identify those brand objectives here first!). You may find it helpful to refer to particular campaigns such as the ‘Knorr: Love at first taste’ campaign as evidence. 9. REMEMBER THIS IS AN ESSAY Notes: 1. The essay should be 1500 words +/- 10% – excluding tables, charts, pictures, contents page, appendices and references. 2. The essay should follow the traditional pattern of introduction, main body of the essay and conclusion or summary. 3. DO NOT NUMBER or LABEL SECTIONS – as this would make it a report!!! 4. Please use paragraphs throughout – and do space between each paragraph. 5. Harvard referencing is to be used. 6. The numbering of each section in the brief above is there as a guide for you – do not number your paragraphs. 7. You can access some useful facts and figures on the ‘Knorr: Love at first taste’ campaign on the WARC site which you can access through the Sussex University library – electronic sources. 8. Why not have a look in a supermarket for the products of the brand.

Retirment Plan

Retirment Plan

You are expected to undertake calculations to provide to this couple an amount (if any) of additional savings over the next 10 years prior to retirement needed to support (in inflation-adjusted dollars) their disposable income at a level equivalent to 80% what they are currently experiencing.

These calculations will be undertaken on an EXCEL spreadsheet. The exercise will be based on: Calculating the net present value (at the beginning of their retirement period) of net after-tax revenue and income during their retirement The second calculation will be to compare this to the future value of all their accumulated savings available at the beginning of their retirement period.

In the event that the future value of the savings is not sufficient to support the present value of their net retirement expenditures, you will calculate what additional annual savings needed over the next 10 years to balance these two calculations In the event that the future value of the savings exceeds the present value of their net expenditures, you will calculate the reduction in annual savings that they would be able to afford over the next 10 years to balance these two calculations