Do countries that have close political and economic ties with the US receive more favorable ratings?

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Trafficking in Persons

Since 2001 the US Department of State has been publishing the annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP), which serves as a diplomatic tool to engage countries in improving anti-trafficking policies, deterring and prosecuting criminals, and assisting victims. Low rankings can have severe negative economic consequences, which has helped the report achieve many positive policy changes to fight trafficking. At the same time, the TIP reports receive substantial criticism for their subjective rankings. News outlets and researchers claim that the rankings are inflated to serve US interests. As the existing evaluations of the TIP report are based largely on qualitative research or case studies, the question remains to what extent US foreign policy priorities drive country ratings in TIP reports. Put differently, do countries that have close political and economic ties with the US receive more favorable ratings? Building on a novel dataset, this paper aims to disentangle competing mechanisms that link US foreign policy interests to country rankings. My empirical results confirm the presence of political influence, which operates primarily through the diplomatic channel. Insofar, my paper contributes to the growing literature on the politicization of global rankings

Drawing on relevant theory and secondary sources, identify, analyse, and evaluate one or more current issues/challenges within the delivery of Mega events (nationally and or internationally) using relevant case studies and industry examples your report should also provide recommendations on best practice going forward in relation to resolving these challenges.

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Major and Mega Events Report

Coursework 2

Drawing on relevant theory and secondary sources, identify, analyse, and evaluate one or more current issues/challenges within the delivery of Mega events (nationally and or internationally) using relevant case studies and industry examples your report should also provide recommendations on best practice going forward in relation to resolving these challenges.

Build a supply chain plan/diagram for a new business by analyzing factors that affect sourcing, logistics, metrics, suppliers, and risk.

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Excel of the supply chain plan

This assignment is intended to help you build a supply chain plan/diagram for a new business by analyzing factors that affect sourcing, logistics, metrics, suppliers, and risk.

Create an Excel of the supply chain plan using one of the following tools:

Write analysis of the supply chain. Include the following:

1. Value chain and flow of structure
2. Inputs
3. Outputs, including customer service structure
4. Inventory points and forecasting
5. Sourcing activities
6. Risks
7. Locations
8. Logistics

Summarize your observations about the financial performance of both companies. Include any insights you may have about their performance trends or how they have performed compared to each other over the past three years.

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Mba620

Instructions

Submit your assignment here. Make sure you’ve included all the required elements by reviewing the requirements and rubric.

Overview

To measure the financial performance of any company, it is important to analyze its four key financial statements: balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and shareholders’ equity statements. In this assignment, you will:

Visually present the balance sheet to depict what each company owns and what it owes over the past three years.

Visually present the income statement to depict how much money a company made and spent over the past three years.

The visual presentation and analysis will help you understand and compare the performance of both the companies to be acquired and eventually will help you build your recommendation for the acquisition.

Prompt

Use the provided data sets of Company A and Company B to create data visualizations of their financial performance in Power BI. Then, based on the visualizations, write an executive summary interpreting the financial performance of Company A and Company B. Include screenshots from your data visualizations as needed in your summary. Follow the directions in the Power BI Executive Summary Assignment User Manual.

To complete this assignment, you will use Power BI software that is located within the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).

Specifically, you must address the following criteria:

Assets, Liability, and Equity: Summarize how the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity have changed over three years for Company A and Company B. Include screenshots of your data visualization as follows:

Company A: In Power BI, use the provided Company A Financials and construct a set of three clustered column charts, representing:

The assets of Company A as represented in the data during each of the three years

The liabilities and owners’ equity over the same three years

Company B: In Power BI, use the provided Company B Financials and construct a set of three clustered column charts, representing:

The assets of Company B as represented in the data during each of the three years

The liabilities and owners’ equity over the same three years

Revenue and Earnings: Use the provided income statements to summarize the gross revenue and net earnings for Company A and Company B over three years. Include screenshots of your data visualization as follows:

Company A: In Power BI, use the provided Company A Financials document and construct a line chart illustrating the visual relationship of revenue, gross profit, total expenses, earnings before tax, net earnings, and taxes.

Company B: In Power BI, use the provided Company B Financials document and construct a line chart illustrating the visual relationship of revenue, gross profit, total expenses, earnings before tax, net earnings, and taxes.

Conclusion : Summarize your observations about the financial performance of both companies. Include any insights you may have about their performance trends or how they have performed compared to each other over the past three years.

What impact has COVID-19 had on the public policy and budget process in relation to executive decision-making?

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Public budgeting

Read the question carefully and provide an in-depth response. You are required to adhere to APA 7th Edition style within the body of your response and references page.

Public budgeting occurs on a cyclical cycle involving execution, review, and planning. Executive leaders are often required to review, justify, and approve agency or office budgets, considering internal and external influences, some of which can be political, social, or economic. Public law and policy implementation can impact the entire budget cycle.

Your question is:

What impact has COVID-19 had on the public policy and budget process in relation to executive decision-making?

You are permitted to narrow the response to federal, state, or local governments if needed. Your exam answer must meet APA 7th edition requirements. The paper needs to be at least 22 pages in length, Times New Roman font, 12-point font size, double spaced, and 1-inch margins. The title page, abstract, full-page graphics, and References pages will not be counted towards the total page count.

Can the characters, events, or objects in the work be seen as standing for abstract ideas? What ideas? Can the characters, events, or objects in the work be seen as representing political points of view?

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Interpreting literary art

Overall Interpretive methods

1. Can the characters, events, or objects in the work be seen as standing for abstract ideas? What ideas?
2. Can the characters, events, or objects in the work be seen as representing political points of view?
3. Can the characters, events, or objects be seen as representing frequently occurring people or things?
4. Can the characters or events in the story be seen as representing different aspects of a single person?
5. Can the struggle of the main character be seen as a struggle that all humans (or Americans) face

Additional Interpretive tools

A. Can you find any symbols (things that are frequently used to represent something else)?
B. Are there analogies (metaphors or similes)? If so what are they trying to tell us?
C. Are there allusions to other times, places, or things? If so, why are they made?

Identify and explain one advantage and one disadvantage of the digitization of Humanities resources.  Examine and describe how the information is presented. For instance, do you have to use a search engine? Are there subject guides? Does it use a mapping tool?  

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Technology and the Arts

Option #3: Digital Humanities

After reading Terras’ chapter, “Digitization and digital resources in the Humanities,” do the following:

(1)Identify and explain one advantage and one disadvantage of the digitization of Humanities resources.

(2)Explain the difference between a digital repository and a digital project.

(3)Find a specific digital repository OR digital project online and do the following:

(a)Provide a brief description of it. Include things like where it is housed, who created and maintains it, what kinds of information it contains, what subject in the Humanities it covers (art, music, history, religion, literature, languages, theater, film, etc.)

(b)Examine and describe how the information is presented. For instance, do you have to use a search engine? Are there subject guides? Does it use a mapping tool?

(c)Point out any difficulties you had navigating the information or any particularly well-designed features for the user.

 

Read pages 47-59, Terras, Melissa M. “Chapter 3: Digitization and digital resources in the Humanities” In Warwick, Claire, et al. Digital Humanities in Practice. Facet Publishing, 2012. EBSCOhost.

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Identify the individuals you hope to interview, Provide a brief description of their family, the ages of their children and they type of early childhood programs they utilize.

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Interview Plan

Instructions
Identify the individuals you hope to interview, Provide a brief description of their family, the ages of their children and they type of early childhood programs they utilize. If you are interviewing teachers, include information on their educational background and their current teaching position.

Describe how being a teacher differs from age group to age group in the early years? What are some factors to consider in deciding which age group you want to teach? What is the NAEYC Code of ethics? Describe how teachers can use the code to guide decision making.

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Reading Questions Chapter 16

Instructions
Reading/study questions are included for each chapter. Follow the syllabus and Talon for due dates. Late submissions will NOT be graded. Submit reading/study questions in the drop box as an attachment.

Thoughtfully respond to each of the questions:

Describe how being a teacher differs from age group to age group in the early years?
What are some factors to consider in deciding which age group you want to teach?
What is the NAEYC Code of ethics? Describe how teachers can use the code to guide decision making.

Choose one article from the Theme #3: Community section and discuss how the community described in the article relates to at least one of the forms of virtual togetherness.

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Technology & the Everyday

Option #3: Theme 3 – Community

After reading Bakardjieva’s chapter, “Virtual Togetherness,” in the Required Learning Materials, do the following:

(1)Concisely describe what “virtual togetherness” is, according to the author, by paraphrasing and summarizing in your own words.

(2)Briefly (1-2 sentences) define each of the five forms of virtual togetherness and provide an example of each:

(i) Infosumption

(ii)Instrumental

(iii) Interaction

(iv) Exploring ideas & chatting

(v) Community as commitment

(3)Choose one article from the Theme #3: Community section of the Week 5 Discussion Resources and discuss how the community described in the article relates to at least one of the forms of virtual togetherness. Be sure to explain why you chose the form (s) of virtual togetherness you did and point to specific evidence in your chosen article that supports your choice.

(6)Use two quotes from any of your resources to support or explain your points. Make sure to provide in-text citations for both quotes in MLA format.

Provide references for all sources in MLA format.

The below is the copy of the link of the reading article

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