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What is the value of the AquAdvantage product now (in year 2005) based on real option valuation? Use the B-S option valuation spreadsheet (BS option pricing.xlsx) that is posted on Canvas.

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Case study

Questions for the Aqua Bounty case

  1. What are the principal sources of uncertainty facing Aqua Bounty? Does it make sense for the firm to launch an IPO now? (14 pt)

 

  1. Baseline revenues and projections for AquAdvantage’s revenues and costs are given in Exhibit 5. Note that they will be realized only if FDA approval is received for the product. If FDA approval is received, the company estimates that there is an equal chance of each of three commercialization scenarios occurring. Under the “low” scenario, revenues would be 75% lower than under the baseline; under the “high” scenario, revenues would be 75% higher than under the baseline; the baseline scenario is given in Exhibit 5. In all three scenarios, COGS would be 20% of revenues, and annual SG&A costs of £4 million plus 5% of revenues will be incurred. Product commercialization costs will be the same in all three scenarios, as shown in Exhibit 5.

 

  • Build a simple cash flow model for AquAdvantage’s, assuming that FDA approval is received. Use this to calculate the value of the product line under each of the three scenarios. Assume that Aqua Bounty will face FDA approval costs (associated with its regulatory trials and submissions) of £2.5 million per year for the first three years. Assume no interest payments as the firm’s debts will be paid in full using proceeds from the IPO. The firm has a tax rate of 35% and unlevered cost of capital of 14%. For each scenario, calculate: (16 pts)

 

  • The PV of the product commercialization costs
  • The PV of the free cash flows from the product line, not including commercialization costs and FDA approval costs.

 

  • What is the value of the AquAdvantage product now (in year 2005) based on real option valuation? Use the B-S option valuation spreadsheet (BS option pricing.xlsx) that is posted on Canvas. Think carefully about what is the exercise price and what is the value of the underlying in this real option. (20 pts)

 

 

What topic, problem, or issue are you interested in? What specific part of the topic are you interested in? List a few possible questions about your specific topic area. What? Who? When? Where? Why? How?

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Research Topic Proposal

Research Question Worksheet

1.      What topic, problem, or issue are you interested in? Do some background research to find out more about it. 2.      What specific part of the topic are you interested in? Break down topic ideas to categories. 3.      List a few possible questions about your specific topic area. What? Who? When? Where? Why? How?
4.      Choose one to be your main research question. How or why questions are best. Why or How questions are best.

 

 5      Make you question as clear and specific as possible. Specify, who, what, where, when you are focusing on. 6.      State your working thesis. The working thesis should summarize the answer to your main research question, and will likely change after you do some research.

 

 

In a recent poll, 260 people were asked if they liked dogs, and 29% said they did. Find the Margin of Error for this poll, at the 99% confidence level. Give your answer to four decimal places if possible.

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RECENT POLL

In a recent poll, 260 people were asked if they liked dogs, and 29% said they did. Find the Margin of Error for this poll, at the 99% confidence level. Give your answer to four decimal places if possible.

Explain at least five elements of critical thinking that you found in the reading material. Search the Internet, media, or the UAGC Library, and find an example in which good critical thinking skills are being demonstrated by the author or speaker. Summarize the content and explain why you think it demonstrates good critical thinking skills.

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Writing 101 Critical Thinking

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Reflect: Reflect on the characteristics of a critical thinker. Critical thinking gets you involved in a dialogue with the ideas you read from others in this class. To be a critical thinker, you need to be able to summarize, analyze, hypothesize, and evaluate new information that you encounter.
Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts. Keep in mind that the article or video you’ve chosen should not be about critical thinking, but should be about someone making a statement, claim, or argument related to your Final Paper topic. One source should demonstrate good critical thinking skills and the other source should demonstrate the lack or absence of critical thinking skills. Personal examples should not be used.

  • Explain at least five elements of critical thinking that you found in the reading material.
  • Search the Internet, media, or the UAGC Library, and find an example in which good critical thinking skills are being demonstrated by the author or speaker. Summarize the content and explain why you think it demonstrates good critical thinking skills.
  • Search the Internet, media, or the UAGC Library, and find an example in which the author or speaker lacks good critical thinking skills. Summarize the content and explain why you think it demonstrates the absence of good, critical thinking skills.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (see In-Text Citation Helper

Links to an external site.) and references (see Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site.).

Write a 100-200 word paragraph that includes the following: A description of the process you followed to determine the number of minutes you would need to exercise. Identify the source of the calorie information (name of website and URL).

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Cost of Junk Food

  • Think of your favorite junk food (this is the fun part!).
    1. Make sure you pick a food that you know is not healthy. This could be something you treat yourself with on occasion, or a food you only eat in your dreams – you choose!
    2. Be specific on the amount of the junk food you will pretend to eat/drink (e.g. 32 fluid ounces of a chocolate milkshake, 1 snickers bar (44 g/ 1.56 oz)
  • Research online for the nutrition facts of that food item to locate the total number of calories which come from that food.
    1. Record the name of the site & the URL where you found the information.

    2. Step 2: Analyze and Evaluate

      1. Think of your favorite way of being physically active (this should be fun too!).
        1. You should select a fun method of exercise (an activity which increases your heart rate) and ideally something that you already or would actually do.
        2. Example: My junk food is 1 slice of chocolate mousse cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. It has 1210 calories. Reference: The Cheesecake Factory Nutritional Guide (PDF) The Cheesecake Factory Nutritional Guide (PDF) – Alternative FormatsThe exercise I selected was rock climbing. According to Cronometer, for me this burns 225 kcal per 30 minutes. Obviously, I need to spend more than 30 minutes rock climbing to burn off all the cheesecake!
          Therefore, if I ate 1 slice of chocolate mousse cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory I would have to spend 161 minutes or 2 hours and 41 minutes rock climbing to burn off the calories from the food.

          Step 3: Analyze & Explain

          1. Write a 100-200 word paragraph that includes the following
            1. A description of the process you followed to determine the number of minutes you would need to exercise. (The example above is a description of a process.)
            2. Identify the source of the calorie information (name of website and URL).
            3. A clear statement of the number of minutes of your exercise you would need to burn off the junk food you selected.
            4. An explanation of what you learned in this activity and/or how it will affect your junk food choices in the future.
            5. Write your paragraph on a Word document. Save the document to your computer as a back-up copy.

What role did physicians play in the messaging? Why was it important to include physicians? Does seeing this impact your view of bacon?

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Diss of becon

It’s doesn’t take long watch TV to see that many fast food restaurants attempt to lure viewers with bacon. Bacon wasn’t always so popular, and the health concerns weren’t the same as they are now. So what fueled the rise of bacon? Watch the brief video below:

http://wapo.st/28YGwWk

Use the below questions as prompts and address one or two of them in your initial post, which should be around 150 words. For full credit, you must post your own comments and reply to those of two other students.

  • What role did physicians play in the messaging?
  • Why was it important to include physicians?
  • Does seeing this impact your view of bacon?
  • Other observations.

Write a paragraph essay about Investment banking.

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Investment banking

Write a paragraph essay about Investment banking.

Write a short response (about 100 words) that either discusses how you have encountered filter bubbles in the past OR how you plan to navigate an information ecosystem that is seemingly designed to prevent you from seeing the full picture.

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Filter Bubbles

You already reflected on your own habits and practices of seeking out information. This week you watched Eli Pariser’s TED Talk “Beware Online ‘Filter Bubbles.'” (Links to an external site.) The main challenge is that filter bubbles prove why we are right and demonstrate why the other side is clearly wrong (many of you wrote about this idea in the discussion of Lil B’s The Age of Information. In this discussion, write a short response (about 100 words) that either discusses how you have encountered filter bubbles in the past OR how you plan to navigate an information ecosystem that is seemingly designed to prevent you from seeing the full picture. Respond to one other student.

What was d ual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) originally developed to measure? Which of the following is a side effect of supplements containing ephedrine?

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Writing Question

PART 1 ——

Question 11 pts

A high jumper may want to decrease body fat to achieve which of the following results?

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Flag question: Question 2Question 21 pts

In general, it is recommended that well-trained athletes lose no more than ____ lb of weight per week.

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Flag question: Question 3Question 31 pts

Storage fat is composed of subcutaneous fat and visceral fat.

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Flag question: Question 4Question 41 pts

The terms lean body mass and muscle mass can be used interchangeably because technically they are the same.

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Flag question: Question 5Question 51 pts

What is essential fat?

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Flag question: Question 6Question 61 pts

What was d ual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) originally developed to measure?

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Flag question: Question 7Question 71 pts

Which of the following is a side effect of supplements containing ephedrine?

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Flag question: Question 8Question 81 pts

Which of the following refers to standard error of the estimate (SEE)?

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Flag question: Question 9Question 91 pts

Which of the following refers to the total amount of skeletal muscle in the body?

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Flag question: Question 10Question 101 pts

Which weight-loss supplement should be used with caution due to some reports of liver toxicity?

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PART 2–

Post Discussion: Chapter 11 and Reply to a Classmate

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1. Watch the following videos.

 

2. From the videos above, answer the following questions:

  1. Which measurement method would you be most likely to use? Explain why. (you must pick one)
  2. Which measurement method would you be least likely to use? Explain why. (you must pick one)