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Economic Measures and Physical InfrastructureCountry chosen: KenyaEconomic measures are an important piece of the market assessment process. In this discussion, you will work on the following critical elements of the final project: Economic Measures, and Transportation and Telecommunication. Using The World Factbook, World Bank (World Bank Video Transcript: INT-113 Geek out with Tariq – The Geek and the Internet Transcript Word Document), Trading Economics, and Santander Trade Markets, find the following economic data on your project country:Interest ratesUnemploymentInflationGDPGDP growth rateExchange rates against USDExchange rate regimeLabor force major industriesFDI ratesUsing The World Factbook, identify the following elements of physical infrastructure:Major airports and seaportsRailway stations (government websites)Internet usersMobile service providers (use GSMA Network Coverage Maps)Logistics performance index rating (use The World Bank Logistics Performance Index)Consider the data collected and make some observations on the stability and strength of the economy in your project country. What do high and low levels of unemployment indicate? What does the exchange rate regime tell you about the economy? Consider the presence of existing industries and identify areas of opportunity or risk. Also consider the logistics of shipping and distribution based on physical infrastructure.

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Prior to beginning work on this assignment,Read Chapters 3 and 5 of the course textbook, Contemporary Project Management.Carefully review the document, Project Management Case Study—Logistics Service Improvement Project download .Watch Michael Porter: Why Business Can Be Good at Solving Social Problems (Links to an external site.).Using the project management case study, develop a project charter (use headings) of three to four pages (no more than four pages). In addition to the course textbook, research two additional resources. In your charter,Summarize the project’s scope and limitations.Propose a business case for the project.Address how the project will enable the corporate strategy.Address how the project will apply corporate social responsibility (CSR) values.Calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) for the project business case. (Use Microsoft Excel to derive the NPV assuming the data below—submit an Excel spreadsheet as an appendix:Purchase price of $400,000.One-time project costs total of $100,000 spent in Year 0.Net benefits after taxes of $150,000 per year for five years.Salvage value for Year 6 and beyond of $400,000.)Summarize your results of NPV in the paper and refer to the Appendix.Develop a milestone schedule that includes five to seven elementsUse the case study to derive the milestones. If the case is lacking, feel free to include a solution or milestone that you think Walmart would value.Predict the risks, threats, and opportunities of the project.Outline resources needed for the project.Develop your plan to form a high-performing project team.Identify five important groups of stakeholders.The Project Charter Development paper

Roberta Santos, age 41, is single and lives at 120 Sanborne Avenue, Springfield, IL 60781. Her Social Security number is 123-45-6780. Roberta has been divorced from her former husband, Wayne, for three years. She has a son, Jason, who is 17, and a daughter, June, who is 18. Jason’s Social Security number is 111-11-1112, and June’s is 123-45-6788. Roberta has never owned or used any virtual currency. She does not want to contribute $3 to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.Roberta, an advertising executive, earned a salary from ABC Advertising of $80,000 in 2019. Her employer withheld $9,000 in Federal income tax and $3,100 in state income tax.Roberta has legal custody of Jason and June. The divorce decree provides that Roberta is to receive the dependency deductions for the children. Jason lives with his father during summer vacation. Wayne indicates that his expenses for Jason are $5,500. Roberta can document that she spent $6,500 for Jason’s support during 2019. In prior years, Roberta gave a signed Form 8332 to Wayne regarding Jason. For 2019, she has decided not to do so. Roberta provides all of June’s support.Roberta’s mother died on January 7, 2019. Roberta inherited assets worth $625,000 from her mother. As the sole beneficiary of her mother’s life insurance policy, Roberta received insurance proceeds of $300,000. Her mother’s cost basis for the life insurance policy was $120,000. Roberta’s favorite aunt gave her $13,000 for her birthday in October.

Justin Stone (Chapter 14, Problem 88)Ashley Panda lives at 1310 Meadow Lane, Wayne, OH 43466, and her Social Security number is 123-45-6777. Ashley is single and has a 20-year-old son, Bill. His Social Security number is 111-11-1112. Karl lives with Ashley, and she fully supports him. Bill spent 2019 traveling in Europe and was not a college student. He had gross income of $4,655 in 2019. Bill paid $4,000 of lodging expenses that Ashley reimbursed after they were fully documented. Ashley paid the $4,000 to Bill using a check from her sole proprietorship. That amount is not included in the items listed below. Ashley had substantial health problems during 2019, and many of her expenses were not reimbursed by her health insurance.Ashley owns Panda Enterprises LLC (98-7654321), a data processing service that she reports as a sole proprietorship. Her business is located at 456 Hill Street, Wayne, OH 43466. The business activity code is 514210. Her 2019 Form 1040, Schedule C for Panda Enterprises shows revenues of $315,000, office expenses of $66,759, employee salary of $63,000, employee payroll taxes of $4,820, business meal expenses (before the 50% reduction) of $22,000, and rent expense of $34,000. The rent expense includes payments related to renting an office ($30,000) and payments related to renting various equipment ($4,000). There is no depreciation because all depreciable equipment owned has been fully depreciated in previous years. No fringe benefits are provided to the employee. Ashley personally purchases health insurance on herself and Bill. The premiums are $23,000 per year.Ashley has an extensive stock portfolio and has prepared the following analysis:Note: Ashley received a Form 1099–B from her stockbroker that included the adjusted basis and sales proceeds for each of her stock transactions. The per-share cost includes commissions, and the per-share selling price is net of commissions. Also, the dividends are the actual dividends received in 2019, and these are both ordinary dividends and qualified dividends.Ashley had $800 of interest income from State of Ohio bonds and $600 of interest income on her Wayne Savings Bank account. She paid $25,000 of alimony to her former husband (divorce finalized in June 2017). His Social Security number is 123-45-6788.Ashley itemizes her deductions and provides the following information, which may be relevant to her return:ItemAmountCommentUnreimbursed medical expenses for Ashle$9,748Does not include health insurance premiums.State income taxes paid1,830Real property taxes on personal residence3,230Interest paid on home mortgage (Form 1098)8,137The loan is secured by the residence and was incurred when the home was purchased.Charitable contributions1,399$940 cash payments to Ashley’s church and $459 cash payments made to homeless persons for whom she felt sorry. She can document all the expenditures.Sales taxes619Amount per sales tax table.Enlarge TableAshley paid $27,000 in estimated Federal income taxes, did not engage in any virtual currency transactions during the year, does not want any of her taxes to finance presidential elections, has no foreign bank accounts or trusts, and wants any refund to be applied against her 2020 taxes.Compute Ashley’s net tax payable or refund due for 2019. If you use tax forms for your computations, you will need Form 1040 and its Schedules 1, 2, 3, A, C, D, and SE and Form 8949. Ashley qualifies for the § 199A deduction for qualified business income. Be sure to include that in your calculations. Suggested software: ProConnect Tax Online.

Students will work as a group, brainstorm and research your idea for a business, then design and write a business plan (proposal) containing the following information:Executive summary· Company description and registration (legal and website)(e.g. company name, logo/brand name, what you do, what differentiates your business from others, the markets your business serves,…), business licenses, employer identification number (EIN), business licenses and permits· Complete description of products/services that will be sold(e.g. what do you sell, how does it benefit your customers, what is product life cycle,…)· Market analysis(e.g. research your business industry, market and competitors, target market, SWOT,…)· Organization & Management(e.g. company structure, organization chart, estimation of number of employees, employees’ job description,…)· Marketing & Sales(e.g. plan to market your business, sales strategy, marketing budget,…)· Advertising method (Web advertisement/location,..)Creating your Online Store, how to advertise via social media (cost,…), market your store,…· Suppliers analysis· Funding request(e.g. where to request the funding and what documents needed to prepare,…)· Financial projection(e.g. project short and long term plan 3-5 years, incomes/expenses, breakeven point,…)· Funding request(e.g. where to request the funding and what documents needed to prepare,…)· Appendix (optional)The final product will be 15-20 pages Words document (double space, TN 12), excluding cover page, table of contents, and appendix.

Is the  internal environment of a given company strong enough to continue to compete within the market

Specifically, describe the organization’s resources and capabilities and how they align with the current strategy.

Written Assignment Module 2Create a Team name, motto, colors, mascot, and mission statement for a work team (you can use your work team, your class team, or make one up). Prepare a 2–3-page paper providing the specifics of what you created (i.e. tell you new Team name, motto, etc..) and the rationale for these choices/ Are these things really important? Why? How would you create these in a real-world work environment?Everything should be in APA format

Calculate the net benefits of this program from the point of view of: society, the Treasury, and trainees.