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Complete the following End-of-Chapter questions and submit as a single 12-font, single spaced MS WORD document. Do not include a cover page or table-of-content. References do not need to start on a new page.

Chapter 1 –Discussion question #1 &
Exercise #5, #7, & #15

Discussion 1) Survey the literature from the past six months to find one application each for DSS, BI, and analytics. Summarize the applications on one page, and submit it with the exact sources.

Exercise #5) Go to http://analytics-magazine.org/issues/digital-editi… and find the January/February 2012 edition titled “Special Issue: The Future of Healthcare.” Read the article “Predictive Analytics—Saving Lives and Lowering Medical Bills.” Answer the following questions:

1. 1. What problem is being addressed by applying pre- dictive analytics?
   2. What is the FICO Medication Adherence Score?
   3. How is a prediction model trained to predict the FICO Medication Adherence Score HoH? Did the prediction model classify the FICO Medication Adherence Score?
   4. Zoom in on Figure 4, and explain what technique isapplied to the generated results.
   5. List some of the actionable decisions that were basedon the prediction results.

Exercise #7) Search the Internet for material regarding the work of managers and the role analytics plays in it. What kinds of references to consulting firms, academic departments, and programs do you find? What major areas are represented? Select five sites that cover one area, and report your findings.

Exercise #15) Find information about IBM Watson’s activities in the healthcare field. Write a report.

Chapter 2 – Discussion question #1 &
Exercises #4, #5, and #15

Discussion #1)

Discuss the difficulties in measuring the intelligence of machines.

Exercises #4)

In 2017, McKinsey & Company created a five-part videotitled “Ask the AI Experts: What Advice Would You Give to Executives About AI?” View the video and summarize the advice given to the major issues discussed. (Note: This is a class project.)

Exercises #5)

Watch the McKinsey & Company video (3:06 min.) on today’s drivers of AI at youtube.com/ watch?v=yv0IG1D-OdU and identify the major AI drivers. Write a report.

Exercises #15)

Explore the AI-related products and services of Nuance Inc. (nuance.com). Explore the Dragon voice recognition product.

citations and references plz no plagiarism.

Question 1: Do you think virtue in corporate leaders is a more important criterion in selecting them than it was in the past, or do you just hear more about it?

Question 2: Should management focus only on maximizing firm profitability (this assumes laws are obeyed), or are there broader concerns to take into account? Provide arguments for both positions.

Choose the question 1 or 2 then discuss and response each posted # 1to 3 down below

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Question 2: Should management focus only on maximizing firm profitability (this assumes laws are obeyed), or are there broader concerns to take into account? Provide arguments for both positions.

No, although companies need profit to survive and profit is very important for the shareholders, they are not the only stakeholder of a corporation. There are other important stakeholders like employees, customers, suppliers, governments, lenders, and activists with other important concerns.

Focus only on the maximization of firm profitability can bring some benefits in short term, companies can immediately cut costs and increase their margins but it would be difficult to keep high margins in a long term. The tendency is a decline in their revenues and loss of value of the company. According to Brooks & Dunn (2017) “usually, the public takes a very dim view of companies that put profits ahead of life, health, or the preservation of our habitat” (p197). If in the name of profitability, management neglects the wellness and safety of their employees, the environment of the communities around the company’s facilities, and ethical and fair customer service, consumers would avoid services and products of the company.

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Do you think virtue in corporate leaders is a more important criterion in selecting them than it was in the past, or do you just hear more about it?

In my opinion, virtue in corporate leaders is more important than it has been in the past. One needs only to look at the financial scandals at Enron and WorldCom to see what happens when CEOs and CFOs are corrupt and act unethically. In both instances, the CFOs misstated the company’s financial statements by booking deceptive journal entries, omitting required information, and/or taking fraudulent positions. The CEOs were complicit in this fraud. Had any of those leaders involved been governed by their own morals or strong character, the scandals could have likely been avoided. Arthur Andersen would also still be a viable accounting firm. Clearly, a leader’s character shapes his or her behavior and can have a huge impact on the company.

Ethical behavior starts at the top in a company. It is difficult to expect virtuous behavior from employees if company executives are not exhibiting similar behavior. A leader cannot expect employees to be honest when he or she lacks integrity. Also, when there are decisions to be made, a company needs a leader who will use morals and ethics to help guide his or her sound decision making. Such morals would not allow a leader to fudge numbers on financial statements, or engage in unsavory conduct, for example. Virtues and morals are those character traits that dispose a person to act ethically (Brooks & Dunn, 2018).

Virtuous leaders make good business sense and ultimately can have a positive impact on the bottom line. Morale is improved, which makes employees more productive. Conducting business in an ethical manner can attract potential investors and keep current shareholders satisfied and loyal. It can also build customer or client loyalty. Additionally, conducting business in an ethical manner wards off bad press, attracts better employees and promotes a better workplace environment. All these items could result in bigger profits and better sleep at night for a company’s hiring directors and its executives.

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a more important criterion in selecting them than it was in the past, or do you just hear more about it?

I believe that virtue in corporate leaders has become more of an important criterion as time has progressed. In the times before the digital era and social media, firms did not have to worry as much about the reputation of their leaders since there were not as many ways to spread information about questionable morals and characteristics of leaders to the population at large. Most of the news was communicated via the newspaper and even then, there was no guarantee that the papers had information on the actions of the leadership of a firm or that such information would reach all the consumers of products made by the company the leaders worked for. This limited the field of stakeholders to mainly just the shareholders, like creditors and investors, that saw reports or attended shareholder meetings to find out the profitability of the firm. As long as the firm was profitable most shareholders would not really pay attention to the leadership in their ethics and morals as long as the money kept flowing in.

However, as time moved on, we saw the innovation of the digital era and the arrival of social media which allowed information to flow more freely and reach people at a rate it had never before. This resulted in almost everyone carrying a phone or digital device that allowed them to document and exchange information about anyone, including the leadership of major companies. So, if a leader was caught doing an illegal activity, like dogfighting, and it was captured on video, then customers that despise such an act might refuse to buy products from a company run by someone that would partake in such a horrendous activity. This, more than ever, shifted the power to customers who could make or break a firm if their leaders were to act in a less than virtuous way. All it would take nowadays is a bad report on a media station or a string of bad reviews from customers about leadership to ruin a CEO and a company. This meant that companies needed to make sure that their leadership, as the face of the company, are viewed by the consumers as upstanding individuals who will do what is right and would never end up in the spotlight in a bad way. This resulted in companies focusing on hiring leaders that would increase profits and possessed the virtuous qualities that consumers valued. As an example, I enjoy buying Laughing Man coffee because it is a good blend of coffee and is owned by Hugh Jackman, whom as a person I like due to his virtuous qualities. If he were not a good individual, then I would not buy his product because I, like many others, value companies run by noteworthy individuals.

As for hearing about it more, I believe that due to technology the actions of leaders are more widely spread and talked about among the masses because it is so easy to send out a text or write an email. So I would say that I can see both points of the question and agree with both of them.

Overview

The final project for this course is the creation of a portfolio. You are to solve all problems using the Excel spreadsheet. You will select two stocks, two bonds, an equity index (S & P 500, Russell 1000, Wilshire 5000, etc.) and a risk-free asset (Treasury bill, note, or bond) of your choice. The securities should be those of wellknown companies with investment grade bonds and high-quality, blue chip stocks. As you know, the risk-free asset is a Treasury security. The quality of the companies would make it easier for you to find the financial data/information. You will solve all the problems outlined in the Main Elements section using an Excel spreadsheet.

Main Elements

Create a portfolio for two stocks, two bonds, an equity index (S & P 500, Russell 1000, Wilshire 5000, etc.) and a risk-free asset (Treasury bill, note, or bond) of your choice. Complete the following sections in the portfolio:

1. Calculate the bond price and yield-to-maturity for the fixed-income securities.

2. Calculate the bond duration and convexity for the fixed-income securities. Briefly explain your findings from a risk/return perspective.

3. Create a two-asset risky opportunity set, risky asset, and risk-free asset portfolio. Calculate the standard deviation and expected return for the risky asset portfolio. Graph the optimal risky portfolio, the capital allocation line, and the optimal complete portfolio standard deviation and expected return. What are findings regarding the risk/return relationship?

4. Compile the monthly returns (five years) for one of the stocks and the noted index. Calculate the estimated static CAPM for the period and forecast each asset’s expected return in the upcoming month. Explain the variation between the assets

5. Access pricing simulation spreadsheets online (link in the Excel Modeling in Investments text). Create one problem using various strategies in the simulation program. What did you learn from the simulation program on how to solve a trading problem? What is the goal of creating trading simulations using the spreadsheets?

6. Construct an equally weighted portfolio using the two stocks. Calculate the standard deviation for the portfolio. Select 15 quality stocks of your choice to add to the portfolio. Increase the assets in your portfolio with the 15 stocks by adding one at a time. Select three international stocks and add them to the portfolio. What are your observations regarding portfolio risk (standard deviation) for each stock added to the portfolio? Briefly explain.

7. Select one of the stocks paying a dividend. Determine the consensus estimate for dividend growth over the next five years. Estimate the infinite or stable dividend growth for the second stage. Estimate the firm’s cost of equity capital. Construct a two-stage dividend discount model in Excel. Calculate the firm’s stock price.

8. Select a stock option of one of your stocks. Calculate and graph the option payoff and profit using the Excel spreadsheet.

9. Create option trading strategies with charts using one of the stocks and a related option. Create a spread using a combination of calls and puts of a specific stock.

10. Select one of your stocks to calculate the option price using the Binomial Option Pricing Model (single and multi-period). Calculate the price using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.

Requirements: .xls file

It should be
uploaded in “FINAL PAPER” TURNITIN on the left margin of the home page of
Blackboard. WE will also have one last meeting online ON MONDAY Jan. 11 at 9
a.m. for a final lecture and to discuss the final papers and the course. All
papers will be four to six pages long (you can go up to six pages if
necessary). Anything – REPEAT – anything less than four complete, double spaced
pages results in an automatic full grade point deduction. You must also file a
word document version of your paper in TURNITIN online.

The papers will be
type-written (no hand-written accepted), double spaced, paginated (meaning page
numbers) and stapled. The student’s name must appear on a cover sheet. Cover
sheets are not part of the page count. Bibliographies do not count toward page
count. You can provide a title of your paper if you wish.

The point of this
final paper is to provide a clear defense of one theorist over others, with the
exception of only one topic listed below, which is clearly marked.

All papers must be
written in a clean style that is properly spell-checked. Your sentence
structure, spelling and grammar will all be judged as part of your grade. You
also must provide appropriate citation for research material through footnotes.

More details in the attachment.

Material link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ARqkEJt99S…