Please pick 3 out of 5 from these conditions, take a look with the paper, write 2 pages about future recommendations based on the paper uploaded and do some research.

• Recommend future research to study in cross continental level
• Test the conceptual framework with more elements that re effective (Don’t pick the 5 elements already used in the paper)
• Examine the importance of business ethics from a small firm level
• Test conceptual framework in the study implementing other methods beside case study
• Implement quantitative or mixed method in the study

Francois Buisson is the controlling shareholder of Groupe Industrielle Internationale (GII), a major importer of sporting goods in the European Union. GII is aiming for a major expansion project within the next 5 years. One of the objectives of this expansion is to form a major alliance with Axetem as its main running shoe supplier. In short, GII’s expansion plans will entail huge sales revenues for Axetem. To gain additional investors, GII wants to list its company’s stock on the NYSE.

Brian Tobias, Axetem’s CEO, has mandated the creation of a special team at Axetem, Inc. with the aim of helping GII get started on its task of getting listed on the NYSE. Your team is to conduct initial research about the requirements for a non-U.S. firm to obtain an NYSE listing and how a non-U.S. firm can maintain its NYSE listing.

Hint: Start by visiting http://www.nyse.com/, and look for various listing requirements.

1. Research the top listing and continuation requirements mandated by the NYSE.
2. Then, complete the following, and submit your individual assignment:
   • Currently, GII’s capital structure is 75% equity based and 25% debt based. GII is in the 25% marginal tax bracket in France and has a cost of equity of 18% and an average debt cost of 7%. Calculate GII’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC).
   • What is the main advantage of the divisional cost of capital approach over the WACC approach?

Use the available resources to research the NYSE and the divisional cost of capital approach to complete this assignment.

Discussion A: African-American Art Comparison

In the nineteenth century, African-American artists worked in a variety of media and subject matter. This painting and this ceramic vessel obviously are very different, as are the backgrounds of the artists who created them. For whom were these objects made? What different meanings might be read from them? In what ways might they be similar? Review the discussion of both pieces in Chapter 3. Write a sentence or two about each piece, then discuss in what ways they might be related OR find two similar African-American artworks from the nineteenth century to discuss and analyze. You may ADD examples or information from the internet. Please NOTE source(s) used.

Discussion B: The Potlatch

Read the section in Chapter 3 addressing the Northwest Coast Indian potlatch. What was/is the potlatch? Why, do you think, it was made illegal in the 19th century? Search online and find out more about the history of the potlatch and the ceremonial art used. Make sure to cite your source(s).

Can you find any examples of contemporary potlatch art? Here is a contemporary guitar by William Kuhnley.

Each Discussion should be 500+ word, so total 1000+ word!

Passwork for chapter 3 is banjo

• Explain what is meant by the term “value” in a supply chain. How can it be best measured in a supply chain? How does increasing value in a supply chain help align supply chain operations to the business mission? Respond to at least two of your fellow classmates’ postings. **350 Words**
• All supply chain activity involves some degree of risk. Identify six potential sources and causes of risk in global supply chains. Research the University library to find support for counter measures for each of the six risks you identify. Document those sources. Respond to at least two of your fellow classmates’ postings. **350 Words**

300 words and two scholarly or peer-reviewed resources

Let’s talk about culture. My culture. Your culture. Our culture. Other’s culture. Understanding culture is fundamental to formulating and implementing change. Culture is a determining factor in the success of any change initiative. Imagine, for just a minute, that you are a drug dealer in South America. What type of culture exists that allows drug dealers to work together to stop the sale of crack, because it wrecks their neighborhoods? What does it say about the ability to implement change?

Tell us about your culture by using the Cultural Web and Hofstede’s criteria (you must use both of these models to characterize and describe your culture) to help us understand your culture. You can talk about your family, school, church, work, or any organization that is relatively stable. For example, I work in an institution whose rituals date back, literally, hundreds of years. Rituals are very different in universities in other countries; for example, at Oxford University, students there dress up for exams, and they dress identically. Furthermore, they congregate outside of the testing hall and walk into the hall two by two. The robes that you see our professors wear at graduation are also worn for exams at Oxford. In the United States, we do not require you to dress up, identically, to take exams. What does all this mean for us in terms of change? What we know is that universities in the U.S. will change and adapt, but it tends to be quite slow and only under great pressure. We have to use some extraordinary interventions to move change along.

Another example can be found in tourism, such as at a Disney hotel property. The water provided by the property came in a pretty pink bottle and was shipped in from Italy. Italy, people! We have the safest water supply in the world, and we are shipping water in pink bottles to the U.S. Our culture reveres such extravagance.

Discuss culture.