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Perform a marginal analysis to determine if the firm should build the pipeline, considering currently available investments and opportunity costs.

Oil Company X is a large oil refinery which has been expanding and taking on new investment projects. Recently, they have considered building a pipeline that stretches across the United States, from Canada to New Orleans.

As a cost analyst at Oil Company X, submit a proposal to the board of the company critiquing the costs and benefits of building a new oil pipeline that stands to generate copious amounts of revenue. Include in your report the following: expected changes to supply and demand, a cost analysis of the project, the cross-price elasticity of an alternative energy source, cost curves, the new expected profit-maximizing quantity and price of oil after completion, a risk assessment evaluating liabilities from potential environmental damage, and a final recommendation.

INSTRUCTIONS

Use the Excel document below to complete the assignment, and submit it to the Drop Box when finished. Student Excel Spreadsheet

As an economic analyst at your firm, you are being asked to evaluate this investment opportunity and submit a 5-page proposal as a Word document.

You must include an explanation of expected changes to supply and/or demand from economic shocks such as natural disasters and recessions, as well as the anticipated effect of substitute goods (alternative energy sources) flooding the oil market. Be sure to include the expected impact on equilibrium quantity and price in your regional market from these potential changes.

Another team member in the Cost Analysis Department has compiled the necessary data in the attached spreadsheet below. The total upfront cost of this project is $1.72 million in fixed costs. Be sure to include in your proposal any relevant curves graphed from the data in the spreadsheet. Your Excel spreadsheet needs to include the following columns in addition to what has been given to you:

Assume that your firm will hold market power as a supplier of oil in your region, due to extensive trade restrictions the government has agreed to put in place after completion of the pipeline. Define the new market structure, and give new pricing strategies the firm can use to maximize profits for this particular market structure.

You will also include graphs to show new expected profit-maximizing quantity and price of oil after completion. After determining the profit-maximizing price and quantity, as well as the corresponding average variable cost, determine the expected total profit for the 15-year duration the pipeline will be in operation.

Be sure to also include a calculation of the cross-price elasticity of the alternative energy source and oil. Assume the current price of oil is $50/gallon of crude oil. If the price increases to the profit-maximizing price, the quantity demanded of the alternative energy source increases by 20%. Explain if these goods are complementary goods, substitute goods, or non-related goods. If there is a relationship, indicate whether the relationship is weak or strong. Justify your answer with an explanation based on the elasticity figure.

Assume there is a 10% probability of the pipeline leaking, with an expected liability of $3.2 billion which will be deducted from total profit. There is a 90% probability the pipeline will not leak. Determine the expected return on this investment, as well as the variance.

The firm also has an alternative investment which will yield $1.6 billion over the course of the same 15-year period, with a probability of 80%, or $1.15 billion with a probability of 20%. Calculate the expected return, as well as the variance. The risk should be expressed as the standard deviation.

Demonstrate how economic theory contributes to strategic managerial decision-making.

Explain and demonstrate knowledge of concepts including the supply/demand relationship, price ceilings and floors, and market surpluses and shortages.

Discuss the economic terminology and economic definitions pertaining to decisions made by managers.

How does The Wave demonstrate the “techniques of obedience” we explored in this Week. How does it demonstrate theories of complicity explored in Bettelheim and Waller, accounts of complicity in current American politics described by Applebaum? The Wave was produced in 1981, but do you see wave-like dynamics around you today? Where? Howso?

Essays should be 3-pages,12pt font, double-spaced. Citations to course material should be parenthetical –for example (Douglass p. 13). Your essays should explore themes of power and justice depicted in the film, drawing on the theories and practices explored during the prior week. In your essay, be specific and give examples / scenes from the film that effectively illustrate the concepts you discuss in the essay.

film name: The Wave(1981)

course materials of this week are provided in the files (No need to read them all, just for some citation and mentioned somewhere in the essay):

Waller

Bettelheim

Applebaum

Bob Dylan song: https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/only-pawn-their-game/

example guideline:

how does The Wave demonstrate the “techniques of obedience” we explored in this Week . How does it demonstrate theories of complicity explored in Bettelheim and Waller, accounts of complicity in current American politics described by Applebaum? The Wave was produced in 1981, but do you see wave-like dynamicsaround you today? Where? Howso?

Perform a marginal analysis to determine if the firm should build the pipeline, considering currently available investments and opportunity costs.

INSTRUCTIONS

Demonstrate how economic theory contributes to strategic managerial decision-making.

Explain and demonstrate knowledge of concepts including the supply/demand relationship, price ceilings and floors, and market surpluses and shortages.

Discuss the economic terminology and economic definitions pertaining to decisions made by managers.

When thinking about data analytics, how does transformational leadership assist with building good data structures?

How does servant leadership assist with transferring knowledge in an organization?

How does this impact data management within organizations?

Note some failures in ethical leadership, please find an example, explain the failure and note possible solutions to fix the issue with leadership.

What are the various dimensions of ethical leadership?