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Benny Hixson, MBA (IP)
OTA ID#: 106158

Education Experience: BS, Business-Accounting, Southern New Hampshire University, 1997
MBA (IP), Business Administration, Auburn University, 2009
Focus of Study: I am working now toward my MBA. I have completed 12 of the required 36 credit hours.
Awards: Phi Theta Kappa, Delta Mu Delta, Gold Key, Dean's List
Work Experience: Southern Auto Body Supply
1997-present
I have worked in various positions of increasing responsibility over the years from warehousing duties to management.
Skills & Achievements: I am very organized and am well versed in spreadsheet and databsae management applications. I also excel in mathematics.
Career Interests: I am currently pursuing my MBA and have the ambition to own a company and do consulting work.
Outside Interests: I enjoy reading, cooking, fishing, golfing, and gardening.
Message to Students
and/or Parents:
I think carefully before answering questions assuring that I've pulled not simply from a textbook but from real-life applications as well. I believe we are each a weighted-average combination of those who've influenced us, and teachers are an enormous part of that equation.
Postings Answered: 431
Cumulative OTA Rating: 4.9/5  What is OTA Rating?
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  1. Case Study: Reed's Clothiers. Ratios, inventory control system, accounts receivable - Briefly summarize the case. Calculate a few ratios and compare Reed's results with industry averages. (Some industry averages are shown in Exhibit 4.) What do these ratios indicate? Why does Hol ...
  2. Enron Scandal: Did board of directors understand; did governance fail; conflict of interest - Enron's questionable transactions on pp 96-107 1. Which segment of its operations got Enron into difficulties? 3. Did Enron's directors understand how profits were being made in this segment? Wh ...
  3. The WorldCom Scandal: Describe mechanisms used; Board of Directors manipulation - WorldCom: The Final Catalyst on pp. 114-118 1. Describe the mechanisms that WorldCom's management used to transfer profit from other time periods to inflate the current period. 3. How should Wor ...
  4. SWOT analysis for Smith & White, and Makatume - The research you conducted in Phase 2 of the fiercely competitive U.S. PEPT industry has revealed two major participants, Smith & White Corporation (S&W), a very large and aggressive domestic manufact ...
  5. Chaptera 10 & 11: Notes, bonds and dividends - Please see the attached file. Chapter 10 Questions: 1. Georgia Lazenby believes a current liability is a debt that can be expected to be paid in one year. Is Georgia correct? Explain. 7. (a) ...
  6. Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession - See attachments
  7. Albert Gable, Business & Professional Ethics: Apply a Decision-Making Framework - Applying a Decision-Making Framework Assignment: Fully Applying a Decision-Making Framework • Read the Locker Room Talk Ethics Case • Analyze the case using stakeholder impact analysis and t ...
  8. Lucent Technologies Case: evalulate financial statements - Please see the attachment. 2. Evaluate the asset, debt, and equity structure of Lucent Technologies, as well as trends and changes found on the common-size balance sheet. 3. What concerns would ...
  9. Business and Professional Ethics - Is the 5-question approach to ethical decision making superior to the moral standards or Pastin approach? In what circumstances would each approach to stakeholder impact analysis (moral standards, ...
  10. Landry's Restaurants: components of financial statements; which is most important? - Using the financial statements of Landry's Restaurants located in Appendix A of the text, Fundamentals of Financial Accounting 1st ed., by Phillips, Libby, and Libby Need to prepare an answer to b ...
  11. Stakeholder Presentation - See Attached
  12. ROE and IRR - You know that when expanding and investing in projects overseas as Acme plans to, it is essential to understand such things as return on equity (ROE) and internal rate of return (IRR). Using Internet ...
  13. Explain use of TVM in business; how are calculations made; use in a retirement plan - How would you explain the use of TVM in business? What considerations are made when calculating TVM? How can you use TVM to create your own, or someone else's, retirement plan?
  14. Martin Manufacturing: evaluate liquidity, activity, debt, profitability, and market - CHAPTER 2 Assessing Martin Manufacturing's CASE Current Financial Position. I need help with question(b). b. Analyze the firm's current financial position from both a cross-sectional and a time-s ...
  15. Understanding Financial Statements - Research Web sites that contain examples of stock dividends, stock splits, and reverse splits. Yahoo Finance at http://finance.yahoo.com is a good starting point for locating these Web sites. Write ...
  16. Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making Matrix - See attached.
  17. Preparing a Statement of Cash Flows - Preparing a Statement of Cash Flows - See Attached.
  18. Approaches to Stakeholder Impact Analysis - Approaches to Stakeholder Impact Analysis - See Attached .
  19. Understanding Financial Statements - See Attached
  20. Introduction to Accounting: LL Sams Company & Melinda Garcia Career Services - Assignment Name: Unit 1 Individual Project Details: The proprietors of two businesses, L.L. Sams Company and Melinda Garcia Career Services, have sought business loans from you. To decide whether ...
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