full-time job (in BENIN). It meant facing the uncertainty of returning to my studies after a multi-year interruption. This is the reasons why after decision analysis‚ I enrolled myself to a graduate school in US. The project was brake down in these steps: 1- Put all my foreign undergraduate education proof together (transcript‚ certificate…) 2- Send documentations required by WES for course by course evaluation 3- Select schools that fit my need and choose the one I prefer 4- After WES evaluation is
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Strategic Management Financial & Political Risk David Warnock-Smith Strategic Management Programme • • • • Introduction to “risk” and “risk management” Sources of risk Risk classification Overview and management of: – Financial risk – Political risk – (Business / operational risk) Strategic Management Risk - Definition “The fact that the results of any action are not certain‚ but may take more than one value. Risk is usually used to describe the form of uncertainty where‚ while
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REVIEW OF INVESTMENT APPRAISAL METHODS What is meant by investment appraisal practices? The investment appraisal process includes the generation of ideas‚ assessment and authorization‚ implementation and control of the project (Dennis R. Young‚ 2007). Decision-making is increasingly more complex today because of uncertainty. Additionally‚ most capital projects involve numerous variables and possible outcomes. For instance‚ estimating cash flows associated with a project involves working capital requirements
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Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls There are five components to internal controls. A comprehensive checklist should adequately define these components and ensure that each component has been adequately met. According to Louwers‚ Ramsay‚ Sinason‚ and Strawser (2007) the five components to internal controls include: 1. Control environment – Involves the tone of the organization and includes “the integrity‚ ethical values‚ and competence of the company’s people” (Louwers‚ Ramsay‚ Sinason
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Additional useful information on types of risk Market or price risk relates to the uncertainty in markets and prices for both inputs (purchased for the production process)‚ and outputs (products and services for sale by the firm). Market/price risk has always been a major problem in most businesses and results from the economic forces of supply and demand. Outcome of these forces are fluctuations in the price for a commodity and/or inputs in the production of that commodity. These fluctuations
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Capital Investment Decision Strayer University Graduate Accounting Capstone ACC-599 September 28‚ 2013 Professor: Dr. Mary Johnson Abstract The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act‚ signed into legislation in July of 2010‚ by President Barack Obama‚ as a result of the financial crisis that began in 2008‚ which resulted in massive failure of large financial institutions‚ threatening the financial stability of the U.S.‚ as well as the global economy (Dodd‚ C.
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF RISK ASSESSMENTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO DETECTED MISSTATEMENTS Lizabeth A. Austen Assistant Professor University of Arkansas Aasmund Eilifsen Associate Professor Institute of Accounting‚ Auditing and Law Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration William F. Messier‚ Jr. Deloitte & Touche Professor Georgia State University Professor II Institute of Accounting‚ Auditing and Law Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration Preliminary Draft:
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Important terminologies in Capital Market Asset-any possession that has value in an exchange. Tangible reproducible asset such as machinery‚ or nonreproducible asset such as land‚ mine or work of art. Tangible Assets-Value is based on physical properties Examples include buildings‚ land‚ machinery Intangible asset-represents legal claims to some future benefits. Examples include various types of financial assets Types of Financial Assets Bank loans Government bonds Corporate bonds Municipal bonds
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Risk Management and Control ------------------------------------------------- Case Hydro One Table of Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Hydro One’s Strategy and risks 3 3. Major drivers to get started with ERM at Hydro One 4 4. Different stages of Hydro One’s ERM process 4 5. Up- and downsides of the ERM process 5 6. Framework 5 6.1 Establishing the context 5 6.2 Risk assessment 5 6.3 Risk treatment options 6 6.4 Communication and consultation 6 6.5 Monitoring and reviewing
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RISK IN VARIOUS FORMS FACE ALL KINDS OF BUSSINESS AND THEYCOME FROM VARIETY OF FACTORS. SOME FACTORS ARE CONTRLLABLE OTHERS ARE NOT CONTROLLABLE. USING EXAMPLES NAME AND DISCUSS TWO FACTORS FROM EACH CONTROLLABLE AND NON CONTROLLABLE FACTORS THAT COULD POSSSIBLY RESULT INTO RISK RISK Risk is often mapped to the probability of some event which is seen as undesirable. Usually the probability of that event and some assessment of its expected harm must be combined into a believable scenario (an outcome)
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