CASE 12 HOME DEPOT Analysis What do the financial ratios in case Exhibit 7 tell you about the operating performance of Home Depot? What additional information do the different ratios provide? Complete and compare a similar analysis for Lowe’s. a. Growth ratios are going down‚ loosing sales. Profitability ratios are declining after 1999 so that is not a good sign. Turnover rates seem to stay constant which means that they are selling the products at a constant rate. b. If their
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Question: Consider the question from the body of the chapter‚ “Does Ethics Mean Good Business?” Would Milton Friedman and John Mackey agree with what the text has to say on the matter? How would each of them answer the question? Answer: Both Friedman and Mackey don’t agree with what the text had to say‚ each has his own opinion on how working under ethics can make a company profitable. In Friedman’s article “The Social Responsibility of a Business is to Increase its Profits”‚ he stated that for
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Salem Telephone Case 1) Which expenses are variable and which are fixed with respect to revenue hours? Variable Fixed Power Rent Hourly personnel Custodial Services Sales promotion Computer leases Corporate services Maintenance Depreciation expenses - computer and office Salaried employees Systems development Sales 2) For each expense that is variable‚ calculate the cost per revenue hour. Power Personnel Sales Promotion Corporate Services January
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1) Who are the stakeholders in this case? Answer: First of all‚ 150 angry customers of TRI-STATE TELEPHONE COMPANY who had marched in the protest are the main stakeholders. In Addition‚ there were a number of elderly customers who regarded phone services as their lifeline to the outside world. Consumer group‚ including the Consumer Federation Of America and the Congress of Consumer Organizations‚ had joined the protest and also become TRI-STATE TELEPHONE Company’s Stakeholders. 2) Which stakeholders
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Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis‚ 14th Edition Horngren‚ Datar and Rajan Check Figures for Exercises and Problems Chapter 2. An Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes 2-16 1. S‚ $1.1856 D‚ $1.0213 R‚ $0.6400 2-17 1. yeast D/V‚ flour D/V‚ pkg D or I/V‚ dep ov I/F or V‚ dep mix I/F or V‚ rent I/F‚ ins I/F‚ fact util I/F and V‚ fin labor D/V or F‚ mix mgr I/F‚ matl hand I/F or V‚ cust I/F‚ guard I/F‚ mach I/F or V‚ mach maint I/F or V‚ maint sup I/V‚ clean sup I/F. 2. Dep. M&M‚ MDM‚ MH‚ Mac.
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Hoang Thi Thanh Ha - 13200154 Case 12-2 To Recognize or Not to Recognize‚ That Is the Question Shakespeare Inc.‚ a private publishing company issued its F/S on March 20‚ 2012. There were several accruals and events that the management of Shakespeare is considering to determine if they should be recognized or disclosed in Dec 31‚ 2011 F/S. In my opinion‚ the important things to focus on subsequent events are the period they effect and if their influence is material or not‚ so that in conclusion
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Expectations will be posted during the first week. COURSE TITLE: Case Studies in Management Accounting COURSE NUMBER: MSAA/MBAA 609 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Develops students’ management accounting techniques and skills needed to make ethical profit-maximizing decisions. Emphasizes data selection‚ analysis‚ decision making and evaluation of results in complex‚ realistic situations. PREREQUISITE COURSES: MBAA 602/MSAA602; Interpreting Accounting Information COURSE OUTCOMES: Upon completion of this course‚
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that results in future taxable amounts and‚ therefore will usually give rise to a future income tax liability. iii. A permanent Difference b) Indicate if the amounts that are involved in the current year will be added to or deducted from accounting income to arrive at taxable income. 1. Financial reporting purposes: straight line depreciation method is used for plant assets that have a useful life of 10 years; for Tax Purposes: CCA declining balance method is used with a rate of 20%
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Salem Telephone Data Corp Executive Summary The analysis of the 2004 first quarter reports‚ which include the Summary of Computer Utilization and Summary Results of Operation‚ if is clear that the Data Services division needs to be scrutinized to understand why they continue to operate at a loss. The key areas that need to be addressed are: * Current utilization of computer usage hours * The consistent negative results of the operations * Determine if some of the fixed costs can be
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which of the forces are likely to be of most significance in driving industry change. Here students should justify their views in terms of the evidence from the past and the likely impact in the future of any particular influence. The end-chapter case example on the European brewing industry also asks students to do a PESTEL analysis. Illustration 2.2 Scenarios Scenarios help students think long term and very broadly: here the World Economic Forum and its members are looking a decade ahead‚
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