Group Case Study “Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy” Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy ABSTRACT 2 This case study examines the factors explaining the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity to book value of equity and overall financial reporting strategies employed at the firm. We analyzed financial information dating from 1985 to 1999 and 2011 annual report provided by Microsoft. We found factors explaining market value of equity are perceived risk and future cash
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HCS/325 Reporting Practice and Ethics Paper Working as a financial manager comes with a lot of responsibility; and a lot of standards of practice. Just like physicians and nurses‚ financial managers of health care organization have a set of rules and ethical guidelines they must follow in their practices. In this paper‚ I will explain what the four elements of financial management are
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Question 3: Frieda‚ an accounting student‚ states: “Strategy analysis seems to be an unnecessary detour in doing financial statement analysis. Why can’t we just get straight to the accounting issues? “Explain to Frieda why she might be wrong. Without strategy analysis‚ it is impossible to identify what drive profits and what are key risks. Moreover‚ assessing firm’s current performance and doing realistic forecasts of future performance are also directly linked with firm’s strategy. Three important
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of crimes and includes data on the circumstances of the crime‚ the victim‚ and the defendant. The current crime reporting system is faced with several difficulties as there is no instant means of reporting crime rather than telephone calls‚ messaging or perhaps face-to-face which is always cumbersome in a case the reporter might want to keep anonymity. The proposed crime reporting system is aimed to assist the Nigeria police in their bid to solve crimes with timely and useful information about
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Crime Reporting and Rates Response John Smith CJS/200 Crime Reporting and Rates Response The purpose of major crime reporting is to have a system in place that can produce statements on crimes based on statistics recorded by law enforcements agencies. This allows people to see what the crime is looking like in that area and make and adjustment to help resolve the problems. It is very important for a person looking for a new home to look at these reports before purchasing a home in that neighborhood
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Financial Reporting (Problem Part 2) Mark R. Mitchell XACC/290 August 31‚ 2014 Jeanette Butler Financial Reporting (Problem Part 2) While doing my analysis of the financial statement for the company Veritiv‚ I find that the company assets are listed in the proper order; that being the most readily converted to cash first. The order for Veritiv balance sheet is cash and equivalents‚ followed by receivables‚ then inventories‚ and other current assets. The next item listed is other current
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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the dilemma of removing the patient from harm but still obtaining their consent. With mandatory elder abuse reporting‚ nurses may be more keenly focused on the issue and are obligated to report it. The challenge involves the ethical principle of beneficence‚ defined as to “do good” (Butts & Rich‚ 2013‚ p. 446) for the patient. Health care professionals want to provide adequate care and reporting suspected abuse can help remove the patient from harm and stop the abuse from occurring. However‚ nurses
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Crime Data Comparison Introduction The Uniform Crime Reporting Program is maintained by the Federal Bureau of investigation and is used by law enforcement nationwide. Data is gathered from eight different types of crimes such burglary‚ robbery‚ automobile theft‚ assault‚ homicide‚ rape‚ arson‚ and larceny more than 50 dollars. This information enables law enforcement agencies to distribute security‚ staff‚ and surveillance to locations with high crime rates. The following research will be discussing
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EM6602 Accounting for Decision-Making and Control Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy (HBR 9-100-027) Team Members Toh Wei Hong‚ Prashant Trivedi‚ Preethy Varadarajan Question 1 The difference between Microsoft’s market value and book value is primarily due to unrecorded intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ human capital‚ and commercial advantages such as long-term contracts and market dominance. These intangible assets confer Microsoft a tremendous edge over its
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