DECLARATION I hereby declare that this project work was personally carried out by the researcher for the award of Higher National Diploma in Accountancy Studies. I declare that this is a genuine work that has never been published in whole or in part for any certificate. ……………………………….. ………………………………… AMPONSAH KWAME DATE (STUDENT) CERTIFICATION I hereby
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ekiM( rotide eht ‚seerefer suomynona owt ‚sotnaS onaT ‚aicraG ogeiD ‚leinaD neevaN knaht eW ∗ June 20‚ 2003 § Jiang Luo ‡ Hongbin Cai † Antonio E. Bernardo Information‚ agency‚ and incentives∗ Capital budgeting in multi-division firms: 2 .stcartnoc noitasnepmoc laireganam ni yap desab-ecnamrofrep level-mrfi dna level-noisivid fo ecnatropmi evitaler eht dna ‚noisivid rehto eht ni seitinutroppo tnemtsevni fo ytilauq eht ot noisivid eno ni tnemtsevni fo ytivitisnes eht tuoba
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Audit Quality and Audit Firm Size: Revisited by Dan A. Simunic The University of British Columbia December‚ 2003 Background: 1. Audit quality is an important element of corporate governance – although it’s unclear whether audit quality and other aspects of corporate governance (e.g. director knowledge and independence) are fundamentally complements or substitutes. 2. Notion that audit quality varies systematically across classes of audit firms (now Big 4 vs. non-Big 4) has been
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Effects of working capital management on the profitability of Portuguese manufacturing firms Sónia Silva* sonia@eeg.uminho.pt Florinda Silva** fsilva@eeg.uminho.pt July 2012 Abstract This study provides empirical evidence about the effects of working capital management on the profitability of Portuguese manufacturing firms. A database covering the period 1996-2006‚ collected from Portuguese Statistical Office‚ is analyzed under panel data methodology. In line with previous research
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Auction: Only way of allocating natural resources to private firms? Auction: Only way of allocating natural resources to private firms? “Is Auction the right way of allocating natural resources?” Time and again this question has come into limelight. Many scams still make us debate on this. Whether it is the 2G spectrum allocation scam or allotment of oil or Coalgate scam? Before getting into this debate lets first try to understand the rationality behind the allocation of natural resources
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Designing A Flexible Web-Based Reading Environment to Facilitate Self-Regulated Reading Comprehension Smaragda S. Papadopoulou smapapad@gmail.com University of Piraeus (Greece) Abstract Reading has always been a foundational element of one’s education. The ultimate goal of reading‚ however‚ is not limited to word recognition; the reader’s success lies in comprehension. Comprehending a text is undoubtedly a complex process and it is even more difficult for all learners to acquire self-regulating
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The use of 3rd party logistics firms and outsourcing supply chain strategies Introduction For the last couple of decades the interest in logistics alliances and third party logistics (3PL) has been growing in academics and industries. The common viewpoint is to consider 3PL as outsourcing of logistics activities. The aim of this paper is to take a complementary perspective by looking at 3PL as an insourcing of resources. It means the shipper gets access to the providers’ resources. Matthias
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THE MARKETING MIX IS AN OLD TOOL. NEW TENDENCIES AND THEORIES WORK BETTER NOWADAYS Many firms use a variety of methods to make strategic marketing decisions in order to grow‚ compete‚ be first-positioned or just high-positioned‚ or to maintain themselves in the market. But there is one method‚ which is very applied by companies to make relevant decisions. It is usually called the marketing mix of the four P’s. A variety of testimonies and opinions to show that the four P’s‚ according to my opinion
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There are four basic ways a divisionally structured firm could be organized. What are these four ways? Give an example of each. The four basic ways a divisionally structured firm could be organized are 1) by geographic area. An example of this would be any organization with similar branch facilities located in widely dispersed areas; 2) by product or service. Huffy is an example of divisional structure by product; 3) by customer. Book publishing companies often organize their activities around
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shareholders value or maximization of shareholders wealth. This is also a typical answer to questions such as “what is the best and primary objective of a company in a competitive market”. But should it be the only and most important objective in a firm? Must it be fulfilled first and foremost‚ or is there the possibility of generating more wealth for company‚ shareholders and stakeholders with other‚ different approaches? It has to be kept in mind that there are multiple strategies to running a business
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