Historical Cost Concept What is historical cost? Historical cost is a term used instead of the term cost. Cost and historical cost usually mean the original cost at the time of a transaction. The term historical cost helps to distinguish an asset’s original cost from its replacement cost‚ current cost‚ or inflation-adjusted cost. For example‚ land purchased in 1992 at cost of $80‚000 and still owned by the buyer will be reported on the buyer’s balance sheet at its cost or historical cost of $80‚000
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Accounting Principles‚ Concepts and Conventions Accounting principles are guidelines & standards‚ which have been accepted by the accounting profession in preparation and presentation of accounts of the business. It is approved and normally accepted by the government bodies &controlling authorities. Accounting principles are uniform in order to understand in the same sense by those using it. Also they are not rigid (i.e. inflexible) like principle of gravity but they are flexible.
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Running Head: LEARNING DRAFTING AND DESIGN BASICS Learning Drafting and Design Basics in an Online Environment: A Study Determining the Effectiveness by Davetta L. Gipson A Paper Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements of ED7210: The Delivery of Distance Education June 4‚ 2004 100 Antioch Pike Nashville‚ TN‚ 37211 (615) 837-7103 cadtek94@aol.com Dr. Joann Kroll Wheeler Abstract Recently‚ the ITT Technical Institute Nashville Campus began offering their
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The Marketing Plan is a highly detailed‚ heavily researched and‚ hopefully‚ well written report that many inside and possibly outside the organization will evaluate. It is an essential document for both large corporate marketing departments and for startup companies. Essentially the Marketing Plan: forces the marketing personnel to look internally in order to fully understand the results of past marketing decisions. forces the marketing personnel to look externally in order to fully understand
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Abstract. That sunk costs are not relevant to rational decision-making is often presented as one of the basic principles of economics. When people are influenced by sunk costs in their decision-making‚ they are said to be committing the “sunk cost fallacy.” Contrary to conventional wisdom‚ we argue that‚ in a broad range of situations‚ it is rational for people to condition behavior on sunk costs‚ because of informational content‚ reputational concerns‚ or financial and time constraints. Once
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13/00560 UNIT: MARKETING MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 11TH‚ 2013 TRIMESTER 1 YEAR 1 Question: Explain the marketing concept and its importance to an organization making particular reference to developing relationships with customers. Use an organization familiar to you for illustration. The Marketing concept is concerned with first identifying the consumer needs and then making products that give maximum customer satisfaction. According to Jobber David (Principles
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Review of International Studies (1997)‚ 23‚ 5–26 Copyright © British International Studies Association The concept of security* DAV I D A . B A L D W I N Redefining ‘security’ has recently become something of a cottage industry.1 Most such efforts‚ however‚ are more concerned with redefining the policy agendas of nation-states than with the concept of security itself. Often‚ this takes the form of proposals for giving high priority to such issues as human rights‚ economics‚ the environment
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“Making do” but a Low Cost Survival & Coping Strategy at the Bottom of the Pyramids. by Ramendra Singh Assistant Professor‚ Indian Institute of Management Calcutta‚ Joka‚ Kolkata 700104 Vaibhav Gupta B.Tech Student‚ Department of Applied physics‚ Delhi Technological University‚ Delhi‚ India & Akash Mondal B.Tech Student‚ Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering‚ Indian Institute of Technology‚ Madras‚ India JUGAAD- Not just “Making do” but a Low Cost Survival & Coping
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CHAPTER 3 ACTIVITY COST BEHAVIOR LEARNING OBJECTIVES AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER‚ YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1. Define and describe fixed‚ variable‚ and mixed costs. 2. Explain the use of the resources and activities and their relationship to cost behavior. 3. Separate mixed costs into their fixed and variable components using the high-low method‚ the scatterplot method‚ and the method of least squares. 4. Evaluate the reliability of the cost formula. 5. Explain how multiple regression
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----------------------------------------------------------- Accounting Concept and Conventions In drawing up accounting statements‚ whether they are external "financial accounts" or internally-focused "management accounts"‚ a clear objective has to be that the accounts fairly reflect the true "substance" of the business and the results of its operation. The theory of accounting has‚ therefore‚ developed the concept of a "true and fair view". The true and fair view is applied in ensuring and
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