Basic: 1. How is the policy portfolio of Harvard determined? What are the three major asset classes in the portfolio as of May 1999? Internally‚ by the HMC. The Board of the corp determined the Pol Port‚ but the mgmt. was permitted to make short-run decisions within certain constraints. HMC‚ considered 3 things when looking at asset classes: expected future rel returns‚ volatility of real returns‚ and the correlation of the real return on each asset class w/ the real return on all other asset classes
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1. Social responsibility is the obligation of an organization’s management towards the welfare and interests of the society in which it operates. Starbucks has been concerned with social responsibility in its overall corporate strategy basically since it was founded. Their strategy is largely due to Howard Shultz‚ one of Starbucks’ founder who has held job titles such as director of retail operations and marketing‚ chairman‚ and CEO. He once said‚ "We are not in the coffee business serving people
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Week 2 Case Study Case 9: Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse 1. How did the corporate culture of Enron contribute to its bankruptcy? Effective leaders are good at attaining common goals and objectives in effective and efficient ways; unfortunately for Enron‚ this was not the case. In the beginnings of the company‚ Chairman Ken Lay and CEO Jeffrey Skilling were efficient in growing their company from a small oil and gas pipeline firm into one of the largest entities in its industry
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Daniel Elizondo INTB Case Study 2 October 2‚ 2014 Anglo American PLC in South Africa What are the pros and cons of Anglo American’s adoption of an aggressive strategy in combating HIV/AIDS among its South African workforce? What recommendations would you give the company concerning its HIV/AIDS policy? The pros behind Anglo American’s ART program are the fact that they took the initiative to step up and help their workers prevent the transmission of AIDS‚ treat AIDS‚ and provide other services
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Question 2A) Weighted-Average Method of Process Costing‚ Assembly Department of nanotech pte ltd ‚ for June 20X9 flow of cost in June Physical Units Units to be accounted for Work in process‚ June 1 10‚000 Started (transferred) into production 160‚000 Total units 170‚000 Units accounted for Completed and transferred out 152‚000 Work in process‚ June 30 18‚000 Total units
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Charlotte Doyle Questions: #2 1. Phrases Said: “Miss. Doyle‚ how kind of you to visit.” “How gracious of you to appreciate it.” “It is not often I have a person of cultivation-like you- aboard my ship to notice.” “May I offer you some tea?” “…people of our class-we understand the better things of life…” “Some biscuits?” “I was informed that you had recovered‚ and was so glad to hear it.” “Are you comfortable in your cabin?”
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are reliable and active controls in place‚ and auditors from outside the company must assess and state the soundness of the company’s internal controls. (Harrison‚ Jr.‚ Horngren‚ & (Bill)Thomas‚ 2013) The purpose of this act is to reduce potential corporate fraud by mandating specific procedures for financial reporting. Internal Control Requirement Internal control has five components and it is recommended the LBJ Company to adopt the following components in order to meet the SOX Act. The five
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Case 16-2 The Cable Guys Case Summary CoAx company manufacture and sell coaxial and fiber-optical cable. In transaction 1‚ CoAx sold 1000 feet of 18 American wire gauge coaxial cable to CableCo. In transaction 2‚ they sold 1500 feet of fiber-optical cable to TeleCo. CoAx transaction with CableCo is complexed because the ownership is transferred to CableCo immediately‚ however‚ the product is undeliverable due to CableCo’s warehouse being incomplete. Accordingly‚ there is a written agreement between
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David Shim Case Study #2 A) What is the break-even point in passengers and revenues per month? Unit CM = $160 – $70= $90 Unit of Sales = 3‚150‚000 / $90= 35‚000 passengers Unit of Sales = 35‚000 x $160= $5‚600‚000 revenue B) What is the break-even point in number of passenger train cars per month? Unit of Sales = 35‚000/63= 555.5= 556 passenger cars C) If Springfield Express raises its average passenger fare
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a publicly traded company. If the decision is made to issue stock‚ it would be wise to first complete an internal control report as well as answer the following questions: (1) How many shares should be authorized for sale? (2) How should the stock be issued? (3) What initial value should be assigned to the stock? The content of this internal control report is based on the related methods and measures adopted within an organization to safeguard its assets‚ enhance the reliability of its accounting
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