I found your Discussion Board Forum 4 post quite interesting. I didn’t agree with the post in its entirety. Opening a new business is hard work. Anyone looking into opening a business should thoroughly do their research. Betty has done some great ground work by researching a few franchises. The franchise concept is a great option for someone new to the business world. The franchisor usually continues to support the operation of the franchisee ’s business by providing advertising‚ accounting‚ training
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statement in the same period they occur. Accrual basis accounting oftentimes provides a more accurate picture of a company’s profits during an “accounting period.” The reason for this is that the income statement that is prepared during this period reports all revenues that were actually earned during the period‚ as well as the expenses that incurred in order for the revenues to be earned. In accrual accounting the model to measure resources sacrificed to earn revenues (measure of resources provided
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On September 28 2010‚ the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had declared they had completely conducted the first stage of The Conceptual Framework joint project. The purpose of this joint project is to further improve an advanced conceptual framework for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) (Norwalk 2010). Basically‚ the conceptual framework is an attempt to express
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and cultural composition of the board of directors. The issue has taken on a high public profile as a result of reports in the popular press‚ shareholder proposals from advocacy groups‚ and policy statements from major institutional investors. This is simply stated as Board of diversity which means different things to different people. Among the types of diversity commonly described are: gender‚ national origin‚ race‚ sexual orientation and viewpoint. In my report I have selected three companies
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time incarceration has increased and become a serious burden on tax payers. The average cost in 2007 to house inmates in federal‚ state‚ and local lock ups was $30‚ 600 a year (for 2‚ 419‚ 241 inmates). The American Civil Liberties Union published a report in 2012 that states that the elderly population has climbed 1300% since the 1980s with 125‚000 inmates 55 or older now incarcerated (John Rudolf – 13
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Journal of Fluids and Structures ] (]]]]) ]]]–]]] Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Fluids and Structures journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jfs Tree-inspired piezoelectric energy harvesting William B. Hobbs a‚ David L. Hu a‚b‚Ã a b School of Mechanical Engineering‚ Georgia Institute of Technology‚ Atlanta‚ GA 30332‚ USA School of Biology‚ Georgia Institute of Technology‚ Atlanta‚ GA 30332‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 23
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is Governance 3. Systems and Processes 4. The Board and its committees 4.1. Risk Management 4.2. Assurance 4.3. Review of EHT Board Assurance Framework (BAF) 4.4. Clinical and non clinical components of integrated Governance 5 Partnership Governance 6 Conclusion Appendices Appendix 1 – Key Governance reports Appendix 2 – Trust Board and the organisational objectives for EHT Introduction The modern NHS Board was established with the first NHS trust in 1991
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What is the IRS Oversight Board? The nine-member IRS Oversight Board was created by Congress under the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. The Board’s responsibility is to oversee the IRS in its administration‚ management‚ conduct‚ direction‚ and supervision of the execution and application of the internal revenue laws. Why was the Board created? The Board was created to provide long-term focus and specific expertise in guiding the IRS so it may best serve the public and meet the needs of
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As the world continues to evolve and grow‚ gender equality amongst board members of companies is still lagging behind the times. Women are typically underrepresented on boards and with no push from within corporations this trend will continue. Countries such as Norway and the United Kingdom are actively pushing corporations to diversify the boards of publicly held corporations to achieve a greater amount of gender equality. Having low representation of women is concerning due to the fact that women
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Enron‚ board governance and moral failings Gerald Zandstra Gerald Zandstra is Director of Programs at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty‚ Michigan‚ USA. Keywords Directors‚ Ethics‚ Responsibility‚ Corporate governance Abstract The failure of the Enron Corporation has brought attention to the roles played by the chief executive officer and other executives of the modern corporation. Its failure has also produced discussion of further regulations that will‚ it is hoped‚
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