1. We are all familiar with the basic revenue recognition rule: revenue should generally be recognized when it is realized or realizable and when it is earned. Although seemingly simple‚ that rule can be difficult to apply‚ particularly in rapidly evolving high-tech industries. Revenue recognition within the software industry has been a complex and controversial issue since the inception of that industry during the latter part of the twentieth century. The FASB addressed that issue at length
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Memorandum To: John J. Morris‚ Department of Accounting From: Group #1 (Anthony Smith‚ Jessica Kolb‚ Jeffrey Brownlee‚ Caleb Dykes) Date: 4/11/13 Subject: ACCTG 642: Case 10-1‚ SolvGen Inc. Statement of Relevant Facts Direct Drugs Inc. (Direct) has created a plan for the acquisition of SolvGen Inc. (SolvGen)‚ which is a publicly owned company. Direct has engaged an audit team to review agreement and procedures dealing with two separate material agreements. The first agreement is a
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CHAPTER 1 International Marketing Flow of goods and services from users in more than one nation. Brings value for the customer and society at large Why focus overseas rather than domestically? The answer lies not with different concepts of marketing but with the environment within which marketing plans must be implemented. The uniqueness of foreign marketing comes from the range of unfamiliar problems and the variety of strategies necessary to cope with different levels of uncertainty encountered
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MEMORANDUM TO: Donald Triggs‚ President and CEO‚ Vincor International Inc. FROM: Vice-President‚ Marketing and Business Development DATE: September 19‚ 2009 SUBJECT: Growth Strategy for Vincor Vincor needs to align itself in the marketplace such that it can continue to be a market leader and grow internationally. The Canadian wine market is stagnant with limited growth opportunities in a few segments - red‚ premium‚ varietal‚ and ice wines. Supply is always a big concern and government
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Valuation of Corporate Finance BUFN 750 BW/IP International‚ Inc 1、BW/IP is a good candidate for the leverage buyout. * Steady cash flow (around 30 million per year). * Strong management team. * Positive NPV (about 61.5 million) The NPV of BW/IP is 61.5million(301-239.5).Thus‚ we are quite optimistic about this BW/IP’s project. Calculating the NPV. Method: APV: VL=VU+PV (ITS). We can get the interest paid schedule from the BW/IP’s projected operating performance‚ which means
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Title: Case study 1-1 Promotion to administrative management. Question 1: What important problem(s) would you anticipate in this case? Response: Mr. Gomez tends to over analyze potential problems. The problems I foresee are Gomez takes extra care to see all invoices are checked twice‚ he monitors for neat desks‚ he takes twenty minutes of his morning to check punctuality‚ and he even tries to make his employees feel he cares by remembering birthdays and anniversaries. It seems to me as
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discrepancy in reporting system and accounting irregularities from the various aspects of the business. Not only has this but Stamford‚ due to rapid growth not been able to accommodate for the expansionary activities like acquisitions of units and international transactions. The result has been the experience of loss in earnings-per-share. In the following analysis‚ the researcher thus will outline some of the problems that Stamford should address and resolve accordingly to be able to post a positive
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Magna International Inc. 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Magna International Inc. (Magna) is a manufacturer of automobile parts since its inception in 1957 (At the time was called Multimatic Investments Limited). Founded by Frank Stronach‚ Magna has since become Canada’s largest automobile parts manufacturer. Magna is the primary supplier of automobile parts to many car manufacturers‚ including General Motors‚ Chrysler‚ and Ford Motor Company. The following discussion will draw upon Magna’s management
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1. The final responsibility for the integrity of an SEC registrant’s internal controls lies on the management team. U.S. companies need to refer to a comprehensive framework of internal control when assessing the quality of financial reporting to determine that financial statements are being presented under General Accepted Accounting Principles‚ GAAP. The widely used framework is referred as COSO‚ Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission‚ sponsored by the following organizations
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Handstar Inc. Handstar Inc. was created a little over four years ago by two college roommates to develop software applications for handheld computing devices. It has since grown to ten employees with annual sales approaching $1.5 million. Handstar’s original product was an expense report application that allowed users to record expenses on their handheld computers and then import these expenses into a spreadsheet that then create an expense report in one of five standard formats. Based on the success
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