There are many ways that a company can motivate its employees. Consider the different types of pay and benefits described on pp. 420–423 of the text. What type of incentive do you think is most effective for creating a motivating work environment? Why? Creating a motivating work environment can be a difficult task. Employers need to consider the needs of employees and the average pay rates for the work required when determining salaries and benefits. To keep employees motivated‚ it is important
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What are some of the most popular database vendors in the marketplace? What are the pros and cons of each vendor? What are some of the issues you would consider in making the decision to select a database vendor for an organization you work for? In your responses‚ please make sure that you are making reference to either information found in the text or outside resources. This information is necessary to clearly indicate that you understand the concepts being presented. There are a few popular database
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1. From this film I learned that it is very hard and unfair for individuals involved with a protest. In order to discourage protesters they would take photographs of the individuals protesting for immigration reasons. The owner of Forever 21 also told them that they “never actually worked for him.” The protesters received little to no help from outsiders and they did not have faith in their protests. In order to respond to such tactics protesters can overcome these negative actions by never giving
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A Place at the Table On a friday night‚ restaurants are full‚ and on the weekends the line at the grocery store is always way too long. It appears as though everyone has enough to eat. This is the illusion that the documentary A Place at the Table uncovers. Following the lives of people who are struggling with food insecurity. This means is defined as a state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable‚ nutritious food. Despite working hard‚ the circumstances of the people
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CASE QUESTIONS Cash Flows and Value. Cost of Capital Case 1: Hop-In Food Stores‚ Inc. 1. Determine the correct price for this particular IPO. Use several methods to do this and compare them. 2. What extra information would you try to acquire in a real life situation? Case 2: Chem-Cal Corporation 1. How do you calculate the WACC for this firm? 2. What is the cost of capital of the debt‚ preferred stock‚ and common stock (assume the equity beta is 1.22)? 3. Calculate the WACC. How can a WACC be used
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Wen-hsin Hsu Questions of Cases Case 1: Accounting for the iPhone at Apple Presentation date: Oct 22 (Authors: Brochet‚ Francois;Palepu‚ Krishna G.;Barley‚ Lauren) 1. In your opinion‚ are GAAP or non-GAAP numbers most reflect the economic reality in Apple? 2. Discuss the impact on financial statements for GAAP and non-GAAP numbers. 3. Should APPLE lobby for their non-GAAP numbers to be sanctioned by FASB? 4. Does it matter if the revenue recognition rule for smartphone changes? Case 2: Bausch& Lomb
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Warren E. Buffett‚ 2005 Case Questions: 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.17-billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? Assess the bid for
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1. Why does Hrothgar decide to build a mighty hall? What does he call it? Describe this hall. Hrothgar earned large amounts of respect on the battlefield. As a result‚ friends and family began to obey him and the size of his band grew‚ thus he decided that he would construct himself a large mead-hall. The work of the hall was dispersed all throughout the world. He named the hall Heorot and quickly left an image on gatherers by giving out rings and armbands at banquet. Within the hall‚ the atmosphere
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1. Old Major realizes that Mr. Jones has been taking advantage of the animals so he constructs a plan to take all of the products the animals produce and keep it for themselves 2. Moses was hated by almost all of the animals because he told lies to everyone. Even though he was hated he was still accepted and welcomed to the farm. Old Major was kind and expected Moses to change and not continue to be rude and tell lies. 3. Old Major warns the other animals that they can’t keep living the lifestyle
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The question of whether direct labor should be viewed as a variable cost can be confusing‚ but I feel should be addressed on a case-by-case basis. Classifying direct labor as a variable cost requires management to make continuous adjustments to the workforce that only addresses their short-term employment needs and may not be beneficial in the long run for their business. It is very important for managers and accountants to understand the need to appropriately classify these costs because of the
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