WHAT HAS THE INVISIBLE HAND ACHIEVED? Ross L. Watts Sloan School Massachusetts Institute of Technology January 27‚ 2006 _____________________________ This paper was presented at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales Information for Better Capital Markets Conference in London on December 20‚ 2005. I am grateful to Ryan LaFond‚ Karthik Ramanna‚ Sugata Roychowdhury and Joseph Weber for their comments. All remaining errors are mine. 1. INTRODUCTION When I was invited
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more effective as well. Seven C’s of Effective Business Communication i. Correctness ii. Clarity iii. Conciseness iv. Completeness v. Consideration vi. Concreteness vii. Courtesy 1. Correctness At the time of encoding‚ if the sender has comprehensive knowledge about the decoder or receiver of message‚ it makes the communication an ease. The encoder should know the status‚ knowledge and educational background of the decoder. Correctness means: Use the right level of language Correct use
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Increases ownership interest. Investment by owners‚ comprehensive Income (d) Declares and pays cash dividends to owners. Distribution to owners (e) Increases in net assets in a period from non-owner sources. Comprehensive Income (f) Items characterized by service potential or future economic benefit. Assets (g) Equals increase in assets less liabilities during the year‚ after adding distributions to owners and subtracting investments by owners. Comprehensive Income (h) Arises from income statement activities
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Constructing a balance sheet of Sophie’s sofas: Cash balances: $10‚000 Inventory of sofas: $200‚000 Store and property: $100‚000 Accounts receivable: $22‚000 Accts payable: $17‚000 Long-term Debt: $170‚000 Balance sheet of (insert name) Assets Liabilities & Shareholders equity cash $10‚000 accounts payable $17‚000 Accounts receivable $22‚000 Long term debt $170‚000 Inventory $200‚000 Shareholders equity $145‚000 Store and Property $100‚000 _______ ________ Total assets: $332
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17 RATIO ANALYSIS FEATURING THE DUPONT METHOD: AN OVERLOOKED TOPIC IN THE FINANCE MODULE OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES Submitted by Thomas J. Liesz University of Idaho (208) 885-5447 (office) tliesz@uidaho.edu Steven J. Maranville University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street Houston‚ TX 77002-1001 (713) 221-8524 maranvilles@uhd.edu Submitted to Small Business Institute Journal The authors wish to acknowledge the valuable comments of two SBIJ reviewers
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Assets Distributions to owners Expenses Liabilities Comprehensive income Gains Equity Revenues Losses Investments by owners Instructions Identify the element or elements associated with the 12 items below. (a) Arises from peripheral or incidental transactions. Gains/Losses (b) Obligation to transfer resources arising from a past transaction. Liabilities (c) Increases ownership interest. Investment by Owners Comprehensive Income (d) Declares and pays cash dividends to owners
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1．A firm has net working capital of $640. Long-term debt is $4‚180‚ total assets are e $6‚230‚ and fixed assets are $3‚910. What is the amount of the total liabilities? Current assets: 6230-3910=2320 Current liabilities: 6230-39102320-640=1680 Total liabilities: 1680+4180=5860 2. Kaylor Equipment Rental paid $75 in dividends and $511 in interest expense. The addition to retained earnings is $418 and net new equity is $500. The tax rate is 35 percent. Sales are $15‚900 and depreciation is
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securities. Show result of this transaction on the balance sheets of the Federal Reserve System and commercial banks. > Change in Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Assets Liabilities Securities + $1 billion Reserve acct. of securities dealers’ banks + $1 billion
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Accounting Basics f or S t u d e n t s Ba sic a ccou nting le ss ons an d qu es tio ns fo r high s cho ol a nd c ollege s tude nts By Michael Celender Accounting Basics for Students Copyright © 2010 Michael Celender. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ including but not limited to digital copying and printing‚ without the express written permission of the author. The author‚ Michael Celender‚ has made his best effort
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The analysis and application of the balance sheet Kuang xin Financial accounting is one of the most popular major in the world. In the study of accounting‚ people must know and use expertly the three accounting statement‚ balance sheets‚ cash flow‚ and income statement. It is the most basic and useful skill in one’s career of accounting. But in the four basic financial statement‚ the balance sheet or called statement of financial position is the only one
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