CHAPTER 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO COST TERMS AND PURPOSES 2-20 (15–20 min.) Classification of costs‚ manufacturing sector. Cost object: Type of car assembled (Corolla or Geo Prism) Cost variability: With respect to changes in the number of cars assembled There may be some debate over classifications of individual items‚ especially with regard to cost variability. |Cost Item |D or I |V or F | |A
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Department of Finance‚ HKUST Spring 2013 Email: Xuewenliu@ust.hk Office hour: 13:30-14:30 Tuesday Assessment: Assignments (12%)‚ Midterm-exam (18%)‚ Projects and presentations (15%)‚ and Final exam (55%) Textbooks: 1. Corporate Finance‚ by J. Beck and P. DeMarzo‚ 2nd edition 2011‚ Pearson Education‚ Inc. Hereafter BD. 2. Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy‚ by M. Grinblatt and S. Titman‚ 2nd edition‚ 2002‚ Irwin McGraw Hill. Hereafter GT. I. Introduction to Corporate Finance 1. Corporations
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SYNOPSIS: This video case talks about new technologies that allow for instant meetings around the globe called telepresence. How these technologies can be used to eliminate barriers that are location and distance. Large companies like CISCO who has locations all over the place can interact simultaneously with all the other branches around the world all in the same meeting. Talks about how this telepresence can make efficiency and productivity go up in the business world. It is an advantage that
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Chapter 6 Inventory & Cost of Goods Sold Short Exercises (10 min.) S 6-1 Billions Inventory………………………… 3.8 Cash…………………………... 3.8 Accounts Receivable…………. 19.7 Sales Revenue………………. 19.7 Cost of Goods Sold…………… 4.5 Inventory……………………... 4.5 Cash……………………………… 18.8 Accounts Receivable………. 18.8 (10-15 min.) S 6-2 1. (Journal entries) Inventory………………………………….. 120‚000 Accounts Payable……………………
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A) Watch this BBC clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzxGyKyzfP8&feature=related and discuss the problems with globalization. Do you believe it is possible for a global company to simultaneously achieve the goals of global efficiency and integration‚ national responsiveness and flexibility‚ and worldwide transfer of knowledge and innovation? Discuss Globalization has many apparent issues that were highlighted in the video. One of the problems shown was related to non renewable resources. A globalized
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Solutions and Activities to CHAPTER 13 SOCIAL SECURITY Questions and Problems 1. The government of Westlovakia has just reformed its social security system. This reform changed two aspects of the system: (1) It abolished its actuarial reduction for early retirement‚ and (2) it reduced the payroll tax by half for workers who continued to work beyond the early retirement age. Would the average retirement age for Weslovakian workers increase or decrease in response to these two changes
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Quantitative Methods ADMS 3330 3 0 3330.3.0 Forecasting QMB Chapter 6 © M.Rochon 2013 Quantitative Approaches to Forecasting Are based on analysis of historical data concerning one or more time series. Time series - a set of observations measured at successive points in time‚ or over successive periods of time. If the historical data: • are restricted to past values of the series we are trying to forecast‚ it is a time series method. 1 Components of a Time Series 1)
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Week 6 Homework Solutions Question 3 Explain how built-in (or automatic) stabilizers work. What are the differences between proportional‚ progressive‚ and regressive tax systems as they relate to an economy’s built-in stability? Answer In a phrase‚ “net tax revenues vary directly with GDP.” When GDP is rising‚ so are tax collections‚ both income taxes and sales taxes. At the same time‚ government payouts—transfer payments such as unemployment compensation and welfare—are decreasing. Since net
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Chapter 6 Exam Select the correct answer for each question. All questions are worth 4 points a piece. 1. Coors is smooth or both Beck’s is subtle and Guinness is heavy. a. C (B • G) b. C • (B G) c. (C B) • G d. (C • B) G e. C B • G 2. Budweiser is bland if either Heineken is balanced or Foster’s is refreshing. a. (H B) F b. (B H) F c. B (H F) d. B H F e. (H F) B 3 Alaskan is sweet
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Chapter 19 BALANCED SCORECARD: quality‚ time‚ and the theory of constraints 19-1 Quality costs (including the opportunity cost of lost sales because of poor quality) can be as much as 10% to 20% of sales revenues of many organizations. Quality-improvement programs can result in substantial cost savings and higher revenues and market share from increased customer satisfaction. 19-2 Quality of design refers to how closely the characteristics of a product or service meet the needs and wants of
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