success in implementing an ERP system. THE ERP SYSTEM DEFINED Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is an enterprise-wide information system that integrates and controls all the business processes in the entire organization. According to Muscatello and Chen‚ “a typical ERP system integrates all of a company’s functions by allowing the modules to share and transfer information freely.” The information is centralized in a single relational database accessible by all modules‚ eliminating the need for multiple
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Livent‚ Inc. is a company that is very involved in the entertainment business‚ mainly in live theatrical productions. When dealing with a company in the entertainment industry‚ there are many risks that can be involved in auditing situations. A big risk that can be common is working with the higher officers of the company who are not strongly educated in the financial field. They are only familiar with the entertainment part of it and do not pay attention to a lot of the finances. It is common for
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masterminded by a few individuals‚ primarily Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb. However‚ numerous individuals were eventually drawn into Livent’s fraudulent schemes by its principal architects‚ including Maria Messina‚ the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Messina‚ a former partner with Deloitte & Touche’s Canadian affiliate‚ had previously served as Livent’s audit engagement partner. The fraud unraveled following Livent’s takeover by an investment group led by Hollywood mogul Michael Ovitz
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sustaining an ethical corporate culture: The core elements’‚ Business Horizons‚ vol. 56‚ pp. 39-50. Securities and Exchange Commission‚ 1999‚ Securities and Exchange Commission versus Garth H. Drabinsky‚ Myron I. Gottlieb‚ Robert Topol‚ Gordon C. Eckstein‚ Maria M. Messina‚ Diane J. Winkefein‚ D. Grant Malcolm and Tony Fiorino‚ 99 CIV.0239‚ Litigation Release No. 16022‚ retrieved 15 Aug 2013‚ .
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Siaka Jatta 1. Business Decision; that compares the costs and benefits of manufacturing a product or product component against purchasing it. If the purchase price is higher than what it would cost the manufacturer to make it‚ or if the manufacturer has excess capacity that could be used for that product‚ or the manufacturer’s suppliers are unreliable‚ then the manufacturer may choose to make the product. This assumes the manufacturer has the skills and equipment necessary‚ access to raw materials
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accounting firm’s responsibilities when it is retained to issue such a report. 5. Do you believe Deloitte & Touche should have approved Livent’s decision to record the $12.5 million “naming rights” payment as revenue during the third quarter of 1997? Defend your answer. What broad accounting concepts should be considered in determining the proper accounting treatment for such transactions? 6. Maria Messina has testified that when she learned of the accounting irregularities at Livent‚ shortly after
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Livent. Inc Overview In the year 1979 Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb decided to enter the show business world. These two young entrepreneurs were able to convince a well-known Toronto businessman to invest one million in “cinema complex”. Over the next several years Drabinsky and Gottlieb were successfully able to expand their company‚ while they convinced to gather up large sums for the development of multiscreen theaters complexes throughout Canada and the United states. By 1980 Cineplex Odeon
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Elements of Drama * Characters: Characters are the people (sometimes animals or ideas) portrayed by the actors in the play. It is the characters who move the action‚ or plot‚ of the play forward. * Plot: This is what happens in the play. Plot refers to the action; the basic storyline of the play. * Theme: While plot refers to the action of the play‚ theme refers to the meaning of the play. Theme is the main idea or lesson to be learned from the play. In some cases‚ the theme of a play
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Critical Reflection Paper “Business Model Canvas” Ing. María Paula Helo Intercultural Management and International Negotiation Professor: Ricardo Altimira Madrid‚ Spain September 20th 2012 “A business model (BM) describes the rationale of how an organization creates‚ delivers and captures value”. Considering a BM is part of an organization’s strategy‚ the previous statement invites to the importance of having a model that is accurate and precise‚ yet easy to follow and develop. In
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