“Compare the relative advantages and limitations of financial statements prepared on a cash basis with those prepared on an accrual basis” To compare the advantages and limitations of different financial statements begins with first understanding what financial statements are and what different purposes they can be used for‚ as well as the differentiation between cash and accrual accounting. The cash and accrual methods of accounting are the two principle ways of keeping track of businesses takings
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ratio of cash to total assets is calculated by following: Figure 1 Proportion of cash and total assets‚ 1976-1981 ($ in millions) | | | | | | | | | 1981 | 1980 | 1979 | 1978 | 1977 | 1976 | Cash | 729.1 | 593.3 | 493.8 | 436.6 | 322.9 | 358.8 | Total Assets | 2‚588.5 | 2‚370.3 | 2‚090.7 | 1‚862.2 | 1‚611.3 | 1‚510.9 | Proportion | 28.2% | 25.0% | 23.6% | 23.4% | 20.0% | 23.7% | According to Figure 1‚ AHP’s cash was about
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Mercury Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity Team 10 / Mergers and Acquisitions West Coast Fashions‚ Inc (WCF) was a large business‚ which dealt with men’s and women’s apparel. One of their segments was Mercury Athletic Footwear. WCF wanted to dispose off this segment. They just wanted to divest because they wanted to focus more on their core business and move it up to the elite class. John Liedtke was the Business Development Head at that time in Active Gear Inc. He had a clear idea that
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> 25 and shares are Public (ie there is no quoted market values); you can use Fair Value though Net Income Income OR Equity Method 2013-24‚ 2010-84‚ 2008-82‚ 2007.76. 2013M2-29 Goodwill (Don’t Use Calculation) "Goodwill= Cash Paid -FV of Net Assets (BV + FV adjustments) + NCI (based on FV of Net Assets) " Note: If the Full Price (Controlling + Non Controlling) is given‚ use the Full Price * (Non Controlling %) instead of the NCI (based on FV of Net Assets) - 2013M2-54
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Production and growth : In the long run‚ the higher saving rate leads to a higher level of productivty and income‚ but not to higher growth in these variables. Catch-up effect : Countries that start off poor tend to grow more rapidly than countries that start off rich Y=C+I+G S=I S=(Y-T-C) + (T-G) = private saving – public saving. Because a high interest rate makes borrowing more expensive‚ the quantity of loanable funds demanded falls as the interest rate rises. The supply
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Laura Martin case study Question 1- Laura Martin says she gets "paid to talk" - to whom is she talking? Answer: Laura Martin is talking with investors. She would meet with many company representatives including the CEO‚ CFO‚ operating division chiefs and head of investor relations. She is in connections with these investors via telephone‚ fax‚ voice mail or email. It is approximately 900 individual per month. Question 2- Given this crazy web of relationships‚ what are Martin’s incentives
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Earning per Share(EPS) = (Return on Equity)ROE * BV (Book value per share) EPS ha two parts: 1. Dividend 2. Retained Earnings As retained earnings are reinvested the book value grows as perplaw back ratio which is (1- dividend payout ratio).The company’s growth depends upon return on equity i.e profitability & reinvestment of retained earnings. As per the case‚ assuming the ROE of the year 2006 to 2011 for six years as the average ROE of year 2000 to 2005 i.e 15.58% and plaw back ratio as average
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7%. When the discount rate is 3% value of gold mine is 182.86. Part II A. Consider the project with the following expected cash flows: Year | Cash flow | 0 | -$400‚000 | 1 | $100‚000 | 2 | $120‚000 | 3 | $850‚000 | If the discount rate is 0%‚ what is the project’s net present value? Year | Cash flow | Discount rate | Discount factor | Discounted cash flow | 0 | -$400‚000 | 0% | 1.00 | -$400‚000 | 1 | $100‚000 | 0% | 1.00 | $100‚000 | 2 | $120‚000 | 0% | 1.00 | $120‚000 |
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Yet Another Scandal The Allied Irish Bank Case Written by Hans Raj Nahata and Felix Stauber under supervision of Professor Michael Pinedo‚ Stern School of Business‚ New York University. For classroom use only. Introduction This is a short story of failures. It is rather a chilling story of how a single person‚ under the most common work circumstances‚ can lose $750 millions! And he does so‚ by bullying his subordinates‚ intimidating his colleagues‚ threatening his
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1: | Project Cost | Net Cash Flows | Payback | Project A | 250‚000.00 | 75‚000.00 | 3.33 | Project B | 150‚000.00 | 52‚000.00 | 2.88 | Project B is better. It is less risky because it has a payback period of 2.88 or 2 years and 10 months. Problem 2: Average Rate of Return: ? Annual Profits: 30‚000.00 Project Cost: 200‚000.00 Average Rate of Return = $30‚000/$200‚000 = 0.15 = 15% Problem 3: Year | Nominal Cash Flow | Discounted Cash Flow | 0 | -75‚000.00 | -75‚000 |
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