accountant’s behaviour and their contribution to Parmalat’s fraud. It will also address how these gaps might be filled‚ and meanwhile propose some "solutions." First‚ we offer a brief description of Parmalat’s group and of the events which forced the company to reveal its financial status. This will help to highlight a number of violations carried out by the directors and those who had the duty of controlling and watching over Parmalat‚ including the independent directors‚ accountants and the auditors
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(10-2) IRR A project has an initial cost of $52‚125‚ expected net cash inflows of $12‚000 per year for 8 years‚ and a cost of capital of 12%. What is the project’s NPV? (Hint: Begin by constructing a time line.) What’s the project’s IRR? NPV = Cash Flow in Period n/ (1 + Discount Rate)n NPV = $52‚125 + 12‚000/(1 +.12)8 = 4‚846.60 12‚000/(1 +.12)7 = 5‚428.19 12‚000/(1 +.12)6 = 6‚079.58 12‚000/(1 +.12)5 = 6‚809.13 12‚000/(1 +.12)4 = 7‚626.21 12‚000/(1 +.12)3 = 8‚541.35 12‚000/(1 +.12)2 = 9‚566.33
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1. The shipping industry structure will be explained via the 5 competitive forces of Porter: THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS | New entrants face entry barriers such as: Large financial resources required to invest in a container terminal or in a shipping line. There is a big time lag between the investment (buying cranes‚ ordering vessels) and the start of operations. Conferences among shipping lines will determine the price and other conditions of the market. Vertical integration between terminals
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CHAPTER 8 Strategic Change: Implementing Strategies to Build and Develop a Company 0LEARNING OBJECTIVES 10. Describe the main steps involved in the strategic change process. 20. Demonstrate how to analyze a company’s set of businesses from a portfolio of competences perspective 30. Review the advantages and risks of implementing strategy through (1) Internal new ventures‚ (2) acquisitions‚ and (3) strategic alliances 40. Discuss how to limit the risks associated with internal new ventures‚
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------------------------------------------------- Finance de What’s and Why’s | * | | 1/19/2013 1/19/2013 Contents 1. Why finance? 2 2. Why banking? 2 3. Areas of banking 3 4. Corporate Banking 4 I. What is corporate banking? 4 II. Why corporate banking? 4 III. What are the roles in corporate banking? 4 5. Asset Management 5 I. What is Asset Management? 5 II. Why Asset Management? 6 III. What are the roles in Asset Management? 6 6. Transaction
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Finance and Business Finance With the gradual progress of society & civilization and the development of science and technology‚ the scope of trade and commerce has also increased. Hence‚ the product-market has to cope with diverse competitions. To make profit in this competition‚ a businessman has to utilize his capital efficiently through proper planning so that the cost of production or selling could be kept minimum. Hence‚ a business firm can maximize its profit. For that purpose‚ every business
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needed to break even. Based on the existing sales mix and production units given (Valves 7‚500‚ Pumps 12‚500 and Flow Controllers 4‚000)‚ the break-even prices in dollars (BEP$) are shown as below: Therefore‚ based on the data above‚ if the company cut its prices to just cover short-term variable costs‚ the company’s total sales would fall by 4.05%‚ from $2‚152‚500 to $2‚065‚387‚ which would also result in 4.05% drop in the selling price of each unit of products‚ total variable costs at $699
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Newell Company Case Analysis Group: Nam‚ Xin‚ Shuyang Problem Statement: CEO John McDonough decided on making acquisition of Calphalon and Rubbermaid‚ which influent shareholders’ confidence. Newell Company’s Philosophy and Mission Newell Company created corporate advantages by following the company’s mission and philosophy. The philosophy "Build on what we do best" was started by CEO Mr. Dan Ferguson. This philosophy can be described as Newell focus on selling multiproduct to large mass
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RENDELL COMPANY CASE Case Overview Rendell Company is a company which had already involved in business almost 50 years and always produces profit. The company has seven operating divisions. Each division has general manager and Division Controller. The Division General Manager is responsible for reporting the division achievement to Corporate Controller. Division Controller has obligation to make report to Division General Manager regarding budget and performance reports. Corporate Controller
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Bradley Miller 2/12/15 Seminar of Finance Case Study Ethics in Finance 1. Have I defined the problem correctly and accurately? Answer: The problem was that the WorldCom Company was falling farther and farther into debt and they needed a way out of this hard time. The CEO came to us with a plan to turn the company or in reality to make it look as if the company was headed into the right direction‚ when in fact it was not. The plan was to use other accounts that have holding money in them for other
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