ratio of the estimated accounting profit of a project to its average investment. It is an investment appraisal technique. ARR ignores the time value of money. * Accounting rate of return‚ also known as the Average rate of return. or ARR is a financial ratio used in capital budgeting. The ratio does not take into account the concept of time value of money. ARR calculates the return‚ generated from net income of the proposed capital investment. The ARR is a percentage return. Say‚ if ARR = 7%
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Goals of Financial Management Maximize Profits A company’s most important goal is to make money and keep it. Profit-margin ratios are one way to measure how much money a company squeezes from its total revenue or total sales. There are three key profit-margin ratios: gross profit margin‚ operating profit margin and net profit margin. 1. Gross Profit Margin The gross profit margin tells us the profit a company makes on its cost of sales or cost of goods sold. In other words‚ it indicates
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Summary of SA http://wirc-icai.org/wirc_referencer/Acconting & Auditing/Summary of S... SUMMARY OF STANDARDS OF AUDITING (SA) APPLICABLE FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2011-12 STANDARDS ON QUALITY CONTROL (SQCS) SQC 1: Quality control for firms that perform audits and reviews of historical financial information‚ and other assurance and related services engagements Objective of SQC–1 is to provide the firm with reasonable assurance that its personnel comply with applicable professional standards as
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Mini Middle Management ########## is a local authority funded comprehensive school in ###########. The school has a senior leadership team comprising of the headteacher‚ three deputies and a business manager. There is also an extended leadership team that comprises of four principal teachers of pastoral care and five Principal teachers of curriculum. #########Council introduced the Principal teacher of curriculum position after the McCrone agreement in 2002. A move felt by many at the time to
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Introduction Prior to researching this topic‚ my impression of management was limited. My concept was meshed within the framework of business and economics. Therefore‚ my definition of this construct was in error. For rectification‚ and foundational reference‚ management is the process of directing resources towards the accomplishment of a specific goal. This definition‚ one that I have derived from the compilation of many‚ incorporates two key variables. The first operative word in this definition
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Brief Introduction of Financial Risk Management Huang Xuan Financial risk management is an interdiscipline with various researching subfields including the studies of mathematical methods to maximum the profits‚ quantitative analysis of financial databases and investment decisions. In other words‚ it is aimed to bridge the gap between mathematical theories and practical financial analysing tools (Nawrocki 1999). It could also be defined as“Living with the possibility that future events may
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 1. “The managers of tomorrow will not be a bigger man than his father was before him.” – Critically analyse this statement and discuss the tasks expected to be performed by future managers to effectively deal with management challenges. 2. Identify four corporate social responsibility initiatives adopted by corporates which you are familiar with. Pg 102 3. “More centralization and decentralization are not advisable” – Do you agree or disagree? Justify. Suggest
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ACCT1501 ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1A SEMESTER 1 2008 COURSE NOTES Last Revised: 13th August 2008. kaheiyeh.web.officelive.com Contents Page 3: The Nature of Accounting Page 5: The Balance Sheet & Transaction Analysis Page 8: The Income Statement & Transaction Analysis Page 13: Financial Reporting Principles Page 18: Adjustment to Accounting Entries Page 23: Completing the Accounting Cycle Page 26: Accounting for Cash Holdings & Receivables Page 30: Accounting for Inventory Page 37:
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MINI-CASES I. Belmont State Bank Belmont State Bank is a large bank with hundreds of branches that are connected to a central computer system. Some branches are connected over dedicated circuits and others use the dial-up telephone network. Each branch has a variety of client computers and ATMs connected to a server. The server stores the branch’s daily transaction data and transmits it several times during the day to the central computer system. Tellers at each branch use a four-digit numeric
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Glaxo Wellcome Inc. Mini-case Report April 2‚ 2007 [pic] Executive Summary Glaxo Wellcome Inc’s primary business is to market prescription products to physicians and health care providers. One of the top three pharmaceutical firms in the world‚ Glaxo Wellcome Inc. held about 4 percent of the worldwide prescription pharmaceutical market. The U.K. based company was formed in 1995 when Glaxo Pharmaceuticals acquired Burroughs Wellcome. While the company is based in the U.K.‚ the U.S. market
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