Table of Contents Introduction 2 How it happened? 2 Financial Reporting Issues 3 Trading Business and Mark to Marketing 3 Reporting Issues for Special Purpose Entities 3 Other Accounting Problems 4 Governance and Intermediation Failures at Enron 4 Role of Top Management Compensation 4 Role of Audit Committees 4 Role of External Auditors 4 Role of Fund Managers 5 Role of Accounting Regulations 5 The Sarbanes Oxley Act 5 Did it help? 5 Bibliography 6 Introduction Kenneth
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was “Financial Statements.” There are four financial statements to work with; Balance Sheets‚ Income Statements‚ Retained Earnings Statements‚ and Statement of Cash Flows. Balance sheets let you have a quick review of what assets‚ liabilities‚ and equity were distributed within the accounting period. Income statements show the business whether they made a profit or not. Retained earnings statement shows what the company decides to retain for them‚ after everything else is paid. The statement of cash
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Financial Ratio: A financial ratio (or accounting ratio) is a relative magnitude of two selected numerical values taken from an enterprise ’s financial statements. Often used in accounting‚ there are many standard ratios used to try to evaluate the overall financial condition of a corporation or other organization. Financial ratios may be used by managers within a firm‚ by current and potential shareholders (owners) of a firm‚ and by a firm ’s creditors. Security analysts use financial ratios to
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All Great Products Strong Business Better World Financial Contents Shareholder Information Global Overview OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS Revenues (a) Worldwide wholesale unit volumes by automotive segment (in thousands) Ford North America Ford South America Ford Europe Ford Asia Pacific Africa Volvo Total Revenues (in millions) Automotive Financial Services Total Financial Results (a) Income/(loss) before income taxes (in millions) Automotive Financial Services Total Amounts Attributable to Ford Motor
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RATIO ANALYSIS AS A TOOL FOR DETERMINING CORPORATE PERFORMANCE ( A STUDY OF SELLECTED BANKS IN NIGERIA) RATIOS ANALYSIS AS A TOOLS FOR DETERMINING CORPORATE PERFORMANCE :( A STUDY OF SELECTED BANKS IN NIGERIA) BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ZARIA NIGERIA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION‚
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Existing firm rivalry is influenced by: industry growth rate‚ concentration and balance of competitors‚ degree of differentiation and switching costs‚ scale/learning economies (if your working at maximum productivity you can bring costs down) and the ratio of fixed to variable costs‚ and excess capacity and exit barriers. 2. Threat of new entrants New entrants can force firms to set prices to keep industry profits low. The threat of new entrants can be eased by economies of scale‚ the first mover
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CLASSIFICATION OF RATIO ANALYSIS "Ratios" can be grouped into various classes according to "financial" activity or function to be evaluated. In view of the requirements of the various users of "ratios"‚ we can classify then into the following categories. Liquidity "Ratios" Profitability "Ratios" Solvency "Ratios" "Financial" statement "analysis" is a judgemental process. One of the primary objectives is identification of major changes in trends and relationships and the investigation of the
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1. What is the purpose of financial statement analysis? It show trends and relationships. These also help predict the future‚ show weaknesses‚ strengths. The ratios usually are compared to other companies within the industry and industry average to see where the company stands. Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080215185426AACTP6A 2. If a company had sales of $2‚587‚643 in 1998 and sales of $3‚213‚456 in 2003‚ by what percentage did sales change during this time period
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Industry Averages and Financial Ratios Paper Bryan Sawyer‚ Frank Figueroa‚ Jaime Sandez‚ Lesley Gonzalez Finance for Business/FIN 370 May 12‚ 2015 Instructor: John Kadlec Instructions: Find a publicly-traded company using a financial information website. Some example companies include the following: Safeway Inc. The Boeing Company General Motors Company Intel Corporation Microsoft Corporation Exxon Mobil Corporation Watch the Industry Averages and Financial Ratios video and use the industry
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Financial Ratios: What They MeanIn assessing the significance of various financial data‚ managers often engage in ratio analysis‚ the process of determining and evaluating financial ratios. A financial ratio is a relationship that indicates something about a company’s activities‚ such as the ratio between the company’s current assets and current liabilities or between its accounts receivable and its annual sales. The basic source for these ratios is the company’s financial statements that contain
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