Case 12-03 - Contingencies Scenario 1 Energy should recognize a provision as of December 31‚ 2011‚ in reporting to its U.K. parent under IFRSs and in reporting to its U.S.-based lender in accordance with U.S. GAAP. IFRS and GAAP follow three steps in order to determine if a provision should be recognized. They are: a) the entity has an obligation
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Lincoln Electric (LE) manufactures and sells arc-welding equipment and electrical motors. The company’s objective is to produce quality products at a low price. This objective was to help LE build up their reputation. Therefore their key success factor is their cost leadership. This was achieved through their highly productive employees. LE believed that in order to satisfy customer’s interest‚ the employees are the only people who can make it happen. As a result‚ LE created an attractive bonus
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Case 12-7 Facts: Rossi Inc.: Asbestos Litigation Liability: The cost of settlement and defensed costs relating to currently pending claims and future claims for losses incurred to date. Liabilities recorded per/as at Dec 31. 2009 2008 2007 Rossi Inc. $962m $1‚055m $469m Thompson (External Specialist) $1124m $1‚055m Internal Actuarial Specialist $907m‚ $1‚184m‚ and $1‚514m The 2007 claim estimate is projected through 2011. The 2008 and 2009 estimate are projected through 2017
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“The Osage Firebird” and “A Life Painting Animals” are both passages‚ that inform the reader about ways that people have overcome obstacles in their life. The texts are similar‚ but different in many ways. Both passages are informational texts‚ about someone overcoming something in their life. The passages are set up in a way‚ to help develop the story as a whole. The passages develop the purpose of the story‚ but in different ways. First of all‚ both women have to work for a long time to achieve
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The case describes issues related to supply chain quality and how they evolve in the context of a multi-tiered global supply chain. The case involves a global multi-tier automotive supply chain made up of one of the world’s largest automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)‚ its tier 1 supplier that is also a U.S.-based global corporation and the tier 2‚ tier 3 and tier 4 suppliers based in India. With Automek’s engineering support‚ Agile had developed many parts successfully for the OEM
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Case Discussion Questions 1. GE used to prefer acquisitions or Greenfield ventures as an entry mode rather than joint ventures. Why do you think this was the case? According to our textbook‚ a firm can establish a wholly owned subsidiary in a country by building a subsidiary from the ground up‚ the so-called Greenfield strategy‚ or by acquiring an enterprise in the target market. Acquisitions have three major points in their favor. First‚ they are quick to execute. By acquiring an established
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Lopez‚ Rodrigo (2013‚ December 19). 3 ways advanced tech is transforming real estate marketing. Retrieved from http://www.boston.com/business/blogs/global-business-hub/2013/12/3_ways_advanced.html Mobile Technology A browser search has become secondary for many brands that no longer does content wait for a customer to come to them‚ they are now able to sense a presence and deploy content‚ targeting potential buyers using Big Data‚ geo-targeting‚ even RFID technology. One of the new features of
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00-6 Who ’s Paying the Rent? .Attached Files: 00-06c_whos_paying_the_rent lease.pdf (34.721 KB) . Case Objective Evaluating the various accounting alternatives that retailers are confronted with when they receive lease incentives from a lessor. Applicable Professional Pronouncements ASC 845: APB Opinion No. 29‚ Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions (Opinion 29) ASC 840: FASB Statement No. 13‚ Accounting for Leases (Statement 13) FASB Technical Bulletin No. 88-1‚ Issues Relating
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Provisions and Contingencies Scenario 1 Fact: Energy Inc. (Energy‚ or the Company)‚ which operates in the oil industry‚ is a U.S. subsidiary of a U.K. entity that prepares its financial statements in accordance with IFRS and U.S. GAAP. A draft law in a country where Energy operates in‚ which requires a cleanup of land already contaminated‚ will possibly be enacted shortly after the year-end. Issues: Should Energy recognize a provision‚ (i) in reporting under IFRSs‚ and (ii) in accordance
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All applicable cases are available with McGraw-Hill ’s Connect™ Accounting. CASE 10B–5 Ethics and the Manager; Rigging Standards [LO5] Stacy Cummins‚ the newly hired controller at Merced Home Products‚ Inc.‚ was disturbed by what she had discovered about the standard costs at the Home Security Division. In looking over the past several years of quarterly earnings reports at the Home Security Division‚ she noticed that the first-quarter earnings were always poor‚ the second-quarter earnings were
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