56 The Most Human Art: 10 reasons why we’ll always need good stories By Scott Russell Sanders‚ The Georgia Review‚ September/October 1997 We have been telling stories to one another for a long time‚ perhaps for as long as we have been using language‚ and we have been using language‚ I suspect‚ for as long as we have been human. In all its guises‚ from words spoken and written to pictures and musical notes and mathematical symbols‚ language is our distinguishing gift‚ our hallmark as a species
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PETRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Statement of Financial Position For the years ended December 31‚ 2011 and 2012 COMPARATIVE PRESENTATION (Amount in Million Pesos) 2012 2011 Peso Amount % Ratio Assets Current Assets 26‚965 23‚823 3142 13% 1.13 Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 186 237 -51 -22% 0.78 Available-for-sale financial assets 51 - Trade and other receivables-net 57‚731 26‚605 31126 117% 2.17 Inventories 49‚582 37‚763 11819 31% 1.31 Other current assets 10‚750
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Carnival Cruise Lines Focus: This case is being viewed from the perspective of Mickey Arison‚ Chairman and CEO‚ who is reviewing the current situation and planning strategically for the future. Objective: The objective of this case analysis is to identify strategic recommendations‚ which Carnival can employ to achieve its vision and mission. Problem How can Carnival continue to grow by increasing market share and increase profit margins while maintain their brand image
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The subject of cost-volume profit analysis under uncertainty has had extensive literature collected in recent years even though the topic has been ignored in most textbooks. In many cases‚ entire chapters are devoted to cost-volume profit analysis but they ignore the possibility that one or more parameters of the problem are completely random and therefore the future values are unknown at the time the decision is made. The reluctance of textbook authors to discuss stochastic CVP models can be attributed
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Introduction Grear Rafting Company‚ owned by Peggy Grear is a company that provides rafting services to rafters. Grear Rafting Company‚ henceforth referred to as Grear Rafting‚ has just gone through its first season in business on which it provided rafting services to 1‚048 rafters for seven (7) days. During these seven (7) days‚ Grear Rafting also provided meals to the rafters three times a day‚ it also provides the rafts used during the season. During its first season‚ however‚ Grear Rafting experienced
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CFA® Level I – Economics Demand and Supply Analysis: The Firm www.irfanullah.co Graphs‚ charts‚ tables‚ examples‚ and figures are copyright 2012‚ CFA Institute. Reproduced and republished with permission from CFA Institute. All rights reserved. 1 Contents and Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Objectives of the Firm 3. Analysis of Revenue‚ Costs and Profits www.irfanullah.co 2 2. Objectives of the Firm • The objective of the firm should be to maximize shareholder value • This reading assumes
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JET2 Financial Analysis Task 4 - PASSED To: Vice President The following is a summary report to recommend whether Competition Bikes should change its traditional costing method to activity based costing‚ and an analysis of the breakeven point with regards to sales units and dollars for both CarbonLite and Titanium bikes. It also discusses the impacts to the breakeven point. The cost-volume-profit evaluation and the traditional vs activity based costing method overhead analysis were used for
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ADC Info #3 Break-Even Analysis Rob Holland Assistant Extension Specialist Agricultural Development Center September 1998 One of the most common tools used in evaluating the economic feasibility of a new enterprise or product is the break-even analysis. The break-even point is the point at which revenue is exactly equal to costs. At this point‚ no profit is made and no losses are incurred. The break-even point can be expressed in terms of unit sales or dollar sales. That is‚ the break-even
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Break Even Analysis in Sesuki Mfg. Ltd: A Case Analysis Author: Monika Arora Abstract "What-if" or sensitivity analysis is one of the most important and valuable concepts in management science (MS). To emphasize its practical relevance in a business environment‚ we teach students in our introductory MS course to analyze "goal seek" with Excel’s built-in Goal seek. This case demonstrates the application of the goal seek tool with several examples. 1. Introduction Sesuki Mfg.‚ Ltd. is a manufacturer
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17.4.8 Data Analysis: Data analysis is the process by which the data is converted into meaningful information. The data collected from questionnaire is of no use until it is processed (editing‚ coding etc.) and analyzed for drawing conclusion. Many data analysis techniques and softwares are available‚ but the researcher has to carefully select a technique to solve the problem on hand. Usually‚ data analysis technique is decided at the time of setting objectives and formation of questionnaires‚ but
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