ethical dilemma at Northlake. Both cases are present how management is motived to manipulate accounting numbers to achieve their specific purpose‚ for example in the first case‚ Enron increased their net income through many methods to rise their share price‚ but in the second case‚ the company decreased their net income. However‚ both earning management comes with the bad consequences happened to the society. Next‚ we are going to see another example which is how management is motived to manipulate
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Short Essay on Coase’s article: “The Nature of the Firm” Coase’s article “The Nature of the Firm” provides a set of answers to important questions such as “Why do firms exist?” “What characterizes firms?” and “What determines their scale and scope?” According to Coase‚ a firm has to find the most cheap‚ most productive goods and services by establishing contracts in an open‚ efficient market place. However‚ market places are not that pure to let firms to succeed in their needs; they are not fluid. This
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1) FIRM OBJECTIVES: The standard economic assumption underlying the analysis of firms is profit maximization. Real world firms‚ however‚ might not‚ and many times do not‚ make decisions based on the profit-maximization objective‚ or at least exclusively on the profit-maximization objective. Other objectives include: (1) sales maximization‚ (2) pursuit of personal welfare‚ and (3) pursuit of social welfare. Although firms are assumed to make decisions that increase profit in standard economic
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Achia Begum. Address of the Owner : Alinagor‚ Ashrafabad‚ Kamrangirchar‚ Dhaka – 1211. Verification & Inspection Date : On 03.10.2012. RELATIONSHIP OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WITH BORROWER : Self (owner is the proprietor of the borrower firms). LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY Land : 1.885 decimal The property is located at Alinagor‚ Ashrafabad‚ Kamrangirchar‚
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ELASTIC DEMAND Demand is elastic when the percentage change in the quantity demanded is greater than the percentage change in the price‚ i.e. when: Percentage change in the quantity demanded > 1 Percentage change in the price Example A fall in the price of cotton in Antigua and Barbuda from $20 to $18 causes the quantity demanded to increase from units to 150 units In the figure above‚ the price range $20 to $18‚ demand is elastic. Percentage change in the quantity
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Economics April 16‚ 2012 n Price Controls: How efficient are price ceilings and price floors? If you think one is better than the other‚ make sure to bring up examples from our economy to validate your stand. Price ceilings and price floors are essential aspects of our economy. Price ceilings are government enacted laws preventing suppliers from establishing prices of key resources higher than a certain price‚ which is set by the government. Price floors are price minimums that can be charged
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[NOVEMBER The Nature of the Firm By R. H. COASE ECONOMIC theory has suffered in the past from a failure to state clearly its assumptions. Economists in building up a theory have often omitted to examine the foundations on which it was erected. This examination is‚ however‚ essential not only to prevent the misunderstanding and needless controversy which arise from a lack of knowledge of the assumptions on which a theory is based‚ but also because of the extreme importance for economics of
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hour for servers and $50 per hour to rent ovens and other kitchen machinery. The restaurant uses seven hours of server time per unit of machinery time. Determine whether the restaurant is minimizing its cost of production when the ratio of marginal products (capital to labor) is 12. If not‚ what adjustments are called for to improve the efficiency in resource use? The ratio of prices PK/PL= r/w= 50/5=10 and The capital to labor MPK/MPL= w/r=12 These two ratios are not equal
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Price Differentiation vs. Price Discrimination Price differentiation and price discrimination: two terms used in Marketing and Economy. First of all‚ it is appropriate to make an accurate definition for both of the terms. Price differentiation is a pricing strategy that “charges different segments of customers altered prices for the same products or services.” Likewise‚ we can meet with the same definition if we look for price discrimination definition. Then‚ is there a difference between price
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Price Determination under Monopoly Monopoly is that market form in which a single producer controls the whole supply of a single commodity which has no close substitute. From this definition there are two points that must be noted: (i) Single Producer: There must be only one producer who may be anindividual‚ a partnership firm or a joint stock company.Thus single firmconstitutes the industry.The distinction between firm and industry disappearsunder conditions of monopoly. (ii) No Close Substitute: The
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