l 1) "Standard setting is a political process ’. Explain and discuss. The essay is aim to explain why standard setting is a political process and discuss how political involvement affects the process of accounting standard setting. Accounting standard setting plays an important role in conveying users that how‚ when and where the financial information of a company is disclosed. Standards‚ particularly changes in standards‚ can have significant differential effects on companies‚ investors and
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CHAPTER 18 Investment Decisions: Ratios Test Questions 1.Income multipliers: a. are useful as a preliminary analysis tool to weed out obviously unacceptable investment opportunities. 2.The overall capitalization rate calculated on a potential acquisition: a. is the reciprocal of the net income multiplier. 3.The operating expense ratio: c. expresses operating expenses as a percent of effective gross income. 4.The equity dividend rate: b. expresses before-tax cash flow as a percent of the
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Maersk’s compensation philosophy is that they offer a competitive salary and benefits package‚ such as health insurance‚ dental and vision insurance‚ a 401k savings plan with employer match‚ and paid time off (CARE Business Partner Job Posting). The market influences this philosophy because if business is not well for the company they won’t be able to keep up with the competitive pay rates and may lose employees to a competitor that may be having a better year‚ and offering a higher pay rate. Also
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1. ASSIGNMENT 2: OPERATIONS DECISION Introduction This document will briefly describe the details of a fictitious business (X-QUIZIT INC). It will show an assessment of the current environmental scan factors that are relevant to the business decision making process and the factor that will have the greatest impact on the business operations and management’s decision to continue or discontinue its operation. It will also show an evaluation of the financial performance of the company using the
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Effective Decisions Saumya Bhattacharya expressed her thoughts on how to come up with effective decisions and how to prevent its downsides. She quoted the source from the book of Michael J. Mauboussin‚ Chief Investment Strategist and a Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School‚ called Think Twice—Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition. Mauboussin’s first step is to have enough knowledge in the situation that you have. This would help in making effective decisions if you are understand
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Top Management’s Compensation and Its Harmful Effects Introduction Now-a-days it is becoming very common practice among companies to pay very high compensation to their CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) as well as top management executives. When general people come to know that CEOs and top executives draw a huge amount of compensation from their companies‚ they think what a teacher‚ a government employee make and wonder what those executives could possibly be doing to earn so much. But when shareholders
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PART 4A DECISION THEORY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS 261 QUESTIONS [Fact Pattern #1] Stewart Industries has been producing two bearings‚ components B12 and B18‚ for use in production. B12 B18 ------ ------ Machine hours required per unit 2.5 3.0 Standard cost per unit: Direct material $ 2.25 $ 3.75 Direct labor 4.00 4.50 Manufacturing overhead: Variable
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Lecture Illustration: Compensation Salt Water Ltd. Salt Water Ltd is a large and successful manufacturer of engines. The company consists of two divisions: the Automotive Engine division and the Outboard Motor Division. Salt Water has recently acquired a new company which will become a third division. The new Couch division is a small manufacturer of lawnmower motors. It has been owned and managed by the one person for 40 years. The prior owner treated all employees as part of his family
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My decision to get a Masters Degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management‚ at this point in my career‚ is precisely based on a question ‘Where I would be the in next five years’. Though a five year of professional work experience in the field of Logistics and Operations has given me the vast knowledge and command to cope with modern business challenges as a manager‚ yet I feel that current fast growing and competitive business world need vital strategic thinking and an adept to change. Globalization
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DECISION ANALYSIS Definition: A systematic procedure based on thinking patterns used to make choices in the hopes that they are good ones. It involves considering the Elements of a good choice and weighing them against your MUSTS/WANTS and any risks before making a final decision: The book is full of mumbo jumbo on this‚ but it isn’t rocket science. We do some decision analysis almost every time we take a course of action. 1.Develop a Goal or Decision Statement. ACTION Oriented statement.
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