Cost estimation is a fundamental aspect of managerial/cost accounting (Datar et al. 2008; Eldenburg and Wolcott 2005). The cost predictions are used in each of the management functions. for example used to predict costs so that management can determine the desirability of alternative options and to budget expenditures‚ profits‚ and cash flows. The objective is to support students in learning how to apply regression analyses to understand cost behavior and forecast future costs using real data from
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Chapter 4: Costs and Cost Minimization Multiple Choice 1. Suppose you are a star basketball player at a major university in your sophomore year. You are sought after by several NBA teams. Which of the following choices best characterizes your opportunity cost if you choose to drop out of college and enter the NBA? a) The value of your college scholarship that you have given up. b) The skills that two more years of playing at your college would have given you along with their additional value
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than the cost of capital. The cost of capital is the rate of return that capital could be expected to earn in an alternative investment of equivalent risk. If a project is of similar risk to a company’s average business activities it is reasonable to use the company’s average cost of capital as a basis for the evaluation. A company’s securities typically include both debt and equity‚ one must therefore calculate both the cost of debt and the cost of equity to determine a company’s cost of capital
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Opportunity Cost Lets start with a small introduction to the topic Opportunity Cost. Opportunity cost is the cost of any activity measured in terms of the value of the next best alternative forgone (that is not chosen). It is the sacrifice related to the second best choice available to someone‚ or group‚ who has picked among several mutually exclusive choices. The opportunity cost is also the "cost" (as a lost benefit) of the forgone products after making a choice. Opportunity cost is a
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Quiz 2 1) Cost-volume-profit analysis is used primarily by management: A) as a planning tool B) for control purposes C) to prepare external financial statements D) to attain accurate financial results Answer: A Diff: 1 Terms: cost-volume-profit (CVP) Objective: 1 AACSB: Communication 2) One of the first steps to take when using CVP analysis to help make decisions is: A) finding out where the total costs line intersects with the total revenues line on a graph. B) identifying which costs are variable
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The Reason Utopian Societies Fail: Bad Leadership and the human condition. English Ms. Zimmerman Rios‚ Sergio 30/5/2012 Rios‚ Sergio Ms. Zimmerman English 30/5/2013 The Reason Utopian Societies Fail: Bad Leadership and the human condition. Utopian societies tend to fail because perfection itself cannot be achieved: factors such as discrimination and bad leadership make a utopian society nothing‚ but a myth. History has proven that humans that have leadership can shift things around
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In the books of a Company Cost Sheet for the period ended…….. Units Produced….. Name of the product unit sold…. Particulars Total cost Rs. Unit Cost Rs. Opening stock raw materials Add Purchases of Raw Materials Add: Expenses on Purchases of Raw Materials (octroi & duty) Less: Closing stock of raw materials Less: Sale of scrap or defectives of raw materials = Cost of materials consumed Add: Productive Labour Add: Outstanding wages Add: Direct Expenses( architect’s
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Summer2011-Microeconomics-Exam Two Practice 1. To calculate the total utility of consuming N products: A. add the additional satisfaction of consuming each product up to N and multiply by its price. B. add the total satisfactions of consuming each product up to N. C. multiply the additional satisfaction from consuming the Nth product by its price. D. multiply total satisfaction from consuming N products by N. 2. Suppose that the following table lists the utility that Steve receives from
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permitted. General scope and definitions The IASB has amended the list of costs that can be included in borrowing costs‚ as part of its 2008 minor improvement project. Will this change anything in practice? The amendment should eliminate inconsistencies between interest expense as calculated under IAS 23R and IAS 39. IAS 23R refers to the effective interest rate method as described in IAS 39. The calculation includes fees‚ transaction costs and amortisation of discounts or premiums relating to borrowings
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