6/27/12 IBS Case Studies IBS Mumbai Date: 27/06/2012 Time: 20:46:19 FM0001 IBS Case Development Center Unilever Limited: Transforming the Finance ‘Function’ This case study was written by Parveen Sultana and Fathima Reshma Taj H‚ under the direction of Saradhi Kumar Gonela‚ IBS‚ Hyderabad. It is intended to be used as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. The case was compiled from published sources. License
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Mini-PIP “What has been the influence of the media as an agent of socialisation on Generation X opposed to Generation Y?” As the generations are evolving over the years‚ media technology is changing and improving constantly. The term media is accepted as those agents that convey news‚ entertainment and information. First there were books‚ newspapers and magazines‚ and then came sound recordings‚ radios‚ films and television‚ now there is the internet and social media. As new advances are developing
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North Face‚ Inc. 1. Should auditors insist that their clients accept all proposed audit adjustments‚ even those that have an "immaterial" effect on the given financial statements? Define your answer. I think auditors should strongly insist that their proposed adjustments should be made. If the company makes the proposed adjustments‚ it would seem to allow for a lesser probability for misstatements to occur. Even though an adjustment may seem immaterial for one year’s statements‚ a combination
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The Financial Crisis – A Case Study.Enterprise and Social Responsibility Introduction: The Moral dilemma of financial crisis or banking reforms do not start from 2007 but since 1986’s big bang policy of merging investment banks‚ building societies‚ and high street banks (Kynaston‚ 2011). Taxpayers’ money without public consent but with aim of general benefit was put as subsidy to the financial system which faced many booms and made London as international financial hub until proving too big to
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Latin America Key Financial Controls Kellogg Company-->Latin America-->Local Markets-->Caribbean Process Transaction Control Objective Risk Control Control Description Test to be Performed Process owner "Purchasing & Payables " 01. Contract Negotiation "Contracts or PO’s are in place for purchases of raw material‚ packaging material‚ and services. " "No contracts or PO’s are in place and excessive amounts are charged by vendors affecting cost or expenses.
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1. The mini-hotel Prague Sweet Home is organized in a family home‚ which is located in one of the greenest and cozy parts of Prague 4 - Pisnice. From home to the very center of Prague (Wenceslas Square)‚ only 30 minutes by public transport (16 minutes by bus and 8 minutes by metro) and maximum 15 minutes by car. From the house to the bus stop - 5 min. walk along a quiet street with no transitions and heavy traffic. Only 30 minutes after walking through the noisy city - and you find yourself in a
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WINE ECONOMISTS AAWE WORKING PAPER No. 1 Editor Victor Ginsburgh THE IMPACT OF GURUS: PARKER GRADES AND EN PRIMEUR WINE PRICES Héla Hadj Ali Sébastien Lecocq Michael Visser April 2007 www.wine-economics.org The impact of gurus: Parker grades and en primeur wine prices H´la Hadj Ali† S´bastien Lecocq‡ Michael Visser§ e ‚ e ‚ September 2005 ∗ Abstract The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of Robert Parker’s oenological grades on Bordeaux wine
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underrecorded income earned‚ we could consider this as a financial reporting fraud. The auditor would have identified the risk primarily through analysis of financial results and review of operational procedures. b) The auditor should pay close attention to the changes of company’s financial result and analyze those changes in time to see if they are reasonable. Most auditors should have detected this kind of material misstatement in company’s financial results‚ because this defalcation is caused by a personal
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Mini Ethnography at Colors of Inequality Conference I chose to do my ethnographic study at the Intergenerational Spring Seminar sponsored by the Unitarian Universalists United Nations Office (UU-UNO). The theme for this year’s conference was The Colors of Inequality: Costs and Consequences Conference. This conference took place at three locations throughout New York City. The three locations it took place at were All Souls Church (NYC)‚ the Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission
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1830 - 1860‚ Americans began to split apart due to the different social‚ economic and political stances of the North and South cultures. Both Southern and Northern states depicted two different stand points on how things should be as far as political‚ social and economic views of American in that time. The North and South’s view on political‚ economic and social status varied greatly‚ making it difficult to come to any terms‚ leading to much greater conflict. Society varied for the North and South
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