Creative Destruction and the Aftermath of the Tsunami: Recovery of Southern Sri Lankan Small Business in the Face of Inertia Dr. C. Travis A. Perera Senior Consultant‚ Entrepreneurship‚ Business Development & Operations Management Postgraduate Institute of Management‚ Sri Lanka Telephone number: 94-777 756 109 Fax number: 94-11-2689643 Email: drtravisperera@gmail.com Paper Presented At the 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum held in Cape Town‚ South Africa from September 07-09-2005
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Dilemmas in Disaster. What’s a Nurse Manager To Do? Charlotte McKamie Texas A&M Administrative Theories NSG 520 Aune November ‚ 2012 Abstract This paper considers some of the ethical dilemmas that occur during disasters and how the chaos and desperation of those situations effect decision making for nurse managers. Dilemmas in Disaster. What’s a Nurse Manager To Do? In July of 2006‚ two nurses and a doctor were charged with murder as a result of their actions during Hurricane
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Part A 1) a)Although a client/company is engaged to perform audits for the 2nd year‚ it does not allow sufficient time for auditor to detect material misstatement. This is due to lack of experience in understanding of the company? Repeat engagement over the years to come would reduce inherent risk Thus‚ the 2nd year of audit would increase inherent risk. b)The bank requires that a/ the company’s interest coverage ratio should be above 9‚ in order to provide loans to the client. From the extract
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Computer Information System Brief Kathy Kudler was a Vice-President of a large defense contractor is tired of travel and pressure from her corporate lifestyle. Searching for other opportunities during her travel she discovered ways to relieved her stress through shopping varieties of ingredients for gourmet cooking‚ and suddenly realized her fashion shifted to establishing an upscale epicurean food shop in La Jolla. Needless to say‚ a business plan was developed‚ after she obtained her financing
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Auditing Introduction Letter Mahshid Kianipour Instructors: Cecil B. Lucy November 15‚2010 University of Phoenix Auditing Introduction Letter From: Langroodi‚ CPA To : Management of Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. RE: Auditing and assurance services Dear Mr. Jason‚ First‚ I would like to appreciate to giving me this opportunity to explain a couple points related to our firm and services‚ so then I’ll try to make them understandable and short as much as I can; because I know how valuable
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The Ultramares v. Touche case held that auditors could be held liable to any foreseen third party for ordinary negligence. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium 4. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 offers recourse against the auditors to a far greater number of investors than does the Securities Act of 1933. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium 5. The precedent set by the Hochfelder v. Ernst case is generally believed to have increased auditors ’ legal liability
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Auditing Research Paper “Auditing is the accumulation and evaluation of evidence about information to determine and report on the degree of correspondence between the information and established criteria” (Arens A.‚ Elder R. J.‚ Beasley M. S. 2010). Auditing of a company should be done by an independent person that has no affiliation with the company that is being audited. The auditor needs to be educated enough to process the audit. There are three different types of auditors‚ external
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The Chief Information Officer Roles regarding Strategic Planning‚ Disaster Recovery‚ & Risk Management [pic] Chris Wyllie CIS 423 Dr. Ellis Chief Information Officer The Chief Information Officer (CIO) position was officially established by the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1969. From this piece of legislation‚ the CIO was given its official duties and responsibilities. They include Provision/Assistance to Senior Executives on IT Acquisition and Management
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9.19 Assertions Background information Existence or occurrence: -assets or liabilities of the entity exist at a given date and whether recorded transactions or events have occurred during the period Completeness: -transactions‚ events and accounts that should be presented in the financial statement are included Cut-off -all transactions‚ events and accounts have been recorded in the correct period Right and obligations: -assests represent rights of the entity and liabilities are the obligations
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Disaster: British Petroleum Oil Spill Date: April 20‚ 2010 Location: Gulf of Mexico Personal Experiences: A little over a year after the BP oilrig sprung a leak‚ my family and I went to Panama City in Florida. As far as we could see‚ we couldn’t notice any differences in the Gulf of Mexico. The water was still crystal clear even though thousands of barrels of oil leaked into the ocean each day for months. I was completely aware of how the spill dramatically affected the lives‚ jobs‚ and
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