Limitations of Ratios used for analysis: 1. Inflation will distort a firm’s balance sheet and a trend analysis may not give a true picture of the firm’s financial performance. 2. Different fiscal year‚ example‚ a firm may have a fiscal year that ends on June 30‚ whereas another company in the same industry may have a fiscal year ends on 31 . 3. Financial analysis is performed on historical data mainly for the purpose of forecasting future performance. The historical relationships may not continue
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waiting to get the CD by mail o costs of processing (orders from the customers) o repeat activities and information processing o of handling customer phone calls o of handling sales inquiries o determine product availability (inventory management) o costs of storing information o lowers telecommunication costs o and therefore have a competitive advantages in satisfy Provide price quotes - with a web site‚ you can have the prices listed‚ and change them
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Limitations of Financial Accounting: Financial accounting is the only branch of accounting and it is not perfect. There are large numbers of limitations which open new way to use other tools of accounting. To know what are the main limitations of financial accounting. It is very necessary for accountants. Accountants are often blind to these limitations. So‚ I am covering its limitation a lot of ground. Read below and understand:- 1. Financial accounting is of historical nature Net effect
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business cannot be over stated‚ organizations are continuously battling with ever changing internal and external forces which have direct impact on the success or failure of a business. Often times change is required and the success of the change management is vital to the future‚ health and reputation of the business. Most changes are either underachieved or not completed within budget/time (Change‚ 2009) John Kotter offers eight phases (Kotter‚ 2014) to follow when managing change process‚ these
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5.2 Limitations of the Research Regardless of the researcher high ambitions‚ this research is constrained by resource limitations‚ such as time‚ funding and the scope of the study that required the research study to focus on a limited number of objectives. Moreover the research questions focus directly or indirectly involve multiple areas in the use of DC‚ while limits of time‚ more participants surveyed with responses and larger sample size‚ high cost‚ unequal age groups of participants ‚ the
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M2: Explain the limitations of marketing research used to contribute to the development of Nivea. No matter how small or large a market research project may be‚ any type of research performed poorly will not give relevant results. In fact‚ all research‚ no matter how well controlled‚ carries the potential to be wrong. There are many reasons why research may not give good results but a common problem is deciding whether the research is really measuring what it claims to be measuring. There
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Evaluate the benefits and limitations of using technology in learning and teaching The use of technology in teaching is now a widely encouraged concept. In fact‚ the new Professional Standards for Teachers and Trainers in Education and Training (et-foundation‚ 2014)‚ state that we must promote the benefits of technology and support learners in its use. With this in mind it appears that using technologies within teaching and learning is the emerging paradigm. However‚ this is not clear as it appears
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Introduction to Marketing Final Exam M2: Explain the limitations of marketing research used to contribute to the development of a selected organisation’s marketing plan. There are 3 types of limitations of market research. These are; * Cost effectiveness of data collection * Reliability of data collected * validity of data collected Costly: Marketing research is a costly affair. It needs a lot of money to conduct various market research activities. Huge funds are required
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Stakeholder Theory and Limitation 1. Stakeholder theory is an excuse for managerial opportunism: The core claim is that by providing more groups who management can argue their actions benefit‚ stakeholder theory makes it far easier to engage in self-dealing and defend it than if shareholder theory were the sole purpose. 2. Stakeholder theory is primarily concerned with distribution of financial outputs: This view depicts stakeholder theory as primarily about who receives the resources of the organization
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What are the major limitations of Financial Accounting? Explain with the help of Examples. What are the alternatives to overcome these limitations? Financial accounting can be defined as reporting of the financial position and performance of a firm through financial statements issued to the external users on a periodic basis. It is a field of finance that treats money as a means of measuring economic performance instead of treating it as a factor of production. It encompasses the entire system
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