THE BENEFITS OF SARBANES-OXLEY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEASURED AGAINST THE COSTS Salim Motala A research project submitted to the Gordon Institute of Business Science‚ University of Pretoria‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. 14 November 2007 ABSTRACT The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the only legislated corporate governance structure‚ and is aimed at increasing investor confidence in public companies by forcing them
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INTRODUCTION T O COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS In the Affair of so much Importance to you‚ wherein you ask my Advice‚ I cannot for want of sufficient Premises‚ advise you what to determine‚ but if you please I will tell you how. When those difficult Cases occur‚ they are difficult‚ chiefly because while we have them under Consideration‚ all the Reasons pro and con are not present to the Mind at the same time; but sometimes one Set present themselves‚ and at other times another‚ the first being out
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have done above is a “full-cost” analysis. This is in contrast to a “direct-cost” analysis that ignores overhead costs. Is full cost the right metric for job profitability and customer profitability? What assumptions are we making about the variability of overhead costs when we do a “full-cost” analysis? By allocating the overhead costs to jobs and customers there is an implicit assumption that these are variable with the cost driver. In reality‚ some of the overhead costs are fixed‚ at least in the
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Mary Ellis November 16‚ 2014 English-099 Buying Local Produce Have you ever wondered why the produce you find in a grocery store comes from all over the country When there are local farms that sell the same produce grown in your backyard? My family buys our produce from our local C.S.A.(Community Supported Agriculture)‚ farmers markets‚ and produce stands. There are thousands of places like these across the country that get overlooked by consumers every day. An individual’s choices regarding
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moderately high level of income inequality within the economy. The benefits of income inequality may be that it encourages the labour force to increase education and skill levels and it also encourages the labour force to work longer and harder. Some of the economic costs of inequality may be that inequality reduces overall utility and it can reduce economic growth. Subsequently there are mainly economic benefits of inequality‚ but social costs are involved. Whilst theory suggests that greater growth may
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The Sydney Olympic Games held in 2000 was perhaps one of Australia’s major investments. The event involved Private‚ Social and External costs and benefits. The NSW government experienced the Private costs. Financially‚ the government spent around $1.7 billion dollars on the event‚ which included the sporting facilities‚ advancing the city’s streets‚ transport organisation and the village. The takings received for the event‚ however‚ was around $6 million. The profits are still being made today‚
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Factors Influencing Consumer Buying Behaviour of Luxury Branded Goods KHOR ENG TATT Research report in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Online Master of Business Administration UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost‚ I would like to thank my supervisor Dr Nabsiah Abdul Wahid for her relentless support‚ advice and guidance throughout the entire preparations of this dissertation. Not to forget my co-supervisor Dr Maliga Marimuthu
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Journal of Commerce‚ Vol. 60‚ No. 4‚ pp 39-57‚ 2007. D. P. S. Verma and Surendar Munjal‚ "Brand Loyalty Correlates: Study of FMCG"‚ Abhigyan‚ Vol. XXI‚ No. 2‚ pp 25-31‚ 2003. D.P.S. Verma and Savita Hanspal‚ "Influence of Lifestyles on Consumers ’ Buying Behavior"‚ Paradigm‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 2‚ pp 52-65‚ 2000. Debashis Bhattacharya and Sanjay Gopal Sarkar‚ "Perceived Risk and Information Seeking Behaviour"‚ Indian Journal of Marketing‚ Vol. XXXII‚ No. 5-6‚ pp 3-7‚ 2002. Dr Dharam Sukh Dahiya‚ "Psychographic
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MARGINAL COSTING AS A COSTING SYSTEM Marginal Costing is a type of flexible standard costing that separates fixed costs from proportional costs in relation to the output quantity of the objects. In particular‚ Marginal Costing is a comprehensive and sophisticated method of planning and monitoring costs based on resource drivers. Selecting the resource drivers and separating the costs into fixed and proportional components ensures that cost fluctuations caused by changes in operating levels‚ as
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Historical Development of Marginal Costing Marginal cost is the change in the total cost that arises when the quantity produced has an increment by unit. That is‚ it is the cost of producing one more unit of a good. In general terms‚ marginal cost at each level of production includes any additional costs required to produce the next unit. The concept of marginal utility grew out of attempts by economists to explain the determination of price. The term “marginal utility”‚ credited to the Austrian
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