Question 1 Index observation date | Scenario 1 Closing level of S&P/ASX 200 Index | Scenario 2 Closing level of S&P/ASX 200 Index | Scenario 3 Closing level of S&P/ASX 200 Index | 9 December 2013 | 3‚847.050 | 5‚641.000 | 7‚662.310 | 9 January 2014 | 3‚803.930 | 5‚705.370 | 7‚916.180 | 10 February 2014 | 3‚821.420 | 5‚622.830 | 8‚133.700 | 10 March 2014 | 3‚811.580 | 5‚623.730 | 8‚294.210 | 9 April 2014 | 3‚733.190 | 5‚785.730 | 8‚868.370 | 9 May 2014 | 3‚732.870 | 5‚862
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Q1. Microsoft chose not to capitalize any software development cost and thus expensed them all as R&D. Assume that 60% of the reported R&D could have been capitalized and spread out over the following two years. For example. The amount of R&D capitalized into 1995 would be evenly spread out among 1996 and 1997. If this were the case how much would net income have been in 1997 and 1998? What would be the percentage increase in net income from 1997 t0 1998? Compare that to the actual reporting change
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the beginning or at the end of a month‚ 3 months‚ 6 months or a year. At the end of the lease contract the asset reverts to the real owner. However‚ in case of long-term lease contracts‚ the lessee is generally given the option to buy the leased asset or renew the lease contract. The three major types of leases are the operating lease‚ financial/capital lease and the direct financing lease. The operating lease is a short-term lease contract where the lessor bears all operating and repairing costs
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Professor Paine’s two distinct ethics approaches‚ as discussed in this chapter‚ was Alcoa’s approach more compliance or integrity? Alcoa’s ethical work climate is diverse‚ encourages open communication and learning‚ and community outreach. The company’s strategy encourages employees to be the first to brainstorm ideas for improvements and innovations. They are also supported to take responsibility and ingenuity by REWARDING them financially and non-financially. Among the diversity they expect a work environment
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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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Case @ China The Roadmap Cheung Kong GSB Case Study Centre for Lenovo to Go Global —A Case study of Lenovo Group Strategies I.Lenovo: refocus on PC operation On December 8 ‚ 2004‚ Lenovo consummated a deal with IBM whereby Lenovo was to acquire IBM’s desktop and laptop PC unit and its R&D and procurement operations worldwide for the sum of US$1.25 billion. On May 1 2005‚ Lenovo completed its acquisition of IBM’s PC Unit. “Using an analogy‚ our enterprise is well likened to a tortoise but
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Financial Theories and Strategies Paper FIN 554 February 15‚ 2005 Introduction Financial theories are the building blocks of today ’s corporate world. "The basic building blocks of finance theory lay the foundation for many modern tools used in areas such asset pricing and investment. Many of these theoretical concepts such as general equilibrium analysis‚ information economics and theory of contracts are firmly rooted in classical Microeconomics" (Oaktree‚ 2005) This paper will define
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Week 2: Topic 1: Financial Accounting Theory & the Reporting Environment GHTHH Chapter 2 5. Researchers who develop positive theories and researchers who develop normative theories often do not share the same views about the roles of their respective approaches to theory construction. (a) How do positive and normative theories differ? (b) Can positive theories assist normative theories‚ or vice versa? If yes‚ give an example. If not‚ why not? Normative accounting research makes policy recommendations
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1. DETAILS OF THE ORGANISATION Name of the Organisation: Phone: E-mail: Address of the Organisation: Vill-Sripur‚P.O.-Dewanpasha‚ Sub-Division- Dharmanagar‚ Dist.-North‚State-Tripura‚Pin-799254. SANGHADIP (03822) 233282‚ 9436476002(Secretary) sanghadip@yahoo.co.in NGO Report by Tirthankar Majumder‚2013‚RMD dpt‚Tripura University. Page 1 2.1.BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION SANGHADIP‚a non profit making Voluntary Organization was founded in 1979‚1st Nov‚ with the objective of providing multi-dimensional
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M&S (A) Marks & Spencer (known as M&S) is a famous British retail chain selling clothes‚ food‚ household goods and furniture from over 450 shops in the UK and some 200 managed under franchise in 30 territories mostly in Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Asia and the Far East as well as wholly-owned stores in the Republic of Ireland and Hong Kong. In 2007 it had a turnover of over £7 billion and employed over 70‚000 people. M&S’s origins come from a chain of ‘penny bazaars’ (market stalls selling everything
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