Chapter 4: Mini Case 1: Smith‚ Smith‚ Smith‚ and Smith is a regional accounting firm that is putting up a new headquarters building. The building will have a backbone network that connects eight LANs (two on each floor). The company is very concerned with network errors. What advice would you give regarding the design of the building and network cable planning that would help reduce network errors? I have to make some assumptions regarding the network design for this new building. Since they
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MINI-CASE A) Answer: Capital budgeting is the process of analyzing additions to fixed assets. Capital budgeting is important because‚ more than anything else‚ fixed asset investment decisions chart a company’s course for the future. Conceptually‚ the capital budgeting process is identical to the decision process used by individuals making investment decisions. These steps are involved: 1. Estimate‚ evaluate‚ & assess the riskiness of the cash flows 2. Determine the appropriate
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Blades uses call options to hedge its yen payables‚ should it use the call option with the exercise price of $0.00756 or the call option with the exercise price of $0.00792? Describe the tradeoff. The corporation needs to purchase supplies with foreign currency. To hedge against the possible appreciation of the foreign currency’s value‚ the corporation can purchase a call option. Both options have to pay a premium for the option. The purchase price or exercise price of option A is $0.00756 plus
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because it is a requirement‚ but also to establish trust with investors. Releasing reports based on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as other companies do would greatly improve Porsche’s image. Porsche sets itself apart from the many competitors in the auto industry because of the premium quality of the vehicles produced. It is because of this premium quality that Porsche is able to sell vehicles at such high ticket prices and continues to keep its customers satisfied. This success has created substantial shareholder
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Mini-Case Study: McDonald’s Corporation: Firing on all cylinders while preparing for the future McDonald’s Corporation is the largest fast food restaurant chain in the world‚ operating more than 32‚000 restaurants in 118 countries. In 2008‚ McDonalds and Wal-Mart were the only stocks in the Dow Jones to end the year with a gain. From 2007 to 2008 they raised revenues in billion dollars earning above average returns. Its ability to create value for its stakeholders is impressive‚ but this trend
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ACC553 Week 4 You Decide Activity To : John and Jane Smith From : Kathy Polk‚ CPA Near Lakes City Date : August 2‚ 2012 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith‚ I would like to thank you for coming into the office and permitting us to review and deliberate the concerns you have with your tax questions. Please contact me‚ after you both have studied my suggestions‚ so we can address any other questions you may have at that time. John Smith’s questions: 1(a) How is the $300‚000 treated for purposes
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a. Should Caledonia focus on cash flows or accounting profits in making its capital-budgeting decisions? Should the company be interested in incremental cash flows‚ incremental profits‚ total free cash flows‚ or total profits? Caledonia should focus on cash flows‚ not accounting profits. Free cash flows are able to be reinvested‚ whereas accounting profits are shown when they are earned‚ not when the cash is actually received. The company should be interested in incremental after-tax cash flows
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Cast Brian Smith – CIO John Johnson – CEO Stan Abrams – CFO Fred Tompkins – Head of Manufacturing (Most powerful executive lel) Harriet Simpson – VP of HR Brenda Barnes – VP of Marketing Ted Kwok – VP or R&D 1. What are the issues with current IT planning process? Budget given is equal to 2% of revenue Budget might fluctuate depending on actual revenue Budget for new infrastructure and initiatives/strategies are basically leftovers after the maintenance cost/keeping the lights on. As
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"Why do I keep this around?" Martin Drysdale wondered. "It infuriates me every time I see all that satisfaction over something that is now the bane of my existence." He looked gloomily at the offending photo which showed the project team happily "clinking" pop cans and coffee cups in a toast: "Here’s to TUFS!" The Technical Underwriting Financial System (TUFS) was the largest single investment in IT ever made by Northern Insurance‚ and it was going to transform Northern by streamlining the underwriting
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In order to decide on an IPO price‚ we must look at the current financial position of the company‚ as well as make projections for possible future scenarios. From the data given‚ we know that Prairie Home Stores (PHS) has a current book value of $80‚000‚000. With 400‚000 outstanding shares‚ the book equity per share is $200. There are two possible paths for future performance to consider. The first‚ a constant growth scenario‚ assumes that PHS will continue on its current trajectory of paying
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