The Case Interview • What is a case interview? The Case Interview • What specific skills does it assess? • How to prepare for a case interview? • An interactive example. What is a “Case Interview” anyway? The Case Interview Simulation of a business problem. Similar to what our associates encounter every day. Series of open-ended questions. They’re designed to stimulate your conceptual‚ quantitative‚ analytical and – most importantly – creative abilities. The Case Interview There are
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OIL AND GAS ACCOUNTING: CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION OF THEORY TO PRACTICE IN NIGERIA 1.0 INTRODUCTION: The natural resources of a nation‚ particularly the minerals‚ often constitute the lion’s share of the nation’s wealth. This is particularly true of the OPEC nations including Nigeria. Prior to the development of accounting standards issued by the Nigerian Accounting Standards Board (NASB)‚ the financial statements published by the oil and gas industry in Nigeria did not disclose adequate
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Incrementalism or incremental budgeting is the budget system that uses the previous year’s budget to set the next year’s budget with incremental changes instead of large financial changes. Many businesses currently use incremental budget systems. When the incremental budge system is used businesses have to have a spend it or lose it mentality to make it work. The system is created from the previous resources allowing only for minor changes as allowed by the budget. Many sites such as Tutor2u suggest
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Ameritrade’s Cost of Capital Harvard Case Study 1. What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? One factor that is significant and pertinent to this case is determining the cost of capital that should be employed for Ameritrade. An appropriate discount rate is required to derive the net present value of the advertising program and technology upgrades. With that said‚ estimating future cash flows
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The Western Company is a public utility holding company which builds and helps to operate electric generating plants across the world. Western is facing increasing competition as the utility industry moves toward deregulation. In the past Western has relied on engineers to make key decisions in the area of capital budgeting selecting projects with the lowest present value of future costs. This is a continuation of the previous case in which the managers are now using the actual company projects to
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IBM as a multinational corporation Write about a multinational corporation (MNC) of your choice. Q1. How international is that company? International Business Machines‚ IBM‚ is a multinational computer‚ technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in New York‚ United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter)‚ and offers infrastructure services‚ hosting services‚ and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology
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Executive Summary: The following is an analysis of the Travel Centers of America (TA) and recommended best investment strategies as Trifthorn Capital pertains to additional investment opportunities. Based on HPT-TA deal structures and where we believe our investors to be headed we recommend the following actions: • Holding New-TA stocks you received in the spinoff • Buying shares in New-TA in addition to the stocks received from spinoff In this memo‚ we would analyze the HPT share holders’
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Case: Donner Company EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Donner Company is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards. They need to address several issues in their supply chain operations to improve their service level because net income in the month of September has drastically decreased. Before September‚ growth was steadily increasing every month. They found that the major problems include unpredictable bottlenecks in manufacturing‚ lower than expected productivity and lower than expected quality
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E18-5 Organic Growth Company is presently testing a number of new agricultural seeds that it has recently harvested. To stimulate interest‚ it has decided to grant to five of its largest customers the unconditional right of return to these products if not fully satisfied. The right of return extends for 4 months. Organic Growth sells these seeds on account for $1‚500‚000 on January 2‚ 2012. Companies are required to pay the full amount due by March 15‚ 2012. (a) Prepare the journal entry for
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Final Project: Budgeting Angelica M. Cravens Course: BUS 630 Managerial Accounting Instructor: Anthony Perez October 01‚ 2012 Final Project: Budgeting Budgeting is used to help companies stay on track without going over their revenue and not spending too much on expenses. Budgeting is a very important part of a business success. There are many types of budgets that range from households to businesses. There have been new developments in the budgeting area in the last few years. There are
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