Return on Investment In Information Technology: A Guide for Managers Anthony M. Cresswell Center for Technology in Government University at Albany‚ SUNY 187 Wolf Road‚ Suite 301 Albany‚ NY 12205 Phone: (518) 442-3892 Fax: (518) 442-3886 E-mail: info@ctg.albany.edu www.ctg.albany.edu August 2004 ©2004 Center for Technology in Government The Center grants permission to reprint this document provided this cover page is included. CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERNMENT—RETURN ON INVESTMENT
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545 - = Net Realizable Value 538 532 1 Beg. allowance $20 + Bad debt expense $5 – Write-offs ? = End. Allowance $13 Write-offs = $12 2 Beg. accounts receivable $558 + Sales $5‚710 – Write-offs $12 – Collections ? = End. accounts receivable $532 Collections = $5‚711 Req. 3 2006 2007 2008 Net Income 510 497 $(312) ÷ Net Sales 4‚700 5‚695 $5‚710 = Net Profit Margin 10.85% 8.73% (5.46)% The company’s net profit margin has fallen each year while net sales have risen‚ with a net loss reported
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INVESTMENT APPRAISAL One of the key areas of long-term decision-making that firms must tackle is that of investment - the need to commit funds by purchasing land‚ buildings‚ machinery and so on‚ in anticipation of being able to earn an income greater than the funds committed. In order to handle these decisions‚ firms have to make an assessment of the size of the outflows and inflows of funds‚ the lifespan of the investment‚ the degree of risk attached and the cost of obtaining funds. The main stages
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Investment appraisal techniques Introduction Investment is a key part of building your business. New assets such as machinery can boost productivity‚ cut costs and give you a competitive edge. Investments in product development‚ research and development‚ expertise and new markets can open up exciting growth opportunities. At the same time‚ you need to avoid overstretching
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The modern period of Indian history begins with the Mughal empire which was comparable in size with some of the ancient Indian empires but was totally different from them in its internal structure. It was a highly centralised state based on the extensive control of land revenue and of a military machine which could rival that of contemporary European states. In fact‚ the size of the machine was the reason for the final collapse of this empire which could not meet its financial needs. This was then
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[edit] Pre-Columbian period Main article: Pre-Columbian The earliest known inhabitants of what is now the United States are thought to have arrived in Alaska by crossing the Bering land bridge‚ at least 14‚000 30‚000 years ago.[10] Some of these groups migrated south and east‚ and over time spread throughout the Americas. These were the ancestors to modern Native Americans in the United States and Alaskan Native peoples‚ as well as all indigenous peoples of the Americas. Many indigenous peoples
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the wealth. Capital investment appraisal is the budgeting of major capital and investment to company expenditure which facilitates the determination of the concerned firm ’s investments. Doubtlessly‚ firms will benefit from modern financial technology. The most common ways of investment appraisal are payback‚ IRR and NPV methods; each of them has its own strengths and weaknesses from a perspective of decision making. In this essay‚ the background and methods of capital investment appraisal will be
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Romanticism Romanticism was arguably the largest artistic movement of the late 1700s. Its influence was felt across continents and through every artistic discipline into the mid-nineteenth century and many of its values and beliefs can still be seen in contemporary poetry. Literary taste began to turn from classical and neoclassical conventions. The generation of revolution and wars‚ of stress and upheaval had produced doubts on the security of the age of reason. Doubts and pessimism now challenged
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This essay is an attempt to describe the advantages and disadvantages of using an external and internal evaluator in an evaluation. The author will propose an internal evaluator for a functional literacy program. The structure of the essay will start by defining programme evaluation and the background of evaluation‚ and then give advantages and disadvantages of using external or internal evaluator in an evaluation. This essay will then propose one evaluator for a functional literacy program and
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Contents The introduction 1 Summary 1 The advantages and disadvantages of UK adopting IFRS 2 1.The benefits of UK adopting the IFRS 2 1.1 Consistently and transparency 2 1.2 Flexible and Understandable 3 1.3 Global comparability 3 1.4 Decision making 4 1.5 Multinational corporation and cost 4 1.6 Impact the structure of company 5 2. The potential negative impacts that UK may face. 5 2.1 The high costs of converting to IFRS 5 2.2 Lack of comparability and inconsistency 6 2.3 The impact of investors
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