productive results. In so doing‚ the business prospers and its employees are motivated to achieve even greater heights. Managing Human resources is not a simple task; several good practices must be considered when doing so. What is the most valuable asset that a company has? Is it the name‚ customers‚ goodwill‚ physical resources‚ or product line? It is none of these. A company’s most valuable resource is its’ employees. Any organization will go only as far as the people who are driving it. In fact
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following situation has been identified by an impairment team. Shiplake has an item of earth-moving plant‚ which is hired out to companies on short-term contracts. Its carrying amount‚ based on cost model‚ is $400‚000. The estimated fair value of this asset is only $250‚000‚ with associated costs of disposal of $5‚000. A recent review of its value in use based on its forecast future cash flows was estimated at $500‚000. Since this review was undertaken‚ there has been a dramatic increase in interest rates
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STUDY GUIDE for TEST ONE (Chapters 1‚ 2‚ 3) Test #1 will consist of 50-60 of the questions below. (Finding the “answers” to these questions is part of the review) True or False 1. Owner’s equity represents the amount of assets that can be claimed by creditors. 2. The right-hand side of an account is always the increase side. 3. A ledger is a chronological record of a business’s transactions. 4. The chart of accounts proves that all transactions were
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Does Fair Value Accounting for Non-Financial Assets Pass the Market Test? Hans B. Christensen and Valeri V. Nikolaev The University of Chicago Booth School of Business 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago‚ IL 60637 Abstract: The choice between fair value and historical cost accounting is the subject of longstanding controversy among accounting academics and regulators. Nevertheless‚ the market based evidence on this subject is very limited. We study the choice of fair value versus historical
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Raiding Customer Assets at MF Global: Who Was Responsible? By James O ’Toole The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently filed a complaint against Jon Corzine‚ CEO of MF Global‚ charging him with directing one of his mid-level managers‚ Edith O ’Brien‚ to transfer millions of dollars of customer assets to cover a bank overdraft that threatened to sink the firm. If he did so‚ the former head of Goldman Sachs‚ U.S. Senator‚ and governor of New Jersey broke the law. However‚ Corzine ’s lawyer
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All of the items included under Pet Smart’s current assets are indeed listed in the proper order. The order of current assets is as follows; Cash‚ Trading Assets‚ Cash Equivalents. Short-Term Investments‚ Accounts Receivable‚ Loan Receivable‚ Inventory‚ Deferred Taxes‚ Pre-Paid Taxes‚ and other current assets according to Www.fool.com‚ (2000)‚ Phil Weiss. It is very important to know and realize what your current assets look like. What happens if you do not make enough for that month‚ how would you
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IMES DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES Asset Price Bubble in Japan in the 1980s: Lessons for Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Shigenori Shiratsuka Discussion Paper No. 2003-E-15 INSTITUTE FOR MONETARY AND ECONOMIC STUDIES BANK OF JAPAN C.P.O BOX 203 TOKYO 100-8630 JAPAN You can download this and other papers at the IMES Web site: http://www.imes.boj.or.jp Do not reprint or reproduce without permission. NOTE: IMES Discussion Paper Series is circulated in order to stimulate discussion
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Introduction Human resource is the most important asset of an organization. It refers to an employee/worker particular skills and knowledge to contribute to the organization. The success or failure would depend on the caliber of the people working in the organization. In most industry‚ manpower is needed to operate all area of business units in an organization. Regardless of the operative‚ administrative or management level‚ they are the ones who are ensuring the daily operations run smoothly and
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RJR NABISCO CASE Guzmán Colilla Barreiro Asset Valuation 02/04/15 Questions for RJR Nabisco case 1. What was the value of RJR Nabisco under Asset Beta: = 0.50 = 0.92 Ba=(0.50+0.92)/2 = 0.7 Assume that Rf = 9% (from the Marriott Case) Assume that Rp=8% (from the Marriott Case) Ka = Rf + BARp Ka = 9% + (0.7)(8%) = 14.6% a) The pre-bid operating strategy? b) The Management Group’s strategy? c) KKR’s operating strategy? 2. What accounts for any difference in the
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Question # 1a The finance profession has had difficulty in developing a practical approach to measuring risk premiums and thus investor’s required rate of return ‚ but financial managers most often use a method called the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) .The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is the standard risk-return model used by most academicians and practitioners. The important concept of CAPM is that investors are rewarded for only that portion of risk which is not diversifiable. This non-diversifiable
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