be forgone in order to pursue a certain action. Put another way‚ the benefits you could have received by taking an alternative action. Opportunity cost can be defined as the value of the next best alternative forgone. It can be defined as the revenue or the profit that a person/organization would have been able to earn if it had exercised the alternative decision instead of the decision that has been made. Opportunity-cost has many practical business applications‚ because opportunity costs
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PRODUCTION VARIANCE REPORT Background On completion of the first full inventory count for March 2013‚ ACL Production incurred a variance of TTD 277 k. The reasons for these variances included:- Bulk Paint not consumed Usage not recorded Normal Loss (Evaporation/Clingage) Drum Shortage Packaging use not recorded Multiple report as Finished Not defined These variances were not taken to book until a clear understanding of why it occurred was realized. As a consequence of the above‚ it was
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lodging establishment and the people who stay in it are called guests or clients. What is Revenue Management? Revenue Management is a technique to optimize the revenue earned from a fixed‚ perishable resource. The challenge is to sell the right resources to the right customer at the right time. Revenue Management implements the basic principles of supply and demand economics in a
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Local Revenue Sharing and Competitive Balance Problem Statement Your textbook shows the conditions that lead to increased competitive balance with an increase in local revenue sharing. Data exist on competitive balance and local revenue sharing so you can examine this for yourself. New local revenue sharing plans were put in place in MLB for the 1995 season and another increase in revenue sharing was in place for the 2001 season. These changes create a "natural experiment" for analyzing the
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File Sharing and the Revenue of the Creative Industries Introduction File sharing hosts‚ who provide online storage to share various files ripped from media like recorded music‚ films‚ and books‚ have been considered as a type of internet piracy that threatens the creative industries‚ including films‚ music‚ software‚ and books. (Van Eijk‚ 2011) However‚ after the shutdown of Megaupload‚ one of the most popular file hosting site‚ a series of ripple effect happened‚ causing several other file sharing
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Government spending and revenues in China and America International accounting four 0092962 Chen Yuting Public finance is a subject about the taxing and spending activities of government. Considering the function of government‚ two opposite views stand out. One is organic view of government. The main idear is that the government can be though of as the society’s heart. Another is mechanisitic view of government. It insists that government is not an organic part of society while it is a contrivance
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Top-up Degrees (Entry to year 3 – UK Universities) Acceptance to a university programme is at the discretion of the individual university Top-up degrees are of one year duration‚ entering onto the final year of the full time undergraduate BA / BSc Honours degrees. Students who have an HND (Higher National Diploma) may progress onto the final year of a degree programme‚ subject to unit grade performance at HND‚ and English language capability (usually IELTS 6.0) The following universities
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1. Years Ended December 31‚ 2004 2003 2002 Revenue (pre-tax) $99.6 $73.4 $56.1 Cost of sales (Revenue x 40%) ($39.8) ($29.4) ($22.4) Selling expense ($23.3) ($18.5) ($17.5) General and Administrative expense ($19.9) ($13.2) ($14.2) Depreciation and Amortization ($0.9) ($0.6) ($0.7) Other Income (expense) $0.0 ($1.4) $0.2 Net profit (loss)--GAAP $15.7 $10.3 $1.5 Add back amount eligible for capitalization Under SAB 104 (40% of total costs X 85%) $33
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I. INTRODUCTION The composition‚ stability‚ and structure of ecologic assemblages is increasingly forced by environmental variance. Moreover‚ studies have shown that it is no longer possible to ignore the effects of variation from biologic models examining the effects of climate change (Lawson et al. 2015; Walther et al. 2015). The role of environmental variance is challenging traditional theoretical approaches supplanting the notion of absolute climate changes. In a world with fluctuating climates
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INTRODUCTION One of the perennial problems which has not only defied all past attempts at permanent solution‚ but also has a tendency for evoking high emotions on the part of all concerned (each time it is brought forth for discussion or analysis) is the issue of equitable revenue allocation in Nigeria. It is an issue which has been politicised by successive administrations in Nigeria both Military and civilian regimes. Indeed‚ in virtually all federations in which the constitution shares power between the
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