Article Review Journal of Accountancy UMUC Accounting Information Systems 326 Professor T. Wood December 4‚ 2011 Cloud Computing: What Accountants Need to Know‚ (Journal of Accountancy‚ Oct 2010). This article answers the questions that Accountants and CPA should be asking themselves in regards to the new technology that is growing fast. Cloud technology is growing so fast that‚ cloud services revenues were expected to surpass $68 billion dollars in 2010‚ which was almost a
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REVIEW OF AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE Introduction The purpose of the review is to critically analyse the article ‘Formal strategic planning‚ operating environment‚ size‚ sector and performance: Evidence from the UK ’s manufacturing SMEs’ by Ghobadian‚ A.‚ O’Regan‚ N.‚ Thomas‚ H. and Liu‚ J. published in Journal of General Management in 2008. The review would be based on the following questions: 1. What does the text suggest is the relationship between formal
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making jobs more mobile and allowing employees to access work remotely from home. Technology has also made a great contribution allowing people to work from home. Equipments such as computers‚ facsimile machines‚ telephones etc. have revolutionized the work industry and this trend has helped employers‚ employees and the state at large. An International Telework Association survey found that the number of teleworking employees grew from 41.3 million in 2003 to 44.4 million in 2005 and projects that number
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the following is NOT a capital component when calculating the weighted average cost of capital (WACC)? Choose one answer. | a. Long-term debt. | | | b. Accounts payable. | | | c. Retained earnings. | | | d. Common stock. | | | e. Preferred stock. | | Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question 2 Marks: 1 For a typical firm‚ which of the following sequences is CORRECT? All rates are after taxes‚ and assume the firm operates at its target capital structure. Choose one answer
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Erica Grover Tanza Bauer MBA 510 December 21‚ 2014 Collaborative Learning: Article Review The article “Collaborative Learning Enhances Critical Thinking” is a study that examined the effectiveness of individual learning verses collaborative learning in drill-and-practice skills and critical-thinking skills. (Gokhale 2) . Collaborative learning was first defined by Gokhale as‚ the grouping and pairing students for the purpose of achieving an academic goal. (1) . Collaborative learning is referred
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implications of the failure to manage working capital adequately. Working capital is defined as the day to day finances utilized by a firm. It is the firm’s current assets less its liabilities. Managing working capital is about ensuring that the business needs to be able to maintain the day-to-day expenses. A company cannot function without working capital and‚ if mismanaged‚ it can potentially lead to the company’s demise. Failure to adequately manage working capital can disrupt a business’ operations
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The Research Foundation of CFA Institute Literature Review Risk Management: A Review Sébastien Lleo‚ CFA Imperial College London The concept of risk has been central to the theory and practice of finance since Markowitz’s influential work nearly 60 years ago. Yet‚ risk management has only emerged as a field of independent study in the past 15 years. Advances in the science of risk measurement have been a main contributor to this remarkable development as new risk measures have been proposed
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Article Review Kameasha Slaughter HCS/212 December 16‚ 2013 Ms. Lisa A. Williams Article Review While reviewing the article Health Care Technology Today by Authors Hargrove L‚ Simon AM‚ Young AJ.‚ Martinez-Perez B‚ De Le Torre-Diez I‚ and Lopez-Coronado M. The writer was able to gain knowledge on advances and proposals in health care technology. The advances in prosthetic limbs‚ blood pressure and heart-rate monitoring‚ Health sensors and the applications. Being that the writer has been
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Review The purpose of this paper is to briefly summarize the article‚ "The manager ’s role in building an innovative organization". I will give a brief description of the organizing function of management. I will also relate the concepts to Aearo Company‚ while including my recommendations based on the article. Summary The article discusses how organizations must change to survive in a competitive market. Companies must change how they gather information‚ implement the information‚ and
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University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: October 14‚ 2013 TO: FROM: RE: Punishing the Innocent: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Hunter‚ B. (2007). Punishing the innocent: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Retrieved from www.fee.org/files/docLib/0703hunter.pdf ARTICLE SYNOPSIS Hunter’s article examines how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX Act) is too stringent and gives too much power over companies to governing bodies‚ i
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