Is the demand for auditing a regulatory artifact or market driven? Pre SEC era: There is evidence that before legislation on auditing existed there were still forms of auditing. In the medieval times there were the guilds‚ later audits were conducted by directors or shareholders of a company. In the 19th century US companies voluntarily contracted for audits. Current data on non-SEC companies In 1977‚ 80% of corporate audit clients of PwC are non-SEC-registrants (Biegler 1977). Privately owned
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Marketing Research Proposal Proposed Research Topic: A situational analysis of toothpaste industry Introduction: At present‚ several well-known brands in the domestic toothpaste manufacturers become increasingly competitive‚ such as Braun Oral-B‚ Colgate‚ Darlie and so on. Different toothpaste brand have their own different market strategy‚ for examples‚ there are products for different ages whereas some target the
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[pic] THE EVOLUTION of WOMEN in the CULTURE of BALLET By Name Withheld for privacy CULTURAL STUDIES WST152AR WOMEN’S FOLKLIFE‚ WOMEN’S CULTURE Recognized as a natural occurrence of human expression‚ the folklore of dance has existed since the beginning of time. Ballet’s elegant quality of movement and expression was established in these ancient demonstrations of dignity in the human spirit. The culture of ballet has been a reality for over 400 years‚ yet the tradition of
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MIRANDA’S RICE DEALER (Pangarap Village‚ Caloocan City) Prepared by: Kathleen Guadalquiver III-BS – Entrepreneurship Prepared to: Ms. Charisse Venzon Fernandez (Entrepreneurial Behavior) Instructor Table of Contents Introduction ………………………………………………………… 1 Entrepreneur Background …………………………………………....... 2 Business ………………………………………………………………… History
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Additional Cases for the Course The case readings have been developed solely as a basis for class discussion. The case readings are not intended to serve as a source of primary data or as an illustration of effective or ineffective auditing. Reprinted by permission from Jay C. Thibodeau and Deborah Freier. Copyright © Jay C. Thibodeau and Deborah Freier; all rights reserved. 1••• ( Case 61 ® Enron Enrori’s First Few Years hi~ 1985 Enron had assets along the three major stages of the supply
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Memo To: John Doe From: Team C Date: February 20‚ 2012 Subject: Auditing‚ share-based payment and SPE reporting A publically traded company offers challenges to auditing when it comes to shared-based payment reporting and special-purpose entities (SPE) reporting individually. The most basic principle of GAAP at risk is the qualitative characteristic of reliability. Shared-based payment and SPE reporting individually has been broken down to better equip the audit for our client. It is important
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communications in Italy RESEARCH PROPOSAL CONTENTS RESEARCH PROPOSAL 1. BACKGROUND p. 3 1.1 Max&Co 3 1.1.1 Introducing the new Max&You app 4 1.2 Competitors overview 4 1.3 Rationale 4 2. OBJECTIVES 5 3. METHODOLOGY 6 3.1 Secondary research 7 3.1.1 Internal data 7 3.1.2 External data 7 3.2 Primary research 8 3.2.1 Qualitative research 8 3.2.2 Quantitative research 9 3.3
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……………………………………………………………………….3 2.1 Introduction to Dissertation………………………………………………….....3 2.2 Research Questions…………………………………………………………….4 2.3 Research Objectives…………...……….………………………………………4 3. Literature Review …………………………………………………………………5 3.1 Online Shopping in China………………………………………………………5 3.2 Concept of E-service Quality…………………………………………………...5 3.3 Dimensions of E-service Quality……………………………………………….5 4. Research Model……………………………………………………………............6 4.1 Website Design…………………………………………………………………7
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payment terms at the end of the a period to accelerate sales‚ recording generous reserves in a good quarter to make it easier to meet earnings goals is a later quarter‚ accelerating or postponing discretionary expenses such as maintenance‚ advertising research and development and employee training‚ and pulling sales from a future period into the current period by offering price concessions or more favorable credit terms or it can be deferred by delaying delivery of goods at the end of the period. GAAP
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Title A study on the factors affecting nurses’ job satisfaction in oncology wards of an acute hospital in Hong Kong Question What are the factors affecting nurses’ job satisfaction in oncology wards of an acute hospital in Hong Kong Aims and objective of the study The aim of the study is to identify factors affecting nurses’ job satisfaction in oncology wards of an acute hospital in Hong Kong. The objective is to address the issues concerning the identified factors in order to explore
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