CASE STUDY ATPB 313 – Accounting Theory & Practice SEM 2 2013/2014 (100 MARKS -10%) Instruction: Answer all of the following questions (10 marks for each question). CASE STUDY 1 (50 marks) Title: Motivation for earnings management among auditors in Malaysia Farisha‚ H.‚ Hafiza‚ A. H.‚ and Zalailah‚ S. (2012). Motivation for earnings management among auditors in Malaysia‚ Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences‚ 65(3)‚ 239-246. Required: 1. In your own words‚ summarize the article
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The “Filicide or False Confession?” case discusses a parent who kills her two children‚ a daughter and a son by stabbing them multiple times while they are lying on their beds. The individual makes a phone call for an emergency response team. Police officers are dispatched to her home where they find the bodies of the two children. The police take the woman into custody since the persons found on a crime are usually the first suspects. Upon investigations‚ the police find out that the woman has been
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Marketing Strategies SYMMS (MARKETING) Case study on Bharat Heavy Electricals LTD. Summary of the case study: Public sector ‘Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited’ is India’s largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise‚ operating in the energy sector since 1956‚ it employs 42‚000 people. BHEL manufactures over 180 products categorised into 330 major product groups. The operations of BHEL are organised into three business sectors viz.‚ power‚ industry and overseas business. BHEL registered
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International Management II (Core Competencies) Case Study Bank of America (A) by Alexander Beil Christoph Hillgärtner Florian Schlegelmilch Harvard Case Study: Bank of America List of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Introduction / Definitions Overview “Bank of America” Product development processes Strength and weaknesses of the systems Learning through experimentation Conclusion / Learnings Summary Questions for group discussion References 1 Harvard Case Study: Bank of America 1. Introduction /
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mandatory death sentence may appear cruel it is not unequal in its application in that every person convicted of the offence would be subject to the same punishment. 4. The plaintiff had gone through all the stages of the judicial process and his case had also been placed before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in the Pardons Board. Therefore the subject sought for declaration is not a proper one. 5. The application of the Attorney General is granted and the Statement of Claim of the plaintiff is
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Tesco – Business Transformation Case Study Who would have thought that the food retailer famous for the slogan “Pile It High‚ Sell It Cheap” launched by Jack Cohen on an East End market stall in 1919‚ would have grown into one of the largest non-food retailers in Europe by 2007? What was it about Tesco that enabled it to move from being the poor relation to J. Sainsbury in the 1970s and 1980s to become the largest UK food retailer in the first decade of the 21st century? What was it that happened
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Assignment: Case study - Management at Southwest Airlines Judging on the basis of information in the case‚ describe the managerial skills that Southwest managers such as Colleen Barrett and Jim Parker use in their jobs at Southwest. Include examples of situations in which they use these skills. Southwest Airlines made use of three managerial skills in the process of overhauling the company: decision making skills‚ communication skills‚ diagnostic skills. Firstly Jim Parker‚ CEO and Colleen
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Smoking is the cause of many of the health issues encountered when reviewing the health summary for Stoke-on-Trent. The amount of smoking related deaths is 427.9/100‚000 for people aged 35 and over; very close to England’s worst (471.6). Smoking increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer. The mortality rate is significantly higher in this city from CVD than England’s average and close to England’s worst for cancer (183.9/100‚000 for people aged under 75‚ 202.9 for England’s worst)
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Lindsey Perine MKTG 379 MW 10am February 8‚ 2012 Case 1 Summary- The Coop BACKGROUND AND PROBLEM STATEMENT The Chicken Coop is a restaurant started back in 1974 by CEO‚ Daryl Buckmeister. Chicken Coop is a quick service restaurant chain with sales growing at about 10% per year. In 1995‚ sales sporadically were down in 20 of the 76 stores. These 20 stores had consistently been the strongest stores accounting for 32% of retail sales. The main issue is management needs to formulate a strategy
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Launching the BMW Z3 Roadster BMW Z3 Roadster was a new product concept that reflected a niche opportunity. The main objective of the Z3 launch was to reposition their German-made‚ driving performance‚ tradition bound‚ and precision engineering cars as more stylish and fun to drive cars in the American culture. This risky movement of changing the brand personality was done using both nontraditional and traditional marketing tools. Some of the nontraditional methods used were
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