PHOENIX DATE: June 30‚ 2014 TO: Aretha Somerville FROM: Megan Arguello RE: Nogler‚ G.‚ & Inwon‚ J. (2011‚ May/June). Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Was the ’one-size-fits-all’ approach justified? Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance (Wiley)‚ 22(4)‚ 65-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.20691 ARTICLE SYNOPSIS The article discusses whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the subsequence laws were the correct solution for the problems that arose from the Enron and WorldCom bankruptcies. The article
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Financial Statement Analysis Lecture 5 Learning Objectives: - Financial Analysis continued: Financial strength ratios (solvency & liquidity) So far we have…. Talked about the framework of financial statement analysis Discussed why we use ratios for analysis Calculated and interpreted a range of profitability & asset utilisation ratios Today we will… Calculate and interpret more ratios! These will relate to: 1. Management performance (i) Profitability (ii) Asset utilisation 2. Financial strength
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FedEx Corporation Complete the following exercise (Research and Application 11-30) and submit to your instructor. The questions in this exercise are based on FedEx Corporation. To answer the questions you will need to download FedEx’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31‚ 2005 (file date July 14‚ 2005). You do not need to print this document to answer the questions. Required: • What is FedEx’s strategy for success in the marketplace? Does the company rely primarily on a customer intimacy
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marketing messages differently because of the selective perception of each individual. Humans are design to have their own particular selective perception that makes all of us different from each other. The selective perception is defined as “the preceding discussion illustrates the consumer’s “selection” of stimuli from the environments based on the interaction of expectations and motives with the stimulus itself.” (Cooper‚ D. R. & Schindler‚ 2011‚ P. 164). There are four important concepts concerning
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(11-7) New-Project Analysis You have been asked by the president of your company to evaluate the proposed acquisition of a new spectrometer for the firm’s R&D department. The equipment’s basic price is $70‚000‚ and it would cost another $15‚000 to modify it for special use by your firm. The spectrometer‚ which falls into the MACRS 3-year class‚ would be sold after 3 years for $30‚000. Use of the equipment would require an increase in net working capital (spare parts inventory) of $4‚000. The
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Although there is a recession from 2008-2009‚ the unemploment rate was still kept low with government splurging on high expenditure active labour market programmes and giving strong incentives making unemployees to quickly move into the work force. Switzerland government play a major
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CHAPTER 5: PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Wal-Mart exemplifies a firm pursuing a product differentiation strategy while Victoria’s Secret exemplifies a firm pursuing a cost leadership strategy. True False Answer: False Page: 146 Difficulty: Easy Chapter Objective: 1 2. Product differentiation is a business strategy whereby firms attempt to gain a competitive advantage by increasing the perceived value of their products and services relative to the perceived value
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depending on the subject matter of the agreement such as property lease and sales of goods thus a contract may be govern by either one or two types of state law‚ called: The common Law and The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). These state laws cover anything from buildings‚ torts‚ and criminal laws‚ these cases have been decided on over the years by a judge. The UCC covers the sales of goods this was the standard to help uniform the fifty states in commercial law. This was an article of common law; if the UCC
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Signal Learning The signal learning is one of the simplest forms of learning and when an individual learns to make the general or diffuse a response to a signal that is happening in that specific time and giving desired responses naturally. This is from the classical conditioning responses of Pavlov. This is more of an emotional response. The signal learning applies to me because I do respond in more of an emotional state than a not so emotional state. The reason for this is because I respond with
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Peer Review Analysis‚ Week 5 BUS/475 December 8‚ 2014 Gregory Kosicki Peer Review Analysis Team A reviewed the papers of Crystal Thomas and Valerie Sanchez for our final team review. The previous two reviews provided the team members being evaluated with constructive criticism and acknowledgements of their success. The review process also provided the team members giving the reviews with insights into how to improve their assignments. This final review will accomplish the same goals. Crystal Thomas
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