Role Of Mathematics in Business & Economics Introduction: Mathematics have been one of the primary elements of business and economics since ancient times‚ when farmers had to count the animals in their possession and merchants had to have a clear picture of their goods’ value. With the introduction of money as the universal legal tender‚ all goods acquired a numerical value‚ making math calculations even more important. Furthermore‚ in the competitive global market environment of today‚ businesses
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What is Fair Value Accounting? An alternative approach to measurement that seeks to capture changes in asset and liability values over time. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) defines fair value as "... an amount at which an asset could be exchanged between knowledgeable and willing parties in an arms length transaction". Under the fair value measurement approach‚ assets and liabilities are re-measured periodically to reflect changes in their value‚ with the resulting change impacting
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References: Elliot‚ B.‚ & Elliot‚ J.‚ 2004. Financial accounting and reporting. London: Prentice Hall. Goodyear‚ L. E.‚ 2009. Principles of Accountancy. Cedar Rapids‚ Iowa: Goodyear-Marshall Publishing. Lewis‚ M. K.‚ 2001. Islam and accounting. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Case 1.1 Industry and Strategy Analysis a. Apply Porter’s five forces framework to the specialty coffee retail industry. 1. Rivalry among Existing Firms. Direct rivalry among existing firms is often the first order of competition in an industry. Starbucks competes with a broad scope of coffee beverage retailers‚ including fast-food chains‚ doughnut chains‚ and convenience stores associated with many gas stations. Also‚ there are a number of companies that were growing chains of retail coffee
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The formation of the debit and credit concept In this simplified form we can begin to see what the mathematician and Father of Accounting (Luca Pacioli) saw in 1494 when he codified the double-entry bookkeeping system. It is his codified system that outlined the rules for applying debits and credits when recording the financial transactions of a business in the double-entry bookkeeping system. Now remember that Luca’s book in 1494 was written and published in Latin and at a time when the concept
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Transaction Processing Systems Definition: A Transaction Processing System (TPS) is a type of information system that collects‚ stores‚ modifies and retrieves the data transactions of an enterprise. A transaction is any event that passes the ACID test in which data is generated or modified before storage in an information system Features of Transaction Processing Systems The success of commercial enterprises depends on the reliable processing of transactions to ensure that customer
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Chapter 7: Intro to Sampling Distributions Sampling Error = x̄ - μ Z-Values for a sampling distribution of x̄ : Z = Z-Values adjusted with Finite Population Correction Applied if: the sample is large relative to the population (n is greater than 5% of N) and sampling Is without replacement Z = Using the Sampling Distribution for Means Compute the Sample Mean Define the sampling distribution μx̄ = Define the probability statement of interest P(z30 will give sampling distribution that
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ROLE OF INFORMATION DATA INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE INTELLIGENCE •Forms of Information •Human Information Sources •NOT ALL SEEN AS A COST‚ BUT USE AS A ASSET?? (Data -- Information – Intelligence Knowledge (Implicit/tacit) INNOVATION WHY ARE WE IN BUSINESS ??? TO MAKE MONEY!!! Systems Approach ENVIRONMENT INPUT PROCESS (Transformation Structuring) OUTPUT Competitive PROVIDING VALUE TO A CUSTOMER NEED Organization Transformation process CUSTOMER For Profit
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CHAPTER 1 PROJECT IDENTIFICATION PROJECT CONTEXT Transactions are the routine day-to-day activities performed by most organizations. Some are commercial transactions (buying‚ selling products and services‚ paying bills etc.) others involve recording or retrieving data. Most individual transactions are relatively simple‚ but in most organizations‚ there are very large numbers‚ so speed and efficiency are important considerations. Transactions are a fundamental unit of activity in organizations
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|[pic] | | Question 1: Accounting concepts A. The owner of Computer World‚ Heath is confused about the depreciation expense for building in the income statement and the carrying amount in the balance sheet‚ and would like you to explain the following to him: i) Why is depreciation expense recoded in the income statement for the building as
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