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    Chapter 6: Revenue RecognitionRead: Chapter 6 and partly 13 on warrantyIn-class exercises: BE6-7‚ EX6-11‚ EX6-9‚ EX6-16‚ EX6-18 Practice exercises: EX6-7‚ BE6-11‚ P6-1‚ P6-2‚ E13-17 There are two main conceptual views on how to account for revenues/sales: Earnings approach Contract-based approach Earnings Approach Revenues are recognized when the following criteria are met: 1. Performance is achieved: a. risks and rewards transferred and/or earnings process substantially complete‚ and

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    Efficient Market Hypothesis‚ does this invalidate research that adopts an assumption that capital markets are efficient? As Chapter 10 questions‚ if further evidence continues to surface that capital markets do not always behave in accordance with the efficient market hypothesis‚ then should we reject the research that has embraced the EMH as a fundamental assumption? In this regard we can return to earlier chapters of this book in which we emphasised that theories are abstractions of reality.

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    Applying agency theory‚ positive accounting theory focused on the agency relationships between principals and agents. Positive accounting theory proposed that agents have incentives to enter various contracts. Firms themselves were considered as a nexus of contracts between many self interested individuals. The contractual arrangements are initially put in place for efficiency reasons with well developed contracts reducing the overall agency costs that could arise within the firm. (a) What is an agency

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    decision that test this code. One of the elements that many believe distinguishes a profession from other occupations is acceptance by it members of a responsibility for the interest of those it serves. . Accounting ethics is a field of professional ethics which pertains specifically to accounting. For the public to rely on the information provided there must be a level of confidence in the knowledge and behavior of accountants. The nature of the accountants’ work puts them in a special position of

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    Game Theory 9.3 A Non-Cooperative Game Model of Manager-Investor Conflict 9.3.1 Summary 9.4 Some Models of Cooperative Game Theory 9.4.1 Introduction 9.4.2 Agency Theory: An Employment Contract Between Firm Owner and Manager 9.5 Manager’s Information Advantage 9.5.1 Earnings Management 9.5.2 Controlling Earnings Management 9.6 Discussion and Summary 9.7 Agency Theory: A Bondholder-Manager Lending Contract 9.8 Implications of Agency Theory for Accounting 9.8

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    2.0 Ratio analysis The next will introduce the Mulberry’s and its competitor—Burberry’s financial ratios from their financial statements from 2010-2012. 2.1 Profitability analysis 2.1.1 Net profit margin Table 2.1 Mulberry and Burberry’s net profit margin Net profit margin | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Mulberry | 4.12% | 14.03% | 15.02% | Burberry | 6.42% | 13.74% | 14.27% | Data source: Mulberry’s and Burberry’s 2010-2012 annual reports From Table 2.1 it can find that Mulberry’s net profit

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    recent years‚ scholars and managers have devoted greater attention to the strategic implications of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Consistent with McWilliams and Siegel (2001)‚ we define CSR as situations where the firm goes beyond compliance and engages in ‘actions that appear to further some social good‚ beyond the interests of the firm and that which is required by law’. However‚ this is just one interpretation of CSR. Numerous definitions of CSR have been proposed and often no clear definition

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    Lecture 7 – Tutorial Questions Tutorial List: 7-1‚ 7-2‚ 7-3‚ 7-4‚ 7-5‚ 7-6‚ 7-7‚ 7-8‚ 7-9 7.1. Kristen Hope asks your help concerning an NSF check. Explain to Kristen (a) what an NSF check is‚ (b) how it is treated in a bank reconciliation‚ and (c) whether it will require an adjusting entry. 7.2. The bank portion of the bank reconciliation for Brasilia Company at October 31‚ 20X1 was as follows. BRASILIA COMPANY Bank Reconciliation

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    | Question : | PDQ Corp. has sales of $4‚000‚000; the firm’s cost of goods sold is $2‚500‚000; and its total operating expenses are $600‚000. What is PDQ’s EBIT? | |   | Student Answer: | | $850‚000 |   | | | $875‚000 |   | | | $900‚000 |   | | | $1‚300‚000 | | |   | Points Received: | 1 of 1 |   | Comments: | | | |  7. | Question : | Net working capital

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    Home work Financial management theory and practice Chapter 3 Page 114 questions :- (3-1) A- Annual report :- it’s a statement that gives an accounting picture of a firms operation and its financial position ‚ there is two types of information are provided in annual report First :- the verbal section witch often represents the firms operation result during the past two years or any period ‚ and discuses new developments that will effect future operation . and explain

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