International Business Research; Vol. 5‚ No. 8; 2012 ISSN 1913-9004 E-ISSN 1913-9012 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education A Model for Evaluating Financial Performance of Companies by Data Envelopment Analysis A Case Study of 36 Corporations Affiliated with a Private Organization Reza Tehrani1‚ Mohammad Reza Mehragan1 & Mohammad Reza Golkani1 1 School of Management‚ University of Tehran‚ Tehran‚ Iran Correspondence: Mohammad Reza Golkani‚ School of Management‚ University
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rising volatility‚ it is felt that the investors‚ who are the real backbone of this market‚ need to be fully aware and educated‚ not only for their own benefit‚ but also for improvement of quality investment and for creating a lucrative investment atmosphere. Investors’ education and training are therefore the most important and effective factors‚ which demand greater attention and response from all the major players in the field. The basic purpose of investors’ education is to create awareness of
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Discuss potential challenges to validity and reliability of your research question‚ data‚ and analysis. Validity and reliability are the backbone of what is accepted as scientific proof by researchers. Potential challenges to reliability of a research question‚ data‚ and analyses are any significant results must be repeatable. Anyone who wanted to perform the same experiment applying the same conditions should arrive at the same result. If this is successful this reinforces the results
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Activity Based Costing [pic] Overview of Activity Based Costing Activity-based costing (ABC) is a methodology for more precisely allocating overhead to those items that actually use it. ABC works best in complex environments‚ where there are many machines and products‚ and tangled processes that are not easy to sort out. Problems with Activity Based Costing Many companies initiate ABC projects with the best of intentions‚ only to see a very high proportion of the projects either fail‚
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MGTB442F (1500) Strategic Human Resource Management II Assignment 2 Group Project Due date: Thursday‚ 2 April 2015 (on or before 5:00 p.m.) Word Limit: Maximum 3‚500 words Coverage: Mainly but not limited to Topics 4 to 6 of MGT B442F Weighting: 25% of Continuous Assessment Part 1 Essay Question (30 marks) Question: 1. Carry out a research to identify a multinational company which has operations in more than one country. Examine the type of international staffing policy adopted
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I. Identify and classify different types of cost incurred in Foxwood Company with an appropriate cost classification There are many concepts of cost in an organization. Costs also are used in different business applications‚ such as financial accounting‚ cost accounting‚ budgeting‚ capital budgeting‚ and valuation. Consequently‚ there are different ways of categorizing costs according to their relationship to output as well as according to the context in which they are used. Following this summary
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Activity-based costing in restaurants 1. Introduction Interest in cost and management accounting practices in the restaurant industry is rising (Raab et al.‚ 2009; Annaraud et al.‚ 2008). Pavesic (1985) has initiated research in pricing and cost accounting for restaurants‚ introducing the concept of profit factor (PF) in menu engineering (ME). Prior studies‚ such as the one presented in Chan and Au (1998) investigate the implications of not incorporating overhead costs in menu-item profitability
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The Strategy of using Foreign Investors and Licensees: a Philippine Perspective • In a certain objectives‚ use foreign companies • Cooperation with a foreign company can provide a shortcut-attainment of certain goals at a lower cost and in much less time Certain risk or potential problem in cooperation with a foreign firm 1. Government’s approval be obtained 2. Satisfaction of the goals of the foreign company • The Philippine firm must examine the alternative
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STANDARD COSTING (VARIANCES) 1.1 Material costs variance = (Standard quantity x Standard Price) – (Actual quantity x Actual price) MCV = (SQ × SP) – (AQ × AP) 1.2 Material price variance = Actual quantity × (Standard price – Actual price) MPV = AQ × (SP – AP) 1.3 Material usage variance = Standard price (Standard quantity – Actual quantity) MUV = SP × (SQ –AQ) 1.4 Material cost variance = Material usage variance + Material price variance MCV = MUV + MPV 1. Material Variance Material usage
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Chapter 7 Variable Costing: A Tool for Management Solutions to Questions 7-1 The basic difference between absorption and variable costing is due to the handling of fixed manufacturing overhead. Under absorption costing‚ fixed manufacturing overhead is treated as a product cost and hence is an asset until products are sold. Under variable costing‚ fixed manufacturing overhead is treated as a period cost and is charged in full against the current period’s income. 7-2 Selling and administrative expenses
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