Tangible and Intangible Assets Jennifer Geolfos July 19‚ 2012 ACC291 Mary Larsen Tangible and Intangible Assets Tangible and intangible assets include everything listed under total assets on the balance sheet. “Assets consist of resources a business owns‚” (Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ & Kieso‚ 2010‚ p. 12). Tangible assets would include land‚ land improvements‚ buildings‚ and equipment. These types of asset would be classified as fixed assets. “Intangible assets are rights‚ privileges‚ and
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Depreciation of Fixed Assets Depreciation A business may acquire fixed assets such as land‚ buildings‚ machinery‚ office equipment‚ delivery equipment and natural resources (e.g. a piece if mining land)to help in the process of its operations to earn revenue in order to make a profit. Such assets‚ by their very nature‚ provide benefits to the business for more than one financial year or period. In fact‚ when a business buys a fixed asset at a certain cost (say $10‚000)‚ it is actually buying
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ECONOMIC AND ACCOUNTING ASSETS Assets are the resources of a business organization that were acquired in a market transaction and that will provide future economic benefits to the organization. It is important to understand the distinction between assets that are recorded and those that are not. The definition of assets above reflects two criteria: they (1) were acquired in a market transaction‚ and (2) will provide future economic benefits to the corporation. Accountants typically rely heavily
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advantages‚ for example it improve supply chain coordination‚ provide more opportunities to differentiate‚ capture upstream or downstream profit margins‚ increase entry barriers to potential competitors‚ facilitate investment in highly specialized assets and last but no least it enable firms to be more responsive to changes in market needs and less vulnerable to competitors. On the other side‚ vertical integration has the following disadvantages‚ capacity balancing issues‚ potentially higher costs
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Case Study # 1 – Zara / Due 10/13 – 10 pts / Professor Conrad Zara is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing apparel retailers‚ owing to a unique blend of business practices and an internal culture that many might say run “counter-intuitive” to those of competing U.S. retailers. More recently‚ however‚ industry analysts have started to suggest that the “fast fashion” business model that has made Zara so successful over the past decade has run its course and the very notion of disposable
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Long-Lived Assets Long-term assets are defined as resources with economic lives of more than a year that a business possesses and uses in generating revenue. The cost of long-term assets is recognized as an expense in the accounting periods in which the assets are used. The cost of all Long-Lived Assets that decline in value will through use and/or the passage of time will have their cost allocated to the periods that receive benefit. So‚ if a piece of machinery is expected to have an economic
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CHAPTER: 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Executive Summary A project has been prepared under the title of ‘Non Performing Assets in Surat’. First of all the information regarding the banking industry is given. In that various facts regarding the bank industry is being provided. Also the various types of non performing assets. The brief introduction of non performing assets is given. In this the definition‚ various benefits‚ objective‚ limitation etc. are mentioned. Then a analysis of data is made
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Current Asset Management Profitability and liquidity are the two ultimate twin goals of any firm. But these two often give rise to conflicts since liquid assets give the lowest returns. If firms don’t care about profit‚ they can’t endure for a longer period. Likewise‚ if they don’t care about liquidity‚ they may face insolvency or worse‚ bankruptcy. Thus‚ there must be a trade off between the two objectives. For these reasons‚ working capital management which involves the relationship between current
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Business and Economics Technical Content Go8 Business and Economics Funds Management Performance (BKM Ch 24) Introduction § Investment Performance is a complicated subject § Theoretically correct measures are difficult to construct § Different statistics or measures are appropriate for different types of investment decisions or portfolios § Many industry and academic measures are different § The nature of active management leads to measurement problems Introduction
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Asset Allocation and Retirement: Do You Need to Make a Change? Many investors who are approaching retirement are wondering if they will need to change their asset allocation when they are no longer collecting a paycheck. The information available from the popular press and many advisors is to generally guide retirees to change their allocation to one that is more conservative. This is usually interpreted to mean that the investor should lighten up on stocks and put more of their investments into
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