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The Historiography of Thucydides and Herodotus

that Thucydides, along with several other original historians "simply transferred what was passing in the world around them, to th...

ACCOUNTING CASE STUDY

from a financial institution) is important, as a strong credit history means that financial institutions know the company will pay...

SAFC 7; Using Cash Flow Information and Present Value in Accounting Measurements

This 3 page paper looks at the FASB statement of financial accounting concept (SAFC) 7 which deals with the measurement of future ...

HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES

In the late 15th century, accounting became a specific science, thanks to the words of Luca Pacioli. Pacioli, a mathematician and ...

Assessing Financial Statements: GM, Home Depot and Billabong

and expenses are recorded according to when they are earned and incurred" (Financial Accounting, n.d.), regardless of when the cas...

ACCOUNTING STAFF IN A SOLE PROPRIETOR SET-UP

money could seriously harm the business in its earlier days. Diligent record-keeping, on the other hand, will help the pro...

Accounting Services’ Computerization and How the Industry Has Changed

in the New Millennium). Computerized records not only eliminated the constraints imposed by these paper reports generated only at...

CALTRON AND ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

qualities assumes that accounting is practiced with knowledge of the customer (University of Pretoria, 2007). Along those lines, f...

The Tools of Capital Budgeting

control is described by the same organization as; "The establishment of budgets relating the responsibilities of the executives to...

Life in Prison from the Inside

are not always paragons of virtue; they may use methods of unfair intimidation against certain inmates while allowing the actions ...

Singer: Recriminalizing Delinquency

(Singer, 1996). The case was shocking for a number of reasons, but two stand out: Bosket was only 15; and he was already in care a...

Behind a Convict’s Eyes/Prison Life

sums up this code very well: Even if you do not feel tough enough to cope, act as if you are. Suffer in silence. Never admit you a...

A Visit to Philadelphia

almost unimaginable and the exhaust fumes practically overwhelming the uninitiated. There is a constant roar of cars and trucks, ...

Visiting Washington, D.C.

felt a sense of awe at the bravery of the men who climbed into that flimsy-looking structure atop a rocket that was very similar t...

Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Internal Audit in the Public Sector

impact on effect of audits we can look at each individually. 2. Accounting system in the public sector In any public-sector ther...

Accounting for Discretionary Costs with Specific Attention on Research and Development

many instances discretionary costs will be seen as general operating costs and expense within the existing period. In this respect...

United Group Limited, Woodside Petroleum Limited and Babcock & Brown Limited

to United Group Ltd. As part of the growth there has been a strategy of acquisition, companies acquired which have added r...

A Literature Review on Gender and the Accountancy Field

This paper begins by noting that there is an obvious gender gap at the highest levels of the big four accounting firms. A literat...

Devising Medical Intervention to Insure Benefit and to Avoid Harm

patients problem. Physician induced demand (PID), for example, occurs because of the ability of physicians to take advantage of t...

Get Well Accounting Case Study

given in the case. There are fixed overheads that are related directly to each of the procedures, there are also costs that are ca...

Assessment of the Breakeven Point for AT&T in 2009

need to differentiate between the fixed costs and the variable costs. The traditional approach variable costs are these are the di...

Accounting for Human Behavior

they do? This question has been debated by psychologists, research scientists and philosophers for many years. This paper looks at...

Diversity in Cost Accounting Practices

can be very effective at allocating indirect costs (de Modesti and Eriksen, 2008). This is an approach that may be seen as one aim...

Is the Traditional Approach to Cost Accounting Outdated in a Modern Environment?

be take place, however this an area which they significant weakness many companies, as noted that in 1987 by Johnson and Kaplan, a...

Cost Accounting Case Study - Clear Hear

outsourcing or reducing the production of the beta model to produce more alpha models. To assess this we need to compare the net c...

ACCOUNTING QUESTIONS

Answers questions about budgets and costing methods. There are 4 sources listed in the bibliography of this 3-page paper....

ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS IN INDIA - AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE

www.paperwriters.com/aftersale.htm Executive Summary IT manufacturer KWIT Ltd. of Australia is thinking of establishin...

DECISION-MAKING AND ACCOUNTING/COSTING APPROACHES

Introduction At one time, accounting was considered little more than numbers-crunching to ensure that an organization wasnt...

FINANCIAL CENTERS FOR PROFIT - DECISION-MAKING

Introduction In this paper, the student has been asked to assume she has been appointed to the position of...

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEPARTMENTS

What is the best software and/or information system for various units and departments in a company? The answer to this is NOT...