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ENRON, FRAUD AND CONSEQUENCES

Mention the word "Enron" and what is likely to come to mind is "accounting scandal." Though the period between 2000-2002 brought i...

Comparing the Christian Account of Our Creation to the Yoruba Creation Myth

warm and light the new creation (Awolalu, 1996). Obatala then made human figures from dirt, human figures that were varied and co...

The Twelve Caesars/Suetonius

in presenting the various biographies that make up this text, citing the private documents of the emperors, as well as public sour...

PROFIT MAXIMIZATION AND ACCOUNTING GIMMICKS

In late 2001, when the former "new economy" giant Enron was imploding, it was found that its internal financial staff relied on sp...

Ratio Analysis of Microsoft

firm may be assessed. One of the first ratios is that of the gross profit margin. The gross margin is expressed as a percentage....

Buying a Laptop for a New Business

will support the business as it grows. If sufficient is known about accounting information software the features needed ma...

Accounting and Pricing Questions

have a cost, especially if it is in the form of borrowing, such as an overdraft or revolving credit facility. Other cash flow may ...

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Is the Traditional Approach to Cost Accounting Outdated in a Modern Environment?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

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...

Income and Expenses at Patton Fuller

with data from other sources, such as market data. Further down the balance sheet there is a space for investment income, this i...

Cost Profit Volume Costing in the Modern Commercial Environment

are costs which are no incurred unless the units is made. The CPV will be based on assessing the contribution level of a product p...

Elizabeth Ashbridge

not a good quality and not a Christian quality. This makes the reader find her less than likeable in many respects. But, she is ve...

The Spanish Decimation of the Aztec

Tezcatlipoca. The gold which is given of course only whets the Spanish appetite for even greater riches. Never-the-less the Span...

BIG DRIVE AND MACROECONOMIC FACTORS

basis. The student could probably introduce the concept of why, exactly, its important for Big Drive Auto to have a good u...

Implementing Activity Based Costing

and also make it possible to simulate changes in the environment and the machinery used so that the alternatives can be measured f...

Contradictions Found Within Accounting Standards In Australia

this was covered by a number of different standards which were used where applicable. For example, AASB 1013 dealt with the way go...

Challenges in the Founding of Plymouth

them and speaking in broken English (Cline). Samost carried an empty quiver and two arrows, one with a tip and without, which is a...

HEALTHCARE, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

a hospital decides its going to expand its capacity, the management understands it is risking capital to add more beds. But its do...

Thucydides and his accuracy as a historian

the objectivity he professed" (Lattimore xiii). As this postmodern revisionist view of Thucydides suggests, his historical accurac...

MORAL REASONING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING DECISIONS

charged for overstating financial statement income in an attempt to make their income statements and balance sheets appear more at...

Accounting Frameworks - IFRS and US GAAP

last in first out stock management in the US. This is now mainly outdated and not used, but it is still possible to be used. In ot...

Genesis 1-2:3 Compared to Genesis 2:4-25

are differences, the two texts do not necessarily contradict each other. The account of creation in Chapter 1 is very detailed. ...

BACKGROUND AND EXPLANATION OF SARBANES-OXLEY

for major corporations took place in 2004 (Borrus, 2005). Impact on Accounting Controls The Act, for the most part, has...

The Applications of Social and Ethical Issues in Business Strategy

improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large". Within ...

Financial Projections for Best Pastries

for the ongoing operations, and there will be the need for insurance these are all known as operating costs (Elliott and Elliott, ...

FASB, IASB AND OVERVIEW

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), in the meantime, is charged with standards for U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting...

Structural Changes in the Japanese Workforce

permanent employment contract (Ogura, 2005). In many countries, especially those where there has been a general lower level of com...

Factors to Consider when Assessing Potential Investments

the amount of sales that need to made to reach specific goals. The investors can calculate the total revenue and profit that will...

MANAGEMENT OF A SALES FORCE

- and by the late 1980s, as chains began proliferating, many experts began wondering if the independent pharmacist was a thing of ...