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To What Extent Can Decisions About Operations Really Be Strategic From The Firm's Point Of View?

For example, operations management may be able to help determine the right location for a factory, by looking at the available sit...

Risk Management Questions

the frequency of unexpected accidents or incidences, such as type blowouts and incidences of air range in passengers. Knowing the ...

Accounting Concepts and Reading Accounts

by the period over which it is creating revenue. For some items the historic cost is not a suitable measure. For example, building...

Cost of Equity and Cost of Debt at Disney Corp.

make an investment in a firm, either directly or in purchasing the shares in order to make a profit. The same risk and reward rela...

PRINCIPLES VS. RULES-BASED ACCOUNTING: AN ETHICAL STUDY

serious ethical situations could occur. In 2008, the SEC began allowing foreign corporations to file financial information...

IAS 37

an agreed payment date (IAS Plus, 2008). Where there is a provision made this is not presenting a certainty, just a probable even...

Status of the Pension Funds of PepsiCo and Coca-Cola

The conditions of pension funds for these two firms in 2009 is assessed using data from the annual accounts. The growth, contribut...

Changes in The Popularity of Defined Benefit Pension Schemes There has been

a decrease in the use of defined benefit pension schemes and a movement towards defined contributions schemes. This paper looks at...

The Use of PM Tools to Improve Project Management

had not, this served as a useful introduction, and can be seen as a necessary stage as it allows introduction. The meeting was als...

Paul's Conversion/Acts 9, 22 & 26

this attests, the historiography and authenticity of Acts is well established, with many scholars supporting the idea that it was ...

Are Accounting Reforms And Legislation Are The Only Means By Which The Accounting Profession Will be Able To Regain Public Trust And Re-Establish Its’ Credibility?

fraud, and it was with this we might argue there was the first loss of confidence in the auditors. This case limited the liability...

Project Managers

perspective to others on the project team as well. One of the first considerations in any decision-making process should be, "How...

Accounting: Internal Controls

discusses internal controls in its report, Enterprise Risk Management - Integrated Framework. COSO defines internal control as a ...

Interpreting Accounting Calculations

the inventory has also been increasing. This shows that there are not outstanding concerns here as this is showing a gradual and c...

The Relationship Between Risk Management And Project Management

has been different levels of risk. For example, the was the introduction of the use of French Oak barrels to age the wine in stari...

Creating a Consulting Firm

of health care is in and remains in flux as we seek systems that not only work in the present but also are sustainable over time. ...

Wal-Mart Management Effectiveness

the managers of each outlet may not be available, we do know that Wal-Mart has more employee-initiated class-action lawsuits again...

Accounting Problems at Dell

satisfy warranty claims but there is the potential to make an accurate estimate with the past statistics and the knowledge of the ...

A Challenging Learning Experience

no positive reinforcement for me and an aversion to the machine developed. Positive reinforcement refers to when an event or stim...

Triple Bottom Line Accounting And Organisational Profit Accounting

profit is the total revenue after all costs have been deducted. Whilst the figure is interesting the understanding of a companys p...

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US GAAP; The Impact on Accounts

IFRS will face a number of barriers, even these Securities and Exchange Commission (FTC) has backed the convergence between the US...

Responsibility Accounting; The Concept, Its’ Advantages and Disadvantages

can be used as ways to measure the way that the company is performing. The traditional responsibility centres include revenue cent...

Accounting: Principles-Based Or Rules-Based?

and diligence and independence at the auditing level" (Anonymous, 2003). From a broader perspective, one of the main reason...

Global Accounting and International Standards

Therefore the general legal system seemed to let down the financial regulatory systems when fraud or malpractice was detected. We ...

Investments, Comparisons, and IAS

2003). It is believed, by many experts, that adoption of IAS by most countries (the United States included) will end up establishi...

Asian Hotel Accounting

proficiency in accounting in another arena. The lodging industry has had increased competitive pressure so it is important that ...

Accounting Methods

calculate a net profit ratio. If we look at a company such as Johnson and Johnson we need to look at the...

Terrorism and Accounting

the regulations. For example, Prince Salman, Governor of the Riyadh Province is known to have said "If beneficiaries had used ass...

Management Accounting and Methods of Performance Assessment

development and so on) rather than departments. Some Methods - the Literature How, then, is accounting used as a performa...

Reasons for International Accounting Standards' Usage

them to obtain international investment, not only de to increased understanding of the accounts, but also as a result of the creat...