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Wealthy Families in New York City History

The part played by New York's wealthiest families in the city's history is outlined and discussed. The writer describes how the Ro...

Application of I.A.S.-1

important. It is also not limited to those nations with a well-established corporate base, either. Many of the worlds developing...

Nouveau Riche and Old Money

so successful financially was that Rockefeller abhorred waste. The oil refining process at the time before he came to be involved...

UK Standard Setting and Accounting Standards

by the auditors that said it was a fair and reasonable basis. (Elliott and Elliott, 2005). When the take-over went ahead a...

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...

WorldCom, Enron, and IAS

principles of accounting in the U.S. (Larson et al, 2001). Since that time, a number of authoritative bodies have been instituted ...

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...

John Fante's Book Ask the Dust

of whats going on in his own emotions, as well as a narrator of whats going on in the outside world, rather than someone who is pu...

Australian Accounting Standard AASB 138

so that it matching with the revenue it produces. Often this has been claimed as clashing with the concept of produce to acct for ...

Book Review of The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader by John C. Maxwell

Throughout the book, in fact, the key goal of Maxwell isnt necessarily how to grow and develop leadership, but rather, how to grow...

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 ...

International Accounting Standards Implementation Benefits and Costs

in some countries. Therefore, even in a single country there are choices. When it is considered the level of flexibility internati...

Effective School Characteristics

by observing principals and teachers. From these rather long lists, an organization or an author will select the most common and p...

National Geography Standards and Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days

Firstly, this element explores how to use maps and other geographical representations, tools and technologies to acquire, process ...

Interdisciplinary Unit on Earth Day

day. Briefly, some facts the teacher would include in this introduction would include the following. The idea for Earth Day evol...

4 Types of Accounting Dissertation Proposals

some difference. The major difference is the culture and the economy. It is hypothesised that there will be major difference in en...

Interwar Years and Gold Standard Failure

then be repaid in gold or undepreciated paper. Such countries as France, the UK and the US took to the gold standard contingent r...

Summary of John Irving's Cider House Rules

him when Wally brings his girl friend, Candy, to the orphanage to get an abortion. Wally, Homer, and Candy all become very close f...

Postmodern Cinema and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

For example, the film focuses away from the traditional violence of the western film and the identification of the main characters...

Quantity v. Quality in Utilitarianism

This 5 page paper analyzes John Stuart Mill's theory of Utilitarianism, how it works and how it evaluates actions, both quantitati...

TIC Real Estate Developers Problems in Georgia and Possible Solutions

in the service, and identifying what is wrong to develop an intervention strategy. A tool that has been developed to look ...

Quality Assurance and Nursing Management

In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...

Education and Standardization in 3 Articles

Harris, Douglas E, and Carr, Judy F. How to Use Standards in the Classroom. Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Cur...

Financial and Managerial Accounting

the companys present and future performance, rather than past history (Managerial accounting - an introduction). They relate only ...

Ethical Business

the government of the Netherlands began requiring businesses to improve the environmental footprint they left in the wake of condu...

Accounting: Internal Controls

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

Grisham: "The Rainmaker"

to make a difference, and that huge corporations can be made to do the right thing. Because this is a Grisham novel and a work o...

Fine Arts/Washington State Standards

The book also explores drawing and painting techniques, as well as offering numerous examples of fine art. Fifteen lessons explo...

Standards-Based Educational Reform

progress (AYP) goals will face corrective action (U.S. Department of Education, 2004). The term higher standards is found consist...

John Grisham’s Bleachers

youth, that skill, that sport, could life hold meaning. At one point in the book the character states, "youre famous at eighteen, ...