CHAPTER 2 ANSWERS TO "DO YOU UNDERSTAND" TEXT QUESTIONS 1. What were the objectives of the National Banking Acts and what problems existed in the U.S. banking system before those acts were passed in the 1860s? Solution: For much of the 19th century there was no systematic regulation of banking or the money supply. Banks‚ state-chartered but otherwise largely unsupervised‚ were free not only to engage in unsound lending practices but to issue banknotes—IOUs against themselves—without
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some guidelines below. You will have had experience preparing exam questions in your review sessions. The following document provides some further hints and tips‚ with some sample questions at the end. I have also attached a document with questions from January and Resit last year‚ with an outline of what the answer should contain. What do I have to do? In the examination‚ you will be asked to select three questions to answer from a choice of six. Very broadly‚ these areas might be taken from
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sales are $20‚000. What is the level of its accounts receivable? Assume there are 365 days in a year. Answer: Day Sales Outstanding= Receivables / Average Sales per day AR = 20 X $20000 = $400‚000 3-2 Vigo vacations has an equity multiplier of 2.5.The company’s assets are financed assets with some combination of long-term debt and common equity. What is the company’s debt ratio? Answer: The equity multiplier is 2.5. This means that for every dollar of equity the company has $2.5 of assets
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How to set Clear Project Objectives “This project will improve our results‚” said my sponsor‚ “so put that down as the project objective.” We were sitting together working on the project charter. When it came to the section where we were supposed to record the project objectives‚ ‘improve results’ didn’t fill up half the available space on the document template. “What‚ exactly‚ are you looking to improve with this project?” I said carefully. It’s important on projects to work out what you are letting
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Case question 1 Variable manufacturing costs as a percentage of sales and the markup on variable manufacturing cost to establish the selling prices for each of the three product lines in 2008 en 2010: Compared markup 2008 and 2010: The markup is lower in 2010 because Luxor lowered the selling prices for lipstick in 2009 and for nail polish in 2010. They had to do this because the discount chains continued to put pressure on them to reduce the prices for lipstick and nail polish. Case
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11/30/2012 “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”-- Andrew Carnegie Healthcare team and professionalism Teamwork is a small group of people‚ who are contribute their complementary skills‚ interests‚ and opinions to the unity and efficiency of the group‚ in order to achieve common goals and mutual responsibilities
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HERNISCHFEGER CORPORATION CASE ANALYSIS 1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements In 1984 they changed the depreciation method from accelerated methods to the straight-line for financial reporting purposes. This change included a adjustment of the residual values on certain machinery and equipment. They also included the products purchased from Kobe Steel‚ LTD and sold by them in their net sales. Moreover‚ they
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Iligan City REAL WORLD CASE 1: Toyota Europe‚ Campbell Soup Company‚ Sony Pictures‚ and W.W. Grainger. Making the Case for Enterprise Architects Toyota Europe‚ Campbell Soup Company‚ Sony Pictures‚ and W.W. Grainger. Making the Case for Enterprise Architects Submitted to: Professor Adrian Galido‚ PhD Submitted by: Sandee Angeli M. Villarta September 4‚ 2013 Toyota Europe‚ Campbell Soup Company‚ Sony Pictures‚ and W.W. Grainger. Making the Case for Enterprise Architects
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75-100 Section 1 Introduction to Business Analyzing EnCana Corporation Group #10 Professor Kent Walker Ashley Bent‚ Gunvansh Kapur‚ Emmanual Mikhael‚ Malveka Soni‚ Hasitha Sridharan Submitted March 29th 2011 Executive Summary The Canadian Oil and Gas Industry is is a large‚ billion dollar competitive market with consistent economic growth. EnCana corporation‚ founded in 2002 is an industry leader in Canada‚ employing over 3‚800 individuals at the end of
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Questions 1. Why would a large and complex company like Boeing employ off-the-shelf application-specific software for accounting‚ human resources‚ supply chain management and other core business processes? And why do they choose to own‚ host and operate all of their own software rather than to for example outsource payroll to ADP Corporation or sales force management to Salesforce.com? a. Boeing probably uses off-the shelf application specific software for their core business processes
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