Parmalat Finanziaria‚ S.p.A. Case Brief Summary: Case Questions: 1). Identify key factors or circumstances that complicate an independent audit of a multinational company One thing to always keep in mind is that the culture is different across the globe. Auditors of multinational companies may face cultural and communication barriers with their clients‚ which can complicate audit tasks. We also have to account for different currency across different countries and any transactions involving them
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SAMPLE CASE ANSWER 2. Calculate the expected rate of return on each of the four alternatives listed in Table 1. Based solely on expected returns‚ which of the potential investments appears best? The expected return is the weighted average of the estimated returns in the different states of the world‚ where the probabilities of each outcome are the weights. Each outcome is multiplied by its probability and all products are then summed together. Expected Return can be calculated with the
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Case Study 1 Question 1: How can Second Life provide value to businesses that use it? Answer: There are some main values that Second Life can bring to businesses that use it is: Firstly‚ firms can use Second Life to advertise and marketing their brands for millions of users of Second Life. Especially‚ this is a very good way for small and new businesses when they want to built up their brands because using Second Life or other virtual world can reduce the cost of advertising and easier to attend
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employees even deserved the raise. Her major goal was first confirmed when her accountant ended up asking her during the meeting‚ “You asked me if I could find any money for raises this year. Well‚ I’ve gone over the latest numbers and the quick answer‚ I’m afraid‚ is no.” Juan the accountant told her that profits continued to be low with a spur of unexpected expenses. Juan continues further and with his creative thinking‚ gives Maggie something to work with. In other words‚ Juan recommends Maggie
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Best Case Scenario cost times for(int i=0; i< arr[pos_min]) c4 n^2-1 pos_min = j; c5 0 if(pos_min != i) c6 n^2-1 temp=arr[i]; c7 0 arr[i]=arr[pos_min]; c8 0 arr[pos_min]=temp; c9 0 c1n + c2(n-1) + c3n^2 + c4(n^2-1) + c5(0) + c6(n^2-1) + c7(0) + c8(0) + c9(0) = (c3 + c4 + c6)n^2 + (c1 + c2)n - (c2 + c4 + c6) This is quadratic an^2 + bn + c --------------------------- Worst Case Scenario cost times for(int i=0; i< arr[pos_min]) c4 n^2-1 pos_min = j; c5 n^2-1 if(pos_min
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342 Case Questions 1. In the questions associated with the BEC case at the end of chapter 9. you were asked to modify the entity-relationship diagram drawn by the Stillwater student team to incluse any other entities and the attributes you identified from the BEC cases review your answers to these questions and modify the relations in BEC figure 10-2 to include your changes. 2. Study your answer to question 1. Verify that the relations you say represent the My roadway database are
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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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1. What type of retailer is Best Buy? Best Buy Co.‚ Inc. is a multinational retailer of consumer electronics‚ home office products‚ entertainment software‚ appliances and related services. 2. Do you agree with the strategy Best Buy has adopted to respond to its competitors? Why or why not? Yes‚ I agree to the strategy that Best Buy has adopted to respond to its competitors. If I wanted to buy something as simple as a toaster I would go to Wal-Mart‚ but when it comes to buying high technical
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them the edge in manufacturing the right apparel. 2. The fashion business is turbulent with unpredictable demand and consumer preferences. To cater to customer demands‚ Zara established three processes – Ordering – Speed and decision making at its best‚ ordering includes both the renewal of existing items and fulfilling of requests for new ones. “Hard” deadlines are given to stores for replenishing existing items in the store to cater to the
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Whilst the current literature does not advocate a single best approach‚ many believe that the research indicates Best Fit is the most appropriate choice. However this does not explain why many organisations such are still advocates of the other perspectives. Therefore the main body of this essay will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages
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