(a) Briefly explain what prompted some countries over the world to strongly advocate harmonization of accounting. The important reasons which necessitate harmonization of accounting practices are well contained in the observation made by Saudagaran. “While the initial efforts at harmonization were mainly championed by political bodies and professional accounting organizations‚ current pressures to harmonize are driven by investor groups who use financial statements‚ multinational companies which
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Chapter 5 Accounting for Merchandising Operations Chapter Summary Merchandising Operations • A merchandising company is an enterprise that buys and sells goods to earn a profit. • Measuring net income for a merchandising company is the same as for a service company through matching of expenses with revenues. • In a merchandising company‚ the primary source of revenue is the sale of merchandise‚ which is called sales revenue or sales. • Expenses for merchandising
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A joint-stock company is a business entity which is owned by shareholders. Each shareholder owns the portion of the company in proportion to his or her ownership of the company’s shares (certificates of ownership). [1] This allows for the unequal ownership of a business with some shareholders owning a larger proportion of a company than others. Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company. [2] In modern corporate
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Chapter 2—The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Industry Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis TRUE/FALSE 1. The health-related concerns in the general environment facing Philip Morris International are part of the physical segment. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 36 OBJ: 02-01 TYPE: comprehension NOT: AACSB: Ethical & Legal understanding | Management: Ethical Responsibilities | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing the task environment 2. The external environment facing business stays relatively
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The average stock prices for each of the four years shown in Exhibit 1 were as follows: 1998 111/4 = 27.75 1999 163/4 = 40.75 2000 281/2 = 140.5 2001 91/2 = 45.5 a. compute the price/earnings ratio for each year. That is‚ take the stock price shown above and divide by net income per common stock-dilution from exhibit 1. 2001 (3‚417)/$ 0.27 = 12‚655.5 2000 (3‚379)/$0 .55 = 6‚143.63 1999 (3‚282)/$ 0.31 = 10‚587.09 1998 (3‚180)/$ 0.24 = 13‚250.00 b. Why do you think P/E has changed
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Introduction The stock exchange market in China has developed rapidly since the early 1990s. In 2007‚ the Chinese stock market overtook the Japanese market in terms of capitalization and topped the world in initial public offerings‚ underlining the dramatic surge in the country’s financial sector. Nonetheless‚ within one year the Chinese stock market plunged to less than a third of the value it held at its peak. This marks the most rapid decline of any major market in the world‚ even against the
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report is “ Competing in the Adult Night Club Industry “ . The subject sparked my interest when I over heard a classmate saying she wanted to own a “strip club”. I also had thoughts of one day opening my own “gentlemen’s club”. Typically when you think of a “strip club” you think of a low class‚ raunchy‚ place filled with criminals‚ but contrary to some beliefs that isn’t always the case. There is an upscale adult entertainment venue called a “gentlemen’s club”. We both had made reference to the recent
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What is a theory? In this book we consider various theories of financial accounting. Perhaps‚ there¬fore‚ we should start by considering what we mean by a ’theory’. There are various perspectives of what constitutes a theory. The Oxford English Dictionary provides various definitions‚ including: A scheme or system of ideas or statements held as an explanation or account (description) of a group of facts or phenomena. Explanation or Account (description) of a group
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PART1-Investment Policy Statement Purpose of Policy Statement The purpose of the Policy Statement is to create an agreement between XXXX‚ YYY‚ and ZZZ to collectively manage a mock $1‚000‚000 portfolio during the 2011 fall semester. It will define the investment objectives‚ strategies‚ and risks associated with this portfolio. Investment Objectives The objective of our team is to seek capital appreciation of portfolio in three months. Moreover‚ given the little risk tolerance
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2013 Mr. Acker For the month of December‚ I was given an assignment consisting of $100‚000 and four stocks to invest in. My four stocks were The Ralph Lauren Corp.‚ Visa Inc.‚ Master card Inc. and The Chevron Corp. As stated I was given a month to record my data and I ended up with a total capital gain of $5‚518.36 for the one month period for my investments. I have to thank you Mr. Acker‚ this project was not difficult‚ but it did confuse me. Receiving this assignment scared me
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