Project Earnings Manipulation: An Ethics Case Based on Agency Theory ABSTRACT: The impact of accounting information on ethical behavior has been extensively documented. Additionally‚ agency theory is a widely accepted behavioral perspective. Despite this‚ there is an absence of instructional material in the accounting education literature that ties ethical issues to an agency-theory context. The primary objective of this case is to highlight control system ethical issues using an agency-theory context
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Return on Investment Analysis for E-business Projects Mark Jeffery‚ Northwestern University Introduction The Information Paradox Review of Basic Finance The Time Value of Money ROI‚ Internal Rate of Return (IRR)‚ and Payback Period Calculating ROI for an E-business Project Base Case Incorporating the E-business Project Incremental Cash Flows and IRR Uncertainty‚ Risk‚ and ROI Uncertainty Sensitivity Analysis 1 2 4 4 6 6 7 8 10 11 11 11 Project and Technology Risks Monte Carlo Analysis Applied to
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recent economic environment nowadays‚ the concept of project management and strategic objectives have been regarded as two of the most influential factors on organizational performance from the perspective of strategic planning. The influence of strategic objective on project performance has received high recognition from the public. The majority of literature on project management stresses the importance of strategic objectives in achieving project objectives (Munns & Bjeirmi‚ 1996). Furthermore‚ it
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Memphis‚ Tennessee was chosen as a site for one of the centers in 2005. The community centers provide facilities for K-12 students to play games that contain puzzles and tasks that intellectually challenge and stimulate players. The goal of this project is to design an interactive environment for young people to carry out missions that promote team building and improve mathematical skills. The interactive components‚ located in the Auto Zone Challenge Center (ACC) in the KROC center‚ includes the
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Directing a Project Purpose The purpose of the Directing a Project process is to enable the Project Board to be accountable for the project’s success by making key decisions and exercising overall control while delegating dayto- day management of the project to the Project Manager. Ob jective The objective of the Directing a Project process is to ensure that: ■■ There is authority to initiate the project ■■ There is authority to deliver the project’s products ■■ Management direction
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The Super Project Introduction General Foods (GF) expects Super‚ a new powdered dessert‚ to capture 10% share of the total dessert market (2% coming from the erosion of Jell-O sales). The company’s Financial Analyst has issued a memo comparing three alternative techniques for project evaluations‚ illustrating the problems and limitations inherent in using ROFE (return on funds employed) and payback as evaluation methods. The disparate ROFE results obtained with these methods are due to differences
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NAME: “PROJECT CYCLE MANAGEMENT: PROJECT IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION PHASE” ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (AIU) TABLE OF CONTENTS Acronyms: 2 1. Introduction: 3 2. Understanding of Project and Project Cycle Management (PCM) 4 2.1 What is project? 4 2.2 What is project management? 6 2.3 What is Project Cycle Management? 7 2.3 What are the phases of the project cycle? 8 3. Analysis: Project Identification & Selection 13 4. Case Studies:
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SCOPE MANAGEMENT Planning is critical phase in a project life cycle. Although that is the case project control is pivotal and it goes through the project phase. Without proper project control in any project‚ failure possibilities are fairly high in such project. The intention of scope management is to define and outline the intention of any project. Scope management is defined by the PMBOK as; ‘..... the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required‚ and only the work
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Antamina Project Overview Assumptions Prices Forecast DCF Valuation: 3 Scenarios Options Valuation Real Options Option to Abandon • Re‐valuation according to changes Expropriation Block Funds • Main Conclusions Location of Antamina Problem Statement How much is Antamina worth? Impact of a 5% per year risk of expropriation or a possibility of a two years block funds? Antamina Project Overview Antamina Mine Project: • Peru government wanted to develop a mine • Antamina project : offered for sale by auction
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Microcontroller Based Home Security A PROJECT REPORT ON “MICROCONTROLLER BASED HOME SECURITY SYSTEM” ABSTRACT Engineering is not only a theoretical study but it is a implementation of all we study for creating something new and making things more easy and useful through practical study. It is an art which can be gained with systematic study‚ observation and practice. In the college curriculum we usually get the theoretical knowledge of industries‚ and a little bit of implementation knowledge
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