The Role of Banks and Capital Markets in resource allocation between surplus and deficit units in an economy. By: Adetokunbo Olu. Aofolaju Introduction The issue of how scarce societal resource should be apportioned to different uses has always remained the central focus of economics. Given that the wants of a society are insatiable‚ the policy thrust of managers of any economy is establishing an appropriate framework for ensuring the deployment of resources to areas of needs that ultimately increases
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Cost Allocations & Activity Based Costing (ABC) Abstract The cost allocation is a process of assigning costs to different activities. There is several methodology of cost allocation. The cost driver allocates costs into different activities and locations. Health organizations use different allocation methods according to their needs to attain organization and profitability. The purpose of allocation is to make the understanding
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Jane Doe Date: March 1‚ 2012 RE: Allocation Options for Fixed Manufacturing Overhead Costs Dear Mr. Oray‚ After researching the different methods allowed for you to use in allocating the fixed manufacturing costs to the work in process and finished goods I have come to the conclusion that normal capacity is the best method for your business. First I will define theoretical‚ practical and normal capacity and then I will explain to you which allocation method must be used for financial statement
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Chapter 05 Production and Cost Essay Questions 1. Always Round Tire has a production function of Q = 300 L.75 K.5. In the short run‚ if L = 250 and K = 25‚ what happens to the output of tires if L jumps to 300 and then 350. What law does this illustrate? When L=250 and K=25 then Q=94307. When L increases to 300‚ Q increases to 108‚127. When L increases to 350‚ Q increases to 121‚379. This shows the effects of diminishing marginal returns to labor as a factor of production.
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Cost Accounting‚ 14e (Horngren/Datar/Rajan) Chapter 2 An Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes Objective 2.1 1) Cost objects include: A) products B) customers C) departments D) All of these answers are correct. Answer: D Diff: 2 Terms: cost object Objective: 1 AACSB: Reflective thinking 2) Actual costs are: A) the costs incurred B) budgeted costs C) estimated costs D) forecasted costs Answer: A Diff: 1 Terms: actual costing Objective: 1 AACSB: Reflective thinking 3) The general term used to identify
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only variable manufacturing costs. Answer: False Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 Terms to Learn: absorption costing Absorption costing “absorbs” all manufacturing costs‚ both fixed and variable. 2. Variable costing includes all variable costs — both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing — in inventory. Answer: False Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 Terms to Learn: variable costing Variable costing includes only manufacturing variable costs in inventory. 3. Under both
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2 Economic Systems for Resource Allocation Decisions about resource allocation are necessary because we live in a world of scarcity. A review of the ideas listed at Key Points 1.1 and 1.2 should remind you of how central this basic premise is to the study of any branch of economics. To take a surreal example‚ when you open your front door in the early morning there are not millions of bottles of milk covering the neighbour’s lawn; nor is there no milk. There is just enough bottled milk to meet
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Rio Grande Medical Center Cost Allocation Concepts HCM 681 Introduction to the Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations 1. Is it “fair” for the Dialysis Center to suffer in profitability‚ and hence for the department head to possibly lose his bonus‚ just because the Outpatient Clinic needs additional space? The building of the new facility is not expected to affect revenue‚ direct cost and patient volume. The Dialysis Center will provide the same services for its patients‚ but with
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RESOURCE ALLOCATION Resource allocation refers to the distribution of resources‚ and in particular finance‚ from the centre to peripheral levels. It generally concerns broad levels of aggregated financial resources. Budgeting implies the more detailed determination of precisely how these funds are to be used. Given the importance we have placed on planning as a process that leads to action‚ budgeting and resource allocation are major planning instruments. Basis for Resource Allocation * Public
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Memory Allocation Now we will discuss about the various memory allocation schemes. Single Partition Allocation In this scheme Operating system is residing in low memory and user processes are executing in higher memory. Advantages * It is simple. * It is easy to understand and use. Disadvantages * It leads to poor utilization of processor and memory. * Users job is limited to the size of available memory. Multiple-partition Allocation One of the simplest methods
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