Accounting Research Vol. 49 No. 3 June 2011 Printed in U.S.A. Earnings Quality Based on Corporate Investment Decisions FENG LI∗ Received 25 July 2007; accepted 20 September 2010 ABSTRACT In this paper‚ I examine a new approach for measuring earnings quality‚ defined as the closeness of reported earnings to “permanent earnings‚” based on firm decisions with regard to capital and labor investments. Specifically‚ I measure earnings quality as the contemporaneous association between changes in the
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Overview of Quality of Earnings - Some Guiding Principles/Framework The issue of earnings quality arises because of the cost/benefit trade off between cash accounting and accrual accounting. For our purposes‚ we want reported earnings to do two things: 1) to accurately represent current operating performance 2) to aid in accurately forecasting future operating performance These requirements for high-quality earnings mean that the reported earnings amounts for a particular period
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Abstract A quality of earning assessment is a tool used by analyst to determine the correlation between accounting income and economic income. The techniques to analyze accounting income and economic income include: comparing accounting principles‚ reviewing changes in accounting principles‚ analyzing discretionary and warranty expenditures‚ understanding replacement cost of assets and managements and auditors opinion of the company. A quality of earnings assessment of PepsiCo is applied to
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Under fair value accounting‚ earnings of a firm constitutes three broad components namely asset income‚ realized gains and unrealized gains. What impact does this have on a firm’s earnings quality given that the main shift from current accounting standards is the inclusion of unrealized gains into earnings computation? Often‚ it holds true that what matters is not how much a firm makes‚ but how it makes its money . Investors value earnings that are sustainable‚ inherent to a firm’s business and
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Factors Affecting Profitability: An Empirical Study on Ethiopian Banking Industry Amdemikael Abera A Thesis Submitted to The Department of Accounting and Finance Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (Accounting and Finance) Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia June 2012 Addis Ababa University School of Graduate Studies This is to certify that the thesis prepared by Amdemikael Abera‚ entitled: Factors Affecting Profitability:
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THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT LISTENING When you think of what is involved in the process of listening most people think that it involves just spoken words and how those words are interpreted. But actually listening is more than just merely hearing words; the actual process of listening has many different factors that are involved. I’m going to summarize the ten most common factors that can affect the human listening process. The first factor that affects listening is culture. Culture is a factor
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Ways to improve the earnings quality in acquisitions and mergers In recent years‚ acquisition and merger activities have boomed as result of improvement in economy and corporate earning. Along with the growing acquisitions and mergers‚ the risk of earnings manipulation and fraud embedded in related complicated transactions has also increased. From past experiences‚ three most common areas that have high risk of earnings management are research and development expenditure‚ restructuring costs
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1 Factors That Affect The Service Of Rai Rai Ken Japanese Restaurant In SM Manila Branch 2 3 4 5 Chapter I 6 7 INTRODUCTION 8 9 10 In the world of Services‚ Service Culture focuses on serving and satisfying the customer. We may consider the top management and flow of it. A service culture empowers employees to solve customer problems; through employee communication company policies and personal actions. That is why it is supported by a reward
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Factors That Affect Learning All children matter‚ regardless of their background. It is important that every child can fulfil its true potential‚ however there are factors that can affect a child’s learning to stop this. This essay will discuss the importance of emotional intelligence and how it positively affects a child’s learning and social class with its negative affect on education and solutions to combat it so deprived children have better opportunities in school. Social class has a major
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Factors that affect climate Latitude: Ocean Currents: Wind and air masses: Elevation: Relief: Near water: Global Factors that Affect Climate As the suns UV rays hit the earth they hit is directly at the equator causing more heat. Because these rays are direct and they hit direct at one spot. For part a‚ the earth start to slope‚ in which the sun’s rays have to hit a larger areas‚ and have to travel further distances. As the latitude increases‚ the average annual temperatures decreases. In North
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