Balance Reports Samples For Students

Introduction

In the contemporary business world, the work environment is constantly changing, so as the structure that defines the jobs, employees, and employment practices. The rise of globalization has allowed the employees to choose and have a voice in their place of work, and hence forcing the companies to rethink about the future contemporary and future means of acquiring, planning, and using physical space. Therefore, in order for a company to change and enhance the workplace performance, it is important to consider the most interesting issues that affect the contemporary and future work environment. The two most interesting issues in ...

Report for McDonalds

Italy and Russia

Figure 1: GDP per Capita at Constant Prices
Figure 2: GDP Growth (Annual %)
Figure 3: Inflation Rate CPI
Figure 4: Unemployment Rates
Figure 5: Policy Interest Rate (%)
Figure 6: Russia Interest Rate (%)
Figure 7: Current Account Balance in Italy (% of GDP)
Figure 8: Current Account Balance in Russia (% of GDP)
Figure 9: Russia Interest Rate

List of Tables

BUSINESS OVERVIEW
McDonald’s Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries across 36,538 outlets. Founded in 1955 by Ray Kroc in Des Plaines, Illinois, 80% of the ...

It is known that Greece has constant problems that arise within its economic system, leading to social and political disruptions. In order to understand the core problems lying behind its crises we can use different statistical statements and sources, but one of the best options is the Balance of Payments. It characterizes the general development of foreign trade, the level of production, rate of employment and consumption. Its figures let us realize the ways the country uses to bring the foreign investments and the instruments it employs to cover its foreign debt. Overall, the BOP is the prior source ...

McDonalds has come to create a network in both Italy and Russia. Italy seems to have better balance of payment and government balance indices, interest rate, trade policy instruments and not needing to lose over currency rates while dealing with Eurozone importers, and even unemployment and GDP growth rates. However, unemployment and the lack of growth indicating poor economic performance and social welfare situation may advantage the brand in Russia through better low-cost labor availability and consumer reorientation on less expensive restaurant offerings. Overall, neither of the country is the ideal market for the brand, yet both have their ...

Introduction

The decision as to the form of business structure that one chooses depends on quite a number of things. There are different legal requirements in New Zealand for running different forms of business structures. For instance, there is a minimum number of people of people required to start a private limited company. There are also tax implications in whichever form of business structure that an investor chooses. For instance, for partnerships, only partners are taxed on their share of partnership profits earned (Collier, 2003). On the other hand, limited liability companies are taxed at a corporate tax rate on ...

Introduction

Capital structure management is a crucial aspect of effective cost control. That is because the structure determines a company’s cost, hence determining its performance and ability to create wealth for its shareholders. In that view, this analysis seeks to demonstrate how the structures influence companies’ performance as well as decision making. To achieve that, the analysis evaluates three companies in Hospitality industry. In that respect, this report begins with an overview of the companies’ debt structure and how it influences the companies’ cost of capital. That is followed by overview of how the companies’ long term financing polices as well ...

In this report, personal assessment and experience about the Yoga practices are discussed. It illustrates about different Yoga practices postures, poses and breathing exercise. The report is structured in a way that it provides a brief introduction to Hatha Yoga and the movements involved in this yoga. Furthermore, the report provides a discussion of the way this type of yoga can be promoted.

Introduction to Hatha Yoga

Hatha Yoga is a different type of yoga that involves different physical techniques and yoga that are influenced by Hindu tradition gods namely “Shiva”. It involves different physical exercises and positions that stimulate functioning and improved ...

Income Statement:

The income statement reports the revenue and expenses of the firm over a period of time. The income statement is sometimes refered to as the statement of operations or Profit and Loss Statement. The income statement relies on the equation:

In other words, Income Statement serves the purpose of providing the investors and other users of financial statements with most appropriate profitability of the entity net of expenses incurred by the company. In an elaborated manner, income statement helps an investor to assess as how the business has performed by giving a summary of how the business incurs its revenue and ...

Purpose

This experiment sought to determine the value of the surface tension of water and paraffin oil from the downward pull on a horizontal ring fastened to a spring.

Apparatus

The following materials were used in the experiment:
Platinum-iridium ring equipped with stirrup (circumference L=4cm)

Spring

Paraffin oil
Distilled water
Petri dish
Weight pan
Striker
Level
Jolly balance with adjustable platform
Scale to determine the paraffin oil density
Suitable weights
Bunsen burner
Tweezers
Introduction
Surface tension refers to the energy required to expand a liquid’s surface area (Ozment, John, and Conrad, 391). Liquid molecules are attracted to one another by adhesive ...

Section 1 Part a: Name of company

The name of the company for this project is Dunkin Donuts.
Part b: Industry
The company is in the industry of franchising quick service restaurants (QSRs). Dunkin Donuts serves hot and cold coffee, baked goods and hard serve ice cream. The company focuses on menu innovation, marketing and franchisee coaching and support. Dunkin Donuts operates in four segments; Dunkin Donuts US, Baskin-Robbins International, Dunkin Donuts International and Baskin-Robbins US (Dunking Donuts Annual Report, 2012, p 1). To add onto this, Dunkin Donuts generates revenue from five main sources. The first source is royalties and fees from franchised restaurants ...

International Finance

A floating currency refers to a system of currency valuation where by the exchange rate of a country’s currency depends on the supply and demand of that currency relative to foreign currencies. Floating rates of exchange usually vary freely because they are determined by trade activities in the forex market. A floating system of currency valuation is the complete opposite of the fixed rate of exchange. The fixed rate of exchange regime is where by the rate of exchanging the currency in relation to other foreign currencies is set at a constant rate.
Countries can either choose the fixed rate ...

Company Analysis: Ford Motors

Company Information
1 Name of Company:

Ford Motors

2 State of Incorporation:

Delaware

3 Stock Symbol: ‘F’
4 What is the company’s main product?

Automobiles

5 What is the URL for company’s website? What does it contain?
http://www.ford.com/. The URL guides the investor about the company, its
products, investor relations, media relations, et cetera
6 Who is the company’s auditor? (Not audit committee)

Pricewater House Coopers

7 On what page are the four financial statements located

Statement of Operations (or Income Statement)- Page 102

Balance sheet (or Statement of Financial Condition)- Page 104
Statement of Owner’s Equity – Page 102
Statement of Cash Flows- Page 106
Weekly Stock Price(4thJan’ ...

Abstract

Presented in this report are the results and the discussion of results for static and dynamic balancing. Static and dynamic balancing of rotating element in a machine is very important. The report has shown that the disks may be statically balanced but dynamically unbalanced. In the second part of this experiment, the arrangement required to balance the rotating shaft dynamically was obtained. The observations and results obtained in this experiment were consistent with our expectations. The second part of the experiment-involved determination of parameters needed to balance shaft and dynamically. The parameters determined in this case in order to balance ...

The usefulness of the balance sheet

a. No, the focus of accrual accounting, different to cash accounting, gives more accurate information about the company in the financial behavior. The accrual accounting matches the revenues and expenses operation in the generation date and not when there is cash transference. The income statement is more important than the balance sheet because the income statement explains the behavior of the company in the fiscal year and explains the capacity of the company to generate value to stakeholders. The balance sheet gives a "static photograph" of the current situation of the company. Only making the comparison of balance sheets ...

Abstract

In order to make a sound investment, it is important to evaluate the available opportunities and come out with a proper investment decision based on the past, present and future market trends. This calls for thorough analysis of both the industry and the individual investment in order to ascertain its viability and profitability. This paper focuses on Ford Motor Company stock, which for quite some time, had been left for dead. The paper gives a brief background of the problems that the company was faced with, which resulted in its poor performance. It further highlights how the company turned around from an ...

- Difference between cash balance and profit
Lily runs a flower arranging business but is unaware of the accounting and finance aspects of it. Her friend has prepared the financial statements for her, and she would like to know it in detail. From the information given, it is seen that Lily has enough cash on hand. Hence she supplies the services on credit and makes payment in cash. She is also planning to purchase a vehicle and make the payments in cash. The source of additional cash is given which is an inheritance of money. Hence, she has decided to ...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is classified as a high income non-OECD economy by The World Bank. It is an oil-based economy and the leading producer of oil and natural gas in the whole world. In 2011, oil production is at 10 million barrel per day. As reported in BBC.com, Saudi holds more than 25% of the world’s oil reserves and owns the largest hydrocarbon reserves (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14702705). To date, the country is considered as the world’s leading oil exporter. With strong government control over the major economic activities, the Kingdom’s economy is heavily sensitive to developments in the ...

Introduction

The existence of the business is imprecise; therefore disintegrating the time period into controllable episodes of 12 months allows the business to assign profits, operating cost, revenues to a specific interlude. The balance sheet describes what the trade has at the beginning of each episode. This also facilitates the owners to compensate themselves with the proceeds being produced and for the trade to pay its levy to the tax office. In this paper; there are a few aspects of the balance sheet that can affect the companies profit if changed.

They include:

H9 Account receivable

Any augment in accounts receivable have got to be ...

Abstract

Phillips Morrison International is one of the most iconic brand in the tobacco and cigarette industry. Rated as the most innovative company in the industry,over the years, Phillips Morrison has diverted their focus on emerging markets that account for 80% of the global demand,while the westernized consumers are being introduced to next generation products. However, the focus of the company remains in Asia Pacific region as it looks to target growing population of India, China and other Asia Pacific regions. Even on the financial terms,the company is performing better than its core rival, British American Tobacco ...

Virtual money of $100,000 was invested in diversified stocks during the stock trading simulation. The portfolio consisted of stocks from twelve companies all belonging to different industries. An overall profit of 0.41% was achieved in one month through the virtual simulation exercise. Stocks of all the companies are either listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ.
One hundred shares of General Electric Company were purchased on 4th April when the stock price was $31.69. These shares were sold on 7th April when the stock price decreased to $30.64. The stock of General Electric was sold ...

- Balance Sheet of the Company
The balance sheet of “The Home Depot” has been made with the accounting standard of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and all of the items incurring in the balance sheet has been made with the same provision. The balance sheets of the year 2013 are published for the company and all the figures which have been used in the financial statement are actively confirmed by the auditors of the company in total. However, there are certain accounts that needed to be re-check and re-signs as well, which predominantly re current ration, debt ...

[Your full name: first name, middle initial(s), and last name. Do not use titles (Dr.) or degrees (PhD).
There is no doubt that balance sheet analysis is an important thing to be done in finance and this is helpful for the financial institutions, investors, share brokers, investment bankers, and other stake holders as well. This analysis will assist stakeholders to verify that company is doing well and make investment decision. This review will reflect the financial health of the company and comparative analysis of balance delivers an over-all hint of performance of the company.
- The ...

Analyzing Financial Statements 2013

Ratio analysis makes it possible to compare performance within the current year against performance in previous year. A trend can be established to determine areas which are expanding and the ones contracting.
The profit margin ratio is one of the profitability ratios and indicates the extent to which costs of goods sold are being controlled in relation to sales income.
The inventory turnover ratio is one of the efficiency rations and measures the efficiency of the business in keeping its inventory as low as possible in relation to sales; the more time the inventory is turned over, ...

Business Accounting Assignment 1: Business Report on Accounting Practices and Financial Standing of Crafty Limited

Introduction
Final Accounts are prepared at the accounting cycle in order to determine the financial state of a business during a designated period. Preparation of final accounts include Manufacturing and Trading account statements, Profit and Loss Account sheets and the Balance Sheet. In order to calculate the amount of profit or loss a business entity has generated within a specified period, the Trading, Profit and Loss Account is prepared; since the Balance Sheet provides a snapshot of the assets and liabilities of a business, its interpretation reveals how financially viable the business is currently; while the most important function ...

Introduction

Tension forces act on liquid surfaces, the thread in them is pulled into circular arcs. The pull is referred to as surface tension of the liquid. Surface tension exists uniformly in all directions. The forces affect the shape and motion of liquids that have open surfaces. Tension forces can be understood regarding forces that occur between the molecules. Repulsion occurs in molecules when they are close but attract when they are far from each other. Inside the liquid, molecules are close to each other. Thus, there are slight repulsions. Molecules at the surface of the liquid are some distance ...

Calculations and Analysis

Analysis questions from lab: Part 1
Which side of the pan balance is lifted as you poured in the water? Was the solid cylinder forced up by the buoyant force of the water?

The left side; yes, slightly.

What happened to the left pan as you added water to the hollow cylinder? What can you say about the volume of the water you added to the hollow cylinder and the volume of the water (in the beaker) displaced by the solid cylinder? According to Archimedes' principle, should these volumes be the same?
As water was added to the hollow cylinder, the left ...

CDH520- Sharmeen Sultana

As complex as the world of accounting is, so is the various accounting statements. Hence, it is of extreme importance to understand as what each accounting statement means and what purpose does it serve. Some of the basic accounting statements are discussed for your convenience:
General Ledger: These are the central repository of all the accounting information of a company that summarizes all the transaction held by the company. In simple words, it is a complete summarized record of all the accounting transactions so posted under the double-entry accounting system under which each accounting transaction affects two financial items, one ...

Business Model

The following graph shows the company’s performance in terms of earning revenue and the profit.
During the first two years, the company will incur a loss which will come down to its minimum by the end of second year. The loss will be pretty much as above $98,000 approximately but with the growth in revenue, it will come doen to just ocer $2,000 by the end of the second year. From the third year onwards, company will be earning solid returns with the profit for the fifth year amounting to approximately $93,000.

Break even analysis

The break even ...

Different companies have the obligation of keeping well organized books of account that present the fair and true view of the financial status of the company. Additionally, as a condition, they must disclose the details of their operating accounts during the stakeholders’ Annual General Meeting. They are as well required to attach the copies of such accounts to their annual returns. Similarly, they must observe certain rules while presenting their reports. This paper gives a report on the interview the author of this paper had with the Chief Finance Officer of Africa Development Bank. In particular, the interviewer restricted himself to ...

Abstract

Financial analysis is an essential tool in the hands of the manager, as it is with its help the decisions related to the company’s finances are taken. Without the analysis and grounds for making such management decisions, the firm cannot achieve the desired level of income, or the lack of financial settlement will lead the company to bankruptcy. The purpose of the assignment was to perform financial analysis of a company listed on the Bursa Malaysia. Dominant Enterprise Berhad was chosen for the completion. The Malaysia-located company turned into public listed organization with thirteen subsidiaries, operating on production ...

The journal article was written to provide an overview of physical and chemical processes affecting changes in coral reef ecosystem. These changes are influenced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission (Hoegh-Guldberg, Mumby and Hooten 1737) that triggers physical processes involving laws of thermodynamics. The journal article also shows how the basic principle and theory of thermodynamics occur at global scale over a long period of time. Consequently, the physical processes influence the chemical processes that eventually lead to further changes in ocean ecosystem.
The article introduces reader to the existing phenomena of warming and acidifying of the seas (Hoegh-Guldberg, Mumby ...

Question 1

The factor that would be interesting to an investor is the decline in revenue. The management of the company has reported a decline in revenue from the year 2012, resulting from a contraction in the overall PC market as well as competitive pricing pressures. These causes negatively impacted the performance of the company’s major segments. The factor would be interesting to the investor since the primary objective of investors is to maximise their returns. A decline in revenues indicates that the business is experiencing challenges that if not addressed, may have an adverse effect of the future profitability and growth ...

Audit Plan

In accordance to ISA 300, an audit plan refers to the general plan and detailed approach that the auditor intends to use in the process of conducting the audit with reference to the spread of the audit the scope and timing. Also, the plan takes into consideration matters that relates to risk and materiality concepts (Moeller, 2010). A plan is essential to the audit process since it is used to improve on the efficiency of carrying out the audit process hence ensuring that the process is concluded in a timely manner. However, the form and the nature of the audit ...

Financial accounting refers to the process of recording, summarizing and reporting the accounting transactions so held by an entity from its business activities. All such transactions are the then represented under the financial statements, i.e. Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement so as to present a true and fair view of the accounting transactions and also to ensure that such transactions are easily understood by the internal and external users of the financial statements. Important to note, that, all the transactions are reported under the relevant accounting standards relating GAAP or IFRS.
As for the financial reporting, ...

- Introduction
In order to perform an annual report analysis we will choose Apple Inc. as our target company. Apple Inc. is an American based company, with headquarters in Cupertino, California. It designs and manufactures mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, digital music players, computer software, and various digital applications. Apple’s major brands and trademarks include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, iTunes and iCloud.Company operates in all major geographical regions: North and South Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific. Apple Inc. is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. It was first incorporated on ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Starbucks, a premium coffee house, is recognized as the leader in its category in many aspects such as marketing strategy, quality of services and most importantly from financial perspective. Exploring certain objectives of the financial perspectives has been adopted as the objective of this report.
Starbucks with listed symbol of SBUX on Nasdeq 100 is categorized within Specialty Eateries of the service sector on finance section of yahoo. Starbuck is the leader (on many aspects within its sector) mainly with respect to market capitalization of $. 38.01 Bn (88%) out of $. 43.0 Bn of the industry (Yahoo! b, 2012). The other ...

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located south west corner of Asia and at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, has approximately one fifth of the world’s proven oil reserves and is the largest oil producer and exporter of total petroleum liquids in the world (EIA, 2011). It is also world’s second largest crude oil producer behind Russia (Appendix 1a) (Williams and Martins, 2012).
Despite disturbance in the neighboring region Saudi Arabia has been able to maintain the growth in 2012 for two reasons: first, government executing expansionary budget to support public spending has been accelerated ...

The creation of cash flow statement was done by the FASB so that the stakeholders of the business including creditors, owners, and managers can receive a higher amount of information about the receipts and expenditures of cash. Though there is the provision of showing the cash balances in the balance sheet at the end of every period, there is no further information given on the balance sheet, statement of owner’s equity or income statement. The creation of a cash flow statement solves this problem without fail.
The basic purpose of a cash flow statement is the provision of ...

INVESTMENTS

Economic overview
The economy of Jamaica greatly relies on services that accounts for over 70 percent of its GDP. The Nation continues to earn most of the foreign exchange from remittances, tourism and alumina/bauxite. Both tourism and remittances accounts for 30 percent each, whereas alumina/bauxite exports contribute roughly 5 percent of the GDP. The alumina/bauxite sector was the greatly affected by global downturn whereas the remittance flow and tourism industry remained resilient.
The economy encounters several challenges to its growth including soaring corruption and crimes, huge-scale underemployment and unemployment as well as a debt-to-the-GDP ratio that is about 130 ...

Analysis Tools

Analysis Tools
The aim of this financial and analysis report is to evaluate the performance of Ford Motors as one of the companies enlisted in Fortunes 500.

Accounting for assets
The Ford’s net property is valued at a cost, less the accumulated impairments and depreciation. The company capitalizes new assets when the management expects to utilize such an asset for more than 12 months. The company also expenses the repair and maintenance costs as they occur. The cost of depreciation is calculated by the use of the straight-line approach over the approximated useful asset life. The straight-line method ...

In this assignment, food analysis involves involve several procedures that have been used to identify the various methods with which the fats, salts, ash and moisture in food are subjected to different conditions to produce results. Several methods have been used with a combination of different solutions that have been able to produce different results. Therefore, this report would include several methods that were applied on fats, salts, ash as well as moisture in food. For instance, soxhlet method would be used in the determination of fat content in foods, Mohr method was used to determine the amount of salt ...

Organization Overview

Jaguar Land Rover is an automotive company. The core business of the company is to design, develop, manufacture and sell premium sports saloons, sports cars and all-terrain vehicles (2013, In Jaguar Land Rover PLC Director’s Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 March 2012. page 16) Retrieved Dec. 16, 2013, from http://www.jaguarlandrover.com/media/2741/fy2011-12annualreport.pdf). The company operates three major production facilities and two design and engineering facilities in the United Kingdom.
The company also has a world-wide sales and distribution network, with four major markets being: Europe (excluding the UK and Russia), North America, the United Kingdom and China. Overall, ...

Adequate physical activity has been shown to benefit older adults by reducing the risks for age-related physical degeneration including osteoporosis, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and a higher likelihood of falling (Tiedemann et al., 2011; Ewald et al., 2009). Exercise also helps alleviate depression (Lee et al., 2013). However, a sedentary lifestyle has increasingly become the norm among older adults. Inadequate physical activity is defined as engaging in moderate-intensity exercise for a duration that is less than the recommended 2.5 hours per week or failing to do moderate exercise for 30 minutes on most days of the week (Jancey et al., 2008; ...

Introduction

Osmosis refers to the net water movement across a membrane, which is selectively permeable and the movement is driven by a difference in the concentration of the solutes on the opposite sides of the membrane. A selectively permeable membrane allows water to pass through without allowing ions or solute molecules to pass through. Other small molecules that are not charged are also allowed to pass through the membrane. Diffusion, on the other hand, refers to the movement of molecules in a random motion as a result of the kinetic energy and causes the molecules to have a net movement from areas where the particles ...

Slide 1: Lease: Exposure Draft 2013

Slide 2: BHP Billiton: Company Background
One of the largest resources company in the world
Operates in countries like USA, Australia, Pakistan, Algeria, Canada, Chile, Brazil, Thailand, Colombia, Peru & Venezuela.
One of the leading manufacturer of iron ore, copper , aluminum, uranium, nickel, silver and coal.
Also one of the major player in oil exploration and oil extraction.
Slide 3: BHP Billiton: Current Lease Accounting Practice
BHP Billiton has many different types of lease agreements in different countries.
Land lease agreements are carried in book of accounts at cost.
Depreciation of the ...

Report

Corporate takeover
In a corporate takeover, two methods are commonly used. There is the purchase method and secondly the pooling of interest method. The first is applied where the acquirer can be identified while the latter is used where the acquirer cannot be identified. In a corporate takeover, several aspects of valuation are necessary. They are as follows – share valuation, valuation of business, valuation of fixed assets and shareholder agreement (Solomon, 2011).
In the event of a corporate takeover, the financial statements are adjusted so as to remove items which are not reflective of the ongoing business on a continuous basis. ...

Procter & Gamble is a Multinational consumer goods company which was incorporated in 1905 in Ohio, United States. It manufactures several consumer products and offers around 65 different brands under several product categories such as “Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care; and Baby, Feminine & Family Care” (The Procter & Gamble Company, 2016). The company sells its products in almost 200 countries and conducts on-the-ground operations in almost 100 countries.

Balance sheet

P&G follows generally accepted accounting principles applicable in the Unites States for presentation and preparation of its financial statements. Much like other publically traded companies, P&G also electronically files its annual, ...

Part A - The impact of accounting on the IT Development 4

Part B – Question 1 - Introducing or Upgrading Computerized Accounting Systems 5
(a) Advantages and Disadvantages of using a Computer Accounting System 5

Advantages 5

Disadvantages 5
(b) Considerations when setting up a Computerized Accounting System 6

Completion of an Accounting Cycle 6

Recording all Transactions from Manual Trial Balance 7
Running a Trial or Testing Phase 7
Verification of the Computerized Accounting System 7
(c) Chart of Accounts and Coding Structure is Followed by Impetus Limited 8

Part B – Question 2 - Accounting Packages 8

(a) The Features of an Accounting Package 8

Security 8

Reporting 9
Interdepartmental Operations 10
(b) ‘Module’ in an Accounting Package and its Purpose 10
(c) ‘Integrated’, ‘Semi-Integrated’ and ‘Non-Integrated’ Modules ...

Abstract

The above paper appreciates the fact that most organizations go through difficult economic times and require effective working capital management. Moreover, the study recognizes the fact that inefficient management of the same has adverse effects on the financial performance of the business. Therefore, financial managers have an obligation to maintain a balance in liquidity as one approach to enhance the profitability of the firm. To achieve the study objective, the paper utilizes an efficient research design, which is believed to assist the business in achieving its set purpose. The study seeks to use data from three companies (Coca-Cola, Barclays ...

IBM Projected Financial Statements

Income Statement
IBM has five reporting segments namely: Technology services and cloud platform, Global Business Services, Cognitive Solutions, Systems hardware and Global financing (IBM). The assumptions of the projected income statement are as follows:
Technology services and cloud platform that accounts for 44.92% of all revenue is projected to grow at 14% as more businesses sign up for the service, and an increase in the services through partners such as VMware and GitHub
Global Business Services that accounts for 22.46% of all revenue is projected to grow at 8% as the business shifts its focus to cloud, analytics, security, ...

Introduction

A refrigerator is an electrical device used in temperature maintenance below ambient temperatures. To achieve this function, the refrigerator should be able to create a heat sink at cold room temperatures a temperature that should be lower than the ambient temperature while at the same time also rejecting heats having higher temperatures than the ambient temperatures. To achieve this refrigerant is forced to undergo evaporation at temperatures lower than the ambient temperature(Griffiths, 1937). When the refrigerant is compressed at high pressure and condensing temperatures above the ambient temperature results in the loss of heat and condensation back to ...

BUSINESS FINANCING

Introduction
Business owners and managers seeking financing encounters an essential decision regarding choice of whether to borrow money or to make use new equity capital. Given that equity and debts have very varied characteristics, each of them has different effect on cash-flow, earnings, and taxes as well as on balance sheet. They also have different impacts on any company`s dilution, leverage as well as a host for other financial metrics by which companies are measured. Lastly, each business financing options presents a different kind of relationship in relation to the financing source. Thus, a company`s plan on ...

About the paper

The paper is commissioned to conduct a comprehensive financial analysis of UK based telecommunication company, BT Group PLC for the year 2011-2015. As part of this analysis, we will be using the tools of common-size statements and financial ratios. In addition, to perform the cross-sectional analysis, we will also compare the financial performance of the company with its competitor entities, Vodafone Group and Sky PLC.
Along with analysis of the financial performance using the above stated criteria, we will also perform broad economic environment analysis to adjudge the company’s performance in relation to the economic trends and will ...

Management

Abstract
Conformity and differentiation are strategic tools that businesses utilize in order to gain advantage in the competition. However, institutional theory, including the resource-based literature opposes the existing view about differentiation. The trade-off in many industries suggests that extreme differentiation and conformity appears to damage performance while moderate differentiation creates an opposite effect. This discussion will explore the context of conformity and differentiation from related theories and evaluate the statement, whether the trade-off could provide a better advantage for the any industry.

Introduction

The context of differentiation and conformity refers to how an organization or business establishes its identity. Every ...

Both balance sheet and the income statement have been the required financial statements over the years whereas, the statement cash flows has been accepted in U.S only since 1988. Therefore, the statement of cash flows has a long evolution in the United States. However, in the 1980s, the Institute of Financial Executives (FEI) decided to encourage its members the preparation of cash flow statements in their financial statements to make some changes in the balance sheet. Consequently, only about 10% of all Fortune Companies adopted the use of cash flows while over 90% of the companies made their financial ...

The SME is a small firm with an independent business managed by its owners/part owners having a small market share. The abbreviation SME is commonly used in the European Union and by different international organizations such as the World Bank, the United Nations and the World Trade Organization (WTO) (Kaufmann, Friedrich., 1995).

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are business enterprises that maintain the number of employees below a certain standard with limited turnover and balance sheet. The size of an SME company depends on the industry in which the company competes. There are 3 different categories defined for Small and Medium Sized ...

Intel Corporation

In this paper, I use the annual report for Intel Corporation for the year ended 31st December, 2014 to answer the said questions.

Relevant information revealed by the income statement

The income statement for Intel gives valuable information on the total revenue for the company in the last three years. Total revenue is important since it directly determines the net profit and the profitability of the company. In the year ended December 2014, Intel total revenue was $55,870 million. In 2013, the company’s total revenue was $52,708 million while in 2012; the figure was $53,341 million. This information is important in determining ...

Describe the difference between nominal, effective and real interest and calculate what is owed after 5 years for the following example. 10% interest on $100 over the course of 5 years. Where relevant, the compounding period is 1 year. Inflation is 5%.
The nominal interest rate is the stated interest of a given bond or loan. On the other hand, effective interest rate takes account of the compounding periods and financial costs. Nominal and effective interest rates are equal if they have the same compounding period. The difference is noticeable when the number of compounding periods increases. Another is ...

- The auditors have limited scope on this section of the audit and therefore would give a qualified opinion on this section of the audit. Since it says that this matter does not over shadow the fairness of the financial statement, the audit opinion could be written as shown below.
In our opinion, except for the effects of such adjustments, if any, as might have been determined to be necessary had we been able to satisfy ourselves as evidence regarding the foreign affiliate investments and earnings, the balance sheet together with the notes thereon properly drawn up so as ...

Psychology

In the case before the Manhattan court, Sage Kerry, head of healthcare investment banking at Jeffries, is in a divorce lawsuit of US$7 million with his estranged wife Christina. Sage and Christina, a housewife who was former Italian fashion representative, have two children. The two exposed each other in signed court affidavits presented to the court as drug users. Christina describes her husband as “a real life wolf of the wall street” due to his behavior of romping with hookers and using Hallucinogens, even in the presence of their children. Denying the accusations, Sage describes his former wife as a “mother who ...