Essays on Assets

Company Profile

Revered as the biggest e-commerce website around the globe, Amazon Inc. is an American multinational entity engaged in e-commerce selling and cloud computing. Founded in the year 1994 by Jeff Bezos, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington DC. Amazon is the biggest e-retailer in terms of revenue and market capitalization. Beginning with the modest background of selling books and Blu-Ray DVD’s, Amazon today offers more than billion products and is now operating globally with presence in 19 countries. The company is listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol of AMZN and is also the constituent of NASDAQ ...

Chapter III

This chapter will review the background of Real Property Law in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In order to lay the foundation for comparisons in subsequent chapters, the elements of the Saudi judicial system and real property law will be reviewed. The background information pertaining to Saudi Arabia will feature the judicial court system, the property rights and real property ownership. A review of the current mortgage law in Saudi Arabia will be analyzed as well as possible reform to include the application of anti-deficiency laws.

Introduction

Saudi Arabia is governed by a monarchy. Its current legal system under the ...

All assets even the perishables can be used to transfer current resources into the future. The owner of perishable asset needs to trade it with a nonperishable asset to store the value of his asset. Otherwise, anything whose value cannot be stored in present form or different form cannot be classified as an asset. For example, milk is a perishable asset, but it can be transformed into other forms that take long to be stale. The adoption of money in place of barter trade enhanced the capability of storing the value of assets. The owner of perishable assets may ...

Economists tend to relate to the subject of research with scientific objectivity (Mankiw, 2015). They develop theories, accumulate evidence and then analyse them in an attempt to prove or disprove the theoretical concepts. The main tools of the economist (and other scientists) are theory and observation, but, in contrast to the natural sciences, in economics it is almost impossible to set up an experiment to confirm or deny a new concept. In order to somehow compensate for the absence of the possibility of carrying out laboratory experiments, economists are paying close attention to natural experiments offered by life. An ...

Enterprise Excellence

Stenzel (94) holds that enterprise excellence is not only dependent on the tangible assets which are the focus of accounting practices. Human assets are part of the resource in an organization that contribute to the excellence of the enterprise. The concept of employee competence is important in lean performance. Stenzel (94) illustrates this argument by citing the financial turnaround at Sears following the huge financial losses that the company suffered in the 1990s as a result of focus on the development of employee competencies. Employees who are highly competent can perform their responsibilities with more effectiveness. The resultant effect ...

Careers in Accounting

The first career option for the professional with the accounting education is the audit and assurance job. The main reason for the auditing job is that it is related to the accounting standards such as IAS, IFRS and US GAAP. The main responsibility of the auditor is to inspect and review the annual financial statements of the company. Therefore, due to the professionalism, integrity and the competence level of the accountants, the professionals with the accountancy knowledge can pursue as the professional accountant. (Mally, 2015) Another career option for the professionals with the accounting education is the asset manager ...

Mike Mayo takes on Citigroup (A) and (B)

Do you agree with Mike Mayo’s concerns about the extent of Citigroup’s DTA’s? Why or why not? I agree with Mike Mayo’s concern about Citigroup’s Deferred Tax Assets (DTA’s). Citigroup’s DTA’s increased from $4.7 billion at the end of 2006 to $38 billion by the third quarter of 2009. Citigroup would use the huge DTA’s to shield future profits from taxation to a tune of $38 billion. However, the accounting rules require that a firm can only carry the DTA’s if it is reasonably probable that the firm would ...

Business Resilience/Continuity

Business resilience is defined as the ability shown by a business organization to act quickly to adapt to a disruption or disaster that may affect the business negatively. This ability to fight any disaster is shown while business continues to maintain its operations instead of dissolving. Therefore, business resilience safeguards the assets, workers as well as the brand equity. Furthermore, business resilience offers post-disaster methods that mitigate the downtime that can prove costly to business. Through business resilience, business vulnerabilities are shown up thus maintaining the daily business activities against the unforeseen breaches (Cerullo and Michael 71). Business resilience ...

Abstract

Hurricane Katrina is considered the largest national disaster in the United States. It led to the death of around 1,800 people and other tens of thousands were left homeless. It came four years after 9/11 and the government had been proactive in creating response plans for such disasters. Katrina led to a number of national crises that were primarily caused by two reasons. One, the hurricane Katrina itself and two, the collapse of the levees that had been built to protect the city. Aside from this, there was a problem in the management of the crisis. The local, ...

Introduction

The paper compares the financial performance of Abcam and Novozymes for the FY 2015. The company (Abcam) spends a lot of cash on research and development. Therefore, it provides easy access to products, high development on the platform of e-commerce. The sales of Abcam increased significantly between FY 2015 and 2016. That is it almost made 90% of sales in other currencies such as the Japanese Yen, and Euro. The change in these foreign currencies during the recession period is favorable for the firm. Moreover, revenues of the product increased by over 15% on the reported basis during FY ...

IAS37: CURRENT ISSUES IN FINANCIAL REPORTING

IAS37: Current Issues in Financial Reporting Introduction Since the publication of IAS 37, it provides explicit directions for companies to recognize provision, contingent liability and contingent assets. IAS 37 undermines the traditional accounting concepts of prudence hence leading to considerable volatility in companies earning reports. The IAS 37 helps in disclosing the transaction incurred in an organization that is associated with liabilities. In the IAS 37 standard, the word “probable” has been adversely used and hence providing options of creative accounting essential for companies to recognize its provision on balance sheet. Before the amendment of current IAS 37, the ...

Introduction

The financial crisis of 2007/9 was the worst in the U.S. since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was the cause of the failure of some of the biggest financial institutions including Washington Mutual which was closed in 2008, and its assets transferred to JP Morgan. In 2008, the crisis reached its peak with loans dropping dramatically to the lowest levels to be witnessed in a half a century. For example, new loans to large borrowers fell by 47 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 as compared to the previous quarter and by 79 percent relative to ...

Carry trade is a means of trading where an investor borrows money from a financial institution then invests the same in assets with the hope of getting a profit from the assets. This means of trading is popular in the foreign exchange market. It involves borrowing from low-interest rate currency then converting that currency into that of a high yielding one. There are two ways in which an investor can earn for the carry trade. One can either invest in a high yielding currency or invest in an asset that has prospects of increasing its worth. These assets can ...

Introduction

The objective of this report is to perform the financial analysis of Next PLC and its competitor firm, Debenhams PLC. While both the stocks are listed on the London Stock Exchange(LSE), however, the report is solely attributed to uncover the fundamental analysis using the tool of financial ratios. Here, the attempt will be made using necessary ratios delineating profitability, efficiency, liquidity and gearing position of both the firms over the period of the past two years. The report shall finally be culminated discussing whether there is an improvement in the overall performance of each firm along with the ...

Impact of Policy Changes on Financial Stability of Commercial Banks in India

Paper Due date Abstract The study envisages financial stability of Indian Banks, especially schedule commercial banks, in the backdrop of macro-prudential policy changes. Banks are put under microscopic vision in terms of performing as commercial units while strictly adhering to the policy norms. The effect of regulatory and supervisory policy changes can be evidently seen in stressed performance of banks in the recent years, in-spite of growth in their retail portfolios. The policy changes of increased provisioning for NPAs, improvement in asset account quality, revised guidelines for Net Stable Funding Ratio, restructuring of large accounts and many more have ...

Improving the Operating Strategy of Marriott

Improving the Operating Strategy of Marriott The purpose of the report is to develop a recommendation for improving a company’s current strategy in order to remain sustainable in a highly competitive economic environment. The recommendation will be based on an analysis of both the external and internal factors that affects the company. This includes both qualitative and quantitative factors since the report is segregated into (1) environmental scan and risk analysis, (2) ratio analysis, (3) financial statement analysis, (4) weighted average cost of capital, and a (5) strategy development. The company chosen to be analyzed is Marriott International, ...

An Assignment Submitted by

Narrative Report After a thorough investigation, it was revealed that two individuals, namely Mr. Smith, the associate director of purchase and Ms. Bad, his administrative assistant, implemented a fraudulent scheme using the corporate funds for their personal gains. The analysis of the evidence determined that these two individuals managed to buy items for personal use instead of the planned corporate purchases. This activity resulted in the loss of $8,795.60 of corporate funds. The investigation came to the conclusion that the main culprit of the fraudulent scheme was Mr. Smith due to his status as the associate director, the ...

Introduction

The report discusses the outcome of the financial analysis of Fresh Fashion for the period of three years beginning 2014 .As part of this analysis, we will exclusively focus on liquidity assessment, and inventory and account receivable management of the company. While the sole objective of framing this report is to appraise the investment opportunity in the company’s stock, however, since we are only using financial ratios as the tool of assessment, we will also discuss some of the limiting factors of financial ratios.

Ratio Analysis

Financial ratios allow us to transform raw financial figures into useful multiples, which can ...

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Accounting Standard Setting under the Australian Conceptual Framework and Application in Business Practices

Introduction A conceptual framework establishes the concepts and provides the guidelines that underlie financial reporting. As a coherent system of notions that flow from an objective, which in turn serve to identify the purpose of financial reporting, a conceptual framework also provides guidance on the identification of the boundaries of financial reporting. Its concepts further provide guidance on the selection of transactions, related events, and circumstances to be presented, and how such elements should be summarized and ultimately reported (Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB], 2008). One such conceptual ...

Response to Case Study Scenario

Physical abuse – is an act of violence against the child, made by a parent or carer as a result of physical punishment or sometimes with intension to get a pleasure from someone’s suffering and pain. (Briggs 2012, p.150) Sexual abuse – is an act of undesirable sexual conduct by an adult upon a child. (Briggs 2012, p.204) Emotional abuse – it is any kind of non-physical abuse over a child, which may lead to different psychological traumas. (Briggs 2012, p.89) Neglect – is any act of dereliction that forms impossibility to provide conditions, which are needed for normal development of a ...

Institutions

The Fallacy of Microfinance Microfinance has been billed by many as a solution to the persistent problem of poverty. This is as result of the fact that it has been hailed to create and expand micro-enterprises and in the process improving the socio-economic situations of those that own the micro-enterprises, who generally tend to be women. However, according to Banerjee, Duflo, Glennerster, & Kinnan (2014), microfinance does not necessarily lead to people rising out of poverty. The argument held by Banerjee, Duflo, Glennerster, & Kinnan (2014) gives credence to the apprehensions some have had about the romanticized stories on microfinance. I ...

ABSTRACT

Cloud computing employs the use of parallel and highly computed processors to virtually and remotely deliver services. This is an important factor forenterprises whose processing resources are limited and who suffer limitations on the manpower and data storage. This notwithstanding, cloud computing faces a serious threat in the area of data security. This is because the attackers have become very opportunistic and look for any slight loophole that will enable them to bypass the server securities within the cloud computing environment. It is thus important to come up with a systematic approach that can help in identifying the vulnerabilities ...

Yale University Investments Office: February 2011

David Swensen definition of efficient markets hypothesis: A financial market is (informationally) efficient when market prices reflect all available information about value. From the case study it can be said that Swensen believed in market timing in markets for stocks, bonds, private equity, real estates, oil and gas. Features of private equity markets that make market timing difficult are valuation, performance, regulation and the ongoing volatility and uncertainty in global markets. Based on the case analysis David Swensen would pick on option two that is a fund managed by energy industry experts with engineering undergraduate degrees from prominent state ...

Identify Stakeholders

Identify Stakeholders A stakeholder is an individual or group of individuals who are directly associated with the productivity of a business. Stakeholders have a direct and indirect effect on the success and failure of business. It is observed that organization focus on identifying their potential stakeholders and create an effective relationship with them to achieve their objectives. It is an incredibly important task and discipline in every large successful project. The paper discusses stakeholder identification process for understanding those people or groups that have a direct and indirect interest in the project.

The successful completion and failure of a ...

Business Challenges

Business Challenges

- The Code of Conduct is used for ensuring that the assets and resources of the newly merged company are only used for business purposes. The code will also ensure that company assets and resources are not used for personal use by company and business leaders (Gilman, 2005). - There will be scenarios where the merged company will face conflicting business situations. The Code of Conduct will help the management to ensure they avoid conflicts of interests while pursuing their clients and business partners (Gilman, 2005). - The merged company will face a challenge in terms of ...

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, ...

Genesis Healthcare is a healthcare provider for post-acute cases that was established over thirty years ago. The company started off with a capital of $32 million, acquiring many facilities in diverse parts of the United States. For the past five years, Genesis company acquired and merged with other healthcare provider, thus stirring the establishment of one of the biggest nursing providers in the country. In 2015, the company boasted of over 1 billion worth of total assets which demonstrated a considerable growth compared to the 800 million and 142 million total assets in 2014 and 2013 respectively. Currently employing ...

Introduction

Bank typology has grown more complex as more formerly niche banking services gain greater customer bases, encouraging different banks to shift focus from the traditional retail banking format to a more complex and specialized arrays of banking services. Moreover, large banks, particularly multinational companies, maintain their retail operations while serving non-retail accounts, such as businesses, investors, and purely online customers (Pritchard, 2016). Further, certain organizations offer banking-like services to its members, such as credit unions and savings and loans associations (S&Ls). Thus, to manage this typological complexity, this explorative paper covers only primary forms described in its most typical ...

One question always arises when it comes to accounting and the question is whether is it alright to keep paid-in capital and separate it from earned capital. Accountants today must be exceptionally watchful particularly with such a large number of accounting laws changing in the US. More than likely there will dependably be a financial specialist needing to know whether earned capital is more vital than paid in capital, or basic EPS are more imperative than the diluted EPS. The aim of this paper is to answer these inquiries and explain which one is more imperative and give a ...

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POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

Southern Institute of Technology 2016

List of Tables 3

Section 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Purpose of the proposal 4 1.2 Research Aim 4 1.3 Research Questions and Objectives 4 1.4 Research hypothesis 5 1.5 Background and overview of business 5

Section 2. Literature Review 6

2.1 Introduction 6 2.2 Micro and Macro-Economic Indicators and Business Confidence 6 2.3 Recent Trends, Strategies and the Market Potential 7 2.4 Consumer Preferences 8 2.5 Conclusion 9

Section 3: Methodology 9

3.1 Introduction 9 3.2 Secondary Research Method – Literature Review 9 3.3 Case Study 10 3.3.1. Research Design 10 3.2.2. The Sample 11 3.2.3. The Process 11 3.5 ...

Vernon Rudolph established Krispy Kreme Dougnuts (KKD) in 1937 in North Carolina as a single doughnut shop. By the turn of the millennium, KKD had grown in leaps and bounds. As of April 2000, the company shares were trading at 62 times earnings. As of April 2000, KKD had charmed Wall Street analysts with 80% of them recommending a buy. However, as of 2004, the glamour story of KKD started to fall apart.

Historical Financial performance

Exhibit 1 shows that KKD top line grew by 202.2% from $220,243,000 in 2000 to $665,592,000 in 2004. Net income grew by ...

What are some of the ideal structures that are currently in use today? Conduct a web search on four types of departments. Choose one department that is very large (more than 1000 sworn police officers); choose one that is considered large sized (more than 150 but less than 1000); choose a medium sized department (between 50 to 149 sworn officers) and finally a small department (less than 50 sworn officers). Go to each department’s website and find their Year-end Report. If one doesn’t exist for the department you choose, try to find another agency in the same ...

The workplace is considered as the best place to promote the health and well-being. The reason is that; there is a large elderly population that can be reached by the health messages. Research shows, 45 percent of the workforce come from groups that are traditionally hard to get the health messages and proper diets (Johansson, & Partanen, 2002). The groups come from low socio-economic areas thus disadvantaged with health messages. Following many statistics showing that these populations are at risk of developing diseases like diabetes, stroke, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, the stakeholders have an interest in health status well-being of ...

The Relationship between Risks and Rate of Returns

The risk and rate of return, as discussed in business, are directly proportional. It means that as the risk increases, the rate of return increases while as the risk declines, the rate of return decreases as well (Christoffersen, 2012). Therefore, an individual willing to invest must take a decision based on both the risk and rate of return analysis to achieve a high return at a lower risk. Investors are likely to prefer investment decisions that yield high rates of return at minimal risks. The term risk defines the capability of acquiring loss below a person’s investigations. On ...

BUSINESS STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION: Contextual Strategic Planning Tool Using SWOT Analysis

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Intel has been a giant in the computer market for so long. The company’s strong presence and momentum had enabled its elongated existence as well as its longstanding strategy that made the company outstanding in its performance and strengthening the productivity aspect at regular intervals over a period. The company apparently function based on Moore’s Law, which states that “in every 18-24 months, the number of transistors on a silicon chip must be doubled, dramatically increasing performance while dividing the real cost of that performance” (Dyer et al., 2016). The dynamics changed ...

This report shall be a case study on change management and it shall focus on one particular company. However, rather than focus on a gleaming example of change management done right or a company that emerged stronger when it came to the practice of change management, this report shall instead focus on a company that did it too wrong and too late. Indeed, Blockbuster Video used to have a commanding share of the video rental market. However, they failed to read the proverbial tea leaves when it came to the paradigm shift to streaming and the use of kiosks ...

Significant Areas Addressed by Management

Cedar addresses the compliance of the guidelines of Government Accounting Standards Board in the city accounting reports. Compliance to (GASB) regulations through the provision of an overview of its financial performance for the fiscal year Accounting Policies Utilized by the City The policies include Analysis of financial statements The policies of liabilities, assets, deposits and investments (Rodenbeck, 2013) Statistical Section The statistical section will cover the computational outcomes of the management decisions. For example Depreciation of capital assets over the respective annual ranges The effects of deposits and investments Determining the values of the net assets, and its liabilities ...

TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (TTEC)

TeleTech Holdings is a technology services company whose main business is the provision of telephony services to businesses. The company operates call centers and BPO centers through which it connects customers to their companies. Through the provision of the telephony services, it creates a lasting customer experience, which in turn results in growing revenues and profitability of the companies that it represents. The various industries that it serves include the automotive industry, financial services, healthcare, government agencies, e-commerce entities, and the hospitality industry among others (TeleTech Holdings, 2017). In light of the above brief on TeleTech Holdings, the objective ...

The following two decisions were made by our department:

Our chief chose to build the group measure as our venture were growing and chose to procure new hopefuls even there were number of low maintenance staff regardless he didn't ascertain the need and didn't made fitting particular sort of prerequisites. Strict eight and half hour working-hours arrangements as chose by higher administration to get high efficiency yet has affected awful and diminished general efficiency by 15%. In first decision, by considering the optimization model supervisor can give a chance to low maintenance laborers to join the organization by continuing the meeting procedure according to prerequisite determination and apportioned ...

Clinton County is rightly within the borders of Pennsylvania in the United States of America as one of the counties whose statistical data is relevant during the census. The county has an estimated population of about 39,441 people. The inhabitants are diverse as they majorly consist of a number of different races and cultures from across the globe. However, the whites dominate the bigger portion of the population while the other races such as the African American and the Asians accounting for a very small number. The Clinton county community is hardworking, self-motivating, and majorly represented in various ...

Approval Draft 1: Acceptable Use Policy.

Executive Summary. The AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) for IT systems by employees is designed to protect Red Clay Renovations, our clients, partners and the employees themselves from any sort of harm arising from the misuse of our IT systems, data and other resources. Misuse covers both inadvertent and deliberate actions. The consequences of misusing Red Clay’s system can be severe since the potential damages range from but are not limited to malware infections, data breaches, legal and financial implications due to data leakages, and productivity losses arising from network downtimes. This policy covers Red Clay’s IT systems ...

Introduction

The fast food industry is a multi-billion venture for companies operating in the United States and those that have a foothold in the global market. One of the successful American publicly traded franchises is McDonald's with food stores both in the United States and beyond. McDonald's has a net worth of about $110B, annual revenues of $25.36 B and a profit margin of $5.7B by close of the financial year in 2016. Besides, McDonald's has a strong history of acquisition spanning from the 90’s where it acquired Chipotle. Followed by Donato Pizza, KeyCorp, Essex Capital Markets Inc., Wallach ...

Introduction

The European Union is the result of the flow of economic integration in the world. It was created in 1958 and became a powerful economic group. Within the framework of the Union, the benefits of mutual trade are established, the general economic policy is carried out, and restrictions on the movement of goods, capital, and labor are constantly removed (Krugman, Obstfeld, and Melitz, 2014). The creation of the EU was due primarily to the fact that in Western Europe after the Second World War, the contradiction between the international character of modern production and the narrow national and state ...

Having a job is very important to many individuals, especially because of the difficult economic times that we are living in today. At the same time, though, another reason why getting an efficient job can be difficult, is because of the state of the economy as well. As Donald Trump mentioned during his debate with Hillary Clinton recently, American’s economy is a bubble at the moment, and one slip could end up causing a recession, like what has happened in 2008. However, it is also important to mention that as the years have gone by, the economy continues ...

FASB

Po Box Washington DC Dear Board Members RE: proposed changes of FASB and the impact of the changes on reporting of financial information The proposed changes will affect the way profit and not for profit organizations prepare and present financial information. To start with, the balance sheet of not for profit organization will be affected because the three classes of assets i.e. unrestricted, permanently restricted and temporarily restricted assets will no longer be reported in that format. They will be replaced with a simplified model that combines permanently restricted assets and the temporarily restricted assets into one i.e. net ...

Introduction

A country’s economic and security prosperity highly relies on the aviation system that is operating efficiently. The existence of weak security poses a threat to aircraft safety and those that are boarding it. The hostile nation-states, criminals and terrorists have been viewing the aviation sector as a target for exploitation and attack. Successful airport attacks inflict grave economic damage, mass casualties and negatively affect the airline transportation system. The air transport sector should adopt appropriate ways of managing different incidents and threats. Intelligence and Threat Assessment play a significant role in mitigating numerous risks in the aviation industry. ...

This paper would like to research about the impact brought about by the advancement of communication technology, especially in surveillance technology, to an individual’s privacy and convenience. The rapid advancement in communication technology is one of the most salient feature of the modern society. Many people welcome this advancement as a positive development because of its positive impact to an individual’s convenience. Computers and smartphones, which utilizes the internet communication technology, have enabled individuals to work, shop and study online even in the comforts of their own home. E-commerce, for example, is becoming the new business trend ...

Introduction

A report following a global study of 44,000 people in the tourism sector by TripBarometer Connected Traveller report states that China is among the few top ten nations with connected travellers and categorises 49% of the Asians as connected travellers as most of them use a PC or mobile for booking trips . TravelBurma App targets the Chinese travellers, local business travellers, and other foreign travellers in the age group of 21-50 years. As Myanmar is a business district unit, people often prefer travelling there than any other part of China. During the year 2015, more than 4.68 million ...

Introduction

Earnings or Net Income is the single most important figure in a company’s financial statement for the average investor. Even a small fall in the reported earnings can result in the loss of millions of dollars in stock value and subjects company managements to scrutiny by investors and financial analysts. Corporate executives are under therefore under pressure to meet market expectations resulting in “earnings management”. Earnings manipulations can range from minor adjustments within the law and the accounting standards to the outright fraud of showing non-existing profits (Carruth, 2011). The Sarbanes- Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 was enacted ...

The following are the financial ratios for the company, Tyler Technologies Inc.

Profit Ratio Gross profit/ Net sales 93.48 million/194.50 million

The gross profit ratio is 0.4806169666

Liquidity Ratio Current assets/ current liabilities 36.95 million/22.26 million

The liquidity ratio is 1.6599

Debt Ratio Total liabilities/total assets 22.26 million/36.95 million

The debt ratio is 0.6024

Market Ratio Net earnings/number of shares 36.42 million/36.63 million

The market ratio is 0.99426

Analysis of the Ratios Tyler Technologies Inc.is a technology company that deals in technology solutions, which includes hardware and software. The company is listed on the New York Stocks Exchange. From the latest financial statement, the ratios show that the firm is on a growth trend (Pew Tan, Plowman, & Hancock, 2007). The profit ratio and the debt ratio indicate that the firm is doing ...

Abstract

The Madoff Securities scandal was one of the biggest Ponzi schemes to hit America. This essay would examine the Madoff scandal from an audit perspective since it was the complacency (or collusion) of the auditors that encouraged the perpetrator of this scam. While the scam that was pulled by Bernie Madoff, was both large and difficult to spot, its detection also helped expose a crucial flaw that existed in corporate America at the time. This was the lack of regulatory oversight in the Securities business. While one could lay the blame for this scandal on the Regulator, another important ...

The aim of this memo is to give a brief portrayal of supply chain design and its advantages. Nowadays, SCD is the management incline in the market used to accomplish upper hand. Supply chain is considered to be an incorporated business process that includes the cooperation of various business bodies including providers, manufactures, distributors, and retailers, to procure crude materials, change over the crude materials into the completed product, and convey them to retailers. Supply chain management, is the administration of all exercises to satisfy a request for a made good that outcomes in fulfilled clients. SCM incorporates the ...

Abstract

The risk management approach refers to the techniques, processes tools and the team roles and responsibilities that are employed on a general scale or on specific issues to help address issues such as loss of lives, destruction of property, financial losses and any other relate losses. This essay compares the organizational approaches between private entities as represented by BP and the public entities as represented by Minnesota State’s Department of Administration. The risk management by the State government of Minnesota is operated through its insurance program as well as the programs that cover the safety of the state’ ...

The paper which is going to be assessed in this assignment is “Threat Modeling-Perhaps It's Time” by John Steven. The paper gives a brief introduction about the threat modeling industry and the application of threat modeling in the modern world. Published in 2010, the paper describes how important threat modeling has become and that the time has come when threats should be mitigated seriously. This paper, published in contribution of the IEEE computer and reliability society, aims to target everyone who uses the computer technology for important business purposes. The main idea is to inform the people about how ...

Profressor Name

Premarital sex among those living together in a cohabitation has long been a moral concern that many parents and religious people have minded themselves with. Even though the stigma of premarital sex and cohabitation before married has very much faded and waned over the years, the mental health and family planning concerns that come with the subject have amplified in nature give the increase out of wedlock birth rate and the complications of trying to persist with a serious and cohabitating relationship in spite of a marriage not being part of the proverbial equation. The general subject described above ...

Impact of Globalization and Technology

Walmart was established by Sam Walton in the year 1962 as a small retail outlet in Arkansas. The main idea on which Walton started operations was on providing the greatest possible variety of consumer goods to people under one roof at the lowest possible prices. Since Walmart’s opening, the company has established itself as the highest revenue generating company in the world as per the data collected in 2016 by Fortune Global 500. Despite the company’s expansion in more than 28 countries, operating 63 different banners at 11,633 store locations, it remains a family owned business ...

The FA

The FA i.e. The Football Association refers to the English football’s governing body, which was established in 1863. Ebenezer Morley is considered the father of The Association. The activities of the company include overseeing, promotion and development of the game at different levels like The FA Cup and England International Teams. The activities also include broadcast and media rights, sponsorship, licensing, merchandising along with sales of tickets (The Bloomberg, 2017).

Financial Position of the FA

Current position with respect to financials of the company as on 31st July 2015 provided an overview of that the company is continuously striving to generate commercial revenues ...

ASSIGNMENT THREE

Business Objectives and Performance Measurement Introduction Performance measurement is a process used by businesses to evaluate whether they are in a position to achieve their set goals. It can also be defined as the process through which executives and their employees work together in planning, monitoring, and reviewing the overall contribution of employees towards achieving the business objectives. To carry out performance management, business managers are required to be well armed with performance measurement techniques. Performance measurement is critical for any business because it is through it that businesses can identify likely issues and address them. A well taken ...

Managing a business or any other organization in the modern world involves several challenges. It is important to understand the forces behind globalization and the implications of globalization in management. Globalization is driven by the advancement in technology, removal of barriers to cross-border trade, among other forces. A multinational firm must understand these dynamics to enable to adapt promptly to global changes. The international financial system consists of the foreign exchange market, the international bond market as well the derivative market. The forex market involves the exchange of foreign currencies while the derivative market involves derivative financial instruments such ...

I. Environment Scan: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats Currently, Google is an Internet company which has gone well beyond search business (Edelman & Eisenmann, 2011). Against a stated philosophy of "It is best to do one thing really, really well," Google has diversified core business, i.e. search and paid listings, into a broad range of product and service offerings cutting across numerous industries and business activities. Notably, Google has diversified from search business into communication applications, productivity applications and computing operating systems (Edelman & Eisenmann). This expansion mandates an environment scan of Google's to be not only limited to search business but ...