Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

ACCOUNTING, THE HISTORY, AND CAREER BENEFITS
This 6-page paper examines the history of the accounting profession and explains why someone might choose accounting as a career based on its history. The essay discusses accounting in ancient times, as well as the first chartered accountant group...
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The Future of Corn
This 5 page paper looks at the commodity, corn, and evaluates it in terms of trends that might affect the product over the course of a decade or two. Bioengineering and global marketing are two topics discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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GEOPOLITICS AND GEOECONOMIES IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER
This 5-page paper supports the view that the world order has reflected geoeconomics, rather than geopolitics sinc the 1990s. Examples used to support this thesis are the end of the Cold War, the rise of globalization and the idea that economics is...
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Accounting Issues; A Case Study
This 12 page paper answers questions regarding a fictitious company Pro Tech and problems it is facing. The writer answers questions regarding how to restructure, including a chart, the adoption of activity based costing (ABC) accounting, resolving...
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The Performance of the Hilton Group
This 9 page paper is an analysis of the Hilton Group and trends in the years 1999 and 2000. The 9 pages include 2 pages of calculations used to compute the ratios placed as an appendix to the paper. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Why Did Enron Fail?
This 10 page paper considers why Enron failed. The paper looks at the root causes and why it was not caught earlier by the auditors and accountants, and asks if the same would, or could, have occured in the UK. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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THE ECONOMICS OF SOCCER
This 8-page paper uses economic demand theory to explain marketing and other procedures for promoting a soccer team to fans. Also touched on is the economics of sports in general. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Problems in the Auditing Profession
This 5 page paper considers the way in which the auditing profession does not fulfil the role it was set up to do. The writer considers the scope and extent of the problems and some of the proposed solutions. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
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Using The Wall Street Journal to Determine Timing on an IPO
This 5 page paper considers the way the Wall Street Journal may be used to determine if it is a good time for an initial public offering to be made. The writer shows how the financial and news pages ma be used to search for relevant information. ...
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Sports Organization Finance
An 8 page paper assessing the funding and overall financial position of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). It is the organization that operates outside of and independently from public school systems throughout the country, and is the...
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Financial Problems at Financial Institutions
10 pages. Places such as Merrill Lynch, J. P. Morgan, Chase and Citicorp are suffering these days due to the attention-getting problems of other major corporations such as Enron, Worldcom, and others. While Merrill Lynch and other financial...
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Competition and the free market
A paper which looks at the differences between the political protection of competition, and the global free market, from the perspective that both are attempting to achieve the same aim through different methods.
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THE EU AND ASEAN
This 12-page paper compares and contrasts two regional forces -- the European Union and the Association of South East Asian Nations. The essay describes the regionalism of these structures and touches on the history of these two organizations, as...
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FINANCIAL TOOLS TO DETERMINE BANKRUPTCY
This 4-page paper discusses how a company determines readiness to declare bankruptcy for reorganization purposes. The essay touches on some financial models that forecast bankruptcy including the univariate financial ratio and MDA. Bibliography...
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EVA AND MVA
This 5-page paper touches on two economic factors --Economic Value Add and Market Value Add -- and determines how they fit into an accounting format. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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