Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

The Potential Impact of the EU's Endorsement of IAS 39
This 5 page paper critically evaluates the potential impact of the movement towards international accounting harmonisation with the European Union's decision in 2004 to partially endorse International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39. The bibliography...
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International Trade and Central Bank Policy
A 5 page response to 3 questions regarding international trade theory and central bank action in developing nations. Included in the responses are mention of the Heckscher-Ohlin and Ricardo theories of international trade; the Leontief paradox; and...
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Assessing Risk and Benefits; Should a University Offer a New Course?
This 14 page paper is written in 3 parts. Te first an longest looks at the tolls that a company, or in this case a university, could use to assess risk, including HAZOP and HAZIM, Monte Carlo, cost benefit analysis and NPV. The second part of the...
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Choosing an Acquisition Target
A 2 page narrative explaining figures contained in an accompanying spreadsheet. Two companies are available for possible acquisition; the price of each is $250,000. The purpose is to assess NPV, IRR, FV, payback and discounted payback to choose...
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FDI and Developing Countries
This 11 page paper looks at the impact of foreign direct investment on developing countries. The paper starts by looking at the theory, why developing countries may want to attract FDI and what they may gain from it. The paper then looks at two...
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Comparing the Capital Structure of Next with Other Retail Companies
This 8 page paper examines the capital structure of Next and compares it to Marks and Spencer and Wal-Mart, who operate as Asda in the UK. The paper looks at the debt to asset ratio, the debt to equity ratio, the impact on earnings per share and the...
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GAAP (FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING) AND TAX ACCOUNTING
This 8-page paper focuses on the differences between tax accounting and GAAP accounting (financial reporting). Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Role of Management Information Systems in Banking
This 5 page paper examines the role that management information systems (MIS) have in banking. The paper starts by defining an MIS and then looks at how they may be used within the bank and finance industry. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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Payless Shoe Source
This 6 page paper examines the changes in the owners' equity and cash flow in the Payless Shoe Source company. There paper looks at the changes and quantifies them and then considers the potential of these changes as well as the way they these...
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ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS AND IMF
This 4-page paper discusses some of the causes of the East Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 and 1998, and some of the IMF's blunders when it came to trying to deal with the crisis.
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Examining Coca-Cola
A 3 page paper discussing the process of finding an annual report for a publicly traded company and then finding other measures aside from only those reported by the company. The paper recommends Yahoo!Finance as the source for that kind of...
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Government
An 8 page paper discussing what government
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Should Brown Forman Distillers Acquire Southern Comfort Corp.?
This 11 page paper is based on a case study supplied by the student. The first part is an assessment of Brown Forman's financial performance in 1977 and 1978. The second part considers if the company should purchase the Southern Comfort Corporation...
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A Proposal For A Study In How To Attain Optimal Capital Structure Especially Cash Flow Issues For Fast Emerging Companies
This 6 page paper is a proposal for an project to determine the optimum capital structure for an emerging form with special consideration of cash flow. The paper considers the existing research and then outlines a new research proposal to identify...
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Enhancing Results of a Pool Business
A 5 page paper assessing several points of economic consideration regarding the operation and potential expansion of a small, one-location swimming pool service and supply business. Questions address topics including elasticity of demand; law of...
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