Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

Philip Morris Companies and Kraft, Inc.
A 12 page paper discussing Harvard case 289-045, discussing Philip Morris' attempted takeover of Kraft in October 1988. Philip Morris would be successful before the year was out, but at a cost of $12.9 billion rather than the $11 billion it...
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ARTHUR ANDERSEN AND THE AFTERMATH OF SCANDAL
This 3-page paper describes what happened to Arthur Andersen, from a financial accounting perspective, following Enron. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Economic Stratification in the U.S.: Applicability of the Weberian and Marxian Social Class Models
A 3 page discussion of the economic polarization that is being witnessed in contemporary U.S. society. The author asserts that Weber's multidimensional model of stratification is more applicable to this scenario than is Marx's visions of the...
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WALL STREET JOURNAL: BANKING AND MONEY FIVE ARTICLE ABSTRACTS
This 11-page paper details five article abstracts about money and banking that were published during the past four months in the Wall Street Journal. Two articles are on Chinese banking, one on the Italian banking industry, one about online banking,...
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MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND ETHICS
This 9-page paper brings up an ethical issue as it pertains to management accounting, and discusses solutions that the controller needs to consider to remain on the right side of ethics. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Pro Forma Statements for Best Buy 2005
A 6 page paper providing minimal text and 5 tables containing pro forma statements for this leading consumer electronics company. Recently named to 321st place on Forbes' Global 2000, Best Buy is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 15...
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The Impact of China on Global Supply; A Research Proposal
This 18 page paper considers how and why China may have a significant impact on world trade. China is not a member of the World Trade Organization and is activity participating in world trade. This country is projected at becoming the largest...
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The Chinese Economy
This 14 page paper examines the performance of the Chinese economy between 1999
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Accounting System Case Study
This 8 page paper considers a case study supplied by the student. The paper answers four questions posed by the student regarding a company where there is an accounting system that does not give middle managers any valuable information. This...
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The Shipyards Future
This 10 page paper examines a case study provided by the student examined a ship yard and how they can calculate the optimum mix of products and services to offer to break even. The paper looks at how exceeding the current level of resources may be...
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DEBT AND SPENDING: TROUBLE FOR THE ECONOMY?
This 3-page paper attempts to answer the question as to whether the current rising consumer debt (not to mention the U.S. trade defecit) will have a dire impact on the U.S. economy. Footnotes used. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Is the Best Measure of Business Success Profit?
This 4 page paper is written in two parts. The first part considers if, in a profit making organization if profit is the only or best performance measure. The second part of the paper defines GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) looking...
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Sagres
Sagres Is a Portuguese beer the company is owned by Scottish Newcastle PLC (S & N). This 6 page paper examines company and the financial performance of the parent company. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Recovery of the Asian Tigers
A 5 page paper examining GDP growth rate, inflation and unemployment in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand 1997
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A RANDOM WALK: WALL STREET THEORIES
This 8-page paper is a review of Burton Malkiel's book "A Random Walk down Wall Street." The book discusses a variety of investment theories (supporting that of Modern Portfolio Management) and includes a summary of each of the four parts.
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