Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

New Financial Instruments
This is a 28 page paper which discusses the trend in new financial instruments and specifies information about corporate owned life insurance, tobacco bonds, automatic 401Ks, The Vice Fund, and Catastrophe Bonds. The bibliography has 14 sources.
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Ethics of the Enron Scandal
A 4 page paper discussing the ethical failures associated with Enron's collapse. There were many problems at Enron, but the largest and most devastating lay with its use of special purpose entities (SPEs). Enron and its auditor, Arthur Andersen,...
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Improving Processes at Harry Huffnpuff Glassblowing
A 4 page paper examining the operation of Harry Huffnpuff Glassblowing for the purpose of recommending changes in Harry's approach to his business. Harry's process is extremely wasteful and he is unable to earn the salary he requires for 40 weeks'...
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Management Decision Making Case Study
This 10 page paper looks at the use of management decision making tools and applies them to a case study provided by the student. The first questions considers which tools would be best to use when forecasting future levels of innovation, after...
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Fair Value Accounting
This 4 page paper examines the use of fair value accounting, looking at what it is the how it is used according to various IAS and IFRS regulations. The paper then uses IAS 39 as an example to explore how this can impact on annual company accounts....
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Pecos Printers' Pricing Problems
A 4 page paper examining the pricing problems at Pecos Printers, where the owner has determined a minimum price based on all costs. The owner refuses to accept any price below $300, which is valid until fixed costs are met. After that, the true...
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Hybrid Cars and Economic Law
A 5 page paper discussing supply and demand, then applying the discussion to the sale of hybrid cars such as the Toyota Prius. Price appears to be lower (and it is lower than high-end SUVs, Hummers and luxury cars), which influences demand even...
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Diversification Questions
This 8 page paper answers question set by the student. The first looks at the value of diversification in an investment portfolio and explains this with a mathematical table. The second part of the paper explains the he Markowitz efficient frontier...
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Seeking Goal Congruence
A 4 page paper discussing allocation of general costs and how what is intended to be a reward can instead become a penalty. Creative Consumer Consultants (CCC) is a corporate consulting firm with offices in New York, Chicago, Paris and Little Rock...
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Steinway & Sons: Benefits of Activity-Based Costing
A 3 page paper reviewing the benefits and purposes of activity-based costing (ABC) and assessing piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons as to whether ABC is a valid approach for that company. The paper concludes that ABC absolutely is a valid approach...
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Pricing Elasticity
This 4 page paper discusses pricing comparisons between United and American. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Microsoft Financial Performance 2001
This 9 page paper presents 12 key ratios over a five year period for Microsoft Corp. in a table then assesses the performance of the company using the ratios calculated. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Ineos Cholr Case Study
This 6 page management accounting paper looks at the case of Ineos Cholr and answers 10 short questions posed by the student concerning pricing, defining full cost pricing, marginal pricing and rate of return pricing, the elasticity of demand, the...
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Hugo Boss and Giorgio Armani
This 10 page paper uses a range of ratio, including financial performance, financial structure, liquidity and working capital ratios, to compare and contrast the financial performance of these two fashion companies in the years 2003 and 2004. The...
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Exploring Activity-Based Costing at Guam's Palace Hotel
An 8 page paper assessing the potential usefulness of applying ABC to the food service operation at the Palace Hotel Guam. ABC has been replacing traditional costing methods in manufacturing settings for years, but it is not often applied to or...
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