Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

Costco and Best Buy
This 4 page paper compares the financial performance of Costco and Best Buy, between 2004 and 2006. The paper looks at operating performance and profitability using gross, operating and net profit as well as return or assets and return on equity....
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Economics and Housing Decline
A 3 page paper discussing the reasons that the bubble of the US housing market appears to have burst. Average home prices in northern California increased 60 percent 2004-2006, which is not sustainable over a long period of time. The paper...
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Microeconomic Concepts - Telecommunications
This 6 page paper begins with an introduction to the telecommunications industry. The writer explains supply and demand, price, choice, scarcity and equilibrium with some examples from the telecommunications industry. The paper concludes with a...
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Macro Economy of the United Arab Emirates
This 24 page paper examines the macro economy in the UAE. The paper looks at the demographics, the main industries, imports and exports, wages, job opportunities, national income and GDP, the relative importance of the different areas, unemployment...
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Financial Performance of Sainsbury; Compared to Tesco, Wal-Mart and the Industry
This 8 page paper undertakes a ratio analysis of Sainsbury and compares it to Tesco, and the parent company of Asda; Wal-Mart. The paper shows the calculations for the gross and net profit, the return on capital employed, the current and quick ratio...
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Does Activity-Based Costing method give companies a competitive edge?
This 20 page paper is a research proposal to assess whether or not the use of activity based accounting can give a company a completive edge. The paper outlines why the research is worthwhile, presents a literature review and then proposes...
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Cutting Inventory Costs
This 10 page paper considers the way in which inventory levels and inventory costs may be cut. The paper looks at tools such as just in time inventory management, forecasting, pull systems and the use of consignment stock. The bibliography cites 8...
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Investment Questions; Diversifiable Risk and CA
PM This 8 page paper is written in 3 parts. The first part of the paper looks at risk defining, and then illustrating with examples what is meant by diversifiable risk and non diversifiable risk. The second part of the paper uses CAPM to calculate...
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Projected Accounts Case Study
This 6 page paper shows the student how to project future accounts when the most recent accounts are available and the different increases in cost and income are known in percentage tools. The paper shows the individual calculation and the presents...
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The Impact of Money Laundering on Society
This 3 page paper examines the technique of money laundering and explains the three phase process. Most of the paper examined the impact of money laundering on society. ibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Impact of the Euro as a Single Currency
This 3 page paper critiques the euro and looks to the future. A brief history of the euro is relayed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Investment Risk and Beta
A 3 page paper discussing beta and investment. Beta is a term found on all web pages providing quotes of individual stocks. Often thought of as a measure of risk of the stock, it does not directly reflect risk at all. It is an integral component...
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Pensions and Accounting: A Look at FASB Statements 87 and 106
This 5 page paper provides an overview of these two statements. Pensions and other benefits after retirement are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Automotive Robotics Venture
A 6 page paper providing pro forma statements and a marketing focus for a company offering generic robotic applications to the auto maker industry in the US. When a single unskilled worker costs upwards of $100,000 annually, the cost of robotic...
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Triple Entry Bookkeeping
This 4 page paper summarises an article on triple entry bookkeeping and then considers if this is in line with the current direction that the FASB is taking. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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