Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

Skype's Future IPO
A 3 page paper discussing the Dutch auction IPO used by Google and Morningstar as a possibility for the Skype IPO that likely will occur during the first half of 2010. The auction approach may be right for Skype, but if eBay chooses that route it...
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Teaching Australian Children About Money
This 5 page paper looks at the way that children are taught about money in Australia. The paper outlines a number of approaches that are found in primary and secondary schools, including the commercially sponsored programs. The bibliography cites 7...
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Are Senior Executive Pay Levels In the US and UK Socially and Economically Damaging?
This 7 page paper considers the level of executive pay in the US and the UK and assesses whether or not the higher levels seen here, compared to countries such as Germany and Japan have a social and economic damaging impact. The bibliography cites...
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Adam Smith's Idea of a Good Businessman
This 3 page paper uses Adam Smith
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Trends in BRIC Countries and Their Projected Impact on World Cultures and Implications for International Managers
This 7 page paper discusses predictions that BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) will be the most powerful economies in the world by 2050, and what this means for international managers. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Forecasting Working Capital for Microsoft
This 3 page paper prepares accounting forecasts along with a forecast for working capital for Microsoft assuming a 20% increase in revenues. The calculations are shown. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Will Bury Case Study
This 7 page paper is based on a case study provided by the student. Will Bury has developed a new product, and needs to develop a business plan and look at his pricing strategy. The paper presents relevant concepts and applies the, to the case and...
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Costco Analysis
This 10 page paper examines the performance of Costco Wholesale, looking at the background of the company, the general performance and performs a ratio analysis for three to the financial year ending in 2008. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
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Which is Best CAPM or APT?
This 6 page paper compares and contrasts the Capital Asset Pricing Model with Arbitrage Pricing Theory, looking at the differences and similarities and assessing which of the models is most reliable for predicting asset prices. The bibliography...
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Macroeconomic Analysis of the "Public Option"
An 11 page paper discussing the likely effects of the "public option" in US health insurance reform. A "public option" in health insurance has the ability to affect all sectors of the economy, even as it crowds out private-sector insurance. As...
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Starbucks Case Study
This 7 page paper looks at a case provided the student, looking at the options that the firm has for expansion, including the launch of frappachino, and ice cream product and international expansion. The options are considered in terms of financial...
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Activity Based Costing in an Academic Environment
This 3 page paper looks at the potential implementation of activity based costing in a university. The first part of the paper assesses the potential benefits and problems. The second part of the paper considers the potential issues with...
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Is ASIC Using Its
This 16 page paper looks at the duties of directors of Australian firms and the way that the Australian Securities and Investment Committee (ASIC) enforce compliance of the directors with the relevant regulations and legislation. The duties of the...
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Problems in Australian Accounting Standards
This 5 page paper looks at some problems/contradictions that can be found in the Australian Accounting system. The issue of changes introduced by the harmonization with international accounting standards and the problems with intangible assets are...
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Statistics in Insurance
This 5 page paper looks at how statistics are used in the insurance industry, looking at the type of statistics that are used for different insurance policy types and how the statistics are used as well as why accurate interpretation is important....
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