Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

Should the Skype IPO be Undertaken as an Online Auction?
This 4 page paper looks at the choices that eBay have in offering Skype for sale through an IPO. Google and MorningStar were both successful in the use of an online auction. The potential of an online auction is considered for this scenario and...
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Dubai Debt Crisis
A 6 page paper. In November 2009, Dubai announced the country could not pay its debts. This paper reports what happened and how much debt they were carrying. The paper comments on the country's debt restructuring plan. The writer identifies a...
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Audit Tests for Apollo Shoes
This 3 page paper looks at how tests may be designed to test the controls and robustness of systems used within a firm being audited. The processes of inventory management and the warehouse lifecycle as well as cash control are considered.
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Finance Concepts and Guillermo Furniture
This 3 page paper looks at a number of different financial concepts, including opportunity cost, zero-sum game, the time value of money and adverse selection, explaining how they may be relevant when looking at fictitious case of the Guillermo...
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Fraud at MiniScribe
In 1990 MiniScribe filed for bankruptcy, this 5 page paper looks at the way in which fraud occurred in the company in the years leading up to the bankruptcy, including use of misstatements and other fraudulent activities such as replacing disk...
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Macroeconomics And Microeconomics
Macroeconomics And Microeconomics : 3 pages in length. Microeconomics (close examination of the various entities that drive a given economy) and macroeconomics (analysis of the overall financial system in its entirety) work synergistically to help...
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National Competitiveness
A 6 page paper. The writer explains Porter's Diamond model and Cho and Moon's stage model. The topic is large commercial aircraft, specifically the Boeing 787 and Airbus. The essay uses Porter's model to discuss these projects and how the...
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SWISS BANKS, SECRECY AND TAXES
This 6-page paper discusses how the U.S. and EU are fighting the privacy rules under which Swiss banks have operated for decades. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Singapore Exchange Rate Issues
This 8 page paper looks at the case study supplied by the student and answers a number of different questions regarding the Singapore currency exchange and the MAS. Issues such as the difference between a floating and fixed currency exchange...
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Comparing Hershey and Tootsie
This 9 page paper undertakes an analysis of the financial performance of Toostie Roll Industries and Herschey
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Influences on Supply and Demand
This 10 page paper considers the different influences on supply and demand and how these will impact on the price of a good. Using the Malaysian sugar industry as an example, the potential influences are examined and supply and demand charts are...
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ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
This 6-page paper involves a discussion between Keynesian economics and those supported by the Chicago School of economics.
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Baderman Island Roof Case Study
This 5 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student. A new roof is needed at a visitors center, there are three choices, asphalt, tile or composite tiles; each has different prices, different installation periods and different product...
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The Answerability of Corporations to Shareholders
This 7 page paper considers the argument that corporations should only be answerable to shareholders, looking at the arguments that support this as well as opposing views and considering the way that this manifests in the real world and how...
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Valuing Boeing
This 3 page paper demonstrates the use of the capital asset pricing model to value a firm. Using Boeing as an example and figures from February 2010 the firm is valued, with all calculations shown. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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