Costing Questions
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A 9 page paper answering 3 questions addressing arriving at costs for government contract proposal. Includes an exercise in DoD Weighted Guidelines. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSacctCostQu.rtf

Costing Systems at Huge Company
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A 9 page paper examining production costs at Huge Company and developing an alternative costing system that better reflects the true costs of operation according to job type and machine type. The paper calculates costs under the existing system and then under the proposed alternative system, concluding with a literature-based discussion of how Huge Company can use the resulting information to perform with greater efficiency and profitability. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSacctHugeCo.rtf

Costs and Benefits of Implementing International Accounting Standards
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This 9 page paper discusses the statement that “Implementing international accounting standards will require considerable time and resources but the end results will be beneficial for all UK companies”. The paper looks at the benefits and the costs that will be realised as a result of harmonisation of accounting standards. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
Filename: TEiaccounts.rtf

Could a Failure Similar to Enron Occur in the UK?
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This 5 page paper starts with an outline of why Enron failed. With this information the question of whether or not this could occur in the UK, with the different accounting and purporting frameworks, is considered. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEenronU.rtf

Creating Value and Assessing Value Creation
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This 20 page paper considers how any CEO of a company wishing to create value may look to accounting measure for indication of how t create value and how to measure it. The paper looks at the IT industry and uses Hewlett Packard as an example, by looking at it prior to the merger with Compaq and after the merger with Compaq. Tools examined include the use of net Present Value (NPV), Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the use of different ratios. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
Filename: TEvalmeas.rtf

Credit Analysis and Risk
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This 8 page paper looks at what is meant by the term credit analysis, and how these are used by lenders in order to assess risk and use the result to limit or control their exposure to risk. The last part of the paper then looks at the main causes of defaults. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEcreditanal.rtf

Credit Analysis for The End Zone
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A 16 page paper with additional accompanying spreadsheets (9 pages), the purpose of which is to assess the company’s credit worthiness for two requested loans. The spreadsheets construct a 12-month pro forma cash budget for an upscale retailer, as well as an income statement, balance sheet and ratio analysis. The text portion includes some explanation of determinations for the pro forma cash budget and a summary report assessing the wisdom of extending the loans to the company. Recommendation is that the lender provide the company with all of the funds it requests, and in the form it requests. Spreadsheet data included as appendices; actual spreadsheets including formulas are available. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSfinEndZone.rtf

Credit and Collections A Case Study
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This 20 page paper takes a hypothetical case study and decides how it can improve through changes in collections practices. Credit and collections procedures are reviewed and recommendations made. A SWOT analysis is included. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: SA21Coll.wps

Credit Card Company - Capital One
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A 5 page paper. Capital One is among the top ten credit card companies in the U.S. The company has more than 46 million customers worldwide. This paper considers the company's policies and asks whether or not they are ethical. Since it is so hard to obtain all their specific policies regarding credit card approval, the available information is used, in conjunction with personal knowledge of credit cards, to ask if certain policies regarding interest rates, fees and distribution of consumer information is ethical. It may be legal but is it ethical? Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PGcap1eth.rtf

Credit Card Interest Rates
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A 3 page paper about the cost of credit cards. The four basic types of credit cards are identified. Five credit cards are compared in terms of interest rates, grace periods and fees. The costs of one virtual bank is explained. The writer alerts consumers that different banks and companies have different costs even when the credit card is a Visa or MasterCard. 1 Table included. Data included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGcrdin.rtf