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The Work Relationship That an Account Executive Provides Leads to Customer Satisfaction
The Work Relationship That An Account Executive Provides Leads to Customer Satisfaction. _______________________________________________________________________ Customer satisfaction is frequently judged by customers by comparing previously held expectations with perceived performance,(Ganesh, Arnold& Reynolds 2000). If the performance and service that is provided to the customer is above the expectations, increases in satisfaction can be expected. In the contrary if the performance and service is below the expected the satisfaction is expected to decrease. As mentioned in previous research
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International Harmonisation of Accounting Standards and Financial Reporting
INTERNATIONAL HARMONISATION OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND FINANCIAL REPORTING International harmonisation of accounting standards and financial reporting ________________ Introduction In the environment of the global economic co-operation, every country should strive towards the international accounting standards for achieving more globally competitive opportunities. In the views of The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), there are more than 95 percent of the companies in the world are eligible to use Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) based upon the unified
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Issues in Managerial Accounting
Trident University Doryce Garcia Module 5 CASE Assignment ACC504: Issues in Managerial Accounting Dr. Ralph Ezelle Jr. 23 March 2015 To: CEO Date: 23 March 2015 Subject: Design Performance Criteria for a new internal performance evaluation system The basic purpose of any measurement system is to provide feedback, relative to your goals, that increases your chances of achieving these goals efficiently and effectively. Measurement gains true value when used as the basis for timely decisions.
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College of Accountancy Seizes Accountancy Day 2014
College of Accountancy seizes Accountancy Day 2014 August 6 served as a normal day for all, but for the accountancy students, it kicked-off the much awaited Accountancy Day 2014.With the theme “JPIAN’s and me: Blazing the Spirit of Excellence” the college of accountancy fires the OLPCC grounds as they celebrate the Accountancy Day 2014 held, August 6-8, at the OLPCC gymnasium. The department started the 3 day event by seeking God’s blessing and guidance through
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Outline and Assess Weber’s Account of Protestantism’s Contribution to the Rise of Modernity
Outline and assess Weber’s account of Protestantism’s contribution to the rise of modernity Max Weber’s various reports on the link between the rise of modernity in protestant countries offers us with a different and thoughtful insight in the ideologies surrounding work of different religions. Max Weber was sent by catholic businessmen to conduct a report on why protestant countries where typically more capitalist in nature in comparison to catholic countries. It is in these reports
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Practice for Accounting Exam
Practice for Accounting Exam 60 Questions/Worth 30%/Chapters (1, 3, 4, 5, 6)(12 Questions from each chapter) Lecture 1: * Definitions of Income statement items/Balance sheet items? Asset: A resource controlled by the entity as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity. Liability: A present obligation of the entity arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from
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Accounting 551 Course Project - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Note 1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Nature of Operations The Alpine Ski Company’s (the “Company,” “we” or “us”) business is focused solely on providing high-quality, fashionable ski equipment and apparel. Our products are sold in more than 50 countries, predominantly through internet sales and retail operations which consist of 550 retail stores. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make
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Accounting for Business Decisions
Accounting for Business Decisions, Semester 1, 2015: Assessment Task One 9 May 2015 Q1 . What does it mean to state that a firm is highly leveraged or geared? Financial leverage (referred to as gearing) refers to the use of debt to finance the assets of the firm (Marshall et al 2012).The gearing ratio is the proportion of a company’s debt to its equity. The ratio indicates the financial risk to which a business is
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Management Accounting Case Study Citibank
Section 1- PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM 1. Reasons for financial performance measuring 2. Limitation for non financial performance measuring (validity: meet the 9 criterias, e.g. timeliness, reliability, control…) Recommendation: yearly ->we need a merit point system: below par* (0-1) , par** (1-3), above par (4-5) *fail **high fail 1. Evaluate the extent of non financial performance measurement affect the motivation for James. (Talk about the relationship between motivation and performance?) Section 2- REWARD AND COMPENSATION SYSTEMS
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Managerial Accounting Essay
Management accounting refers to a function of tracking internal cost for any business process that helps an organization, firm or an individual in making decisions related to production, operation and investment in market. Unlike financial accounting managerial accounting uses information for the companies’ sake and financial is more for parties outside the organization. The person behinds this position places a significant role in how a company functions from day to day. The role of a
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Accounting Textbook
Chapter 1 Introduction to Financial Statements Forms of Business Organization Sole Proprietorship * Tax advantages ~ Receive more favorable tax treatment than corporation however they are personally liable for all debts and legal obligations * Small ownership operated business * Owned by 1 person * Simple to set up and gives you control Partnership * Simple to establish * Shared control * Broader skills and resources * Tax advantages ~ Receive more favorable tax treatment
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Managerial Accounting Case
This course, the managerial accounting which I learn in term, is connected to other different courses I am taking and I can easily relate this knowledge to understand a certain situation and see it in different angles using the lessons I get from the lectures. I could relate it with other courses such as marketing, decision making or even financial management by analyzing and determining the cost, budgeting and predicting the results I could decide
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Accounting Ethics and the Sox Act of 2002
XACC/291 Week 9 Belinda Jones Accounting Ethics and the Sox Act Of 2002 After Enron and companies created financial scandals and stole funds from many or government created the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The directive of the legislation was to control fraud in major public traded companies and to make the managers, owner and even accountant liable for the financial actions and report of their companies (Wegman, Jerry). One of the main ethical issues tackled
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Accounting Information System Case
“What is Accounting Information System? What is the importance why we need to study the software? Is Peach Tree will be helpful to future CPA’s like us?” These were the questions on my mind as the first semester starts and there is a subject of Accounting Information System. At first I thought it was like an IT subject where I need to code and program accounting. But as day went by in the subject for
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Financial Accounting Vol. II Test Questions
Chapter 39: Specific Intangible Assets (Patent, Trademark and Goodwill) 1.Violet Company was granted a patent on January 1, 2012, and appropriately capitalized P0,000 of related costs. Violet was amortizing the patent over its estimated life of 15 years. During 2015, Violet paid P200,000 in legal costs in successfully defending an attempted infringement of the patent. After the legal action was completed, Violet sold the patent to the plaintiff for P1,000,000. Violet’s income statement, what amount
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Accounting Pratical Test Solutions
Low carb day Breakfast: 5 eggs + Tablespoon of peanut butter Lunch: Chicken (1 grams raw) + Salad Dinner: Chicken (1 grams raw) + Salad Snack: Chicken (1 grams raw) + Salad Snack: Almonds (20 pieces) Post Workout: Protein Shake (1 headed scoop) Increasing your overall chicken intake by 25grams each meal. Mixing cashews for Almonds. Also adding in a tablespoon of peanut butter for the fats. Totals will vary depending on your choice of
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Integrated Advanced Accounting & Financial Analysisс
GMGT 682 – Integrated Advanced Accounting & Financial Analysis – WK 1 Session 1 What is the goal of the firm? Shareholder wealth maximization of the voting shareholders in the long term constrained by the economic rights or contracts negotiated, (you can’t just take away other economic rights or break contracts [verbal or written]) sold, bartered, or given (if you sell your firm, barter it something, or you give your contract away, you’re bound by
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Without Accountancy Businesses Would Find It Hard to Function
________________ Question 1 “Without accountancy businesses would find it hard to function”, Michael Izza. What you feel he means by the above quote? Accounting is the language of business, without it, business functionality would be difficult to undertake. If we break it down, accountancy is needed in the following ways: 1. Financial Accounting: this comprises of information that companies avail to the general public. As a result of these statements being published, companies can gain
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Accounting Theory Practice
a) It is highlighted in the article that earning management practices can be designed to assist managers in fulfilling their obligations to stakeholders. This is resulted from the contract that the management has with their stakeholders. Describe the relationship between the following contracts with earning management: i. Lending Lending can be classified as the temporary giving of money or property to another person with the expectation that it will be repaid. In a business and
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Accounting Analysis - Caterpillar
Accounting Analysis Policies - CAT’s preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP include all the critical accounting policies and the more significant estimates including: residual values for leased assets, fair values for goodwill impairment tests, impairment of available-for-sale securities, warranty liability, stock-based compensation, reserves for product liability and insurance losses, postretirement benefits, post-sale discounts, credit losses, and income taxes. Residual values for leased assets are an estimate of the market value of leased equipment
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What Factors Account for the Success of Ikea
________________ 1. What factors account for the success of IKEA? Founded in 1943, Ikea rose to become the world’s largest furniture retailer in 2002 with sales of almost $12 billion. There are several success factors that helped Ikea to succeed in the furniture market. Firstly, Ikea implemented a cost effective approach regarding its corporate strategy. By eliminating waste and reducing costs (e.g. shipping), Ikea was able to set much lower pricing points than competitors who
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Key Take Aways Financial Accounting
Key Takeaways – Session 7 * Please review formulas for PV. “regular”, PV annuity and PV perpetuities. * Also bear in mind FCF (free cash flow) calculation formula (we’ll delve deeper on this after break) * EBIT*(1-t) + depreciation – CAPEX – investment in WC. Possible Criteria to be used to choose projects * ARR (accounting rate of return or book yield) * Mean net income/average investment. * Drawbacks: 1) uses accounting numbers, not cash
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Accounting Practice Questions
MSFI 401 Orientation Accounting Sample Problems 1. A company’s most recent annual income statement had the following selected information: Sales $1,000 Selling, general and administrative $200 No interest A 50% tax rate Cost of good sold of $400 Depreciation (broken out separately) of $100 No other expenses What was the company’s net income? 1. A company sold $40,000 of products during the year to customers on credit. During the year, customers paid $32,000 of their
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Accounting Information Systems
Accounting Information Systems The various types of information systems employed by payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivables, and accounting are ADP Payroll services, QuickBooks, UltiPro Software, and Paychex. ADP Payroll services is used to enter payroll data, run reports to verify data and finalize and transmit payroll. You enter your pay data that can be done manually or by uploading files each payroll. Once all the data has been entered in, you can run a register
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Accounting Notes
Class 7 – Current Assets * Current assets are those assets that can be converted in to cash (or whose future benefit we will recognize) within one year or within the next business cycle. * They are principally comprised of: * Cash (more on cash in classes 9 and 10) * Marketable Securities (more on investments in class 17) * Accounts Receivable (we discussed this asset in Class 5 and 6) * Inventory (today’s focus)
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