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Assessing Risk and Benefits; Should a University Offer a New Course?
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This 14 page paper is written in 3 parts. Te first an longest looks at the tolls that a company, or in this case a university, could use to assess risk, including HAZOP and HAZIM, Monte Carlo, cost benefit analysis and NPV. The second part of the paper looks at which models could be used by the university to determine the potential risks and rewards. The last part of the paper considers how the progress could be monitored. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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Assessing Risk at Tasty Foods
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A 4 page paper discussing risk associated with a potential new product. Assessing the project risk is difficult in that we cannot know all conditions that will apply by the time the product reaches the market. It does appear that there is less risk than originally believed, however, based on the results of CAPM analysis. Monte Carlo simulation likely will confirm the findings of assessment using CAPM. Other approaches include altering variable values (salvage value, unit sales, revenues, sales price, variable costs) to find the level at which NPV remains positive. CAPM provides an acceptable overarching view. Bibliography lists 2 sources. Accompanying spreadsheet and PowerPoint presentation are available.
Filename: KSfinRisk.rtf

Assessing Small Office Accounts Receivable
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A 9 page paper discussing operations of a small medical center’s business office, particularly as they apply to the accounts receivable function. There are several steps that the center can take now to both streamline its operations and create a more secure environment. The ultimate goal needs to be full automation of course, but the center still can take beneficial measures now in anticipation of fully automating business operations in the future. Includes a flowchart of one clerk’s responsibilities and suggestions for pre-automation improvements that can be made now. No sources listed.
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Assessing the Effects of Increased Corporate Governance
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A 15 page proposal for studying this topic. Nations and organizations throughout the world are more aware of the need for greater corporate governance, and many have taken or are considering alterations to standards that could increase corporate responsibility and compliance in financial reporting. What remains unclear is how some of the proposed and realized changes may affect business operation. The study proposed here seeks to determine how accounting and auditing standards may be affected by these changes. Bibliography lists 31 sources.
Filename: KSacctCorpGov.rtf

Assessing the Effects of Increased Corporate Governance
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A 21 page revision of a 15-page proposal of the same name. This version includes a discussion of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as well as an appendix listing 21 proposed survey questions and rationale for including them. Bibliography lists 32 sources.
Filename: KSacctCorpGov2.rtf

Assessing the Financial Statements of Alliance Health
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A 6 page paper examining financial records to assess the health of the company and to suggest methods of improving its cash position. Alliance Health has been growing in terms of all leading indicators of corporate health for three years (increased net income, decreased accounts receivable, decreased accounts payable, decreased debt and increased cash at year end), yet the company’s cash flow position has deteriorated. Because Alliance does not carry an untoward level of debt at present, the recommendation for improving its cash position is to take on debt sufficient to give it positive working capital and improve ROE, while simultaneously increasing its operating efficiency to reduce cycle time at least to 2001 levels. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSfinAllianceHlth.rtf

Assessing the Likelihood of an Interest Rate Change using information from the Federal Reserves Beige Book
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This 5 page paper uses the 14th January 2004 Beige Book Report, made by the Federal Reserve, and examines the results to assess the likelihood of an change in interest rates. The analysis looks at the results in different sectors and then considers how and why economists may come to different conclusions over the need for interest rate changes. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Assessing the Real Value as Gold as an Investment
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This 50 page paper considers the use and value of gold as an investment. This in-depth paper puts forward the hypothesis that gold has a different role to play compared with other investments and due to the nature and longevity of the commodity, as well as the psychological association and international acceptance, gold is an investment that will prosper during times of uncertainty or recession. The writer considers the macro environmental influences, such as supply and demand and Kondratieff theory of credit creation and destruction. The writer also considers the gold standard and the interaction between gold and national currencies and the impact of the Bretton Woods agreement. The final part of the paper is an analysis of the performance of gold prices since the 1930’s depression to the current time, and how they compare to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The bibliography cites 35 sources.
Filename: TEingold.rtf

Assessing Three Business Plans
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This 3 page paper looks at three business plans and assesses which of the three is the most risky and would require the highest discount rate when assessing the potential investment returns. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEasbplan.rtf

Assessing Three Fast Food Companies; McDonalds, Yum Brands and Burger King Holdings
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This 84 page paper is an in-depth analysis of three companies all competing in the fast food industry; McDonalds, Yum Brands, owners of the Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell, and Burger King Holdings. The paper examines the corporate governance, looking at the CEO, the board of directors, the share voting and share ownership structure and the type of stockholder that have an interest or an influence. The assessment of risk and returns, looking at how the companies have performed on the stock market and using historical figures to create a beta as well as estimating the cost of capital, looking at investment returns and dividend policies and applying models of valuation. The bibliography cites 35 sources.
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