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Does a Risk Manager Need to Understand a Firms Finances?
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This 10 page paper discusses the way that a risk manager should know and understand the financials of the company they are working for in order to perform their job and achieve their objectives. The paper looks at a range of tools and approaches that a risk manager may use and how both the risk assessment as well as the decisions which are made to reduce or protect the company form risk will influence and be influenced by the financial status and performance of the company. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
Filename: TERMfinance.rtf

Does Activity-Based Costing method give companies a competitive edge?
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This 20 page paper is a research proposal to assess whether or not the use of activity based accounting can give a company a completive edge. The paper outlines why the research is worthwhile, presents a literature review and then proposes quantitative and qualitative research. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEedgeABC.rtf

Does Activity-Based Costing Method Give Companies a Competitive Edge? - Case Study Research
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Large numbers of companies use activity based costing, but this is not always visible from their accounting procedures. This 50 page paper looks at 12 case studies to assess the reason why and the ways in which companies use, and benefit from, activity based costing. The case studies are chosen across a ranger of industries and are made up of both large and small companies. The majority of cases show that the activity based costing approach is able to give businesses a competitive edge, either directly supporting a competitive advantage or helping the development of competitiveness and the realisation of other strategies such as growth and profit maximization. However, it is only a tool, and its’ use does not automatically result in success, for this reason a case sturdy where the use was not fully successful is also included, the main issue is the way in which the data is used, with the most value added and the greatest competitive edge being obtained when the approach is used in conjunction with other tools and approaches, such as with the balanced scorecard and considering the human aspects for both employees and customers. The case studies include Bluemont Nurseries, Xerox, Coca-Cola, Mobil Oil, A&W and Hyde Park Electronics. The bibliography cites 41 sources.
Filename: TEABCFedge.rtf

Does Audit Reduce Bias in Financial Reporting?
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A 6 page paper seeking to answer the question of the title. Bias in financial reporting was documented more than 100 years ago, and it has been an ongoing problem since that time. Auditing is thought to reduce that bias, but does it have its full intended effect? Research indicates that deep bias begins with management and perhaps away from financial activities. It also indicates that auditing causes alteration of financial reports well before they are made public, meaning that it does indeed reduce bias in financial reporting. Sarbanes-Oxley is causing changes in basic accounting operations in many companies, which in the future will have a wealth of data that should lend itself well to research in auditing's effect on bias. Includes an abstract. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KSauditBias.rtf

Does the Omission of Some Intangible Assets on the Balance Sheet Lead to an Inaccurate Portrayal of the Position of a Company?
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This 5 page paper discusses the view that the exclusion of some intangible assets from the balance sheet is inconsistent and gives an incomplete picture, which cannot be justified by the requirement for accounts to be objective and prudent. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEiassets.rtf

Does Tompkins PLC Create Value for its' Shareholders?
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This 5 page paper looks at Tompkins Plc and assesses the level of value they provide to their shareholders. To do this the dividends and capital growth over the period 1998 – 2008 is discussed. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEtompkin.rtf

Dolby Laboratories' IPO
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A 3 page paper discussing this sound-revolutionizing company's initial public offering, focusing on the finance aspects of the IPO. The events that have occurred at Dolby Laboratories cannot be described as those of a new venture, but this 40-year-old company has recently concluded its IPO. Private until only recently, Dolby went public in March 2005. The purpose here is to review the process by which Dolby became a publicly-traded company. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSfinDolbyIPO.rtf

Domesticity and Discontent:
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This 5 page paper examines the 1950's era and the role of women. This paper reveals that many of these women inhabited domestic roles simply out of lack of other viable opportunity, and that much has changed for women since those post-war days. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: GSDiscon.rtf

Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette
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12 pages in length. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette is one company that turns the phrase 'big business' into a totally inadequate understatement: they boast total capital of over $3.46 billion and total assets of over $55.56 billion. DLJ is involved in every facet of commercial finance endeavor ranging from investment banking to stock brokering to asset management to institutional equities to emerging markets to any other imaginable aspect of commercial financial operation. The many separate businesses that comprise DLJ fall into three groups: Financial Services, Capital Markets and Banking. The one discussed in depth is their online investment trading services. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Lufkin.wps

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Case Study
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This 8 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student. The first question considers why Equitable may want to sell a share of DLJ, then what the differences along with advantages and disadvantages are of spin offs, carve out, asset sales and continued ownership. The last part of the paper loiks at the way the share prices may be valued. The bibliography cites 1 source.
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