Corporate finance

2.0 Question 2 Strengths and Limitations of Activity Based Costing (ABC) Initially, many firms adopt activity based costing system to improve the profitability measures. It has the ability to reveal the hidden sources of profitability and embedded cost, and to serve as a catalyst for decisions to improve profitability (Turney, 2008). For example, manufacturing indus-tries, financial institutions have diverse products and customers, which can cause cross-product or cross customer subsidization.…

The M Industries purchased 6 million shares of S House Inc. common on 3rd January, 2013 for $48 million. With the purchase of shares M Industries started holding 30% interest in the net assets of S House Inc. therefore the company will also earn 30% of net income of S House Inc. along with the amount of dividend declared by M Company at the rate of $1.00 per share on 15th December, 2013. The net income of S House as reported for the year ended 31st December, 2013 was $40 million. The M…

Based on the case article entitled: “Mortgage Crisis Analysis – What Caused the Mortgage Crisis?” by Aubrey Clark, the mortgage crisis was instigated by consumer demand, oblivious politicians, and the competition against banks, small brokers and lenders. There are three types of mortgages which are the Government (FHA), Conforming (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) and the private subprime lenders that are usually funded by larger banks. These lenders have established a practice of buying the loan…

concepts of financial literacy. Financial literacy means the possession of knowledge and understanding of financial matters. Financial literacy is mainly used in connection with personal finance matters. Financial literacy often entails the knowledge of properly making decisions pertaining to certain personal finance areas like real estate, insurance, investing, saving, tax planning and retirement. It also involves intimate knowledge of financial concepts like compound interest, financial…

The integration of the GAAS, the AICPA, the PCAOB and the IAS Background Information The Generally Accepted Auditing Standards refers to standards that are used to audit Private Corporations (Sunder, 2010 P. 100). The standards are divided into three categories. The categories include; fieldwork standards, reporting standards as well as general standards. The general standards address the individual’s qualifications to become an auditor as well as the minimum standards for the work product.…

Health information management (HIM) professionals play a vital role in for the quality, availability, and timeliness of health information, they have distinct roles in the current policy and practices. HIM professionals must strengthen their roles in promote electronic exchange for access and use of health information while protecting the privacy and security of patients ' health information. This paper discusses variety of roles that health information mangers play in acute and subacute setting…

Gold bullion coins are easy to sell and there are many options available for a coin seller. However, just because it is easy does not mean you always get the best deal. Before trying to sell your gold bullion coin, you must know at least approximate value. If you are experienced enough, you can estimate the value yourself, however for beginner coin collectors, or someone who got the coin through inheritance or as a gift, the best option is to have the coin apprised. Typically, there are fees…

The society of today faces a dangerous problem, and that is the panopticon that is known as the bank. The banks of today are created in a way to be both a physical panopticon, an authoritarian panopticon, and a financial panopticon. The banks of the United States and the rest of the world control the actions of our life in a way that seems to infiltrate everyday activities and actions. Not only do banks form a physical panopticon because of their high-level surveillance, but they form a…

Table 1. The size of the expected losses as a result of risks impact on business reputation of Bank B Type of threats Frequency of losses emergence, % Size of the expected losses, mon. un. 1. Receipt of the credit according to fraudulent documents 1,333 8 316 521,2 2. Partial or complete loss of the credit pledge 15,09 94 145 765,5 3.Violation of an order of loan debt restructuring 7,549 47 097 838,5 4. IT systems failure 7,735 48 258 283,4 5. Shortage of money in ATM cartridges 1,28 7…

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