Financial Statement Analysis Case: eBay Inc. (EBAY) & Oracle Corporation (ORCL) Part I When comparing eBay Inc. (EBAY) & Oracle Corporation (ORCL) in terms of profitability the most important profitability ratios to analyze are the companies’ Net Margin ratios, Asset Turnover ratios, the Return on Assets ratios, the companies’ Financial Leverage ratios, their Return on Equity, Return on Invested Capital & the companies’ Interest Coverage ratios. These ratios, when compared side by side, help…
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Assignment 3: You are an Investment Analyst Student: Peter M. Burke Instructor: Dr. Muhammad Sumadi ACC557: Financial Accounting December 16, 2012 Amazon or eBay, Which is the Better Investment? Both Amazon and eBay have carved out significant niches in the online retailing world but they have done it in strikingly different ways. Despite these differences, they are similar in many ways including the legal, political and struggles they face. Topics to be covered in the following…
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such as billing, cost accounting , staffing, scheduling, and more. An Executive Support System (ESS) is software that allows users to transform enterprise data into quickly accessible and executive-level reports, such as those used by billing, accounting and staffing departments. An ESS enhances decision making for executives. Example: Financial analysis is one of the most important steps to companies today. Executives needs to use financial ratios and cash flow analysis to…
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of Cloud Accounting Introduction The Cloud, in technical terms is also known as Software as a Service (SaaS).It is the currency of the internet's advancement. Hardware; network, storage, services and software all rolled up to and delivered via client browser anywhere any time on any device. Cloud computing refers to transactions performed over the Internet. The practice does not require installing software in computers or own a server. A cloud computing company that sells accounting services provides…
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employees; managers Topic 1A Eight Performance measures 1) Firm Survival 2) Accounting Measures 3) Multiple stakeholder approach 4) Present value 5) Market value added and Economic value added 6) Balanced score card 7) Corporate social responsibility 8) Sustainability and Triple Bottom Line Lecture 2 5. Components of external environment analysis 1) Scanning: Identifying early signals of environmental changes & trends (EBay records information from customers; Cookies) 2) Monitoring: Detecting ongoing…
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DESCRIPTION This course provides a framework for financial accounting concepts and practices used by internal and external users in businesses. Topics presented include the accounting cycle, financial reporting, financial statements analysis, ratio calculation and interpretation, and management decision making based on financial results. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Required Resources Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2012). Financial…
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CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL REPORTING, FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS, AND VALUATION Solutions to Questions, Exercises, and Problems, and Teaching Notes to Cases 1. Value Chain Analysis Applied to the Timber and Timber Products Industry. Exhibit 1.A below contains a depiction of the value chain. The links in the value chain are as follows: 1. Timber Tracts: Plant and maintain timber tracts (Weyerhaeuser) 2. Logging: Harvests timber (Weyerhaeuser) a. Sawmills:…
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studies, and guest lectures from current or former CEOs of entrepreneurial companies. Both group and individual assignments will be required, with individual assignments and class participation comprising 45% of the final grade, and group assignments accounting for the remainder. REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: E.G. Flamholtz and Y.Randle. 2000. Growing Pains: Transitioning From An Entrepreneurship To A Professionally Managed Firm, Revised Edition. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco. ISBN 0-7879-4694-X. (List Price…
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1st Video: Environmental Economics Part 1 China: Factory To The World Recently, the Chinese economy has grown rapidly Millions own a car, travel and buy goods China has as huge labor pool China has 7 of the world’s 10 most polluted cities China is the cancer capital of the world Rivers are being sucked dry and polluted Environmental laws and policies are ignored Local NGOs identify, document, and report pollution Economic growth must be accompanied by just and effective environmental public…
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which is a big and powerful company in this area, and provides distributors to Hong Yan since 2005. Now, the main clients and customers are government enterprises and private business companies. In the report, there will mainly focus on and do analysis on the internal and external changes in Lan Lan, and the issues of internal and external of company that Lan Lan had solved and will face in the future. The report also provides some suggestions for Lan Lan about the deficiencies in Lan Lan, which…
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