BUDGETARY PROCESS
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This 3-page paper discusses the budgetary process, its importance as a performance tool, and some of the terms. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTbudgproc.rtf

Budgeting
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This 6 page paper examines budgeting and budgeting procedures in an organization. McDonalds is used as an example where there is budgeting on an annual as well as a daily basis. The different processes and controls are considered and compared to budgeting theory. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEMcDbudg.rtf

Budgeting
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This 8 page paper looks at 3 budgeting issues. The first looks at how budgeting may take place in an organization and the way activity based costing and input from managers may take place. The second part looks at the planning for non financial resources. The last part of the paper presents a fictitious proposal for a new product. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEbudcase1.rtf

Budgeting and Budgetary Control
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This 6 page paper looks at the importance of budget and budgetary controls. The paper apply the theory that lies behind budget controls in a company to Royal Dutch Shell to show how it can be seen as relevant to all layers of management to play a role in the budget control and monitoring. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEbudcon.wps

Budgeting as a Tool to Manage Resources
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This 3 page paper discusses the value of budgeting for organisations of all sizes and types, in terms of effective resource management looking at what characteristics of a budgeting system are most likely to contribute towards the successful implementation and how a lack of these might result in ethical problems. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEbudres.rtf

Budgeting Case Study; Explaining Variances
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This 3 page paper looks at the way that a restaurant accounts have varied from the budgeted accounts and then goes on to show that the variation is due to costs that are not under the control of the manager. The paper argues for the use of responsibility accounting. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEvarcase.rtf

Budgeting Management At Dial Corporation
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A 9 page paper relating the actions and the performance of Dial Corp. to their budgeting management system. The paper gives an overview of some budgeting management systems such as incremental, project-based, relevant-cost and performance-based. It determines that the system in place at the time Dial spun off its most recognizable products to a new company, Viad, was most heavily weighted to the incremental system and recommends that the company ensure the use of a system with more accountability, such as the relevant-cost approach. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Dialsoap.wps

Budgeting Process and Uses
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A 7 page paper answering 8 questions about the budgeting processes and uses of the corporate budget, including one question about how budgeting led to a decision in the hospitality industry in 2006. Other questions include assessing the budget as an analytic tool; how the budget can be used to find and eliminate inefficiencies; and how it can be used in the business control cycle. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSacctBudPro.rtf

Budgeting Questions
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The 17 page paper is written in 3 parts answering questions set by the student. The first part considers the costs that are presented in a case study and the way these will vary for a services company compared to an equipment hire business and issues such as why the owners may move to a limited company. The second part of the paper shows the way that sales, cash flow, production and purchase budgets can be developed from sales projections. The last part of the paper looks at federal budgets, answers question regarding what they are and compares them with corporate budgets. The Federal Budget discussed is that of Australia. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEbudquest.rtf

BUDGETS AND IMPORTANCE
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This 10-page paper focuses on why budgets are necessary for a business. Also included are how budgets aid in various corporate functions and how the process can be streamlined. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: MTbudgimpo.rtf

Budgets and Operations Management
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This 10 page paper examines what it meant by the terms budget, and budget process and how these tasks fit in with an operations manager and the operations level of an organisations. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
Filename: TEopbudg.rtf

Budgets for a New Business
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This 8 page paper presents a sales budget, production budget, cash budget, profit and loss account, draft balance sheet and break even analysis for a projected new business. All calculations are shown. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEsalbud.rtf

Buffett Method of Investing
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Investment strategies are discussed in this 12 page paper. The focus is primarily on Warren Buffett's Value Investing strategies but other Wall Street gurus and their methods are mentioned also. These include the use of beta coefficients and joining investment clubs, something not supported by Buffett. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: Buffett.wps

Bumble Bee Seafood's; A Financing Case Study
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This 5 page paper considers the way in which a lending risk may be assessed and the different risks for different capital sources such as pure debt and pure equity. The paper then goes on to demonstrate how to calculate the gearing ratio and the Net Present Value (NPV). The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEbumbee.wps

Business Approach to Playing Monopoloy®
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A 5 page paper discussing a plan based on a business activity model to enhance chances of success. This approach should result in an organization that is financially sound but willing to take on enough risk that growth can be comfortably rapid. While the primary business will be that of real estate investment and development, the secondary mortgage business will provide an additional profit center without posing any significant financial risk to the organization. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSmonopoly.wps

Business Costs
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This 3 page paper looks at costing issues. The first part of the paper explains the difference between fixed and variable costs and uses examples from a distribution company as an example. The second part of the paper describes what is meant by a C-V-P (cost, volume profit) analysis, also known as a break even analysis, and how it is conducted. The last paper of the paper discusses some issues that may be important from when considering strategy for a firm, in the context of accounting and costing. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEbuscosts.rtf

Business Cycle Dating; Purposes of the Fed
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A 12 page paper in two sections. The first discusses how National Bureau of Economic Research determines the presence of recession and dates when it begins and ends. The second section discusses the structure and function of the Federal Reserve, focusing on the action of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) that meets quarterly to determine whether it will change interest rates. The action of the Fed seeks to place a glove over Adam Smith's "invisible hand," not seeking to change the action of that hand but only soften the effects of its movement. It directly contributes to the stability of the nation's economy and by extension to the nation itself. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSecMacBizCyFed.rtf

BUSINESS ETHICS AND DECISION MAKING
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This 3 page paper discusses the ethical dilemma of being a mortgage loan officer. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MBpaketh.rtf

Business Forecasting Techniques & Soybean Oil
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A 12 page paper discussing business forecasting techniques, especially as they apply to the prices, demands, and market for soybean oil. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Soyfore.wps

Business Form of Maryland's New Durable Medical Equipment Company
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A 4 page paper choosing a business form (LLC) for a new company and assessing the liability positions of senior managers at HealthSouth and RiteAid, two businesses operating a corporate form that could not protect senior management from charges of various types of fraud. HealthSouth's Richard Scrushy was the first to be tried under Sarbanes-Oxley; the RiteAid case began several years before the law went into effect. The point is that even though the corporate form of business ostensibly offers greater liability protection, it does not insulate corporate officers from being forced to assume liability for their actions. The LLC structure will be sufficient for protecting the owners from frivolous lawsuits, and they have no need to fear legitimate ones. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSbusMDform.rtf

Business Funding
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This 3 page paper starts by considering the potential risks faced by a business where the only source of funding is a relative. The paper then looks at other options for funding; the use of venture capital and the use of debt. The risks associated with both are discussed. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEfundrel.rtf

Business Planning for the Self Employed and their Important Role within the Economy
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This 8 page paper looks at the importance of entrepreneurs in the economy and the role they play. They are the an important part of most capitalist economies and should be encouraged. In starting up a new enterprise it is also very important that they should be capable of developing a business plan, this paper will also show the student how a simple business plan may be formulated. The paper includes 2 graphs. The biblio0gra0hy cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEselemp.wps

Business Proposal
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Automating Systems at Tri-Cities Furniture: A 10 page paper offering a proposal to a three-location furniture retailer to automate its business process systems. The paper discusses the benefits of such a system; provides a diagram of the hardware system; and makes comment on how much the organization will be able to save. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSitPropTriCit.rtf

Business Results at World – Road Ramming Cycles
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A 3 page paper discussing the financial results of a fictional company, emphasizing its marketing expenditures relative to total revenues. No sources listed.
Filename: KSfinRamCyc.rtf

Butler Lumber Case Study
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This 6 page paper is based on a case study supplied by the student. Lumber Butler is a successful company but is having cash flow problems. The paper answers 4 questions set by the student, the first looks at the performance of the firm. The second considers why there is a need for more working capital. The third looks at the amount needed and the last question is a projection of the income statement and balance sheet for the forthcoming year. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEbulterl.rtf

Butler Lumber Company
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A 7 page paper discussing the implications of Harvard case 9-292-013. Butler Lumber Company is striving to gain a $465,000 loan it cannot afford and with better management would not need. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSfinButLum.rtf

Buying Lonza
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This 24 page paper looks at the theory behind the making of acquisition including the financing with Lonza used as an example target company. The paper is written in 4 parts, the first part considers the reasons why a major pharmaceutical compnay may want to acquire the Swiss company Lonza. The second part of the paper considers how purchasing compnay may decide on the offer price is calculated, the focus is on the dividend discount model. The third part of the paper considers different funding options and the last part of the paper makes a recommendation for the way the acquisition should be funded. The bibliography cites 16 sources.
Filename: TElonzab.rtf

Calculating Cost of Capital for Banks
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The ability to be able to assess the cost of capital for any organization is important, however for banks there are some particular issues concerning the cost of capital, and particularly the cost of equity. This 16 page paper looks at the issues and considers the way that the cost of capital, made up of the cost of equity and the cost of debt, can be assessed. Models considered include CAPM and discounted cash flow models. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
Filename: TEbanksoctc.rtf

Calculating Economic Added Value (EVA); the case of Coca Cola and Pepsi Co.
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This 4 page paper uses a case study supplied by the student to calculate the economic added value (EVA) of Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co using projected figures. The paper shows how perform this calculation and demonstrates the calculations.
Filename: TEevacoke.rtf

Calculating the Cost of Capital
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This 17 page paper considers the different ways of calculation the cost of capital. The different methods include looking at the cost of equity and the cost of debt, with consideration of how the CAPM (capital asset pricing model), can satisfy the calculations for the cost of equity. The use of the weighted average cost of capital is also used. For the different methods examples calculations are performed so that the student can understand them and replicate these in their own work. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
Filename: TEcostcp.rtf

Calculating the Cost of Capital for Multinational Organizations
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This 20 page paper examines the different ways of calculatingthe cost of capital for a multinational company where there are many different risk factors that can impact on costs, such as exchange rate risks. The paper considers the methods which include looking at the cost of equity and the cost of debt, with consideration of how the CAPM (capital asset pricing model), can satisfy the calculations for the cost of equity and the variation for an international capital asset pricing model ICAPM. The use of the ICAPM is assessed looking at empirical evidence that suggests there may be some differences. The paper looks at how these differences may be included in equation and then at the evidence that may suggest that domestic CAPM is just as efficient as ICAPM for MNO’s. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEcostc1.rtf

Calculating The Impact of a New Contract
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This 5 page paper looks at a case study and shows the student how to calculate a if a proposed contract will be worth taking on. The paper uses fixed and variable costs to calculate the profit or loss with and without the proposal. All calculations are show. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEfixcase.rtf

Calculus for Business; Marginal Functions
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This 5 page paper looks at the use of calculus in business and the way derivatives can be used to examined marginal costs, as well as marginal revenue and marginal profit. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEbuscaolc.rtf

Caledonia Plc Case Study
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This 13 page paper is based on a case study supplied by the student. The paper assesses a project to build a gas plant in Scotland to save costs. The paper examines this wit the use of payback period and net present value as well as looking at non financial factors. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEcalidon.rtf

Call and Put Options
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This 5 page paper is written in three parts. The first part looks at the use of call options, and how call options and call options on futures are different. The second part of the paper looks at why put options may be sold and the risks associated with selling put options. The third part of the paper examines different influences on the premiums gained on the sale of call options. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEcallopt.rtf

CALTRON AND ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
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This 3-page paper is a sample memo dealing with income recognition for a fictitious company called Caltron. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTcaltrona.rtf

CALTRON COMPUTERS AND REVENUE RECOGNITION
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This 8-page paper focuses on various forms of revenue recognition for Caltron Computers. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTcalaccou.rtf

Can EVA or CVA be a Superior Method of Share Valuation
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This 7 page paper is a proposal for a project or dissertation to investigate is the use of economic value-added or cash value added may be a less volatile and more reliable method of assessing the performance of a company rather than only the performance of a share. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEEVACAPM.rtf

Can Go Case Study
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This 4 page paper is based on a case study supplied by the student. The financial performance of the fictitious firm Can Go is examined looking at the profit, liquidity, efficiency and debt levels of the firm. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEcango.rtf

Can Investors Rely on Annual Accounts
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This 10 page paper considers how reliable the annual accounts of companies can be. The paper look at how annual account can and are used, and the ways that the results may be manipulated with creative accounting. The limitations are also discussed, including how some information may be omitted. The points raised are illustrated by reference to the 2002 Parmalat accounts. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TErelyannual.rtf

Can Technology in Banking Serve the Community in Addition to Increasing Bank Profits
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This 5 page paper looks at the problem of the increased use of technology in banks resulting in the closure of branches and the problems this causes for rural communities. The paper suggest several solutions to this problems and maintains that there is a niche market in rural banking which can also be used for positive marketing purposes. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEbankba.wps

CANADA'S MOVE TO THE IFRS
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This 7-page paper discusses Canada's move to follow International Financial Recording Standards by 2011. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTcanifrs.rtf

Canadian Banks
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A 9 page research that focuses on the proposed mega-mergers in the Canadian banking system, using Les Whittington's book. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: 99canbks.rtf

Capital Asset Pricing Model
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This 28 page paper is an in-depth look at the capital asset pricing model. The paper begins with an examination of what the model is and what it means for investors. The paper then considers how the model has developed, a literature is conducted for more recent studies that either add more knowledge to the sue of CAPM or indicate its’ redundancy. Particular attention is paid to Fama and French. The bibliography cites 21 sources.
Filename: TECAPM02.rtf

Capital Asset Pricing Model in a Nutshell
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This 5 page paper considers the basics of this investment assessment model. The paper starts with a description of the CAPM, going on to demonstrate how it can be applied, discuss the value it has when applied to discounting of future returns as well as the disadvantages of the model. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TECAPM01.wps