* CHAPTER 1: COST MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY * QUESTIONS 1-1 Firms Using Cost Management. Here are some examples; there are many possible answers. 1. Wal-Mart: to keep costs low by streamlining restocking and sales 2. Dell: to keep costs low by improving manufacturing performance and by using target costing and other management techniques 3. Citicorp: to keep costs low by using activity analysis (see exercise1-31) to identify key operations and to find those that add little or no
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Weirich Accounting & Auditing Research 7e instructor website at www.wiley.com/college/weirich. Other excellent sources of longer and more detailed cases include the Deloitte Trueblood cases (www.deloitte.com/more/DTF/cases_subj.htm), as well as the AICPA cases (www.aicpa.org). Topical Index of Student Cases INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING Case 1: Reporting acquisition and repayment transactions in the Statement of Cash Flows Case 2: Recording a forfeited payment Case 3: Revenue and
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C H A P T E R 8 VALUATION OF I NVE NTOR I E S : A COST-BASIS APPROAC H LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, you should be able to: •1 •2 •3 •4 •5 •6 •7 •8 •9 •10 Identify major classifications of inventory. Distinguish between perpetual and periodic inventory systems. Identify the effects of inventory errors on the financial statements. Understand the items to include as inventory cost. Describe and compare the cost flow assumptions used to account for inventories. Explain
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KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS INC (KKD) DEF 14A Definitive proxy statements Filed on 05/11/2012 Filed Period 06/12/2012 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 SCHEDULE 14A (Rule 14a-101) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant [X] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary
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INTERNAL CONTROLS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A CASE OF MEDIPONT INDUSTRIES LIMITED BY OCHOGE JOHN 05/U/9462/EXT SUPERVISOR MR. NZIBONERA ERIC A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMERCE OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY JUNE 2011 DECLARATION I, Ochoge John, declare that this research report is my original work. It has not been submitted to any other university or higher institution
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accounting fraud and auditor legal liability c a S eS inc lu de d in t hiS Se ction 4 89 99 4.1 Enron Corporation and Andersen, LLP Analyzing the Fall of Two Giants . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Comptronix Corporation 4.3 Cendant Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identifying Inherent Risk and Control Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 119 127 137 Assessing the Control Environment and Evaluating Risk of Financial Statement
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CHAPTER 5 COMPUTER FRAUD SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 5.1 Do you agree that the most effective way to obtain adequate system security is to rely on the integrity of company employees? Why or why not? Does this seem ironic? What should a company do to ensure the integrity of its employees? The statement is ironic because employees represent both the greatest control strength and the greatest control weakness. Honest, skilled employees are the most effective fraud deterrent. However
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Auditing Cases An Interactive Learning Approach FIFTH M F S D E D ITIO N S. B A. B M. G F. P Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo Editor in Chief: Donna Battista Acquisitions Editor: Stephanie Wall Editorial Project Manager: Christina Rumbaugh Senior Managing Editor: Cynthia Zonneveld Production Project Manager:
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Running Head: GLOBAL FINANCIAL REPORTING: Global Financial Reporting: Why Move Toward Global Financial Reporting Connie Cerruto Student ID 3247960261 Accounting Capstone: Senior Seminar in Accounting ACC 499 005016 Winter Semester 2008 Submitted to Professor Tee Thein March 16, 2008 Dedication and Acknowledgement I would like to take this time to thank my husband, George, for all his support over this last ten weeks. For graciously doing
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Software Revenue Recognition A Roadmap to Applying ASC 985-605 Third Edition December 2011 Subtopic 985-605, Software—Revenue Recognition, from the FASB Accounting Standards Codification®, is copyrighted by the Financial Accounting Foundation, 401 Merritt 7, PO Box 5116, Norwalk, CT 06856-5116, and is reproduced with permission. SOP 97-2: Copyright 1997–2009 by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Inc. Used with permission. This publication contains general information only
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