FORENSIC ACCOUNTING IN PRACTICE Tanon Patrick Contemporary Business - BUS 508 Dr. Ronnie A. Jones December 20, 2013 Abstract Accounting is the systematic process of identifying, recording, measuring, classifying, verifying, summarizing, interpreting and communicating financial information. It reveals profit or loss for a given period, and the value and nature of a firm's assets, liabilities and owners' equity (Business Dicitionary.com). Accountants take a vow to
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Founding Leaders Leadership Contemporary Business Thomas Middleton Dr. Dingman BUS 508 April 19, 2012 Profit Oriented Sam Walton was born in Springfield Missouri during the great depression to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nan Walton. At an early age he had understand the value of a dollar, because during he great depression the kids in the house hold also had to provide what they could to the family income, which Sam did buy
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Mergers and Acquisitions Dr. Daniel Goldsmith BUS -508 Contemporary Business Strayer University February17, 2014 Mergers and Acquisitions Use the Internet to research a publicly traded company in the United States that has undergone a merger or acquisition within the last three years. Take notes on the circumstance surrounding the merger or acquisition. Question1. Examine the circumstances that resulted in the merger or acquisition for the selected company. Speculate on two reasons
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Mergers and Acquisitions Dr. Daniel Goldsmith BUS -508 Contemporary Business Strayer University February17, 2014 Mergers and Acquisitions Use the Internet to research a publicly traded company in the United States that has undergone a merger or acquisition within the last three years. Take notes on the circumstance surrounding the merger or acquisition. Question1. Examine the circumstances that resulted in the merger or acquisition for the selected company. Speculate on two reasons
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Assignment 3: Using Teams in Production and Operations Management BUS 508 – Contemporary Business Forensic Accountants Forensic accounting is accounting that result from actual or anticipated legal disputes. Forensic accountants are the auditors of the forensic accounting practice. They investigate, coordinate data and offer their evidence in trial; and because it is forensic business, the evidence they find is suitable to present and will hold its proof in a court trail. Forensic accountants
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Assignment #2 Mergers and Acquisitions Bus 508: Contemporary Business ABSTRACT Berkshire Hathaway is “a holding company that specializes in insurance-related companies, but has a wide array of interests, making it a conglomerate (investorwords.com)”. The company is well known due to its owner, investment icon, Warren Buffet. “The second-richest American’s net worth continues to surge, despite his giving away billions, thanks to the juggernaut performance of Berkshire Hathaway
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Royal Dutch Shell Michael Swinson Dr. Brenda Harper, Professor BUS 508 Contemporary Business February 8, 2012 Shell Production and Operations Shell head office is located in Hague, Netherlands and the parent company, Royal Dutch Shell, is incorporated in England and Wales. Shell is engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, transportation and marketing of natural gas and electricity, and marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals (www.itcilo.org). Shell’s strategic plan
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Entrepreneurial Leadership By Dorothy James Professor: L. H. Stebbins BUS 508 Contemporary Business April 21, 2012 Jeff Bezos is one of the founding fathers of e-commerce, and part of a select group of profit oriented entrepreneurs in that field who managed to survive the dot-com bubble without losing control of their companies. Today, his business, Amazon.com, is an Internet goliath that sells everything from books to laptops to gift baskets. Most recently, the company
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Five Guys Ingredients to Success Danielle Rush Dr. Etta Steed BUS 508/ Contemporary Business October 24, 2013 Five Guys How it Started In 1968 Jerry and Janie Murrell gave their four sons a proposition; the four Murrell brothers had to either start up a business or go to college (Five Guys Holdings LLC, 2012). The boys decided that the restaurant business was the journey to embark upon. With the guidance of Jerry and Janie the first carryout only burger joint was opened in Arlington
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Promotional and Advertising Strategies BUS 508 - Contemporary Business Dr. James J. Kolacek, III March 6, 2014 1. Compare and contrast the promotional strategies used by two (2) different companies for a similar product within the category that you selected. The two promotional strategies that will be compared are from IKEA and Pottery Barn. IKEA is a swedish company that sells a wide range of ready-to-assemble furniture, appliances, and home accessories. IKEA’s home furnishings are
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