when the company makes money, the investor also does. There are many ways to invest in the stock market, but it is my opinion that investing in mutual funds is probably the most appropriate way for the average person, without expertise in stock analysis, to make money. This paper plans to inform the reader on how to purchase stocks and mutual funds and which are appropriate for investing and retirement. Investing in the Stock Market When an investor owns
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MULTINATIONAL MANAGEMENT COURSE OUTLINE (2007-09) The globalization of the world economy and the related liberalization of the Indian economy are radically changing the business landscape. The international capital flows into India have increased several-fold since the onset of liberalization; Indian companies are becoming multinationals in their own right--a trend certain to intensify in the coming years. All in all, multinationals are becoming more ubiquitous as an instrument of economic
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Corporate Governance What is Corporate Governance? Corporate governance is the set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting the way a corporation is directed, administered or controlled. Corporate governance also includes the relationships among the many stakeholders involved and the goals for which the corporation is governed. The principal stakeholders are the shareholders, management, and the board of directors. Other stakeholders include labor(employees), customers
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WorldCom By Dennis Moberg (Santa Clara University) and Edward Romar (University of Massachusetts-Boston) 2002 saw an unprecedented number of corporate scandals: Enron, Tyco, Global Crossing. In many ways, WorldCom is just another case of failed corporate governance, accounting abuses, and outright greed. But none of these other companies had senior executives as colorful and likable as Bernie Ebbers. A Canadian by birth, the 6 foot, 3 inch former basketball coach and Sunday School teacher emerged
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Introduction Accounting conservatism is traditionally defined by the adage “anticipate no profit, but anticipate all losses” (e.g., Bliss, 1924). Anticipating profits means recognizing profits before there is a verifiable legal claim to the revenues generating those profits. Conservatism does not imply that all revenue cash flows should be received before profits are recognized. Thus the issue is one of verifiability. In the empirical literature the adage is interpreted as representing “the
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THESE CHANGING TIMES. IT BEGINS BY PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATIONS AND THE INTERDISCIPLINARY ORIGINS OF THAT BEHAVIOR. NEXT, IT DESCRIBES THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND PRESENTS THE SIX FOCUS ORGANIZATIONS (BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, ENRON, HARLEY-DAVIDSON, HEWLETT-PACKARD, PATAGONIA, AND THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION). THIRD, IT POINTS OUT THE CRITICAL ROLE OF CHANGE AND CHALLENGE, FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF HOW PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR. THE CHAPTER FINISHES BY
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Managerial Accounting Accounting: An Interesting and Diverse Career Within the Career Path of Accounting there are certainly a diverse range of options. One can choose to be a Corporate Accounting Assistant, an Accountant, a CPA (Certified Public Accountant), a CMA (Certified Management Accountant), a Forensic Accountant, an IRS Agent, an International Accountant, a comptroller (or controller), or even a Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This is just a few careers in accounting. Accounting
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opportunity to evaluate customer satisfaction and assess the quality of service provided by the employees. Recently, Mary has noticed an increase in the number of credit card transactions declined by the bank. An analysis of the reasons given by the card issuers showed that several cases occurred after the customers had disputed the transactions. Mary has asked you, in your capacity as an internal auditing expert, to analyze the situation and inform her of your findings. Here is a description of
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Accounting, historically, has been a profession of number tracking, ledger updating and balance sheet reviewing; however, more recently, the need for a skeptical view of accounting business records has developed. In recent years, scandals such as Enron and Bernie Madoff have called for immediate action and needs of forensic accountants with a change in oversight to investigation. According to Zare, “Forensic accounting is unique in that it combines accounting with investigation. These bloodhounds
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unethical manner? Goldman like many other operations use behaviors that were unethical and grossly unfair to clients. Shaded areas are areas to be defined by the individual interpretation itself. Many say money is the root to all evil and as this case dictates, true. Ethics should always be at the forefront of any organization. Operating a business requires adequate consideration to a number of issues outside the traditional scope of making money, of which ethics is mostly certainly one. As a
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