Fall 2010 Case Discussion Questions Instructor: Professor Edward H. Chow 周行一 Case study: financial bubble Case: Trouble with a bubble (9-808-067) 1. Why did Irving Fisher believe that stock prices had reached a permanently high plateau? 2. Why did the stock market crash in 1929? 3. Why did influential individuals like Fisher, Keynes and Rockefeller believe that the downturn would only be temporary? Case study: investment banking business and global financial crisis Case: Investment
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INTERMEDIATE (FINANCIAL) ACCOUNTING I SUBCLASS KLM CASE ANALYSIS QUESTIONS CASE 1 – REVENUE RECOGNITION AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT INTERMEDIATE (FINANCIAL) ACCOUNTING I SUBCLASS KLM CASE ANALYSIS QUESTIONS CASE 2 – REVENUE RECOGNITION FOR A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT HKU Technology Inc. (Hereafter, HKU Tech) is a large construction contracting firm that serves a variety of industrial customers that purchase machinery and equipment from HKU Tech. HKU Tech’s business primarily involves the design and manufacture
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Financial Leverage And Capital Structure Policy 0 Chapter Outline The Capital Structure Question The Effect of Financial Leverage Capital Structure and the Cost of Equity Capital M&M Propositions I and II with Corporate Taxes Bankruptcy Costs Optimal Capital Structure 1 Capital Restructuring We are going to look at how changes in capital structure affect the value of the firm, all else equal Capital restructuring involves changing the amount of leverage
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and distributing nuts and snack products. This real-world case presents financial reporting issues around the commodities cost shifting strategy used by Diamond’s management to falsify earnings. By delaying the recognition of a portion of the cost of walnuts acquired into later accounting periods, Diamond Foods materially underreported the cost of sales and overstated earnings in fiscal 2010 and 2011. The primary learning goal of the case is to help students understand the anatomy and motivations
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1. Executive Summary ________________________________________ ‘Do directors have to be accounting standard gurus?’ ‘How do directors spot the ticking bomb buried deep in a massive board pack? These are some of the questions making top headlines following the Centro case decision made by Justice Middleton of the Federal Court on the 27 June 2011. The issue of contention was whether the directors had sufficiently carried out a review of the financial statements, and if they had, whether
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Certified General Accountants Association of Canada. Printed in Canada ISBN for an individual volume: 978-1-55219-599-4 About CGA-CANADA _________________________________________ CGA-Canada today The CGA designation focuses on integrity, ethics, and the highest education requirements. Recognized as the country’s accounting business leaders, CGAs provide strategic counsel, financial leadership, and overall direction to all sectors of the Canadian economy. The Certified General Accountants
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820 Financial Policy Thursdays: 7:15-9:55 Instructor: Dr. Shahriar Khaksari, CFA Office: S432 Phone: 573-8366 Email: skhaksari@suffolk.edu The New Corporate Finance: Where Theory Meets Practice Mcgraw-Hill Series in Advanced Topics in Finance and Accounting Course Objective This course is designed to allow students to develop a deep understanding of financial theories, techniques, and models applied to the study of corporate financial decisions
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Class of: 2013 Course Title: Financial Risk Management (FRM) Semester: III Credits: 3 Course Objective & Learning Outcome: This course gives students a working knowledge of derivative instruments and their applications in managing various types of financial risks. While doing so, students would understand the organizational aspects of those risk functions and their roles & responsibilities. The emphasis is on mechanics, properties and valuation of forwards, futures
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Current Issues in Auditing Volume 8, Issue 1 2014 Pages I1–I10 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/ciia-50775 INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE ABC Electronics: An Instructional Case Illustrating Auditors’ Use of Preliminary Analytical Procedures Paul M. Clikeman and Jamie Diaz SUMMARY: This instructional case demonstrates auditors’ use of analytical procedures during the planning/risk assessment phase of a financial statement audit. An Excel spreadsheet enables instructors to embed
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