would become more of machines doing the manual work. There was a boom in population and income stemming from the economy becoming more efficient. The Industrial Revolution increased the supply of goods dramatically from the invention of a mass-production technique that was represented by Henry Ford. The majority of the increase of supply was largely seen in mining, steel, oil, transportation networks, communications networks, industrial cities, and financial centers, but also consumer goods. The
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2012 www.iiste.org COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FAIR VALUE AND HISTORICAL COST ACCOUNTING ON REPORTED PROFIT: A STUDY OF SELECTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA BESSONG, PETER KEKUNG and CHARLES, EFFIONG DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR, P.M.B.1115, CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA Tel: +234 8037079607 ABSTRACT This study aimed to critically examine the effects of fair value accounting and historical cost accounting on the reported profits. However
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capital provision and management. Both developments resulted in demand for the services of specialists in bookkeeping and in auditing internal and external financial representations. The institutionalization of the audit profession was then merely a matter of time. Management Controls Operations and Communications Management has control over the accounting systems and internal controls of the enterprises that auditors audit. Management is not only responsible for the financial and internal control
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Environmental management system (EMS) refers to the management of an organization's environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and documented manner. It includes the organizational structure, planning and resources for developing, implementing and maintaining policy for environmental protection. BASIC EMS An EMS helps an organization address its regulatory demands in a systematic and cost-effective manner. This proactive approach can help reduce
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www.ccsenet.org/ijbm International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 6, No. 8; August 2011 The Influence of Knowledge Management System (KMS) on Enhancing Decision Making Process (DMP) Wafa Mohammed College of Business and Finance, Ahlia University P.O. Box 10878, 1st Floor Gosi Complex Exhibitions Road, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Akram Jalal Management Information System Department College of Business and Finance, Ahlia University P.O. Box 10878, 1st Floor Gosi Complex Exhibitions
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The Beginning There have been new trends affecting today’s payment methods for long term healthcare services which is making the United States Health Care system ever more complicated. Long term health care today is considered a reimbursement driven industry (Casto, 2006) . The term reimbursement refers to repayment or compensation of health care services (Bowman, 2007). Reimbursement is the process of being repaid for services that have already been given (Casto, 2006). In long term care, services
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it. The best way to achieve the success is to do the ordinary things with extra ordinary enthusiasm. Because of our quality work and the sense of commitment to do something different, the institute is enhancing its number of branches, IT and management and in other fields of education. I assure you that our courses will propel you to reach the heights that you wish to seek. A machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. But no machine can do the work of one extra ordinary man. Based on this
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On Shelf Availability in Asia Pacific 2011-2012 A study into the current state of OSA in Asia Pacific and the case for change In conjunction with The ECR On-Shelf Availability Working Group The ECR On-Shelf Availability Working Group Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) Efficient Consumer Response Asia Pacific (ECR AP) is an independent joint trade and industry body, which is co-chaired by representatives from the retail sector and the manufacturing sector. It promotes the use of Efficient
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PASSENGER TERMINAL DESIGN Amedeo R. Odoni and Richard de Neufville Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract The standard procedures for sizing the spaces for passenger activities in airport terminals are unsatisfactory in that they easily lead to expensive errors. The essential difficulty lies in the nature of the process, and in particular with the several formulas which specify the area per passenger in different parts of the building. The process and these formulas are insensitive
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Components of successful total quality management ´ ´ Juan Jose Tarı Department of Business Management, University of Alicante, Spain Abstract Purpose – According to the literature, quality management consists of a set of components: critical factors, tools, techniques and practices. The purpose of this paper is: to identify the components of total quality management (TQM), in order to make them known to managers and thus facilitate successful quality management implementation, and to show the situation
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