“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind. If you can not measure it, you can not improve it.” –Lord Kelvin [1], a prominent British Scientist, who inspired the work of Robert Kaplan and David Norton on Balanced Scorecard. Introduction: In rapidly changing environments faced by mist industries
statistical analysis or serve together with statistical analysis as cofactors in financial analysis. The example case used by the article was the prediction of corporate bankruptcy. Ratios traditionally measure the most important factors such as liquidity, solvency and profitability, as well as other measures of solvency. Different studies have found various ratios to be the most efficient indicators of solvency. Studies of ratio analysis began in the 1930’s, with several studies of the concluding
I. INTRODUCTION In achieving the corporate objective to deliver long-term shareholders return, Wesfarmers businesses is encouraged to be more aware of financial risks that each of its businesses may exposed. The objective of this report is to give financial advices for Wesfarmers based on the issues and strategies analysis in Part A. First it begins with financial analysis, which cover the macro-economic analysis and the assessments summary of the company current financial performance. Furthermore
The Christchurch earthquakes had a significant impact on the economy but also left the country in turmoil. Many economists were unaware of the economic impacts this event would have and the governments fiscal position was significantly impacted. The earthquakes spanned over 2 years in which the first struck on 4th September 2010 then almost 5 months later, the second hit on the 22nd February 2011. Christchurch was trying to recover from these horrific events as family homes and business were destroyed
Rashida Hart Professor Rothman March 19, 2014 Enterprise Risk Management Verizon Communications, Inc. In today's volatile environment, companies have to be prepared to manage their portfolio risk in order to remain sustainable and viable in today''s economy. Risk are inherent and can arise at any moment. To avoid or limit risk, a company has to have an effective Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team or plan in effect, lead by an effective Chief Risk Officer (CRO), such a myself. As CRO, my
Market Risk when considering the total risk of an investment. The best protection against firm-specific risk is investment diversification, which lowers the probability in relation to a specific company. Firm-specific risks include Business Risk, Liquidity Risk, Financial Risk, Political Risk, Tax Risk, Credit Risk and Call Risk. Business Risk results from the probability that a company will experience
Credit Risk: Financial instruments that possibly subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash equivalents and receivables. Due to its large and varied customer base and its geographic diversity, Saputo has low exposure to credit risk concentration with respect to customer’s receivables. There are no receivables from any individual customer that exceeded 10% of the total balance of receivables as at March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014. However one customer represented more than
shareholders in making investment decisions. This paper will use past four years information of the company’s financial data that we can find in Data analysis database. Based on that information, this paper will give the analysing results of profitability, liquidity, asset efficiency and gearing of the company and give suggestion whether the shareholders should continue investing in this company. However, this information will not give the best recommendation to the shareholder as there are many external factors
Introduction Definition “An integrated report is a concise communication about how an organization’s strategy, governance, performance and prospects, in the context of its external environment, lead to the creation of value over the short, medium and long term.” (International Integrated Reporting Framework p7) Why IR? It outlines the interconnection of a company’s financial and non-financial elements and aims to combine them and show value creation and maintenance. It identifies resources
History of Accounting The history of accounting I feel is important in the learning, understanding, and developing of my foundation for my accounting career. In this report you will learn about the development of accounting. You will learn about the people who influenced accounting the most throughout the years. You will learn how accounting came about and how it was used in the ancient times. You will learn about the invention of the double-entry bookkeeping processes. You will learn how
Bank Accounting Information System And Electronic Banking Introduction Information technology has had as much impact on our society as the industrial revolution. In the information age, companies are finding that success or failure is increasingly dependent on their management and use of information. Therefore, companies need a good information system that enabled an efficient and effective use of information to give them more competitive advantage (Moscove, Simkin, & Bagranoff, 1999). An
Accounting is the compilation of financial information for use in making economic decisions. BOOKKEEPING provides the basic accounting data, by systematically recording such day-to-day financial information as revenue from the sale of products or services; expenses of business operations such as the cost of merchandise sold; and overhead expenses such as rent, wages, and so forth. Accounting principles determine which financial events and transactions should be recorded in the bookkeeper's ledgers
Introduction Accounting technician is an occupation that is needed in many aspects of our society. If you like to work with mathematics, computer and money management, a suitable occupation for you is accounting technician. To achieve your goal, you need to be familiar with the job description and duties, working conditions, education and training program, job opportunities and financial aspects. Job Description and Duties Accounting technicians keep systematic records of business transactions.
Commercial Bank Accounting Executive Summary Financial institutions vary in many ways from the traditional, non-financial organization. For many people, the inner-workings of financial institutions are complicated and difficult to understand. For accountants, the traditional rules and procedures used in non-financial institutions must be modified and extended when a financial institution is involved. Our focus in this paper is on one specific financial institution, the commercial bank. In
Accounting There are many different types of accounting. I haven’t made the choice of which particular part of the profession I am going to go into. I am going to focus on financial accountant. The decision to become an accountant is usually not made until college. However general accounting and bookkeeping classes can be taken in high school. In college, the student needs to decide on a more specific field of accounting. An accountant has many choices regarding what particular field of accounting
Accounting for a Restaurant Scenario I have just been assigned as the new system analyst at a restaurant called 'Venice' that specialises in Italian food. Up until now all the accountancy was done manually, so it took a lot of time to keep it up to date. To make it easier and more efficient I have been assigned to introduce a spreadsheet system to help calculate the annual profit the restaurant makes. This will save hours of paper work. The new method will save all finance information
Accounting Accounting is a career that offers many job opportunities and advancements, and a little hard work will inevitably lead to happiness and success. Accountants have different duties depending on the size and nature of the company where they are employed. Usually accountants prepare and analyze financial reports that polish up-to-date information for government agencies, businesses, and other organizations. The data accountants provide information that influences nearly every business
According to the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, T-Shirts by Tommy can account for the accident is to record an extraordinary item. Using the definition from our Intermediate Accounting textbook, extraordinary events are defined as, " events and transactions that are distinguished by their unusual nature and by the infrequency of their occurrence" (Keiso). Because of the nature of the plane crash, and the fact that these types of accidents happen very rarely, it can definitely be categorized
Accounting The nature of work of accountants and auditors is to prepare, analyze, and verify financial reports and taxes, and monitor information systems that furnish this information to managers in business, industry, and government. The major fields of accounting are Public accountants who have their own business or work for public accounting firms. They perform a large range of responsibilities such as doing taxes, numerous accounting and auditing, consulting activities for their clients, who
An accounting scandal is described as a business scandals that stems from intentional manipulation of financial statements with the disclosure of financial misdeeds by trusted executives of corporations or governments. Inappropriate accounting practices more often than not amount to fraud. These fraudulent acts are investigated by government agencies and often change the reputation, structure, and prosperity of a company. Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association, or FNMA) was established