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Title: “Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy”
Author: Joan Magretta
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Price: $24.95
Michael Porter's groundbreaking ideas on competition and strategy have unfolded over three decades and are spread across a dauntingly long list of publications. Every manager can name individual pieces of his ...
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ICAS
ICAS - Internal Controls of Accounting System
ICAS - Internal Controls of Accounting System ISS Mediclean
General Introduction to ICAS
The Internal Controls of Accounting System (ICAS) comprises the plan of the organization and the records concerning the safeguarding of assets and reliability of accounting records. These types of controls provide reasonable ...
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COST ACCOUNTING
Cost Accounting
Cost Accounting
Introduction
Sekonda Plc manufactures four products Alpha, Beta, Gama and Delta. Its management is currently compiling the production plan for Jan-2013, and the accountant has prepared the following statement to assist in deciding what products to manufacture:
Products
Alpha
Beta
Gama
Delta
Expected demand per month (units)
3,000
2,000
1,600
1,200
£
£
£
£
Direct material per unit
8
7.5
9
8
Direct labour (paid £ 6 ...
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Role of Accountants and Measurement of Sustainability
Abstract
Sustainability measurement is an expression that signifies the measurements employed as the quantitative foundation for the reported management of sustainability. There have been developments to measure the sustainability by means of various instruments like indicators, metrics, etc. Role of accountants in transforming the ...
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Internal Controls
Internal Controls
Introduction
Book keeping is the basic foundation of any accounting system. It is concerned with updating the accounting records, and maintaining them. Accounting system provides a mean to communicate necessary economic and financial information, to users of such information, which enables them to make informed judgments and decisions (Sangster ...
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MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
Managerial Accounting and Finance
Managerial Accounting and Finance
Introduction
This report presents my suggestions for improvement of costing and management for your company. The report traces and analyses the various financial and costing problems related to Jarmurph Ltd (JM). In line with the given management, costing and financial scenarios presented to ...
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The Contribution Margin Approach
The Contribution Margin Approach
Introduction
The United States Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of the United States. United States Army's principal responsibility is to look military operations on land. In 2010 they consisted of 549,015 soldiers on active duty, 358,391 in the Army National Guard ...
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FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS
Financial and Accounting Analysis
Financial and Accounting Analysis
Introduction
The paper is discusses about the accounting and financial management and its core essence and the contribution of accounting and financial management in the business management. The paper includes the key differences between the two approaches along with the certain business ...
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TAXATION
Research and Taxation
Research and Taxation
Introduction
Taxation is a set of rules as in when it should be paid, who pays the tax to whom and how much is the tax to be paid. Taxation is a process or means by which the ruler increases income to settle the required expenses of ...
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IFRS and GAAP Convergence
IFRS and GAAP Convergence
Describe what accounting convergence means and assess the likelihood of the convergence being completed and implemented in the next five (5) years
Accounting convergence regards the reduction of difference that has been intended and existing over the passage of time. Accounting convergence implies the establishment ...