The Emerald Research Register for this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/researchregister The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0025-1747.htm GUEST EDITORIAL Guest editorial On the value of management history Absorbing the past to understand the present and inform the future David Lamond Sydney Graduate School of Management, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, Australia Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Research Background The auditor’s roles are to provide an opinion on financial statement and to ensure that the statements are based on true and fair image of company performance to the stakeholders. They are authorized in checking the accuracy of business records. Opinions given by the auditor gives an added credibility to the financial statements (Maqableh, 2014). Commonly, investors often rely on financial statements provided by auditor in making investment judgement
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Chapter-1 Introduction Before an investment decision is made it is necessary to determine whether or not the planned investment idea is feasible. The feasibility of an investment has to be considered with respect to several different aspects in order to determine whether the investment should be realized or not. Carrying out a feasibility analysis is therefore one of the most critical steps in the decision-making process. A feasibility analysis is an effective analytical tool that can be used
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S c h o o l of Ac c ount a nc y Faculty of Business Writing F O R A C C O U N TA N T S Edited by Di Lewis i This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. © School of Accountancy, QUT 2003 Produced by QUT Publications 232975 8437 ISBN: 1 74107 014 7 ii Contents Preface Accountancy writing and
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Course Overview The objective of the subject is to make students conversant with a set of management guidelines which specify the firm’s product-market position, the directions in which the firm seeks to grow and change the competitive tools it will employ, the strengths it will seek to exploit and the weaknesses it will seek to avoid. Strategy is a concept of the firm’s business which provides a unifying theme for all its activities. Course Syllabus Group I: Defining Strategic
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University Of Salford MANCHESTER SALFORD BUSINESS SCHOOL Overcoming Challenges to Variables in Production of Concrete through Lean Strategies: The Case of Ready Mix Concrete Manufacturing Plant in Nigeria By ADEOLA OGUNTOYINBO Student I.D: @00467125 An Academic Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement of the University Of Salford for the Award of MSc. Project Management February, 2016 ABSTRACT This paper aims to answer the question: can implementation of
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manages a global personnel consisting of 550 individuals. Employees are encouraged to be innovative and develop strong work ethics. Riordan Manufacturing mission is to become a leader in the polymer material industry. Their goal is to provide workable solutions to the challenges faced by their customers. Their Research and Development group concentrate on discovering new polymer trends and using that knowledge to enhance the influence and profitability of Riordan Manufacturing. Mission Riordan Manufacturing
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of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA School of Management, University of Michigan-Dearborn, MI, USA College of Business Administration, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA Department of Accounting, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR, USA Zicklin School of Business, CUNY – Baruch College, New York, NY, USA Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC, USA College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University
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One of the most important decisions that must be taken when selecting from a range of projects is which method(s) of Capital Budgeting a company will opt for in order to arrive at the final proposed solution. “Investment decisions must be consistent with the objectives of the particular business. For a private sector business, maximising the wealth of the owners (shareholders) is usually assumed to be the key financial objective.” (Atrill and McLaney, 2009, p. 259) As a company exists primarily to
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Pablo Fernandez IESE Business School, University of Navarra Ch 12 Equity Premium: Historical, Expected, Required and Implied Equity Premium: Historical, Expected, Required and Implied Pablo Fernandez Professor of Finance. IESE Business School, University of Navarra Camino del Cerro del Aguila 3. 28023 Madrid, Spain e-mail: fernandezpa@iese.edu January 29, 2013 The equity premium designates four different concepts: Historical Equity Premium (HEP); Expected Equity Premium (EEP); Required
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