Alan Greenspan's Significance to Society
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This 6 page paper takes a look at Alan Greenspan's policies and his role as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Why this man is applauded is evaluated. Economic theory and his policies are discussed. Relevant biographical information is included. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA237Al.rtf

Albertsons and Excel Case Study
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This 8 page paper shows the student how to answer short questions and how to manipulate excel charts for specific case studies. The first part of the paper answers questions concerning whether or not Albertsons will be able to beat Wal-Mart. The second part of the paper uses data from an excel spread sheet provided by the student concerning salary data for a university. The paper presents some calculations and ordering of data and then creates some pivot tables and a graph. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEalbexcel.rtf

Alcoa Inc.
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This 8 page paper examines the performance of Alcoa Inc. the global integrated aluminium company. The paper looks first at the background of the company and then conducts a ratio analysis of financial years 1998 – 2002, the latest year is compared to industry averages. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEalcoa1.rtf

Alda Supermarket Case Study
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This 9 page paper looks at a case study provide by the student and carried out a statistical analysis on data provided. The main aim is to ascertain if there is relationship between socio-economic group and the level each family spends in a month. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEstalda.rtf

Alex C. Michalos On STET, Currency Exchange, & World Poverty
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A 14 page paper that addresses Alex Michalos' hope for erasing world poverty through reforms in revenue budgets for the U.S., Canada and the world. Michalos' arguments are addressed, including counterpoints and his response. The paper posits that Michalos' arguments are adequately supported. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Stet.wps

Alexander Hamilton's Economic Policies
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A 5 page research paper on Hamilton's proposals to encourage confidence in the government financially and encourage commerce. The writer details the controversies on funding, assumption, the National Bank, and the Report on Manufactures. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Alham.wps

Alimony, Divorce and the Effect on Income Tax
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5 pages. This research paper will explain all about the income tax implications for those that are divorced, paying alimony or perhaps receiving alimony. It gives form information that you need for your tax returns and other very handy information. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JGAalimo.rtf

Allied Food Lemon Juice Case Study
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This 11 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student. A company is looking at making an investment to expand and needs to assess the potential returns. The paper assesses the cash flows and looks at the NPV, IRR and payback period of the project and considers some potential influences such as changes in the terminal value and the cash flow. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEAlliedLem.rtf

Allocating Costs for Goal Congruence
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A 4 page paper discussing allocation of general costs and how what is intended to be a reward can instead become a penalty. Creative Consumer Consultants (CCC) is a corporate consulting firm with offices in New York, Chicago, Paris and Little Rock that currently assigns general costs to each office in a degree dependent on the office's contribution to net income. Altering allocation but not total amounts results in more beneficial means of achieving long-term goals. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSacctCongru.rtf

Alma Charcoal Burners Pricing
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This 6 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student. A company has a new range of charcoal burners and needs to determine the wholesale price with reference to specific mark up for the retail and the mail order market. The paper shows the causation for the break even point at the determined price level. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEalma2.rtf

Alterative Pay Structures
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This 6 page paper considers the different types of pay structures that are available, Discuss and evaluate how alternative payment systems might suit different organizations operating in different markets. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEpaystru.rtf

Altering Interpretation of SPEs
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A 6 page paper discussing changes proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in interpreting the Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) No. 51 that defines the special purpose entity (SPE) and provides guidelines on when an SPE’s results must be consolidated into the balance sheet of the company that owns it. This paper summarizes the changes proposed by FASB as well as the reasons underlying the proposed change. FASB pursues alteration for reasons serving accounting theory as well as in response to specific recent abuses. Includes executive summary. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: KSacctSPEinterp.rtf

Altering Monetary Policy
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A 5 page paper discussing a given set of hypothetical economic conditions, analyzing the conditions individually and in the presence of other, related indicators. The Federal Reserve’s action should be to reduce interest rates to encourage business expansion and consumer spending. As spending increases, GDP growth rate will increase as well, as will demand for consumer goods and services. Businesses will need to produce more of each, and likely will need to hire additional workers. If these have been out of the labor force for some time they will increase personal spending too, contributing to greater growth of GDP. Regardless of where interest rates are, the government needs to control its own spending. Bibliography lists 3 source.
Filename: KSeconMonPol.rtf

Alternative Minimum Tax
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A 12 page paper discussing the tax originally intended to keep the nation's wealthiest individuals from being able to deduct their way into little or no tax liability. Inflation and increasing popularity of investing in the stock market have contributed to much greater numbers of people being subject to the alternative minimum tax in addition to their regular tax. The paper identifies and discusses the most common ways that middle-class taxpayers become subject to the AMT. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSaltMinTax.wps

Alternatives to the GDP as the Measurement of Development
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This 5 page report discusses the fact that the gross domestic product (GDP) is not one of the more complicated of the many contemporary economic indicators. It is simply a measure of the total production and consumption of goods and services in any economy. Such simplicity is both its strength and its weakness in measuring development in an economy. Because of its straight-forward nature, it is generally used as one of the most accurate descriptors of a nation’s economic health. However, it does not necessarily provide the most in-depth or focused information. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: BWgdpcap.wps

Altria Group Inc.
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This 7 page paper assesses the performance of the Altria Group Inc, well known as owner of Philip Morris, makers of the Marlboro cigarettes and majority owner of Kraft Foods. The paper looks at production and cycles performance ratios and suggests some improvements. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEaltria.rtf

Amazon, BMW and GM
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This 3 page paper looks at the net income, cash flow and assessing the way that the book value of the assets may be reflective of the real asset values for three firms; Amazon, BMW and General Motors. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEamzbmwgm.rtf

Amazon.com
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This 7 page paper looks at the performance of Amazon, the online retailer, giving some background to the firm and then performing a ratio analysis for 2006 – 2008 and then looking at the stick performance and the international performance of the firm. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEamazon08.rtf

Amazon.com's Financials
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This 5 page paper provides charts reflecting Amazon.com's balance sheets with some calculations of business ratios as well. The ratios are analyzed. Basic company information is provided for this 1995 Internet start up. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA218Amn.rtf

AMD and ATI Proposed Merger
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This 6 page paper looks at the proposed merger of AMD and ATI, considering it from the perspectives of anti-trust legislation. The paper looks at the motivations for the merger and the likely impact on the market before coming to a conclusion. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEAMDATI.rtf

Amending a Budget
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This 4 page paper looks at a budget and amends it, increasing all areas associated with IT by 4% and decreasing the total budget by 2%. The writer chooses where the cuts are made and justifies the reduction.
Filename: TEamendbud.rtf

Amerada Hess Analysis
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This 13 page paper is an analysis of the US energy company Amerada Hess. The first part of the paper undertakes an in depth financial analysis of the company which is followed by a SWOT analysis and consideration of the competitive structure of the petroleum and energy industry. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEhesswot.rtf

America's Economic History
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A 4 page essay on the basics of economic conquest and productivity in 18th century America (includes Colonial times). No Bibliography.
Filename: Econamer.wps

America's Spending Habits
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This 10 page paper contends that while many believe that Americans are not saving enough, there are valid reasons for it. Generation X and boomers are compared, and the current way of spending money and using credit is considered. The 2000's are compared to the 1950's. Bibliography lists 8 sources
Filename: SA016Gen.rtf

AMERICAN ECONOMIC THOUGHT IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
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This 3 page paper discusses the work, American Economic Thought in the 17th Century by EAJ JOhnson. Complete book report offered. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBjonsn.rtf

American Finance
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A 14 page paper which discusses the history and present condition of American finance. An underlying focus of the paper is on Alexander Hamilton for it was he who perhaps began many of the financial policies of this country. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: RAhamilt.wps

American Greeting Cards: A Case Study
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12 pages in length. A case write-up on a corporation showing the history, financial analysis, organization analysis, strategies, portfolio, problem issues and recommendations. Excellent model paper. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAgrcrd.wps

Ameritrade Case Study
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This 14 page paper looks at a case study provided by the student. The paper considers the different aspects to look at in terms of feasibility in the case study when considering the changes in advertising and technology investments. The paper then look at how the risk free rate would be determined, how the market risk premium could be assessed and then consider which companies could be used as a guide to assess the beta and then shows calculations for the beta. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEameritr.rtf

AMORTIZATION AND DEPRECIATION
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This 3-page paper explains the concepts of amortization and depreciation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTamordepr.rtf

AMOTIZATION OF GOODWILL VS. IMPAIRMENT TESTING
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This 7-page paper focuses on amortization of goodwill versus impairment testing, as reported through FASB statements 141, 142 and 144. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: MTfas141.rtf

AMRE, ACCOUNTING FRAUD AND SAS 31
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This 4-page paper discusses Amre's accounting fraud of the late 1980s and what assertions from SAS 31 (Evidential Matters) auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers should have considered in the company's financial statements. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MTamreanly.rtf

An Accounting Case Study; Costing and NPV
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This 9 page paper answers a case study provided by the student where a project to build oil wells needs to be costed and then evaluated using net present value and profit index. Fictitious figures are used throughout. The stages of calculation are shown clearly so that the student can adapt the methodology to other case studies. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEnpvoil.rtf

An Accounting System
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This 3 page paper examines an accounting system used by an IT organization, what it is, how it is used, the way it relates to the ledgers and how its' use can add value. The solution studied is mySAP Financials. The bibliography sites 1 source.
Filename: TEaccsyssap.rtf

An Acquisition for Walgreens
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This 5 page paper considers a suitable acquisition for Walgreen's, the US chain of pharmacies. The suggested target is Rite Aid Corp. The paper outlines why this is a good target and the way value can be created. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEwalrit.rtf

An Amazon.com Case Study;
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This 10 page paper consider the e-retailer Amazon.com and its current position. This paper first considers the strategic position of Amazon and then goes on to look at the difficulties in valuing dot com companies. The final part of the paper then looks at the financial performance of the company. The paper includes 2 graphs and cites 16 sources.
Filename: TEamazn5.wps

An Analysis of Marks and Spencer Company
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6 pages in length. Gives industry detail about UK retailer Marks & Spencer, as well as the competitive structure of the industry. Future strategies are recommended for the company. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAmkspn.wps

AN ANALYSIS OF STRAGETGIC THINKING
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This 3-page paper provides a financial overview of Nike Inc.
Filename: MTanalnike.rtf

AN ANALYSIS OF SYSCO
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This 5-page paper supplies a financial analysis of SYSCO Corporation, the food services distributor. Topics include shareholder information and balance sheet analysis. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTsysco.rtf

An Analysis of the Asian Financial Crisis
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This 10 page paper provides an analysis of the Asian monetary crisis and how it affects the world and the region. Causation is the focus. The crisis is analyzed using Waltz's three images. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA049Wal.wps

An Analysis of Thomas L. Friedman’s Economic Text, “The Lexus and the Olive Tree”
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A 5 page paper which examines how the death of the Cold War led to the birth of globalization, which has restructured capitalism and international relations in the twenty-first century. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGlexolive.rtf