Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
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A 6 page paper discussing cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis, its uses and limitations. The bottom line on CVP analysis is that it may or may not provide a full and accurate picture of reality on the shop floor. At the very least, however, it does provide an indication of the costs associated with an end result and can be used for gross analysis or as an indicator that closer inspection is appropriate. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSacctMgDec.rtf

Costco and Best Buy
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This 4 page paper compares the financial performance of Costco and Best Buy, between 2004 and 2006. The paper looks at operating performance and profitability using gross, operating and net profit as well as return or assets and return on equity. Activity ratios are presented in the form of accounts receivable and payable turnover, inventory turnover and growth in revenue and inventory. The paper also looks at cash flow, share price, market capitalization and P/E ratio. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEcostbest.rtf

Costing a Level and a Chase Production Strategy
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This 7 page paper is based on a case study supplied by the student. A company has seasonal demand and wants to assess the best production strategy, The paper explains the way this can be calculated and shows the calculation for a level and a change strategy. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TElevelcost.rtf

Costing Case
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This 4 page paper answers three questions concerning how costs are allocated in a case study, where costs are not allocated in the usual way, the relevant and irrelevant costs with a new decision and the use of activity based costing. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEcostcase1.rtf

Costing Case Study
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This 9 page paper is a case study based on information supplied by the student. The paper calculates costing using an overhead allocation method and then compares this to an activity based method. All calculations are shown. Advice is given based on the results of the costing analysis. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEcost03.rtf

Costing Case Study
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This 18 page paper answers 4 questions on costing for Readytaste Meals Ltd, calculating the different costs for each meal and each quarter fore the year, looks at whether part orders should be tae and the scheduling, projects the financial plan for the next year and undertakes a variance analysis.
Filename: TEcost02.rtf

Costing Questions
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This 6 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student and undertakes the costing of different goods sold to assess their fixed and variable costs and total potential profit and the differences that would result from the use of various fixed cost allocation methods. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEcostcase2.rtf

Costing Questions
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A 9 page paper answering 3 questions addressing arriving at costs for government contract proposal. Includes an exercise in DoD Weighted Guidelines. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSacctCostQu.rtf

Costing Systems at Huge Company
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A 9 page paper examining production costs at Huge Company and developing an alternative costing system that better reflects the true costs of operation according to job type and machine type. The paper calculates costs under the existing system and then under the proposed alternative system, concluding with a literature-based discussion of how Huge Company can use the resulting information to perform with greater efficiency and profitability. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSacctHugeCo.rtf

Costs and Benefits of Implementing International Accounting Standards
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This 9 page paper discusses the statement that “Implementing international accounting standards will require considerable time and resources but the end results will be beneficial for all UK companies”. The paper looks at the benefits and the costs that will be realised as a result of harmonisation of accounting standards. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
Filename: TEiaccounts.rtf

Could a Failure Similar to Enron Occur in the UK?
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This 5 page paper starts with an outline of why Enron failed. With this information the question of whether or not this could occur in the UK, with the different accounting and purporting frameworks, is considered. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEenronU.rtf

Creating Value and Assessing Value Creation
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This 20 page paper considers how any CEO of a company wishing to create value may look to accounting measure for indication of how t create value and how to measure it. The paper looks at the IT industry and uses Hewlett Packard as an example, by looking at it prior to the merger with Compaq and after the merger with Compaq. Tools examined include the use of net Present Value (NPV), Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the use of different ratios. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
Filename: TEvalmeas.rtf

Credit Analysis and Risk
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This 8 page paper looks at what is meant by the term credit analysis, and how these are used by lenders in order to assess risk and use the result to limit or control their exposure to risk. The last part of the paper then looks at the main causes of defaults. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEcreditanal.rtf

Credit Analysis for The End Zone
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A 16 page paper with additional accompanying spreadsheets (9 pages), the purpose of which is to assess the company’s credit worthiness for two requested loans. The spreadsheets construct a 12-month pro forma cash budget for an upscale retailer, as well as an income statement, balance sheet and ratio analysis. The text portion includes some explanation of determinations for the pro forma cash budget and a summary report assessing the wisdom of extending the loans to the company. Recommendation is that the lender provide the company with all of the funds it requests, and in the form it requests. Spreadsheet data included as appendices; actual spreadsheets including formulas are available. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSfinEndZone.rtf

Credit and Collections A Case Study
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This 20 page paper takes a hypothetical case study and decides how it can improve through changes in collections practices. Credit and collections procedures are reviewed and recommendations made. A SWOT analysis is included. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: SA21Coll.wps

Credit Card Company - Capital One
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A 5 page paper. Capital One is among the top ten credit card companies in the U.S. The company has more than 46 million customers worldwide. This paper considers the company's policies and asks whether or not they are ethical. Since it is so hard to obtain all their specific policies regarding credit card approval, the available information is used, in conjunction with personal knowledge of credit cards, to ask if certain policies regarding interest rates, fees and distribution of consumer information is ethical. It may be legal but is it ethical? Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PGcap1eth.rtf

Credit Card Interest Rates
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A 3 page paper about the cost of credit cards. The four basic types of credit cards are identified. Five credit cards are compared in terms of interest rates, grace periods and fees. The costs of one virtual bank is explained. The writer alerts consumers that different banks and companies have different costs even when the credit card is a Visa or MasterCard. 1 Table included. Data included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGcrdin.rtf

Credit Card Use by Students
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The use of credit cards by students is increasing. This 12 page paper looks at why it is important to assess the way students perceive and use their credit cards, briefly looks at former research and shows how a questionnaire can be designed to explore developed hypotheses and then how these may be presented. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEcreditstu2.rtf

Credit Creation
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This 5 page paper explains what is meant by credit creation, how it operates, why it is important and how the impact on the money supply can be calculated as well as how it interacts with wider policies such as supply and demand and monetary policy. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEcreditcr.rtf

CREDIT DERIVATIVES AND DISCLOSURES
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This 5-page paper examines the FASB's proposed amendment to its No. 133, and describes why the amendment is necessary. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTcreditde.rtf

Credit Management and Budgeting in Society Today
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8 pages. This paper is a literature review about the importance of credit management in society today. This topic includes different types of budgeting as well, especially as is evident in the corporate world of credit management and budgeting. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: JGAcrmg.rtf

Credit Management in the UK and Ghana; A Comparison
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This 19 page paper is a comprehensive look at credit management in the UK and Ghana. The paper looks at how and why credit is so important to businesses, especially small retailers, with sections on managing debtors, credit control, credit worthiness and access to credit records, cash discounts, debt collection, remedies for bad debt and the role of governments. The paper focuses on comparison. The bibliography cites 18 sources.
Filename: TEcreditUKgh.rtf

Credit Management: The Creditor's Perspective
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A 7 page paper discussing the perplexing possibilities of the origins and disposition of high consumer debt since the turn of the century. The landscape that currently exists is one not easily managed or navigated by credit managers. The much-touted recession now is being said to have been a phantom of everyone's imagination. Though other leading indicators have improved, layoffs continue to increase. In conditions such as these, the function of the credit manager can be seen as being socially significant. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KScreditMgmt.rtf

Credit Markets Articles
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A 6 page paper discussing a week's "Credit Markets" section articles from the Wall Street Journal. Published each day, the articles during the week of March 5, 2001 all discussed securities sales, activity in the Treasurys market and other activity such as municipal bond issuances. The leading news of the week was France Telecom's sale of $16.4 billion multicurrency sale of debt. The largest to date, the offering attracted $30 billion of investment interest, some of which went instead to Freddie Mac's largest-ever one-day sale of two- and ten-year notes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KS-WSJcredit.wps

Credit Risk Measurement
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This 19 page paper is written in two parts. The first part looks at the various approaches to credit risk measurement in banking. This includes consideration of default-mode models (DM) and marked-to-market models (MTM) as well as reduced-form models and hybrids such as CreditMetrics. The case of BCCI is then considered with reference to the use of credit risk measurement. The second part of the paper looks at tools such as value at Rick (VaR) and the Monte Carlo simulation model how they can be used and their advantages and disadvantages. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
Filename: TEbankcredt.rtf

CRISIS IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY – CAUSES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
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This 4-page paper discusses how the U.S. banking system failed in 2008, and potential solutions to this issue. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTcrisbank.rtf

Criteria for Evaluating an Investment Firm
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This 10 page paper examines criteria used to hire an investment brokerage firm. Using a hypothetical case study provided by a student, it is presumed that a firm comes into some cash and wants to invest. How to go about hiring a firm is discussed. Sections included are: Table of Contents, Executive Summary, Introduction, Methodology, Investment Firm Criteria and Conclusion. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA427inv.rtf

Crown Case
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This 10 page paper is written in two parts. The first part look at a case where a company needs to raise capital, considering way they may want to raise capital and assessing the advantages and disadvantages of each method. The second part of the paper is made of calculations supporting the arguments for the use or rejections of a new share issue, loans or debentures. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEcrownca.rtf

CSX’s Acquisition of Conrail
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An 8 page paper based on Harvard Case 9-298-006: The Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (A). The paper discusses the differences in the two companies in terms of financial results; the influence of the merger on Eastern railroads; and the benefits that the new entity can expect after merging. The paper concludes with a discussion of the excessive price that CSX offered for acquisition shares of Conrail stock. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSfinCSXconrail.rtf

Currency Hedging
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This 7 page paper discusses at currency hedging, defining what it is and looking at how it is used and the way that currency hedging can reduce exposure to risk of currency exchange rates. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEhed001.rtf

Currency Risk Management
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A 10 page paper discussing the external and internal need for managing the currency risk that organizations increasingly deal with as globalization continues to increase. The trend brings with it the need to equalize business results based on widely varying changes in world currencies. In recent years, the dollar has been strong relative to other major currencies of the world, and while good for the US economy, a dollar greatly stronger than other major world currencies creates a bevy of problems for multinational organizations. Because currency values are never static but can be depended on to regularly change in exchange value, organizations must devise measures that minimize the effects of that currency exchange rate movement. The paper provides several corporate examples, including Caterpillar, Merck, Honeywell and Dow Chemical. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSacctCurrRiskMgmt.rtf

Currency Risk Management at McDonald's
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A 5 page paper discussing McDonald's approach to currency risk management for its international operations. McDonald's finances in local currencies, hedges some cash flows and purchases supplies in local currency. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSfinCurRiskMgMcD.rtf

Currency Risks
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This 4 page paper is written in 2 parts. The first part looks at the risks of speculating and considers what a bank is doing and the risk it faces if it has a long position in one currency and short position in another. The second part of the paper examines how a weak dollar could impact on inflation in the US. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TElongsh.rtf

Currency Swaps and the Swap Network
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This 4 page paper is written in two parts. The first part looks at currency swaps, why and how they are used and why a company may choose to use a currency swap instead of issuing bonds in a different currency. The second part of the paper looks at the swap network which takes place between central banks and discusses how the failure of a major commercial bank could result in a swap crisis. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEswaps.rtf

CURRENT STATE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY
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This 5-page paper presents the current state of the U.S. economy as it pertains to the financial crisis. Discussions included the GDP, Fed interest rate, and what put the economy in the position it's in. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTuseconmy.rtf

Cutting Inventory Costs
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This 10 page paper considers the way in which inventory levels and inventory costs may be cut. The paper looks at tools such as just in time inventory management, forecasting, pull systems and the use of consignment stock. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEcutinv

DaimlerChrysler and Dell Share Price Movements
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This 5 page paper examines the share price movements of DaimlerChrysler and Dell between 1996 and 2006 and considers the reasons behind the movement of the stocks prices. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEDchryDell.rtf

DaimlerChrysler and Ford; A Comparison
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This 20 page paper considers the performance of Chrysler and DaimlerChrysler. The paper analysis the performance of the company in financial terms, and also by placing a context on the analysis, both of the company’s own situation and strategies adopted, and that of the industry in general. A comparison with Ford is made to add value to the analysis. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
Filename: TEdamfrd.rtf

Danaher Corporation
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A 10 page paper discussing this Washington, D.C.-based company. Founded in 1982, the company astounded analysts years ago, and it appears to continue to do so. It outperforms its industry in all measures, and the path of its stock price provides a refreshing counterpoint to the daily dismal news of tech stocks' new lows. The paper is a study in financial ratios, using financial data from five years to arrive at ratio values. Danaher consistently outperforms its industry by adhering to sound management practices and an unshakable pursuit of manufacturing efficiency. Includes 1 chart and 5 tables. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSDanaher.wps

Darka Case Study
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This 6 page paper is based in a case study provided by a student. A company has decided to make changes to his accounting policies and his undertaken some financial transactions. The paper considers the way that these events should be treated according to international accounting standards. Subjects discussed include accounting for leases, the capitalization of interest on the creation of assets, revaluing fixed assets, making provisions for closure of the department and accounting for shares bought in another firm. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEdarka1.rtf