Disney Corp.; Current Assets And Liabilities And Cash Management
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This 7 page paper looks at the Disney Corporation between the years 2005 and 2007. The changes in the levels of the current assets and current liabilities are considered in terms of cash management and a projection is made regarding impacts that a 20% increase in revenue will have on the cash management. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEdiscurrent.rtf

Disneyland Paris; The Problems of Euro Disney
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This 22 page paper is an in-depth look at the cause of the problems at Euro Disney’s theme park report in Paris. The paper uses as PEST analysis and SWOT analysis along with Porters Five Forces model to examine the factors that have influenced the development of Disneyland Paris and create the ongoing problem which have are ongoing. Issues considered included financial arrangements and how these may have biased the decision, the impact of culture clashes and the difficulties caused by the location. The bibliography cites 14 sources.
Filename: TEeurodisney.rtf

Diversification Questions
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This 8 page paper answers question set by the student. The first looks at the value of diversification in an investment portfolio and explains this with a mathematical table. The second part of the paper explains the he Markowitz efficient frontier and how this fits in with the theories of diversity. The last two parts of the paper choose five diversified shares from the FTSE 100 and looks at their performance over a 1 month period. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEdiversc.rtf

Diversification, Mergers and Acquisitions in the Banking Industry
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This 12 page paper looks at the push and pull factors for diversification as well as merger and acquisition in the banking industry. The paper considers the way in which these strategies may increase value in the companies and looks at how this may, or may not, occur. The bibliography cites 13 sources.
Filename: TEbankmrg.rtf

Dividend Distributions
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This 3 page essay examines a fictitious company that plans to distribute a $20 million dollar dividend. An overview of implications concerning dividend distributions as it relates to business law and taxes is included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Divdist.wps

Dividend Policies
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14 pages in length. A finance director believes that the market price of the company's existing ordinary shares will not change even if the company changes the dividend policy that has been maintained for the past thirty years. The finance director could be wrong in his belief, however; in order to determine whether this is the case, this paper will focus on investment strategies, dividends policies, and will include examples. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: JGAdivsh.wps

Dividend Policy at the House of Fraser
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This 10 page paper examines the dividend policy of the UK retail company House of Fraser. The paper starts by looking at the dividend history and policies of the company. The paper then considers models of behaviour that can be applied to investors that may explain different behaviour patterns. The last part of the paper than looks at how the dividend policy is used to satisfy the needs of then investors through tools such as dividend signalling and why this policy can be used as a defensive and a proactive tool for the benefit of the company. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEfraser.rtf

Dividend Signalling
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This 5 page paper considers the way that dividend signalling is used and how it differs in UK companies compared to German or Japanese companies. The writer argues that this is due to the differing models of corporate governance in each country, with the UK using the Anglo-American model of capitalism, with short term goals and individualism taking priority, compared to the longer term, stakeholder approach of the Germans. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
Filename: TEdivsig.rtf

Do "Extraordinary Items" Affect Investors' Choices?
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A 6 page paper discussing investors' willingness to accept the statement, "excluding extraordinary items." Exclusion of extraordinary items is a valid approach to considering them, according to researchers and nearly every analyst working today. Stockholders in VeriSign and Rite Aid seem to be saying that they hold a much different view than do any of these researchers and analysts, however. Annual results that appear to glow can be changed dramatically when considering extraordinary items, which can turn positive business results into negative ones. It may well be that investors will begin using examination of extraordinary items as an indicator for their investment decisions. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSacctgExtra.rtf

Do Pure Play Internet Banks Create Value?
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This 58 page paper looks at the way in which pure play internet banks, such as First Direct and Egg, may be able to create value. The paper presents a full dissertation style paper, with an introduction and objectives followed by an in-depth literature review. The literature review examines the role of the banks, examines the way that they compete and the importance and place of internet banking in the banking industry. The potential ways that pure play internet banks may add value studied from a theoretical perspective. After a section on methodology primary research using questionnaires is then simulated; assessing the perspective of internet banking using a sample made up of customers of the HBSC subsidiary; First Direct. The results are presented and then discussed. The bibliography cites 43 sources.
Filename: TEPureint.rtf

Does a Risk Manager Need to Understand a Firms Finances?
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This 10 page paper discusses the way that a risk manager should know and understand the financials of the company they are working for in order to perform their job and achieve their objectives. The paper looks at a range of tools and approaches that a risk manager may use and how both the risk assessment as well as the decisions which are made to reduce or protect the company form risk will influence and be influenced by the financial status and performance of the company. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
Filename: TERMfinance.rtf

Does Activity-Based Costing method give companies a competitive edge?
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This 20 page paper is a research proposal to assess whether or not the use of activity based accounting can give a company a completive edge. The paper outlines why the research is worthwhile, presents a literature review and then proposes quantitative and qualitative research. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEedgeABC.rtf

Does Activity-Based Costing Method Give Companies a Competitive Edge? - Case Study Research
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Large numbers of companies use activity based costing, but this is not always visible from their accounting procedures. This 50 page paper looks at 12 case studies to assess the reason why and the ways in which companies use, and benefit from, activity based costing. The case studies are chosen across a ranger of industries and are made up of both large and small companies. The majority of cases show that the activity based costing approach is able to give businesses a competitive edge, either directly supporting a competitive advantage or helping the development of competitiveness and the realisation of other strategies such as growth and profit maximization. However, it is only a tool, and its’ use does not automatically result in success, for this reason a case sturdy where the use was not fully successful is also included, the main issue is the way in which the data is used, with the most value added and the greatest competitive edge being obtained when the approach is used in conjunction with other tools and approaches, such as with the balanced scorecard and considering the human aspects for both employees and customers. The case studies include Bluemont Nurseries, Xerox, Coca-Cola, Mobil Oil, A&W and Hyde Park Electronics. The bibliography cites 41 sources.
Filename: TEABCFedge.rtf

Does Audit Reduce Bias in Financial Reporting?
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A 6 page paper seeking to answer the question of the title. Bias in financial reporting was documented more than 100 years ago, and it has been an ongoing problem since that time. Auditing is thought to reduce that bias, but does it have its full intended effect? Research indicates that deep bias begins with management and perhaps away from financial activities. It also indicates that auditing causes alteration of financial reports well before they are made public, meaning that it does indeed reduce bias in financial reporting. Sarbanes-Oxley is causing changes in basic accounting operations in many companies, which in the future will have a wealth of data that should lend itself well to research in auditing's effect on bias. Includes an abstract. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KSauditBias.rtf

Does the Omission of Some Intangible Assets on the Balance Sheet Lead to an Inaccurate Portrayal of the Position of a Company?
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This 5 page paper discusses the view that the exclusion of some intangible assets from the balance sheet is inconsistent and gives an incomplete picture, which cannot be justified by the requirement for accounts to be objective and prudent. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEiassets.rtf

Does Tompkins PLC Create Value for its' Shareholders?
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This 5 page paper looks at Tompkins Plc and assesses the level of value they provide to their shareholders. To do this the dividends and capital growth over the period 1998 – 2008 is discussed. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEtompkin.rtf

Dolby Laboratories' IPO
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A 3 page paper discussing this sound-revolutionizing company's initial public offering, focusing on the finance aspects of the IPO. The events that have occurred at Dolby Laboratories cannot be described as those of a new venture, but this 40-year-old company has recently concluded its IPO. Private until only recently, Dolby went public in March 2005. The purpose here is to review the process by which Dolby became a publicly-traded company. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSfinDolbyIPO.rtf

Domesticity and Discontent:
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This 5 page paper examines the 1950's era and the role of women. This paper reveals that many of these women inhabited domestic roles simply out of lack of other viable opportunity, and that much has changed for women since those post-war days. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: GSDiscon.rtf

Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette
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12 pages in length. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette is one company that turns the phrase 'big business' into a totally inadequate understatement: they boast total capital of over $3.46 billion and total assets of over $55.56 billion. DLJ is involved in every facet of commercial finance endeavor ranging from investment banking to stock brokering to asset management to institutional equities to emerging markets to any other imaginable aspect of commercial financial operation. The many separate businesses that comprise DLJ fall into three groups: Financial Services, Capital Markets and Banking. The one discussed in depth is their online investment trading services. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Lufkin.wps

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Case Study
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This 8 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student. The first question considers why Equitable may want to sell a share of DLJ, then what the differences along with advantages and disadvantages are of spin offs, carve out, asset sales and continued ownership. The last part of the paper loiks at the way the share prices may be valued. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEdljcase.rtf

Dow Chemical; Ratio Analysis 2005 – 2006
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This 10 page paper presents a financial analysis of the Dow Chemical Company from a range of stakeholder perspectives. After a brief introduction to the company ratios of interest to a shareholder are presented including the net profit, earnings per share and the price earnings ratio. Ratios of interest to the creditor then discussed including interest-rate coverage and the current ratio was the last section looking at ratios of value to management including gross profit, stock turnover and debtor days. The bibliography cites seven sources.
Filename: TEdowchem.rtf

Downsizing's Effects on the Real Estate Market
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9 pages in length. Certainly the real estate industry, both residential and commercial segments, were greatly affected by the downsizing waves on either side of the year of 1990, as were many others. With the sustained growth of the national economy, however, many of those depreciated properties have now regained and even surpassed their former values. The private owners and real estate developers suffered, but we all really did, too. We're growing now, and we even have the added benefit of lessons learned from the effects of downsizing. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Downsize.doc

E*Trade Case Study
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This 5 page paper answers questions posed by the student to help them understand the case. The paper considers the strategy of E*Trade in 2002, looks at their financial position, undertakes a SWOT analysis and considered potential future strategies. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEetrad1.rtf

Early Historical Business Practices
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A 10 page paper which examines the way business was conducted throughout the antiquity, the Renaissance, and the 17th century (specifically, such practices as money-lending, interest, trade, banking) and considers how this is depicted in such literary works as Plautus’s “The Pot of Gold (The Aulularia),” William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” and Moliere’s “The Miser (L’Avare).” Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: TGbizlit.rtf

Eastman Kodak
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This 6 page paper examines the company Eastman Kodak Inc to determine of the shares should be bought or sold. The paper examines the companies financial performance and looks at several ratios before making a sell recommendation. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEkodak1.rtf

Easton Bell Inc., Dealing With Forgiven Currency Exchange Rate Risks
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This 38 page paper looks at the value of hedging to reduce risks of foreign exchange rate fluctuations. Easton-Bell is a company that has a number of financial issues, including a low profit margin, a high level of debt and the majority of its finished goods being subject to exchange rate movements. The paper examines the company and its position in order to assess the risks and benefits of hedging and the approaches or tools which could be used for hedging, including forward contracts, futures, options and swaps. The use of hedging is considered in both theoretical terms and in the context of the company's current position. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEeastonbell.rtf

Easyjet and Ryanair
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This 32 page paper compares two companies that are both dominant players in the European low cost airline industry; Easyjet and Ryanair. Bucking the recent trends both have performed well, however, Ryanair has suffered due to the recent court case where it was found to have gained uncompetitive advantages when being given subsidies by a Brussels airport. Conversely Easyjet has gained by making the acquisition of GO. The paper looks at the performance of both companies, where Ryanair is growing faster but is also more stretched, with a lower interest rate coverage and also a lower EPS. Easyjet are growing through acquisition, but are also growing at a fast rate. The paper assesses the many factors and then using both efficient market hypothesis and Warren Buffets method try to identify the best potential long term investment. The bibliography cites 14 sources.
Filename: TEeasyryan.rtf

eBanking and its' Influence on Accounting Information Systems
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This 32 page paper looks at the use accounting information systems (AIS) in banks, and considers what impacts ebanking, or internet banking, has had on the AIS within banks. The paper starts with an introduction and discusses why and how this research is valuable. The use of AIS is then discusses before an in-depth look at the model of internet banks and the requirements that are made of any AIS within internet banking systems. This is examined to identify the areas of different which may have impacted on the evolution of AIS within banking. The bibliography cites 30 sources.
Filename: TEebankAIS.rtf

EBay Financial Analysis 1999 – 2000
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This 3 page paper performs a horizontal and vertical financial analysis of eBay for the years 1999 and 2000 looking at the changes within the firm, its performance, liquidity and capital structure. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEebay99.rtf

ECB AND FED: A COMPARISON
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This 3-page paper focuses on the differences and similarities between the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve Board (Fed), with more emphasis placed on the ECB. Also included is a brief history of both institutions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTecbfed.rtf

Economic Analysis According to Mankiw's Ten Principles
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This 3 page paper examines three articles in the online version of the Economist. They are summarized and evaluated. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA822ten.rtf

Economic Analysis of India for Coca-Cola
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This 14 page paper considers the economic environment within India, considering from the perspective of a company which is already active in the country; Coca-Cola. The paper assesses the performance and structure of the economy in India, including productivity, industries present within the country, growth, exchange rate stability and government debt and then examines the underlying economic ideologies and government policies which are impacting on the economy. Following this the Porters Four Facets model, also known as the diamond model, is utilized to examine factor conditions within the country. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
Filename: TEindiaec.rtf

Economic Impact of Mortgages
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This 6 page paper discusses various types of mortgages currently on the market as well as the economic ramifications of these instruments. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Mortgage.wps

ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND ANALYSIS
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This 4-page paper answers questions concerning Federal Reserve policy as well as contraction and expansion policies.
Filename: MTecoindan.rtf

Economic Policies: George W. Bush And Al Gore
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5 pages in length. Considered perhaps the most important concerns in any presidential candidate's political platform is that which addresses economic policy; indeed, this is certainly the case with regard to the current stance between George W. Bush and Al Gore's candidacies. It can readily be argued that while studying each man's stance on economic policy, there exists a combination of similarities as well as great disparities -- an expected occurrence when issues such as these remain in the campaign's political forefront. The writer discusses that with Bush successfully appeasing his loyal followers and Gore effectively accommodating his, as well, the two presidential candidates believe that their own individual perceptions of economic policy are both exact and correct for continuing forward with the country's prosperous future. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: JGAgwbush.wps

Economic Policy Recommendations in the United States
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A 4 page paper discussing the economy in the US in 3Q2005 and making recommendations for the future. The primary recommendation is that the Federal Reserve leave interest rates as they are at present as long as inflation does not become problematic. Business profits may decline as fuel costs rise. Tax revenues could be lower in the future but tax rates should remain at current levels to continue to encourage business growth and to maintain consumer spending in the face of likely fuel-related price increases of consumer goods. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSeconRecUS05.rtf

ECONOMIC UPDATE
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This 7-page paper gives an overview of current economic indicators in the United States. Also included is an explanation of the sub-prime crisis and credit crunch, and Countrywide Financial's part in it. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: MTeconupda.rtf

Economics Impacting on ADP
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This 10 page paper examines the US company ADP, Automatic Data Processing. The paper starts with the graph of supply and demand in equilibrium and discusses fiscal policy and how it has may be expected to affect the industry. The paper includes industry forecast and individual forecasts. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEadpeco.rtf

Economics Questions
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This 16 page paper considers three cases provided by the student and looks at different economic situations and answers a range of questions. The first case looks at supply and demand as well as social or commercial targeted investment, using the coffee growers of South Vietnam as an example. The second looks at long term vs. short term economics and the way sales were managed at ADT with the emphasis on short term results. The final part of the paper considers the choices and issues raised in issues regarding transfer prices within an single company.
Filename: TEeconqu.rtf

ECONOMICS, PERFECT COMPETITION AND ITS IMPACT ON BUSINESS
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This 10-page paper discusses the concept of perfect competition, and whether it can help businesses. Also under discussion are monopoligies and oligopolies. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: MTeconpeco.rtf