Essays and Research Papers on Finance

This 12 page paper examines Morgan Stanley looking at issues of corporate governance and the way this has impacted on actions and reporting with specific attention to accounting and reporting. The remuneration for the CEO examined and compared with the CEO’s of Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs and areas of general corporate governance improvement are ...

A 6 page paper answering 3 questions comparing Nike and Reebok cash flow statements and profitability measures 2002 – 2004. Overall, it appears that Nike is the better managed company in terms of financial management. Its stronger financial position is not dependent only on its much higher revenues and net income, but also ...

A 5 page paper discussing the financial environment and internal controls at both of these companies. Both Nike and Reebok have been and remain well-managed from a financial perspective. Reebok's major failing likely was marketing; in the past Nike's was its rabid pursuit of profitability at all costs. Each company paid prices ...

This 8 page paper explains what the beta is and looks at the different influences on the beta in order to consider how company may adopt strategies of policies in order reduce the beta. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 36 page paper considers the use of stochastic modelling in the determination of asset allocation. The paper considers multi-stage stochastic programming and stochastic dynamic programming by comparing this to other models that may be used in assessing the contents of investment portfolios. Other models considered include models with their origins in mean variance theory ...

This 4 page paper is a plan for the opening of a new unisex hairdresser looking at a business summary, the costs of starting up and then a six month forecast. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

A 3 page paper in two parts. The first considers the present value of a gold mine expected to be exhausted in two years' time; the second addresses the issue of whether the bonds of GM or Cisco Systems are the more attractive. It appears that GM is doggedly clinging to being what ...

This 5 page paper considers the way in which calculation undertaken to help a student with a case study were in line with instructions given by a teachers and given preliminary results. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

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 ...

This 5 age paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper looks at how and when a multiple regression analysis can be used, if it can be performed with only two data sets and what would need to be added into the equation to undertaken a multiple regression analysis. The second ...

This 5 page paper discusses the different consideration that need to be made when a company considers changing the price of a good to increase revenue. The paper looks at price elasticity, the impact of competing and complimentary goods and the risks of pricing changes. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

This 4 page paper examines the use of fair value accounting, looking at what it is the how it is used according to various IAS and IFRS regulations. The paper then uses IAS 39 as an example to explore how this can impact on annual company accounts. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 7 page paper considers the impact that the use of information technology (IT) in the hotel industry has and is still having on the prices or rates charged for rooms. The paper considers the benefits and the disadvantages and the way these have impacted. The bibliography cites 11 sources.

The way that value is measured in firms usually focuses on financial or economic measures. This 8 page paper considers the measurement of value in publicity owned organizations and whether traditional measures such as profit levels or market value added, or if benefits and costs can be measured in a more holistic manner. The paper ...

A 3 page paper discussing the declining influence of central banks in the global economy dependent more on the movement of exchange rates than on actions arising from monetary policy. The paper uses an older (1997) article for comparison and assesses the statement in a 2004 context. It appears that the observations of ...

This 5 page paper examines internal control programs, what they are, what makes them effective, how they may materialize and the impact that the impact the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may have on internal controls. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

A 4 page paper discussing measures that an investor should want to assess when considering the stock of a company. Here, an individual is considering investing in the stock of Prime Properties, Inc., a property management and real estate firm. Measures the investor should want to examine include working capital and ratios of ...

A 14 page paper discussing Harvard Case 9-201-029: Dell's Working Capital. Dell's business model has been held up as being something to which other businesses should aspire. It was born of sound management, but only in response to the realization that, as Michael Dell noted, the company was "running out of gas." ...

This 10 page paper answers a set of 4 questions set by the student. The paper starts by looking at why companies such as Enron, WorldCom and Parmalat have all faced bankruptcy. The paper then considers the different discount models, looks at equity arbitrage theory and Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)for inventory control. The bibliography cites ...

This 7 page paper examines Chapter 11 bankruptcy, looking at what it is and the various characteristics, including the concept of the debtor in possession, the appointment and role of the trustee, the appointment and role of the committee, the differences between secured and unsecured debts, the automatic stay, conversion, dismissal and discharge. The bibliography ...

This 4 page paper outlines the role and position of four accounting bodies in the UK; The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW); The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA); The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA. The bibliography cites 4 sources. ...

Businesses may fail for a number of reasons, this 5 page paper considers why Barings Bank failed. The paper starts by looking at the reasons that companies fail and then applies to the bank by looking at the events leading to the failure focusing on issues of control. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

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.

This 3 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student to assess the impact that different capital raising options for two different projects will have on the debt to asset ratio and the ability to continue paying the current dividend amounts. The bibliography cites 1 source.

A 7 page paper evaluating in general terms a public computer company's intended financial statements and its auditors' concerns with the company's intentions. The paper discusses Hierarchy of Accounting Qualities; the process of setting standards; and argues that there should be different standards for different types of businesses. Bibliography lists 4 sources. ...