Essays and Research Papers on Personal Finance

This 4-page paper discusses the financial implosion of carpet cleaning company ZZZZ Best during the mid-1980s. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper answering four questions about the budgeting process at Vershire Company. Vershire Company strives to gain a high degree of accuracy, incorporating many unnecessary steps in the process and holding production managers accountable for the performance of non-production departments (i.e., sales). Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper. The writer explains Porter's Diamond model and Cho and Moon's stage model. The topic is large commercial aircraft, specifically the Boeing 787 and Airbus. The essay uses Porter's model to discuss these projects and how the government had a great impact. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6-page paper involves a discussion between Keynesian economics and those supported by the Chicago School of economics.

This 3 page paper demonstrates the use of the capital asset pricing model to value a firm. Using Boeing as an example and figures from February 2010 the firm is valued, with all calculations shown. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 3-page paper focuses on XBRL coding and reporting, and its impact on financial reporting and accounting. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 8 page paper is written in two parts. The first part assesses the way ethics can be seen General Electric (GE) and how they may impact in accounting practices. The second and largest part of the paper assesses the firm performance using ratio analysis looking at the net profit margin and return on equity ...

This 14 page paper looks at issues concerning the way in which primary research may be undertaken to assess the relationship between fuel hedging and profitability in airlines. The variables which need to be considered in the way that profitability is assessed are all outlined and the ways in which both quantitative data and qualitative ...

This 5 page paper looks at dividend growth models, including the Gordon Growth Model and the two stage dividend discount model, to assess the way that they may be used to assess the cost of capital for a bank. The bibliography cites 9 sources.

This 6 page paper examines the way that a change in a listed firm’s credit rating from a major credit rating agency, such as Standard & Poor or Moody’s, may impact on the stock prices, considering both upgrades and down grades and the reaction of the equity markets. The bibliography cites 12 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of the mortgage crisis. Causes and possible responses are examined in the course of discussion questions. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This 9 page paper looks at an article by Kolbert (2008), “What Was I Thinking” , summarizes the article discusses the contents in terms of microeconomics. The article concerns the why a customer may increase the amount they spend with the company just to get free shipping, with a net increase the cost to themselves. ...

This 5 page paper looks at the way in which different debt ratios may be advisable for different types of company, looking at the type of operations they undertake on the customers they serve and the markets in which they operate. Three different companies are considered, Mattel, Clorox and MGM International Resorts. A recommendation is ...

This 3 page paper speculates on the way in which McDonald's allocates costs based on product type, and considers the way in which absorption costing may be better placed with the use of activity-based costing, providing a basic example, including calculation, of the way this could take place. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 14 page paper takes the perspective of a financial manager for a firm and assesses the issues that will need to be considered when guiding the firm from private status to publicly listed firm, looking at issues such as the way that the firm will be valued and the underlying capital structure. The bibliography ...

This 8-page paper discusses the need for local institutions to be ready for globalization. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of Starbucks from a financial standpoint. Annual loss expectancy is assessed in regards to future recommendations. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6-page paper discusses how the U.S. and EU are fighting the privacy rules under which Swiss banks have operated for decades. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This 5-page paper focuses on economic questions concerning trade, money and the GDP. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 10 page paper considers the different influences on supply and demand and how these will impact on the price of a good. Using the Malaysian sugar industry as an example, the potential influences are examined and supply and demand charts are supplied to help explain the influence of the different factors and how they ...

This 3 page paper looks at several economic concepts; opportunity cost, marginal cost and marginal benefit, the spillover effect and the reality principle. Each of these concepts are applied to the fast food industry. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 3 page paper answers 5 questions set by the student concerning labor problems in Iraq, looking at them from a business and economic perspective. Questions include consideration of the increased demand for workers, the barriers to attracting workers, potential impact on employees’ wages if the supply of workers remains low and how the various ...

This 3-page paper explains what cost accounting systems are and how they can be used to determine costs of producing a product. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper examines the financial performance of eBay between 1999 and 2000, looking at issues such as profitability, liquidity and capital structure to assess the changes in the performance level. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of lean production. The differences in accounting practices in lean organizations are explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.