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Case Study on Swindodn plc...Swindodn plc INTRODUCTION Capital investments involve large sums of money. Thus, errors in deciding whether to pursue a long term investment isvery costly especially when the total cash inflows are less than the cost of the investment. Finance teaches us the theories on whether to pursue or not an investment before the actual cash outlay begins(Weston, 1993. The follow paragraphs focuses on the Swindodn plc company's capital investment case involving 15,000,000.
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a) The project's Initial Investment (15 marks)
New Platform with drill machine
Cost
14,000,000.00
Additional cost
1,000,000.00
Total cost
15,000,000.00
The cost of investment includes the amount...
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3. To analyse the management decision and future business plan of the organisation.
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Case Study: Maritsa Plc...Running Header: CASE STUDY: MARITSA PLC Case Study: Maritsa Plc. in APA Style by Executive Summary
The highlights of the report are as follows:
1. Maritsa Plc's computed cost of capital using the Capital Asset Pricing Model is 8.1%;
2. In terms of NPV and other qualitative considerations, option 3 is most profitable;
3. The CAPM is not a reliable measure of cost of capital because it uses historical data for the computation of beta coefficient and assumes the absence of bankruptcy cost, instead Maritsa Plc can use the weighted average cost of capital which take into account the satisfaction of...
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Case Study 6.1 United Technologies...OBTAINING TECHNOLOGY Obtaining Technology Do you think United Technologies was wise to focus only on subcontractors in India and the United States? Why or why not?
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Control risk
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Analysis: Accsys Technologies PLC...Auditing Case Study: Accsys Technologies PL
PART A
1. Property, plant and equipment (PPE)
For a manufacturing firm, ‘property, plant and equipment’ (PPE) is a significant item in the total assets, hence its misrepresentation can cause a significant financial impact. For example, on 31 March 2014, the value of property, plant and equipment was €4,056,000 (Accsys Technologies PLC, 2014, p. 64). In addition, this is a high-risk area considering that the records of PPE are mostly taken once a year as opposed to other classes of assets.
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Case Study: Abbey Plc...estimations, assumptions and significant amounts of money (Chambers and Rand, 2011).
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Accsys Technologies Plc - Wood Production and Sale...Accsys Technologies Plc - Wood Production and Sale
Introduction
Accsys Technologies Plc. is as United Kingdom based company with its headquarters in Windsor and whose foundation was in 2005. It is involvd in the business of solid wood production and sale. Its products are Accoya wood and Tricoya wood used in external application. This report seeks to study its 2013/2014 financial reports and identify some areas of heightened audit risk. In addition, it will suggest five substantive procedures to be used in one of the identified areas in order to reduce such risks into anacceptably low levels.
PART A: IDENTIFIED AREAS OF...
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