Locate the 10 k annual report for the last three consecutive years, and analyze the financial performance of the company by calculating and analyzing various ratios.

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The main focus of the paper is to gain a through insight of the financial performance of Alaska Airlines, by performing a financial analysis of the company. Locate the 10 k annual report for the last three consecutive years, and analyze the financial performance of the company by calculating and analyzing various ratios. The paper should at least include the following subjects:
-Executive Summary
-Introduction
-Company Background
-Financial Ratios
-Profitability Ratios
-Gross profit margin
-Efficiency Ratios
-Liquidity Ratios
-Analysis
-Analysis of Income Statement
-Analysis of Balance Sheets
-Analysis of Cash Flow Statements
-Forecast / Future Outlook
-Conclusions and recommendations
-References
-Appendix

Explain who else should be concerned with a company’s financial statements and why they are important.

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When considering companies’ financial statements, we often think of investors and analysts using the information contained in those statements to assess whether or not to invest in the companies. However, financial statements are not just for investors. Please explain who else should be concerned with a company’s financial statements and why they are important.

As portfolio activities are to be self-reflective, please make sure to connect the portfolio assignment to:

Your personal experiences. Reflect on how this assignment topic is applicable to and will benefit you.
Course readings and any external readings.
Discussion forum posts or course objectives.
The Portfolio Activity entry should be a minimum of 500 words and not more than 750 words. Use APA citations and references if you use ideas from the readings or other sources.

Write a research paper on Enron Corporation non consolidating of Special Purpose Entity (VIE),

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Write a research paper onWrite a research paper on Enron Corporation non consolidating of Special Purpose Entity (VIE), non consolidating of Special Purpose Entity (VIE),

(see page 216 Discussion Question and Chapter 6). Discuss the issues relating to GAAP, earnings, assets and liabilities

reporting problems, etc. Reference your sources in a bibliography with footnotes. Approximately three pages of data,

Discuss the classification, recognition and measurement provisions of IAS 17 for finance and accounting leases.

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In 2016, IASB published a new lease accounting standard, IFRS 16, to replace the older standard, IAS 7. IFRS 16 came into effect from January 1, 2019.

Required:
Discuss the classification, recognition and measurement provisions of IAS 17 for finance and accounting leases. (650 words)
IAS 17 had been criticized for a long time in particular by the airline industry. Discuss the criticism on IAS 17 using the example of an airline. Your answer must clearly discuss the measurement and recognition issues pertaining to IAS 17. (650 marks)
Discuss, in detail, the new rules for lease classification, recognition, measurement and disclosure as per IFRS 16. (875 words)
Discuss the impact of IFRS 16 application on lessee’s statement of financial position, income statement, cashflows and financial ratios. Answers must be supported by actual examples from companies which have transitioned from IAS 17 to IFRS 16. (1325)
Your work should be in a logical and cohesive essay with a brief introduction and conclusion. Please clearly make headings for each task. Place the company financial statement extracts as appendix or as images clearly labelled in your work.
Please do not cite Investopedia, Wikipedia and other unreliable websites. Please research from published academic journals and textbooks the access of which is available to you.
Proper intext citation and bibliography must be done using Harvard style.

General Instructions & Format:
1) This is an individual assignment that you should be writing on your own.
2) The word limit for this assignment is 3,500 words (+/- 10%); excluding graphs, tables, bibliography and table of contents.
3) You are expected to support your work with sources from the literature and use Harvard referencing style as appropriate, in text and in the list of references at the end of your assignment.

Primary Marking Criteria
Comprehensive knowledg
• Detailed understanding of the subject area
• Extensive background study
• Highly focussed answer and well structured
• Logically presented and defended arguments
• No factual/computational errors
• Original interpretation
• New links between topics are developed
• New approach to a problem
• Excellent presentation with very accurate communication

Secondary Marking Criteria
• Exceeds expectations for most primary criteria
• Complete command of subject and other relevant areas
• Ideas/arguments are highly original

What advice would you give them about how to divide up their business model into a multiple Business model canvases

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consider a large, fortune 500 company. they are probably too complicated for one business model canvas. what advice would you give them about how to divide up their business model into a multiple Business model canvases

Evaluate current legislation dealing with Money Laundering and what actions you must take as soon as you become suspicious of money laundering activity.

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You are doing internship at a professional accountant firm when you come to know one of the clients is falsifying purchase invoices and has received money from the sale of a large number of stolen goods.

You are required to write a report as follows:

Introduction and Background –The introduction should include a background to Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion and Money Laundering.

Using journal articles and case studies, evaluate the notion that tax planning is drawing a fine line between tax avoidance and tax evasion.

Evaluate current legislation dealing with Money Laundering and what actions you must take as soon as you become suspicious of money laundering activity.

Conclusion and Recommendations

Identify and outline the details of a fraud, which has been committed in a real life company

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Identify and outline the details of a fraud, which has been committed in a real life company (apart from Enron and Worldcom).

Provide a critical analysis (not a description) of a 2019 CSR report of the organisation of your choice

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Essay

Provide a critical analysis (not a description) of a 2019 CSR report of the organisation of your choice (can be a company, an NGO, not seen in class, through) and explain how this initiative might help to construct a better society and make business (any other organisation) stronger, but as well, discuss the limitations of such practices. Your argument should be balanced and analytical (each argument must be grounded within examples, enabling to prove it. You essay must be original – For instance you are invited to write a long conclusion to extend or discuss certain aspects of your choice related to the main topics of this question. In the conclusion a personal opinion, if well-argued is more than welcome.
Remember:
– CSR is written by the company so it is written in a favourable manner to the company, they show a reality that they would like which may not be true
– Certain aspects of the csr do not provide an appropriate solution but show the illusion that they do
– CSR leave out a lot of unfavourable information
– CSR is usually not done as a morale obligation to society or ecological issues but as a defence mechanism, a marketing tool and risk management to show they care and are doing what they can to solve issues that they are most likely apart of.
– A capitalist society which values profit and capita swell as making shareholders happy over the social and ecological concerns force companies to also value this because if they do not they will not be able to compete with other companies and a capitalist market values competition.
Assessment criteria
1) the student demonstrate he / she understands the principles of the Social and Environment reporting
2) the student demonstrate she/he understands the principles of ecological crisis and social justice and how CSER has been draft to offer a solution to these challenges
3) the student demonstrates that she/he can develop arguments from different parties (organisation versus society: TOP MANAGEMENT, UNION LEADER, NGO REPRESENTATIVE, HR LAWYER, MOVEMENTS)
4) the student is able to show general argument for CSER and its limitation, but as well arguments that are specifically grounded with the report they chose.
5) the student demonstrate that she/he can produce an argument based on relevant sources
6) the student shows analytical skill (analysis the be able to use various elements, that together make a point)
7) the student shows critical skill (beyond the analysis call skills, she/ he can draft conclusion, based on the evidences presented)
8) the student shows that she /he can build an original argument
9) the student develops an argument which is clear, well organized and well written (for instance, an idea per paragraph…)

discuss the extent to which you agree with the conclusion of Arnaboldi et al (2015): that the case of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust represents a failure of performance measurement in the public sector?

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Drawing from relevant academic literature, discuss the extent to which you agree with the conclusion of Arnaboldi et al (2015): that the case of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust represents a failure of performance measurement in the public sector?

Read the following article:

• Arnaboldi, M., Lapsley, I. & Steccolini, I. (2015). Performance management in the public sector: the ultimate challenge. Financial Accountability & Management, 31(1), 1-22.
Available at:

And read the Francis Report (2013):

Critically evaluate whether investors are given ‘confidence’ by the existence and implementation of IFRS standards with reference to academic sources and real-life examples.

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  1. To analyse and evaluate the role of regulation in financial reporting and the calculation and presentation of detailed company accounts
    • Define and explain what ‘IFRS Standards’ are with reference to supporting academic references;
    • Identify and explain who sets IFRS Standards, with reference to supporting academic references;
    • Describe and explain how IFRS Standards ‘help create trust’ using supporting academic references and real-life examples from your research for this assignment.
    • Critically evaluate whether investors are given ‘confidence’ by the existence and implementation of IFRS standards with reference to academic sources and real-life examples.
    • Critically analyse and conclude on whether or not IFRS Standards improve the ‘quality, robustness and the completeness of the financial information provided by companies.’ Please use relevant academic references and specific examples to support your answer.Assessment Task

      “It is difficult to overstate the importance of high quality financial reporting standards to the world economy.  If money makes the world go round, then the system can only function when people understand how that money is being used and managed.

      Market-based economies are built on financial exchanges between providers and consumers of capital.  The system only works when trust exists between investors and the people they entrust their money to.  IFRS Standards help create that trust by providing investors with confidence in the quality, the robustness and the completeness of the financial information provided by companies.”

      Source: Speech by Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

      on 24 August 2016, at the Joint IFRS Foundation, PAFA and ICPAK Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa.

      Retrieved from:http://www.ifrs.org/Features/Pages/Nairobi-Conference-Speech-Hans-Hoogervorst.aspx

      Task 1 (100 marks overall grade – 1,000 word equivalent)

      Critically analyse the quotation above paying particular attention to the following:

    Your analysis will follow a critical analytical approach by engaging with relevant academic literature and should include relevant quantitative and qualitative data. You are expected to provide evidence of critical assessment of a range of sources. The exploration of relevant source materials should be clearly evidenced to support your arguments. A bibliography is required.