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The Role Of Banks In Promoting The Growth Of Corporate Financing In Nigeria., K. M. Obitayo

Bullion

Capital formation whether financed from internal or external sources, requires the mobilization of economic surpluses. For investment to increase, there must be a growing surplus over and above current consumption that can be channelled into productive uses. The different ways of accumulating capital entail different institutional arrangements. The objective of this paper is to discuss the role of banks in promoting the growth of corporate financing in Nigeria. The rest of the paper is structured into three major parts. Part 1 outlines the evolution of the Nigerian banking system. Part II examines the role of banks in fostering the growth …

Lobbying Activity In The Standards Setting Process: Fasb Statement On Financial Accounting Standards No. 106, "Employers' Accounting For Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions", Christine Schalow

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to explain and classify the behavior of corporate managers in the accounting standards setting process as it related to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106. Evidence from this study provides readers a better understanding of participation of corporate managers in the accounting standards setting process. To accomplish the objective, this study surveyed corporate representatives who responded to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's, February 1989, exposure draft, "Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions," (OPEB). A sample of corporations whose representatives did not respond to the OPEB exposure draft, although the corporations did …

The Pricing Decision: Balancing The Cost-Based And Market-Based Approaches In Different Industries, Shawn M. Kain, Kenneth Yale Rosenzweig

Accounting Faculty Publications

The objectives of this paper are to discuss cost estimating and pricing issues in four different industries, to analyze methods and strategies that are used in the costing and pricing of products in those industries, and to make general comparisons about costing and pricing techniques.

Accurate projection of costs is essential to the survival of any firm because cost estimates often determine whether a project will be authorized to begin or continue, the amount of resources that will be allocated to a particular product or product line, the prices of products, and the firm's and product line's profitability. Many management …

The Economic Structure Of The Post-Contractual Corporation, William W. Bratton

All Faculty Scholarship

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Public Values And Corporate Fiduciary Law, William W. Bratton

All Faculty Scholarship

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Auditing Practices In Singapore, See Liang Foo

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

The accounting profession in Singapore plays an important part in the country's economy because it ensures foreign investors' confidence that their investments are audited by competent, independent, and credible auditors. The emergence of joint stock companies in Singapore was made possible by the Indian Joint Stock Companies Act of 1857. The Act requires every company to maintain proper accounting and other records which will explain sufficiently the transactions and financial position of the company and to enable true and fair profit and loss account and balance-sheet and any documents required to be attached thereto to be prepared from time to …

Bargaining And The Division Of Value In Corporate Reorganization, Howard F. Chang, Lucian A. Bebchuk

All Faculty Scholarship

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A General Approach To The Taxation Of Financial Instruments, Reed Shuldiner

All Faculty Scholarship

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Preaching To Managers, Edward B. Rock

All Faculty Scholarship

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The Nature And Effect Of Corporate Voting In Chapter 11 Reorganization Cases, David A. Skeel Jr.

All Faculty Scholarship

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