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WEEK 12: Capital Investment Features of Capital Investments - Large amounts of resources required - Risk and uncertainty present, decisions relate to future - Long term commitment - Involve large cash outlays up front, returns received slowly (i

Monash University

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WEEK 11: Analysis of Financial Statements Liquidity Capital Structure Current Ratio - Measures the $ of current assets the entity has per $ of current liabilities. - E.g. 2:1 indicates that the business has $2 of current assets to cover every $

Monash University

ACC1200

WEEK 10: Costing and Pricing Cost Objects The focus of costing - E.g. Products, customers, services, departments, business units, geographic regions Cost Drivers Represents an activity that explains the cost object’s use of the indirect c

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WEEK 8: Budgets Budgets Budgets are plans, expressed in monetary terms, for a future period. They serve as a control mechanism to monitor actual results and investigate differences that arise between actual and budget - Actual results are compar

Monash University

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WEEK 7: Business Planning Business Plan - Provides the vision of what the business should look like - Explains the business goals, how it will operate and likely outcomes Components of a business plan include: •Background (mission statement