Different companies using the same accounting principles is an example of for instance, this occurs when two different companies both use the accrual accounting rather than cash-basis accounting or when both companies use the same method to compute depreciation rather than using two different methods.

The local electronics store is offering a promotion "1-year: same as cash," meaning that you can buy a tv now, and wait a year to pay (with no in

The management of a supermarket wants to adopt a new promotional policy of giving a free gift to every customer who spends > a certain amount per visit at this supermarket. the expectation of the management is that after this promotional policy is advertised, the expenditures for all customers at this supermarket will be normally distributed with a mean of $95 and a standard deviation of $20. if the management wants to give free gifts to at most 10% of the customers, what should the amount be above which a customer would receive a free gift?

You are the cfo of a u.s. firm whose wholly owned subsidiary in mexico manufactures component parts for your u.s. assembly operations. the subsidiary has been financed by bank borrowings in the united states. one of your analysts told you that the mexican peso is expected to depreciate by 30 percent against the dollar on the foreign exchange markets over the next year. what actions, if any, should you take