Business has no time for long or fuzzy words. Effective business correspondence is built on tight writing which depends on few, but hard-hitting words. Every word must convey a precise meaning that is understood in the same way by writer and reader. Use your thesaurus to replace long words with […]
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A Brief History of Accounting Standards in the US And the Current Trend Towards Global Standards
Standard setting for financial reporting has been constantly changing and adapting to account for the new challenges and changes posed today by doing business in a fasted paced economy trending towards Globalization. Standards in America trace their history back to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) which was […]
McDonalds Business Analysis
‘In the 1990s managers will be judged on their ability to identify, cultivate, and exploit the core competencies that make growth possible – indeed, they’ll have to rethink the concept of the corporation it self.’ C K Prahalad and G Hamel 1990 Organizations do not exist in vacuum. They operate […]
McDonalds Business Analysis
‘In the 1990s managers will be judged on their ability to identify, cultivate, and exploit the core competencies that make growth possible – indeed, they’ll have to rethink the concept of the corporation it self.’ C K Prahalad and G Hamel 1990 Organizations do not exist in vacuum. They operate […]
20 Small Business Survival Strategies
How to survive tough economic times without laying off employees. As a business owner or manager, during the last 18 months you have been faced with shrinking profit margins and fewer customers lining up to purchase your once thought to be “hot products or services.” The question of how to […]
Theory of Constraints Throughput Accounting and Job Costing
Below is a conversation between Brad Stillahn and Dr. Lisa Lang on Throughput Accounting. A number of their clients are highly custom job shops who frequently exclaim “We lost money on that job!”. Brad: You give a lot of speeches to business owners. Tell me again, what drives you nuts? […]
The Importance of Accounting For Small Businesses
When starting your own small business one of the most important aspects to think about is the accounting process and how you choose to account all of your financial information. It is important to understand that the accounting of your business’s financial information needs to be accurate or else your […]
Elijah Norton: Importance of Innovation as a Business Owner
[Alt Text: A light bulb on a black background to help illustrate the innovation that Elijah Norton has.] You can listen to any business gurus, coaches, highly successful entrepreneurs, or top CEOs talk, and when it comes to the topic of how to be and stay successful in business, you […]
Finance Accounting Outsourcing is Advantageous for Accounting Firms
Is it that the approaching tax season is giving you chill in your spine? It is an obvious thing that you would feel the work pressure during tax season. Maintaining accounts, checking of balances and tallying totals with the finance documents are some of the important tasks that you will […]
How to Make Your Foreclosure Cleanup Business Stand Out From the Competition
I remember several years ago being a student in my Advertising 101 class in New York City. We were discussing unique selling propositions (“USPs”). The professor asked the class to define a USP. I, along with most of the other freshmen students, didn’t really understand the main concept back then. […]