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Luca Pacioli's Double-Entry System of Accounting - A Critique

Abstract What we know today as double entry bookkeeping is traceable to a man called Luca Pacioli, the author of the world’s first printed book-keeping treatise. As the origin of all subsequent book-keeping treatises throughout Europe, Luca Pacioli’s book-keeping tract is not only the source of modern accounting, but also ensured that the medieval Venetian method itself survived into our times. However, this study is aimed at critically examining the emergence of the double entry syst...

The Impact of Transfer Pricing on Financial Reporting - A Nigerian Study

Abstract The issue of transfer pricing arises where companies are divisionalised and have responsibility centres operating as strategic business units. This kind of situation is associated with the challenge of determining suitable prices for intra-group transactions. The transfer pricing problem becomes even more critical where a company has subsidiaries spread around the world especially in countries that have varying tax rates. Under this situation, it is common for multinational compa...

Ovunda Adum 11 PAGES (6863 WORDS) Accounting Paper
Rap Music As A Tool For Socio-political Change In Africa

Hip Hop/rap has proved to be a critical means to develop and disseminate political consciousness as can be seen from the lyrics of rappers like Nas, Common, Talib Kweli, Ice cube, and Hip Hop groups like De la Soul, The Roots, all in the United State of America.  In Nigeria, Eedris Abdul Kareem, Sound Sultan, Eldee the Don and I, (Street Poet), with some others have lyrically contributed to socio-political state of the country. My rap single released in 2007 titled Nigeria we hail, which has...

OFFICE MANAGERS ASSESSMENT OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT IN MODERN TIMES-CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

The aim of this project is to x-ray office manager’s assessment of records management in Modern times: challenges and prospects. The researcher in order to carry out an effective and efficient research reviewed some relevant literature on the issue to form the theoretical aspect of the topic. The researcher adopted the questionnaire as the main instrument used for collecting data for the study. The questionnaire consists of twelve (12) questions which were submitted to the project superviso...

THE TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACT ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF OFFICE MANAGERS AT WORKPLACE

The aim of this project examines the technological impact on the advancement of office managers at workplace. The researcher in order to carry out an effective and efficient research reviewed some relevant literature on the issue to form the theoretical aspect of the topic. The researcher adopted the questionnaire as the main instrument used for collecting data for the study. The questionnaire consists of fourteen (13) questions which were submitted to the project supervisor for correction an...

THE IMPACT OF MORTGAGE INSTITUTIONS ON THE NATIONAL HOUSING POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA.

  ABSTRACT The subject matter of this research work examined the impact of Mortgage institutions on the National housing policy and Development in Nigeria. This study also examined the effect of mortgage finance and National Housing Fund on Nigerian Citizens towards acquiring their own houses. The work outlined and appraised critically the contributions of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria and Primary Mortgage Institutions to Housing Development in Nigeria. The data for the research work wer...

The Relevance of International Financial Reporting Standards on the Quality of Financial Reporting in Nigeria

` ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to establish a relationship between the International Financial Reporting Standards and the quality of financial Reporting. The data required for this research work was basically the primary data, which was obtained through the use of questionnaire. Therefore, the research design used for this research work was the sample survey design. The population of this study was made up of the staff of the selected banks which was made up of male and female respo...

MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF INVENTORY IN SELECTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This study assessed the management and control of inventory in selected manufacturing firms in Ikeja, Lagos state. To achieve this, the main objectives of the study were to assess the inventory management method currently in use by the firms and recommend modern and effective methods that will mitigate the inventory-related challenges confronting the firms. The population of the study comprised of 185 staffs of the three selected manufacturing firms and the calculated sample size was...

THE CONSEQUENTIALISM OF THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF GERONTOCRACY AND GERONTOPHOBIA

Abstract The existence, persistence and practise of Gerontocracy prevalent in the political dispensation and sector has given birth to Gerontophobia of the Youths which has ultimately affected Youth’s participation in Politics and detrimental to national growth and development. This research work x-rays the consequences of operating a Political Gerontocratic System of Government in African Nations and Nigeria in a particular way, as it works against Democracy and induces Gerontophobia in th...

Impact of deposit money banks agricultural credit on agricultural productivity in Nigeria

This paper examined the impact of deposit money bank agricultural credit on agricultural productivity in Nigeria using an error correction model and annual time series data for the period 1981-2014. The results indicate that an equilibrium relationship exists between the variables. In addition, we find that deposit money bank’s agricultural credit impacts positively and significantly on agricultural productivity in the long-run, but this impact is quite negligible in the short-run. We al...

THE AWARENESS AND UTILISATION OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES ON UNEMPLOYMENT BY YOUTH IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA.

ABSTRACT A lot of students are graduating every year from our institutions and stay without jobs. The study was geared towards examining the awareness and utilization of government programmes on unemployment by youth in Nigeria with a particular reference to Nsukka Local Government Area, of Enugu state. The study also employed the cross sectional survey research design. A sample size of 300 respondents was chosen for the study. The instrument for collecting data was the questionnaire. Three h...

EXTERNAL DEBT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA

Abstract This study investigated the impact of external debt on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1980-2015. Time series data on external debt stock and external debt service payment was used to capture external debt burden. Other variables such as exchange rate and Foreign Direct Investment where employed. The study set out to test for both long-run and causal relationship between eternal debt and economic growth in Nigeria. The Multi Linear Regression Method was used, and the techni...

Colonialism and the Post-Colonial Nigeria: Complexities and Contradictions 1960 - 2015: A Post-Development Perspective

  This  paper  re-engages  in  the  post  –colonial  debate  using  a  post  -development  theoretical  framework to  interrogate  the  post-  colonial  Nigeria  in  relation  to  economic  development.  It  argues  that  the  colonial  state contrived  an  incongruous,  entity  called  Nigeria  and  in  particular,  a  derisive  developmentalism.  A conceptualization  of  some  of  the  salient  issues  associated  with  these  complexiti...

Evaluation of the Sudanese Five Year (2007-2011) National Plan

Evaluation of the national five years plan of Sudan Evaluation questions: Is the content of the intervention or the activity being delivered as planned? Does the content of the intervention or the activity reflect the requisite standard? Have the intervention achieved the expected results? Are project activities resulting in a significant level of desired change? If so, what is the level of change?   In the next pages we will try to answer these questions.     Introduction: - The nationa...

Non-Verbal Public Transport Features; A Research Proposal About Body Language

Research proposal about body language explain some of the important gestures of body language, according to some psychology. Obviously, it' an interesting research and could help in lots of different things. It' concerned of detecting liars and what is the physical activity guide you to detect the liar.  In general it' a psycholinguistics research, it leads the researcher to acquire new knowledge and experience. This topic could guide the reader and the researcher to understand the human bei...


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