stands for International Accounting Standards Board; it is the independent board charged with the standard setting of the IFRS. The IASB is important because it develops and publishes the IFRS as well as provides rulings on interpretations of the IFRS. The IASB consist of 15 fulltime multinational members; the current chairman is Hans Hoogervorst from the Netherlands. IFRS stands for International Financial Reporting Standards and is the organization whose main goal is to “to develop a single
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ifrs International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are a set of accounting standards developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) that is becoming the global standard for the preparation of public company financial statements. The goal of IFRS is to provide a global framework for how public companies prepare and disclose their financial statements. IFRS provides general guidance for the preparation of financial statements‚ rather than setting rules for industry-specific
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5.13.205.60 Under the first approach in 5.13.205.40‚ management of Newco concludes that a business combination has occurred in which Newco is the acquirer (as the vehicle for the new shareholders). Accordingly‚ Newco applies IFRS 3 to the acquisition of both Y and Z. 5.13.205.70 Under the second approach in 5.13.205.40‚ the transaction is analysed as follows. • It is a business combination amongst entities under common control. • Newco chooses to apply book value accounting (see 5.13.50
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economics consulting firms‚ Fiat`s ¨South American operations are the jewel in the Italian company`s global operations¨. Fiat has plants in Brazil and Argentina‚ and Brazil is the biggest market‚ well ahead of its home-country market. In 2011‚ with the Chrysler venture taking up more and more of the firm`s attention – and as European sales suffered a steep decline – rumors began to circulate that Marchionne might move Fiat headquarters from Italy to the United States. Discuss Fiat´s takeover of Chrysler
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of the Automobile Industry Porter’s Five Forces‚ also known as P5F‚ is a way of examining the attractiveness of an industry. It does so by looking at five forces which act on that industry. These forces are determinants of that industry’s profitability. The 5 forces are: 1. The threat of new entrants In the auto manufacturing industry‚ this is generally a very low threat. Factors to examine for this threat include all barriers to entry such as upfront capital requirements
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Executive Summary The REVA electric car is an innovative concept that has been introduced in the Indian market because of the rising fuel price in the country. The idea behind its conception is to provide a car that is eco-friendly and a small car that would be suitable for growing problems in traffic. The company introduced its cars not only to target the Indian market but also cater to the growing demand for such cars in the international market. In order to understand the competitiveness of the
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3. Market Analysis A. The European Industry Description * Industry Size‚ Status and Growth The automotive industry is a healthy and fundamental industry with a bright future. The EU’s automotive industry produces a third of the world’s passenger cars‚ producing 780 billion euros of turnover per year‚ with value added of over 140 billion euros. It imports far more than it exports with a total of 42.8 billion net profit of exports (2007). The EU’s car industry also provides 12.1 million of the
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Car Industry Porters 5 Force Porter (1980) illustrates in this analytical tool 5 variables that determine the attractiveness of an industry for organisations in terms of profitability in their immediate environment. Using the forces in this model we can analyse how attractive the global car industry is to enter‚ the 5 forces are as follows. The threat of potential new entrants High barriers to entry is one of the determinants of whether a firm can enter into the industry or not‚ the
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Lecture on IFRS 9 and 13 02/11/2011 – Wednesday IFRS 13 Reasons for Issuing IFRS 13: * To reduce complexity and improve consistency in application when measuring fair value. Previously‚ there was limited and sometimes conflicting guidance on how to measure fair value. * To enhance disclosures for fair value. IFRS 13 was issued as part of the response to global financial crisis. * Also it is part of the convergence project to reduce differences between IFRS and US GAAP. Introduction:
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Corporations in Australia have started adopting IFRS as its domestic financial reporting standards since 2005. Although AIFRS applied almost whole contents and wording of IFRS‚ owing to the different domestic legislative environment‚ some modifications were needed and included the removal of certain options permitted or wording changes under IFRS. The species of these differences that exist between IFRS and AIFRS can be universally sorted as follow: 1. Recognition differences. 2. Measurement
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