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This research study aims to find out the way how goodwill should be evaluated. This paper is about accounting for goodwill which will provide general information about goodwill value, especially of public companies. Additionally, I will discuss sources of goodwill, the importance of goodwill, why it is important to evaluate goodwill correctly, and what methods have been applied to evaluate goodwill. This thesis will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of both methods of accounting for goodwill which are the impairment testing method and the amortization method. This study is done by researching studies, journal articles, reviews, books, and websites about accounting. Lastly, this study will provide a suggestion for how goodwill should be evaluated effectively.
ContributorsPham, Trang Thi Thuy (Author) / Shields, Paul (Thesis director) / Huang, Xiaochuan (Committee member) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2021-05
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In the field of Accountancy, recruiting is highly competitive among firms and prospective employees alike. This is particularly true when it comes to the firms Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PWC, the largest accounting firms that comprise what is known as the "Big Four." These firms maintain a large presence and recruit heavily on the Arizona State University (ASU) campus. There exists a defined path for recruiting with these firms; some of the opportunities offered include Office Tours, Externships, Internships, and Volunteer Service. However, as clear as the path may seem to someone who has researched these opportunities, it is murky for most students. Without direction, both students and the firms miss out on crucial relationship development. As an Accountancy major in the W.P. Carey School of Business, I had a difficult time understanding the recruiting process; much of my knowledge came from my peers. As a result, I researched what students know about the recruiting process, and how they learned this information. I also queried the Big Four firms and the student organization, Beta Alpha Psi, to learn what they want from students and how they organize their recruiting process. I surveyed Accountancy majors including both those who went through the recruiting process and those who had yet to go through the process. Overall, the results were consistent with my original understanding; many students lack knowledge of recruiting opportunities and those who did have such knowledge mainly learned of it from their peers and word of mouth. These results show room for growth in connecting students to the firms. A suggested course of action developed based on these findings can be integrated into the ACC101: Accountancy LEAP Program, as well as be incorporated into a student guide in order to better give students direction, a roadmap to the aforementioned path.
ContributorsWhitson, Jillian Layne (Author) / Faurel, Lucile (Thesis director) / Bonfiglio, Thomas (Committee member) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / WPC Graduate Programs (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2016-12
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The goal of the International Rescue Committee (IRC, created by Albert Einstein in 1933) is to serve those “whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future,” (6), by providing victims of humanitarian crises with health care, education, and counseling. The IRC of Phoenix branch holds this same mission through the services it provides to the refugees of the Phoenix area. One important need that is not currently met by the IRC of Phoenix is the special health care needs of pregnant refugee women. The IRC of Phoenix is seeking funds to initiate a new “Prenatal Care Program” to meet the needs of the 40 or so pregnant refugees who come to our area each year.
This new program will build upon the existing programs currently provided by the IRC of Phoenix, including support in areas of resettlement, finance, community integration, and health. The objectives of this new prenatal-focused program are to serve the needs of pregnant refugee women by providing the physical and emotional support they need through partnerships with hospitals (such as Saint Joseph’s Hospital) and organizations (such as the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic of Phoenix).
The target audience includes women who seek refuge in the Phoenix area in the midst of a pregnancy, or with the intention to become pregnant and who are receiving other services from the IRC of Phoenix. This grant will fund a prenatal care caseworker position for as long as there are incoming funds and pregnant refugee women in Phoenix. The prenatal care caseworker’s duties include:
● Monitoring the overall health of pregnant refugee women assisted by the IRC of Phoenix
● Expanding access to prenatal care for pregnant refugee women
● Connecting pregnant refugee women with necessary information on healthy pregnancies and introducing them to childcare programs that the IRC of Phoenix currently provides
● Creating and maintaining strong relationships with hospitals and health care facilities
● Accompanying pregnant refugee women to medical appointments as needed
● Participating in all other duties necessary to ensure the safe pregnancy of refugee women under the care of the IRC of Phoenix
To evaluate the success of the program, the IRC of Phoenix will monitor the number of pregnant refugee women seeking help and monitor health to see how the women are being served and the number of these women who are fully served based on the above objectives. The required grant money needed each year amounts to $40,000. A multi-year commitment of at least five years is expected. This funding represents the annual salary of the newly hired caseworker, and the IRC of Phoenix will be covering administration costs, supplies, and equipment.
This new program will build upon the existing programs currently provided by the IRC of Phoenix, including support in areas of resettlement, finance, community integration, and health. The objectives of this new prenatal-focused program are to serve the needs of pregnant refugee women by providing the physical and emotional support they need through partnerships with hospitals (such as Saint Joseph’s Hospital) and organizations (such as the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic of Phoenix).
The target audience includes women who seek refuge in the Phoenix area in the midst of a pregnancy, or with the intention to become pregnant and who are receiving other services from the IRC of Phoenix. This grant will fund a prenatal care caseworker position for as long as there are incoming funds and pregnant refugee women in Phoenix. The prenatal care caseworker’s duties include:
● Monitoring the overall health of pregnant refugee women assisted by the IRC of Phoenix
● Expanding access to prenatal care for pregnant refugee women
● Connecting pregnant refugee women with necessary information on healthy pregnancies and introducing them to childcare programs that the IRC of Phoenix currently provides
● Creating and maintaining strong relationships with hospitals and health care facilities
● Accompanying pregnant refugee women to medical appointments as needed
● Participating in all other duties necessary to ensure the safe pregnancy of refugee women under the care of the IRC of Phoenix
To evaluate the success of the program, the IRC of Phoenix will monitor the number of pregnant refugee women seeking help and monitor health to see how the women are being served and the number of these women who are fully served based on the above objectives. The required grant money needed each year amounts to $40,000. A multi-year commitment of at least five years is expected. This funding represents the annual salary of the newly hired caseworker, and the IRC of Phoenix will be covering administration costs, supplies, and equipment.
ContributorsBatty, Rebecca (Co-author) / Gerais, Reem (Co-author) / Weitz, Rose (Thesis director) / Faurel, Lucile (Committee member) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / School of Molecular Sciences (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2016-12
Description本文对中国制药企业并购溢价影响因素进行了研究，提出了对制药企业并购非常重要的两个新的影响因素：可生产药品批文和在研新药批文。本文以2011年1月—2019年12月间我国制药行业上市公司并购事件为样本，对在研新药和可生产药品批文的价值从四个维度度量：是否有在研新药和可生产药品批文；在研新药数量及可生产药品批文数量；根据创新药和仿制药两个类别进行细分；标的企业所拥有的在研新药和可生产药品批文的市场价值。论文发现药品批文对企业并购溢价的影响不是很显著。进一步的，本文探究了药品批文对主并企业的对被并购公司的估值的影响。实证结果表明，我国制药企业在并购估值时确实会考虑到在研新药和可生产药品批文的价值。本文还发现对于可生产药品来说，相对创新药，被并购公司持有的仿制药批文影响更显著。而对于在研新药来说，主并企业更看重在研的创新药，在研仿制药对并购估值的影响不大。最后，本文选取了两个代表性案例进一步分析和探讨药品批文对企业并购的影响。
ContributorsYe, Tao (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Chang, Chun (Thesis advisor) / Jiang, Zhan (Committee member) / Gu, Bin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
Description中小微企业是社会与经济的基本盘，它们面临的贷款融资难是全世界各国家都长期存在的世界难题，已经成了影响中小微企业经营发展的重要问题。以往的学术研究都指出了融资难的根本影响因素，那就是信息不对称，但是以往的专家学者通常是基于理性经济人的假设前提来开展进一步的影响因素研究，本论文尝试从行为金融学的视角来研究中小微企业融资难问题，研究分析贷款过程中的非理性行为因素，为提升小微贷款可获得性寻求新的思路和解决方法。以中小企业融资理论、信息不对称理论和行为金融理论为基础，结合上市银行的披露数据和问卷调查开展实证研究分析，发现企业和银行在中小微贷款融资过程中都存在非理性行为，产生心理授权效应、锚定效应和确定效应，对小微贷款可得性产生显著影响。
建议通过强化企业信用信息开放共享、提升信息披露、加强政策引导、坚持发挥中小银行对小微企业的服务优势、鼓励银行发展金融科技优化提升服务等多种方式，进一步提升小微贷款可得性，缓解中小微企业融资难问题。
ContributorsDeng, Bo (Author) / Huang, Xiaochuan (Thesis advisor) / Wu, Fei (Thesis advisor) / Zheng, Zhiqiang (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
Description随着经营中赊销占比的增加，对企业的营运资本管理能力要求更高，而如何优化营运资金项目，特别是其中的应收账款和存货等流动资产对企业意义重大。混凝土企业的存货占比很小，应收账款在企业流动性资金中的占比极高，影响营运资本周转期的主要因素为应收账款周转期，如何有效提高营运资本效率，特别是应收账款回收效率，是混凝土企业在市场竞争中求得生存的核心之一。以占用营运资金形成应收帐款促进销售会给企业带来一定的优势，也会为企业带来一定的风险，应收账款增加带来的营运资本管理是财务管理的重要事实，需要准确监视和适当管理，企业必须了解应收帐款的规模、性质以及时限，并深入分析讨论这些因素会对企业的绩效带来的潜在影响，合理发挥应收帐款的作用，确保企业营运资本处于正常、合理水平。本文首先以营运资本周转期为核心被解释变量，查看影响不同企业营运资本周转期差异的原因，并基于对这些原因的分析，建立混凝土企业营运资本风险，特别是应收账款风险的预警机制，其次，探讨营运资本周转期与企业绩效的相关关系，验证不同企业的营运资本周转期差异是否会影响企业绩效，在数据支撑的范围内，对影响大小进行一定程度的探讨，为江苏省混凝土行业公司提供一定的经营指导意见，同时为不同企业探索营运资本周转期与企业绩效的相关关系提供参考。
本文研究发现对于江苏省内不同混凝土企业，营运资本周转期与企业绩效正相关且显著，这表明混凝土企业的贸易特征非常明显，企业绩效更多的来自于降低营运资本效率。同时，研究还发现，企业站点数量、周边站点数量、银行承兑汇票结算、其他结算方式、激励机制、客户付款流程、分类催收、第三方催收、竞争形势、高管交际能力这些变量与营运资本周转期密切相关，这些维度分别属于企业规模、企业竞争、资金结算、激励机制、客户信息、账款催收、高管特征等大类，表明提升混凝土企业营运资本周转效率的方式方法多样，值得行业内企业家们总结与探索。
ContributorsTang, Wenfeng (Author) / Huang, Xiaochuan (Thesis advisor) / Sun, Jianfei (Thesis advisor) / Yan, Hong (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
Description2020年，中国经济总量首次突破百万亿大关，位居全球经济总量排名第二，成为全球经济唯一正增长的经济体，实现了中国“增长奇迹”。但是，近年来企业普通员工收入的增长速度远低于社会经济发展的增长速度。二十一世纪是人才竞争的时代，企业转型升级发展的关键在于员工的自主创新能力。根据薪酬激励理论，企业为员工支付更高的薪酬可以调动员工的工作热情和积极性，增强员工的自主创新能力，提高企业创新绩效和企业价值。因此，本文试图研究员工薪酬与企业价值之间的关系，并探索创新绩效是否在其关系中起到中介效应作用。本文通过回顾和梳理国内外有关员工薪酬、创新绩效和企业价值三者关系的相关文献，结合该领域国内外学者的研究经验，以我国科创板上市的214家公司为本文研究的样本。在理论分析和经验研究的基础上，得出以下研究结果：
（1）在科创板上市公司的全样本中，回归结果发现，员工薪酬与企业价值呈显著正相关，员工薪酬与企业创新绩效呈显著正相关，创新绩效与企业价值呈显著正相关，创新绩效在员工薪酬与企业价值的关系中具有中介效应的作用。
（2）区分了企业产权性质后，在民营企业的样本组中，其回归结果发现与全样本组的回归结果基本一致。在非民营企业的样本组中，员工薪酬与创新绩效和企业价值的系数虽为正，但系数的P值并不显著，说明员工薪酬对创新绩效和企业价值都具有正向的激励作用，但不显著；创新绩效对企业价值具有正向的促进作用，但不显著；创新绩效在员工薪酬对企业价值的关系中不具有中介效应，而是起到了遮掩效应的作用。
（3）区分了企业经营所在地后，在非一线城市企业样本中，其回归结果发现与全样本的回归结果基本一致。在一线城市企业样本中，回归结果发现，员工薪酬的系数虽然为正，但P值不显著，说明员工薪酬对创新绩效和企业价值都具有正向的激励作用，但不显著；创新绩效与企业价值呈显著正向相关；创新绩效在员工薪酬对企业价值的关系中起到了遮掩效应。
ContributorsJin, Jian (Author) / Huang, Xiaochuan (Thesis advisor) / Chang, Chun (Thesis advisor) / Li, Hongmin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
Description在新证券法实施当年，企业纷纷变更会计师事务所。基于此背景展开本文的研究。本文主要关注新证券法实施后，事务所变更对审计质量的影响。本文发现，新证券法实施之前，事务所变更并未提升公司的审计质量，反而降低了审计质量，而在新证券法实施引起后，事务所变更对审计质量具有显著的正向作用。一方面，事务所通过增加审计师的人数与改善审计师的学历构成提高审计质量；另一方面，审计师通过提高自身审计审慎程度来应对外部监管环境，提高其审计质量。本文还进行了进一步研究，首先关注“换师不换所”现象的影响，发现排除了该现象影响后，事务所变更对审计质量的正向提升作用更加显著。其次关注公司自身特征的影响，发现新证券法实施后，事务所变更对审计质量的正向影响作用，在企业内部控制较差、民营企业、市场化水平较低时更加显著，表明新证券法实施后，企业通过更换会计师事务所提升了审计质量。最后关注审计师个人特征的影响，本文将审计师个人特征归类为“硬性条件”和“软实力”，发现新证券法实施后事务所变更对审计质量的正向作用，在审计师性别为女、学历较高、审计经验较丰富以及所内职务较高时更加显著。
本文研究发现为新证券法实施提供了经济后果检验证据，并发现事务所通过事务所层面和审计师层面改善其审计行为，补充了相关政策后果研究；同时拓宽了事务所层面的圈层研究，并为审计质量研究提供增量贡献。
ContributorsSun, Yao (Author) / Huang, Xiaochuan (Thesis advisor) / Cheng, Shijun (Thesis advisor) / Zhu, Kevin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
Description中国税务师事务所这个行业在我国算是一个新兴行业，在国际上也算是比较特别的行业。比如美国、加拿大等主流西方国家没有税务师事务所这个行业。我国的税务师事务所这个行业是整合了西方税务律师以及税务会计师职能成立的一个特别的行业。在这些年我国税务师事务所行业得到了快速的发展，一方面是因为我国的经济快速发展，专业服务业因此得到了快速发展。同时我国的税收法律法规的规范、税收征管技术的提升以及税收管理的后置导致我国对于税收专业服务需求的暴增。税务师事务所行业类似于律师事务所和会计师事务所，但是又明显有别于律师事务所和会计师事务所。与律师事务所相比，税务师事务所具有明显的季节性，税收法律法规变化非常快，整体适用的法律法规相较于律师事务所更窄；而与会计师事务所比较，税收服务的价值弹性明显高于会计师事务所，需要高频与主管的国家权力机关沟通、更讲究实践，主管行政机构行政裁量权很大。
一般而言，税务师事务所的激励机制可以分为“加盟制”或者“合伙制”，而组织形态可以分为独立“子公司”以及“分公司”,不同的激励机制以及不同的组织形态，不仅仅影响每个合伙人，更影响每个员工的心态与切身利益，最后将极大的影响公司的发展。本文尝试从委托代理理论、激励理论、交易成本理论、产权理论、人力资本理论等相关理论阐释相关的关系，并以此希望对正在快速发展的税务师事务所行业的激励机制和组织形态的构建有所启发。
ContributorsGu, Chunxiao (Author) / Huang, Xiaochuan (Thesis advisor) / Cheng, Shijun (Thesis advisor) / Chang, Stanley (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021
Description应收账款（Accounts Receivable）是企业在正常的经营过程中因销售商品、产品、提供劳务等业务，应向购买单位收取的款项，包括应由购买单位或接受劳务单位负担的税金、代购买方垫付的各种运杂费等。国内的工业制造业，由于产能过剩带来的产需不平衡、市场信誉危机带来的市场不规范以及历史供给关系等诸多问题的影响，形成了以买方市场为主的供需结构关系。企业为了提高资金周转效率、增大市场占有率，往往会选择以信用赊销为主的结算方式，造成应收账款激增。但是，应收账款的激增在提高企业账面利润、降低存货储备的同时，也无形中减少了企业的现金流量，造成企业真实盈利能力下降、偿还债务能力减弱、资金周转效率降低，加大企业经营风险。所以，如何有效管理应收账款，从而增加企业竞争力是每个企业发展过程中的重要课题。应收账款的管理不仅要在形成应收账款之后加大催收力度，形成多种多样、真实有效的回款方式，同时也要在合同签订、执行过程中加强风险管理力度。应收账款的信用风险管理已经成为现代企业管理中不可或缺的一部分。分析卧龙公司应收账款的成因与管理可以发现，赊销形成的应收账款占据极高比例，卧龙公司对于赊销管理缺乏有效的组织结构与保障体系，本研究从销售合同、客户特征属性、客户财务数据角度出发，研究合同条款、客户特征属性、客户财务数据与应收账款是否逾期的关系。研究发现，应收账款逾期的客户，每年的逾期原因都不一样，但是影响逾期的显性因素是很少的，这与电机行业作为传统制造业，受宏观经济周期影响相关，行业形势每年都面临较大的变化，但是另一方面，影响逾期的因素相对少意味着其实还是有办法找到主要原因的，只要可以提前预判出主要因素，并有针对性的采取预防措施，可以一定程度上缓解应收账款逾期的问题。从整体的逾期与否预测的逻辑回归模型看，无论使用单变量筛选的logistic回归模型，还是使用层次分析法确定的logistic回归模型，分类正确率都可以达到70%以上，使用本研究中提炼出来的变量，在历史数据中，模拟预测过程的效果很好，为解决应收账款逾期问题提供了有力的辅助工具，而且，层次分析法充分采纳了团队管理公司多年的经验，变量最后控制在15个以内，能实现与50多个变量类似的效果，甚至更佳，降价了模型维护的经济成本、实际使用的难度，也客观上给带领团队进行尝试提供了信心。本文研究成果可以辅助卧龙集团管理应收账款，为控制风险提供指导，具有一定的实践价值。
ContributorsPang, Xinyuan (Author) / Pei, Ker-Wei (Thesis advisor) / Chang, Chun (Thesis advisor) / Zhu, Qigui (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022