Questions from Managerial Accounting

Q: Describe horizontal analysis. Describe vertical analysis. What is each technique

Describe horizontal analysis. Describe vertical analysis. What is each technique used for? How are the two methods similar? How are they different?

Q: What is meant by the term product costs? What is meant

What is meant by the term product costs? What is meant by the term period costs? Why does it matter whether a cost is a product cost or a period cost?

Q: What does the accounts receivable turnover measure? What does a relatively

What does the accounts receivable turnover measure? What does a relatively high ac-counts receivable turnover indicate about a company?

Q: Suppose a company has a relatively high inventory turnover. What does

Suppose a company has a relatively high inventory turnover. What does the high inventory turnover indicate about the company’s short-term liquidity?

Q: Judging from the information in the report(s) from the

Judging from the information in the report(s) from the company, does the company appear to emphasize profits, environment, or society? Or does the company appear to give equal emphasis to each compone...

Q: Perform an online search for sustainability issues in the industry in which

Perform an online search for sustainability issues in the industry in which this organization operates. Does the company appear to be addressing the sustainability issues of the industry?

Q: What environmental accounting information does this company report?

What environmental accounting information does this company report?

Q: What environmental goals does this company have for the upcoming five to

What environmental goals does this company have for the upcoming five to ten years?

Q: What types of EMA information might be reported internally by this company

What types of EMA information might be reported internally by this company? Make reasonable “guesses”; the annual report will not give this information directly. Use your imagination.

Q: Perform an online search on the terms “carbon offset” and

Perform an online search on the terms “carbon offset” and “carbon footprint.” What is a carbon footprint? What is a carbon offset? Why would carbon offsets be of interest to a company? What are some c...