Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions

I was out shopping for some cupboards … just two extra ones, in exactly the same color, size and style as the ones I currently have. So I went back to the same shop where I went to some seven years back to purchase the original ones. Of course, the guy had my record...
Depreciation of Relationships

Depreciation of Relationships

One of the topics we are covering now is cost of fixed assets. It is called depreciation. You can depreciate an asset, over its useful life (cause nothing and no one is immortal), by a fixed amount per period or by a percentage or by a factor. We call these...

Physical, Mental and Emotional Costs

As I head towards the start of teaching management accounting next week, where I will cover costs extensively in the module, I started thinking about what it means for something to be a cost to me. Like the managers sitting in companies, breaking down and analysing...

Short-term, Long-term

The balance sheet can be broadly divided into five categories. These are the long-term (or non-current or fixed) assets; short-term (or current) assets; long-term (or non-current) liabilities; short-term (or current) liabilities; and equity. The formula is always the...

Money Value of Time

A favorite topic among students is time value of money … not! But everyone loves money. What it can buy. What it allows you to do. The (temporary) happiness that it brings. But no one likes the formulas for time value of money, let alone the calculations, let alone...