Course Curriculum
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Introduction
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Managerial Accounting vs. Financial Accounting
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Quiz 1.1
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Video: Cost classification chart and video explanation
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Cost Classification: Product vs. Period Costs
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Quiz 1.2
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Video: Cost classification/behavior chart and video explanation
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Cost Behavior: Variable, Fixed, and Mixed Costs
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Quiz 1.3
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Understanding the Relevant Range of Production in Cost Estimation
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Quiz1.4
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Video: Budgeting chart and video explanation
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Predicting Mixed Costs and Identifying Activity Drivers in Cost Analysis
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Quiz 1.5
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KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY CHAPTER 1
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Introduction
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Understanding Financial Statements and Their Preparation
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Quiz 2.1
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Financial Statements Overview: Understanding the Results of Operations and Financial Position
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Quiz 2.2
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Statement of Retained Earnings
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Quiz 2.3
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Understanding the Balance Sheet: A Comprehensive Guide to Financial Position and the Accounting Equation
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Quiz 2.4
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Understanding the Classified Balance Sheet and Liquidity Measures
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Quiz 2.5
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Understanding the Statement of Cash Flows
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Quiz 2.6
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Understanding Financial Statement Analysis: Internal vs. External Perspectives
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Quiz 2.7
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Financial Statement Analysis: Horizontal Analysis and Its Importance
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quiz 2.8
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Vertical Analysis: A Standardized Approach to Financial Statement Evaluation
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Quiz 2.9
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Key Financial Metrics for Evaluating a Company's Performance: Liquidity, Solvency, and Profitability
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Quiz 2.10
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Key Concepts and Summary
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Introduction
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Understanding Job-Order Costing and Its Application in Manufacturing
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Quiz 3.1
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Video: Chart of accounts used for job-order cost accounting and video explanation
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Flow of Inventory Costs in a Job-Order Costing System
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Quiz 3.2
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Video: Formula for organizational predetermined manufacturing overhead rate and video explanation
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Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate
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Quiz 3.3
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Applying Manufacturing Overhead to Jobs in a Job-Order Costing System
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Quiz 3.4
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Video: Job cost sheet and video explanation
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Job Cost Sheets
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Quiz 3.5
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Video: Data for departmental predetermined manufacturing overhead rates and video explanation.
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Using Multiple Predetermined Manufacturing Overhead Rates for Accurate Cost Allocation
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Quiz 3.6 UPDATED
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Quiz 3.6
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Key Concepts and Summary
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Introduction
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Process Costing in Manufacturing Operations
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QUIZ UPDATED
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Quiz 4.1
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Final Transfer of Costs and Accumulation in Process Costing
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Quiz 4.2
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Goals of Process Costing and Example of Cost Calculation for Packaging Department
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QUIZ UPDATED
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Quiz 4.3
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KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY CHAPTER 4
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Introduction
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Advanced Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis for Strategic Decision-Making
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Quiz 5.1
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Video: Contribution margin income statement and video explanation
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Analyzing Profitability through Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis Using the Contribution Margin Income Statement
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Quiz 5.2
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Video: Using CVP to forecast changes in contribution margin and net operating income from an increase in sale quantity
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Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis and the Impact of Changes in Sales Quantity
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Quiz 5.3
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Analyzing Net Operating Income through Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis
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Quiz 5.4
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Break-Even and Target Profit Analysis Using Contribution Margin
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Quiz 5.5
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KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY
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VIDEO: Job Order Costing System Review
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Manufacturing vs. Service Accounts
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Tracking Costs: An Example
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Lesson Summary
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Introduction
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Video: Overview of organizational segments
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Understanding the Purposes of Segmented Income Reporting
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Quiz 6.1
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Preparing and Analyzing Segmented Income Statements
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Quiz 6.2
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Contribution Margin and Segment Margin in Segmented Income Reporting
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Quiz 6.3
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Understanding Traceable and Common Fixed Costs in Segmented Income Reporting
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Quiz 6.4
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Analyzing Multi-Layered Segmented Income Statements and Fixed Costs Allocation
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Quiz 6.5
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Video: Segment cost volume profit analysis
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Advanced Segment Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis for Strategic Decision-Making
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Quiz 6.6
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Video: Computing breakeven
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Breakeven Calculations and Target Profit Analysis in Segmented Income Reporting
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Quiz 6.7
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Key Concepts and Summary
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Introduction
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Strategic Budgeting: Planning, Controlling, and Performance Evaluation
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Quiz 7.1
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Understanding the Interrelationships within the Master Budget
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Quiz 7.2
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Video: Preparing the sales budget
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Sales Budgeting and Forecasting: A Practical Approach for Wonderball, Inc.
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Quiz 7.3
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Video: Preparing the production budget
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Advanced Production Budgeting and Inventory Management for Wonderball, Inc.
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Quiz 7.4
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Video: Constructing a direct materials purchases budget video explanation
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Strategic Direct Materials Budgeting for Wonderball, Inc.
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Quiz 7.5
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Video: Preparing the direct labor budget
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Strategic Direct Labor Budgeting for Wonderball, Inc.
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Quiz 7.6
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Video: Preparing the manufacturing overhead budget
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Mastering the Manufacturing Overhead Budget for Wonderball, Inc.
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Quiz 7.7
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Video: Preparing the cost of goods sold budget
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Comprehensive Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) Budgeting for Wonderball, Inc.
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Quiz 7.8
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Video: Preparing the selling and administrative expenses (S&A expenses) budget
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Analyzing the Selling and Administrative Expenses Budget for Wonderball, Inc.
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Quiz 7.9
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Video: Preparing the budgeted income statement
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Preparing and Analyzing the Budgeted Income Statement for Wonderball, Inc.
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Quiz 7.10
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Key Concepts and Summary
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Introduction
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Planning Budgets, Cost Formulas, and Cost Behavior
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Quiz 8.1
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Video: Preparing a planning budget income statement video explanation
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Planning Budgets and the Budgeted Income Statement
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Quiz 8.2
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Video: Planning budgeted income statement and actual income statement video explanation
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Limitations of Planning Budgets for Performance Evaluation
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Quiz 8.3
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Video: Preparing a flexible budget income statement video explanation
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Flexible Budgets for Performance Evaluation
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Quiz 8.4
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Flexible Budget Variances and Performance Evaluation
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QUIZ 8.5
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KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY
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Introduction
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Video: Standard costs for manufacturing costs
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Standard Costs and Variance Analysis in Manufacturing
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QUIZ 9.1
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Video: Computing direct materials variances and video explanation
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Direct Materials Standard Costs and Variance Analysis
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QUIZ 9.2
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Direct Labor Standard Costs and Variance Analysis
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QUIZ 9.3
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Video: Computing manufacturing overhead variances and video explanation
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Variable Manufacturing Overhead: Standard Costs and Variance Analysis
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QUIZ 9.4
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Standard Costs and Variance Analysis in Manufacturing: Evaluating Production Performance
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QUIZ 9.5
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KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY
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Introduction
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Organizational Structure: Centralization, Decentralization, and Decision-Making Authority
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QUIZ 10.1
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Responsibility Centers and Performance Evaluation in Organizations
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QUIZ 10.2
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Video: Return on investment (ROI), profit margin, and asset turnover ratios
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Evaluating Performance in Investment Centers Using ROI, Profit Margin, and Asset Turnover
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QUIZ 10.3
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Video: Computing ROI for multiple scenarios and video explanation
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Return on Investment (ROI): Advantages, Disadvantages, and Investment Decision-Making
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Quiz 10.4
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Social Return on Investment (SROI): Quantifying Social and Environmental Benefits
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Quiz 10.5
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Video: Computing residual income for an organization and a project within the organization
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Residual Income: Evaluating Investment Performance Beyond Minimum Return
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Quiz 10.6
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KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY
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Introduction
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Differential Decision Making: Using Relevant Costs for Managerial Decisions
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Quiz 11.1
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Identifying Relevant and Irrelevant Costs in Decision Making
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Quiz 11.2
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Video: Add or drop a segment
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Differential Decision Making: Adding or Dropping a Segment
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Quiz 11.3
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Video: Make or buy (outsourcing) decision
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Make or Buy Decisions: Evaluating Internal Production vs. Outsourcing
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Quiz 11.4
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Video: Differential analysis template for Posh Pet and video explanation
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Special Order Decisions: Evaluating One-Time Orders Outside Normal Sales Cycles
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Quiz 11.5
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Video: Differential analysis template for CheezeChef and video explanation
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Sell or Process Further Decisions: Evaluating Joint Products and By-Products
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Quiz 11.6
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KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY
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Introduction
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Capital Budgeting: Methods for Long-Term Financial Decision Making
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Quiz 12.1
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Understanding the Payback Period in Capital Budgeting Decisions
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Quiz 12.2
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Video: Template to compute payback period, simple rate of return, and video explanation.
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Simple Rate of Return Method for Investment Screening
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Quiz 12.3
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The Time Value of Money Concept
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Quiz 12.4
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Video: Internal rate of return
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The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Method
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Quiz 12.5
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Video: Net present value method
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Understanding Net Present Value (NPV) Method and Investment Evaluation
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Quiz 12.6
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Capital Budgeting Decision-Making and the Impact of Useful Life on Investments
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Quiz 12.7
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KEY CONCEPTS AND SUMMARY
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Final Exam Instructions
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Final Exam
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Assignment
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Rubrics for all Questions
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