The concept of the accounting entity often is considered to be the most fundamental of accounting concepts, one that pervades all of accounting. Required: 1. What is a reporting entity? Explain why the reporting entity concept is so fundamental that it pervades all of accounting. 2. For each of the following, indicate whether the accounting concept of reporting entity can be applied. Discuss and give illustrations. a. a unit created by or under law b. the product-line operating segment of an enterprise c. a combination of legal units and/or product-line operating segments d. all of the activities of an owner of a company e. an industry f. the economy of the United States

Standardization is associated with which of the following management orientations? a) ethnocentric orientation b) polycentric orientation c) regiocentric orientation d) geocentric orientation

Larissa has also provided the following information. during the year, the company raised $36 million in new long-term debt and retired $20.52 million in long-term debt. the company also sold $22 million in new stock and repurchased $32.4 million. the company purchased $54 million in fixed assets, and sold $6,107,400 in fixed assets. larissa has asked dan to prepare the financial statement of cash flows and the accounting statement of cash flows. she has also asked you to answer the following questions: 1. how would you describe east coast yachts' cash flows? 2. which cash flows statement more accurately describes the cash flows at the company? 3. in light of your previous answers, comment on larissa's expansion plans.

Refer to the payoff matrix. suppose that speedy bike and power bike are the only two bicycle manufacturing firms serving the market. both can choose large or small advertising budgets. is there a nash equilibrium solution to this game?