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Consider the organization where you are currently employed (you may use a former employer). Share the type of business and identify specific examples of what you believe to be the most and least valuable long-lived assets. Explain your rationale.

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This posting gives examples of the most valuable long-lived asset and an example of the least value able long lived asset.

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The organization where I am currently employed is a firm that makes plastic strapping for modern automatic plastic strapping systems. The most valuable long-lived asset of the company is its land. The firm is located prominently at Mission Farms Hamlet, Minneapolis. The location of the land is such that customers from Minneapolis industrial Park easily drive to the factory, place orders, and pick up deliveries. The land is the most valuable long-lived asset because ...

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