Revenue-Recognition Problems in the Communications Equipment Industry 1) In late 2000‚ Lucent announced that revenues would be adjusted downwards by $679m as a result of revenue recognition problems. Yet the firm’s market capitalization plummeted by $24.7bn. Why do you think the market reacted so negatively to Lucent’s announcements of the problems? The large drop in market capitalization is probably due to several factors. Historically‚ Lucent had successfully met analysts’ projections for
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Countermeasures to DDoS Executive Summary: Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are among the most established and pricey forms of such attacks‚ posing a serious threat to online businesses. During a DDoS attack‚ remote attackers generate a flood of traffic to a specific destination to disrupt a targeted website or server. The attack can come from one or multiple compromised machines or large networks of infected computers (i.e. botnets) to flood the target with high volumes of illegal
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The impact of Globalization on the Retail Industry in South Africa by Niezaam Jedaar 18 March 2011 Submitted as part of the requirements for Business Fundamentals in the B Tech (I.T.) program at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology PLAGIARISM DECLARATION Plagiarism is defined as the unacknowledged or unattributed copying of material from any information source whether written‚ printed or electronic. This includes copying from a fellow student. The use of such material is a form
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis on Indian Retail Industry An analysis of the structure of the industry should be undertaken in order to find effective sources of competitive advantage (Porter‚ 1985). Therefore‚ in order to analyse the competitive environment of Tesco‚ Porter’s five forces analysis has been used by the researcher as follows: Threat of substitute products and services The threat of substitutes in the grocery retail market is considerably low for food items and medium to high for
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stores‚ its retail stores‚ its direct sales force‚ and third-party wholesalers‚ resellers‚ and value-added resellers. (Source: Company Form 10-K) Refer to the financial reports of Apple‚ Inc. for the year ended September 25‚ 2010 +Concepts+ a. In your own words‚ define "revenues." Explain how revenues are different from "gains." b. Describe what it means for a business to "recognize" revenues. What specific accounts and financial statements are affected by the process of revenue recognition?
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October 4‚ 2012 Marne Arthaud-Day Best Buy after Circuit City: What’s Next In this case we discuss the various reasons behind the success of the retail firm Best buy in comparison to a similar business Circuit city‚ which could not face the economic depression in and went bankrupt. Best Buy is operating in an open market. There are many more firms offering similar products; and‚ rivalry among the consumer electronics retail industry is considered to be high. Competition
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Gen Y Considerations for the Retail Industry in Australia By Simone Daniels (2007) Generation Y (Gen Y)‚ also referred to as Echo Boomers‚ Millennials千禧一代‚ the Internet Generation‚ or Nexters‚ is the cohort一隊人 born between the years of 1977 and 1994. As a significant proportion比例 of today’s consumers‚ Gen Ys offer the retail industry one of its greatest growth opportunities whilst simultaneously同時 acting as one of its greatest challenges. The acknowledgement and exploration探索 of Gen Ys have undoubtedly
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Student Number: 7305-272-8 Due Date: 15 March 2011 [pic] a) Five-forces diagram for analysis of the retail car industry in the greater Johannesburg area 1. Competitive Rivalry Competitive rivalry exists between companies with the same or similar products/services and similar markets. Factors to be considered include: • The number and size of competitors • The rate of industry growth • Differentiation and switching costs • Fixed costs or perishable products • Expansion
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Generally‚ the video provided another side of the giant corporation in retail industry – Wal-Mart‚ which is not as good as may people used to think. The video has several interviews with former employees‚ small business owners‚ and footage of Wal-Mart executives to prove its point of view that Wal-Mart underpay its employees which is also the interesting point of the movie when the directors do not have to say much‚ they let the insiders say their ideas and thoughts in order to come up with the conclusion
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You have enough money to buy a house or a business. Which would you choose to buy? Give specific reasons to explain your choice. Someone prefers to buy a house when she/he has enough money. Others would like to set up their own business instead. After considering‚ I decide to buy a new house because It has more advantages. The main reason is that it will make many benefit to our lives. If you purchase a new house‚ you will have space to do your private business. When you hire a house or apartment
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