FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS PROJECT Comparison between Apple Inc. and Dell Inc. Accounting and Financial Analysis Spring 2013 Done by: Table of Contents: * Introduction * Horizontal Analysis * Significant Percentages * Ratios * Inventory and Depreciation * Liabilities * Cash Flow Analysis * Audit Report Analysis * Investor Analysis * Conclusion Introduction Apple Inc. (Apple)‚ incorporated on January 3‚ 1977‚ Apple ’s headquarter is
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Michael Dell founded Dell in 1984 at the age of 19. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak designed Apple Computer on April 1‚ 1976. As both companies continue to grow they have contributed to a wide impact on competiveness and efficiency towards strategic goals. Dell Computer Corporation is one of the most visible success stories in the computer market. By selling personal computers directly to customers over the Internet‚ offering a build-to-order sales system‚ and then linking suppliers‚ workers‚ managers
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Transaction Cost Analysis as Framework According to TCA‚ a transaction is the transfer of goods or a service and the analysis of transactions emphasizes on achieving efficiency in their administration (Rindfleisch & Heide 1997). Firm is a particular form of organization for administering transactions between one party and another and is characterized as a managerial hierarchy. In contrast‚ market governance is characterized as transaction taking place without managerial oversight. Firms exist
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Dell Brand Audit Brand Inventory History Dell Computer was founded as PC’s Limited in 1984 by Michael Dell. It is one of the largest hardware manufacturers and computer corporations. Dell Computer mainly develops‚ sells and supports computers and related products and services. Dell grew during the 1980s and 1990s to become (for a time) the largest seller of PCs and servers. As of 2008 it held the second spot in computer-sales within the industry behind the Hewlett-Packard Company. The company
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Part A 1) The & 4 million offer is “ Relevant ” financial information Because of : important cost will be cost will happen just if the strategy is attempted‚ it can be kept away from by systems for breaking down cost information for basic leadership purposes ( Opportunity Cost ); it is just money costs that is pertinent ‚ opportunity costs along these lines speak to the cost of chances inescapable because of making one course of move ‚ there are as significant as some other expenses
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market‚ the organization can identify which customers that can match with their products and services. In Dell‚ the segmentation is a backbone for them. There are two segmentation criteria in Dell; segmenting consumer market and segmenting business market. In the segmenting consumer markets‚ there are geographic‚ demographic‚ socio-economic‚ behaviour and psychographic segmentation. In Dell‚ the purpose to segment the consumer markets is focus to the personal users or for home users. The geographic
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2 2. Case Question 2-8 2.1 Define and discuss Ford’s business-level strategy. How can the company’s value-chain activities be better linked to create value for the company? 2.2 How can Ford successfully position itself in terms of the five forces of competition? 2.3 In what ways can the company effectively manage customer relationships to increase strategic competitiveness? 2.4 What conditions and tools
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Dell Computers Issue Identified in the Scenario that is also Facing the Company When Michael Dell started Dell Computer in 1984‚ he believed that by selling personal computer systems directly to customers‚ his company could better understand customers’ needs and provide the most effective computing solutions to meet those needs. During that period‚ competing computer makers experienced poor supply-chain management strategies that usually involved assembling in advance and sending to distribution
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Mac vs. PC: The Everlasting Debate In the world of computers‚ the choice of systems can be a complicated one. There are two competitors out there‚ PCs and Macs. Everyone has their own opinion on which is better‚ and there are many die-hard fans in each camp. The truth is‚ PC ’s are far more popular‚ and for good reasons‚ yet the Mac system is actually the more durable and useful of the two. Firstly we will consider software availability. The majority of computer users own PC ’s‚ both for work
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Financial Controllership Assignment Case Analysis Transfer Pricing BIRCH PAPER COMPANY “If I were to price these boxes any lower than $480 a thousand‚” said James Brunner‚ manager of Birch Paper Company’s Thompson Division‚ “I’d be countermanding my order of last month for our salesmen to stop shaving their bids and to bid full-cost quotations. I’ve been trying for weeks to improve the quality of our business‚ and if I turn around now and accept this job at $430 or $450 or something less than
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