EM6602 Accounting for Decision-Making and Control Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy (HBR 9-100-027) Team Members Toh Wei Hong‚ Prashant Trivedi‚ Preethy Varadarajan Question 1 The difference between Microsoft’s market value and book value is primarily due to unrecorded intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ human capital‚ and commercial advantages such as long-term contracts and market dominance. These intangible assets confer Microsoft a tremendous edge over its
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Costco Case Questions 09/26/2013 Question 1: Competition in the North American wholesale club industry is high‚ with Costco being its leader at 56% of the market share. Main ways to compete are lower prices‚ more efficient operations‚ and reduced labor and overhead costs as well. Some of the clubs do the bare minimum in advertising while others‚ like BJ’s‚ spend more money on it (special Christmas radio advertisement and such). Out of the five competitive forces‚ the strongest is the rivalry between
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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Financial strategy & results over the last three years of Carluccio’s plc In the Profitability area In this company the sales has a heath development and risen about 10 %‚ but the profit of this company hasn’t risen and have a short decline. Gross Profit Margins is a financial ratio which for evaluating a company’s core activities of profits. The gross profit Margins has remained relatively static over the three year period‚ but a little decline in 2007 Gross profit margins is 20
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Costco Wholesale in 2012: Mission‚ Business Model and Strategy Costco is one of United States’ largest retailers‚ serving over 3600 variants of convenience products at excellent quality with competent prices. Founded in 1983‚ Costco quickly expanded in its operations to over 598 stores worldwide. One of the unique selling propositions of Costco is the fact that they offer very low prices as compared to their competitors without requiring to compromise quality. This paper will analyze Costco’s key
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Objective Costco operates membership warehouses based on the concept which offers member low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private–label products in a large range of merchandise categories which produce high sales volumes and rapid inventory turnover. Combining the turnover with the operating efficiencies achieved via volume purchasing‚ efficient distribution and reduced handling of merchandise in no-frills‚ self-service warehouse facilities allows Costco to operate
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BUS-670 CK MILLER M4 CASE STUDY Costco Wholesale in 2012: Mission‚ Business Model‚ and Strategy 1. What is Costco’s business model? Is the company’s business model appealing? Why or why not? Costco’s business model is based on a best-cost strategy. They take the low-cost provider approach and combine that with creating value for the various stakeholders by focusing on excellent customer service‚ a strict code of ethics‚ treating employees like family‚ respecting suppliers‚ rewarding shareholders
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1. Describe the culture at Costco. Organizational culture has been described as shared values and beliefs that underline a company’s identity. A strong culture that encourages employees from the top to the bottom in adaptation and change can increase organizational performance by energizing and motivating employees‚ shape behaviors‚ unify personnel in the goals / objectives and align employee’s actions with the priorities of the company (Daft‚ R.‚ 2013). Creating a constructive culture should
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|Costco | |ESC-Accounting and Finance | | | |This case analysis will analyze the efficiency and health of the organization. This | |case analysis was created using the textbook and the Stanford Graduate School of | |Business. Costco Wholesale Corporation Financial Statement
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Finance Theory & Financial Strategy By Stewart C Myers How do firms integrate strategic planning and financial analysis? It appears to be somewhat haphazard in many cases. Senior management sets a direction‚ vision and mission statement based upon who the firm is now and how it has evolved. Then sets the firm’s course based upon their ideas of who they are and who they may wish to become. The finance department that handles the financial planning and analysis may support the strategic initiative
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