2005 | January 30‚ 2004 | February 1‚ 2002 | January 28‚ 2000 | Results of Operations | | | | | | | | Net Revenue | 61‚133 | 57‚420 | 55‚788 | 49‚121 | 41‚327 | 31‚168 | 25‚265 | Cost of Revenue | 49‚462 | 47‚904 | 45‚897 | 40‚103 | 33‚764 | 25‚661 | 20‚047 | Gross Margin | 11‚671 | 9‚516 | 9‚891 | 9‚018 | 7‚563 | 5‚507 | 5‚218 | Gross Profit Margin | 19.1% | 16.6% | 17.7% | 18.4% | 18.3% | 17.7% | 20.7% | Operating Expenses | | | | | | | | + Selling‚ general and
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success during the 1960’s and 1970s and its problems during the late 1980 and earry1990s? Factors led to IBM’s success during the 1960’s and 1970s: - First mover in IT industry -> advantages (less competition‚ more customers) - Right investment to S/360 - Success of PC - Great reputation -> attract top talent Factors led to its problems during the late 1980 and earry1990s: - Did not keep in touch with customers - Didn’t understand market need (fewer purchase IBM mainframes) - Marketing
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its advertising changed over the years? Obviously‚ in one perspective the initial primary objective of IBM’s advertising is to RECAPTURED the brand equity to increase its diminishing market share. Plunging from one of the market leader during 70’s and 80’s to almost a market looser in the 90’s‚ IBM’s rebranding aims at the value proposition in the mind of the consumers. Defeated by the slicker and responsive rivals such as Microsoft‚ Dell and Oracle‚ IBM had to push the awake call
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Accounts Receivable Management Accounts receivable are amounts owed by customers on account. They result from the sale of goods and services. They are generally expected to be collected within thirty to sixty days and are the most significant type of claim held by a company. There are two costs associated with extending credit to customers: 1. The cost of the selling company not being able to deposit the monetary value of a completed sale in its bank that is‚ as a result of not collecting cash
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The culture values of Thomas Watson which made IBM corp. adopt were “THINK” and “Professionalism” in order to inspire and motivate staff‚ work hard and adhere to high ethical standards which were defining attributes for American professionalism. “Job security” was also a main value of IBM Corp. offering lifetime employment guarantees for its employees in order to show loyalty and motivate them in offering good services. These values not only made IBM one of the most stable and profitable company
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MICROSOFT AND IBM FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Microsoft and IBM Financial Performance Team E Managerial Finance I FIN/475 University of Phoenix Rene Niese April 7‚ 2008 Microsoft and IBM Financial Performance Introduction Team E has been charge with the task of preparing an analysis to evaluate Microsoft and IBM’s financial performance. This will be done by using trends‚ financial ratio analysis‚ and the firms’ most recent statements of cash flow. Team E will evaluate each firm’s financial
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CHAPTER 9 ACCOUNTING FOR RECEIVABLES SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS BY STUDY OBJECTIVES AND BLOOM’S TAXONOMY Item SO BT Item SO BT Item SO BT Item SO BT 5 5 5 5 9 9 1 3 K AP K K K K K K 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 K K K AP AP AP AP K K K C
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Statement Four Revenue recognition issues top the list of reasons for financial reporting restatements and one of the methods for creative accounting practices. Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction 3 Literature Review 4 Revenue recognition 4 Sale of goods 4 Rendering of services 5 Interest‚ royalties‚ and dividends 5 Creative Accounting 5 To meet internal targets 6 Meet external expectations. 6 Provide income smoothing. 6 Taxation 6 Change in management
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produce plastic components for cartridge production and choose the best alternative. It is predicted that the annual demand growth is a triangular distribution with a minimum of 5%‚ most likely of 17% and a maximum of 25%. Due to the continuous growth in the demand‚ the alternatives cannot be compared using just the data for 2010. An analysis is carried out for the time period 2011 to 2015 and the present worth of the net income is considered as the criteria to select the alternative. The analysis
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Experiences in the Car Rental Industry‚” Interfaces‚ 25‚ 5‚ 84–104 (1995). [7] Fink‚ A.‚ and Reiners‚ T.‚ “Modeling and Solving the Short-Term Car Rental Logistics Problem‚” Transportation Research Part E‚ 42‚ 272–292 (2006). [8] Gans‚ N.‚ and Savin‚ S.‚ “Pricing and Capacity Rationing for Rentals with Uncertain Durations‚” Management Science‚ 53‚ 3‚ 390–407 (2007). (2011). W.P. No. 2012-12-05 Page No [10] Green‚ L.‚ and Kolesar‚ P.‚ “The Pointwise Stationary Approximation for Queues with Nonstationary
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