Apple Case Study -- The advantages and disadvantages of Non-GAAP earnings relative to GAAP earnings based on subscription accounting Advantage: 1. Management believes investors will benefit from greater transparency in referring to these non-GAAP financial measures when assessing the Company’s operating results‚ as well as when forecasting and analyzing future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures can be a supplement to the Company’s GAAP financial measures‚ which helps analyst know more about
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Finance. (October 16‚ 2009). Research In Motion Limited Public Nasdaq: RIMM. Retrieved October 16‚2009‚ from http://www.google.com/finance?q=RIMM 16 17. MacDailyNews. (October 1‚ 2009). Why companies are dumping their RIM BlackBerry devices for Apple’s iPhone. Retrieved October 15‚ 2009‚ from http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/22610/ Appendix-1
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2. Discuss the role that product demand played in pricing the iPhone. How did this demand influence Apple’s decision to price it high in the beginning and then lower it two months later? Demand is the quanity of a product that will be sold in the market at various prices for a specified period. The quanity of a product that people will buy demands on its price. The higher the price‚ the fewer products will be sold. Conversely‚ the lower the price‚ the more products will be in demand. Apple has
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Windows Presentation Foundation that enable some very rich‚ design-friendly experiences outside the browser. But there is still a very large contingent out there that thinks the browser will be the best way to deliver applications. But if that is the case‚ then we have to have a model that enables the browser to actually do that. Trying to build real applications using JavaScript that requires a tedious development cycle and a lot of per-browser workarounds just isn’t going to cut it. From Ted’s point
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INTRODUCTION For the new media assignment our group decided to analyse a social media case. We found the Blendtec case to be extremely interesting and powerful to be shared with the rest of students. The case describes the enormous success‚ “Blendtec”‚ an American manufacturer of high performance durable blenders had with the help of Social media marketing. BACKGROUND The story of Blendtec‚ a company founded by Tom Dickson starts in 1975 in Utah‚ USA. Tom using a versatile vacuum cleaner motor
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Prepared for: Gou Taiming‚ President Foxconn Prepared by: Prakash Krishnamurthy Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………….3 Company Background…………………………………………………………………………3 Identifying the Problem - Facts of the Case………………………………………………….4 Analysis of the Communication Problem…………………………………………………….6 Recommended Solution………………………………………………………………………..8 Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………….11 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………12 Introduction
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Apple Michael Rauchut BUS400 – Prof. J Santanella M 8-10:40 Date: 9/24/2012 Assuming that the development of Microsoft’s Window XP operating system is an accurate example for most of their new operating systems‚ Microsoft’s break even analysis is as followed. On page 46‚ it is said that Microsoft sold 17 million units of the Windows XP in the first 8 weeks and incurred for developing at $1 billion. Revenue for the XP was between $45 and $60‚ which makes the median at $52.50. Assuming the
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it takes years to write. - Anonymous Ravibalakrishnanan‚ “Most trusted brands 2011: Nokia slips from top spot; will it outsmart BlackBerry‚ Samsung and iPhone” http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/ September 28‚ 2011. 22 Ravibalakrishnanan‚ “Most trusted brands 2011: Nokia slips from top spot; will it outsmart BlackBerry‚ Samsung and iPhone” http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/ September 28‚ 2011. 21 20 Copyright of Vidwat: The Indian Journal of Management is the property of Dhruva
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Wen-hsin Hsu Questions of Cases Case 1: Accounting for the iPhone at Apple Presentation date: Oct 22 (Authors: Brochet‚ Francois;Palepu‚ Krishna G.;Barley‚ Lauren) 1. In your opinion‚ are GAAP or non-GAAP numbers most reflect the economic reality in Apple? 2. Discuss the impact on financial statements for GAAP and non-GAAP numbers. 3. Should APPLE lobby for their non-GAAP numbers to be sanctioned by FASB? 4. Does it matter if the revenue recognition rule for smartphone changes? Case 2: Bausch& Lomb (Authors:
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Facts: The Negro plaintiffs in these cases were denied admission schools attended by the white children under the laws requiring or permitting segregation according to race. All the court adhered to the “separate but equal” doctrine and held that the plaintiffs were not admitted to the white schools (except for the plaintiff in the Delaware case). In the instant cases‚ the plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not “equal” and they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws.
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