Maria Lucia Rodriguez PANTHER ID 3579558 Lucent Technologies Case 1- ROE decomposition 1998‚1999 AND 2000. What factors contributed to the differences in Lucent’s performance between those quarters? ROE Period NET INCOME X SALES X TOTAL ASSETS SALES TOTAL ASSETS COMMON EQUITY EQUITY MULTIPLIER ROE Dec-99 1175 0.12 9905 0.26 38684 2.41 9905 38684 16079 Sep-99 972 0.09 10575 0.27 38735 2.84 10575 38735 13622 Jun-99 829 0.09 9315 0.25 37156 3.00
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Title: Coursework 2 Individual Case Study on Alcatel-Lucent Merger Submission date: 4th Febuary 2011 Word Count: 1632 Introduction In a merger‚ cultural differences are more vital to overcome then fighting for equal power or profits. (Harford‚ 2003) The marriage of Alcatel and Lucent was never going to be easy. To some extend the merger was a good business step. Lucent ’s with its wireless business nicely complemented Alcatel ’s global image and its prowess in fixed-line and
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{draw:frame} {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Managing Across Cultures- Group Report on Case Study Analysis of Alcatel-Lucent BY TEAM: Meenak*shi Mukherjee* 000579613 Carlos Andres Serna 000583118 Quasirat Hasnat 000573202 Sangeet Premkumar 000573398 Imran Shahzad 000527971 Executive Summary This paper examines a case study sprouting mergers of two firms Alcatel and Lucent technologies. This paper provides an insight into the French and American cultures taking into consideration
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basis accounting‚ revenues are simply recognized when cashed is received no matter when and how the services were performed or goods delivered. -In accrual basis accounting‚ revenues are recognized when they are realized/ realizable or earned in cases of: +Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists +Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered +The seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable +Collectibles is reasonably assured. -Revenues are not recognized at the time of
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-27- Lucent Technologies‚ Inc.—Revenue Recognition Lucent Technologies designs and delivers networks for the world’s largest communications service providers. Backed by Bell Labs research and development‚ Lucent relies on its strengths in mobility‚ optical‚ data and voice networking technologies as well as software and services to develop next-generation networks. The company’s systems‚ services and software are designed to help customers quickly deploy and better manage their networks and create
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prescribe such generic advice‚ and managers routinely accept such therapy‚ in the naive belief that if a particular course of action helped other companies to succeed‚ it ought to help theirs‚ too. Consider telecommunications equipment provider Lucent Technologies. In the late 1990s‚ the company’s three operating divisions were reorganized into 11 "hot businesses." The idea was that each business would be run largely independently‚ as if it were an internal entrepreneurial start-up. Senior executives
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Business Resource P3 With Examples‚ you are to describe the main physical and technological resources required in the operation of your selected organisation. In this assignment I will describe the main physical and technological resources required in the operation of Tesco. Physical Resources Physical resources are resources that the business needs to maintain in order to carry out its activities. They mainly include things like facilities‚ buildings‚ machinery and more. These are resources
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Executive Summary This memorandum is intended to communicate the deferred tax issues of Lucent Technologies Inc. on the basis of analysis of the veracity of the situation according to the reporting framework’s guidelines to anticipate unfavorable implications that had been resulted due to poor performance of the company over the past years. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is the recognized body for making pronouncements as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAPs) in the
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2. What financial statement adjustments will Lucent have to make to correct the revenue recognition problems announced in late 2000? Lucent recognized revenue when persuasive evidence of an agreement exists‚ delivery has occurred‚ the fee is fixed and determinable‚ and collection of the resulting receivable‚ including receivables of customers to which Lucent has provided customers financing‚ is probable. For sales generated from long-term contacts‚ primarily those related to customized network
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Lucent Technologies: Global Supply Chain Management Executive Summary Lucent Technologies is a multinational telecommunication company which was spun off from AT&T in 1996. Before restructure‚ as an integrated telecommunications services and equipment company‚ AT&T had been primarily U.S.-centric market and more than half of income was generated by services in U.S. However‚ the restructure made Lucent focused on communications equipment globally. When Lucent expand into global market
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