Drivers of Industry Financial Structure The process of identification begins by considering the obvious characteristics. For example‚ you know that a hotel would not have any significant inventory since it is a service activity. I used three major groupings: Service Industries‚ R&D Investments‚ and Consumer or Retail Based. Service Industries: Temporary staffing agency‚ hotel and airline; balance sheets are C‚ D‚ I & J. Eliminate J since it has a high R&D component which is unlike any of the
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chain 6. Temporary staffing agency 7. Supermarket grocery retailer 8. Pharmaceutical company 9. Manufacturer of electronic communications equipment 10. Manufacturer and marketer of consumer products Analysis 1. Innovation is extremely important in the software industry and it requires investments. The gross margin is very high: 90.7%. Office buildings and computers are the services needed. High R&D/Sales: 19.8%. The Net Plant & Equipment is low: 8.6% 2. Receivables are unimportant
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supply chains and in the fast developing world of e-business and B2B electronic exchanges. Dell Computer’s success in reducing inefficiencies establishes it as a model for many other companies. The Dell Model Dell’s success is based on realizing the strategic power of the supply chain. The core of the Dell model is to deal directly with and sell directly to the customer‚ and build products to order. Dell collapses the value chain and eliminates two significant cost components: the retailer’s mark-up
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Executive Summary This case analysis report focuses on the declining market share faced by Dell‚ Inc. (“Dell”‚ the “Company”) and recommendations are given as to where the Company needs to alter its strategy at a business level as well as a corporate level. Broad recommendations include foraying into the retail space at a more aggressive pace‚ laying greater impetus in fast emerging markets such as China and India‚ and focusing more on R&D efforts in order to ensure that higher levels of innovation
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Dell and the SEC Kent H. Shanks Argosy University-Hawaii Dr. Gholam Khaleghi August 14‚ 2013 Abstract This research paper describes the crisis scenario of Dell‚ Inc. as the company faced securities fraud allegations and the leadership style which was present during this crisis period. The leadership styles are analyzed and evaluated to determine how decision-making was impacted by the diverse styles used by the firm. The research presents an alternate style which would be effective during
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Drivers of Industry Financial Structure A. Online Retailer: - Low Net Plant & Equipment: An online retailer will not have a huge facility as compared to a manufacturer. It will have at most an office building and a warehouse to stockpile some inventory of its own. - No Receivables/Days of Receivables: Since an online retailer caters to only individual customers‚ and since the latter pays usually by cash or credit card‚ accounts receivable will be at most a negligible amount‚ if not zero.
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Situation Statement Dell Computer Corporation was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell. From the early 1990s until the mid-2000s‚ Dell was ranked as a PC market leader relying on their distinctive marketing pattern “Direct Model” which undertook direct communication with customers and provided customized products. Recently‚ the PC industry is facing inconceivable worldwide competition‚ and Dell is gradually losing their competitive advantages by using its direct model in critical business segments
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Dell Cash flow analysis Cash flow statement show how money is moving into company and out of it. In addition to this‚ if we want to determine Dell company solvency‚ we have to take a look in cash inflows and outflows. So in order to analise Dell‚ I have done calcualtions of these ratios: Cash Ratio=(Cash&Equivalents+ Short term investment)/Current Liabilities | 2007 | 10298/17791= 0‚579 | 2008 | 7972/18529 = 0‚43 | 2009 | 9092/14859 = 0‚612 | 2010 | 11008/18960 = 0‚58 | 1.Liquidity
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Real world situation – Dell Inc. Dell Inc. was founded in 1984 by Michael S. Dell‚ who developed the supply chain formula‚ which would end up making Dell one of the world leaders in PC sales. When applying the resource-based view and the VRIN-framework to Dell‚ it becomes clear that Dell has a definite competitive advantage. Dell’s success-formula combines several resources which are “unique‚ valuable to customers‚ and difficult to imitate”. What makes Dell so special‚ is the fact that it does
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determine the influence that an organization has on those that engage in deviance. One of the analytic strategies used is the bureaucratic matching game. The strategy is used by organizations to sort clients into career lines‚ by way of workers placing stereotypes on them. This strategy has four features that are identified in order to understand bureaucratic-matching game. The first of the features that applies to this organization is their ideology and philosophy. These two values are at the core of
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