Oracle/Sun Takeover Strategic Corporate Finance FIN 501 June 06‚ 2010 Oracle/Sun Takeover The database software giant Oracle Corp. (Oracle CP-Analysis Report) announced the completion of its pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. ‚ a provider of enterprise computing systems‚ software and services‚ for $7.4 billion ($9.50 a share) or $5.6 billion net of Sun ’s cash and debt. Sun has been de-listed from the Nasdaq. Sun’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz is expected to resign as
Premium Sun Microsystems Oracle Corporation Java
Oracle Systems Corporation 1. What factors might have led analysts to question Oracle Systems’ method of revenue recognition in mid-1990? Are these legitimate concerns? Analysts might have been led to question Oracle’s method of revenue recognition because of revenue recognition timing‚ quality of receivables‚ and aggressive sales practice. These were all legitimate concerns. Oracle recognized licensing and sublicensing revenues on the date of contract rather than upon delivery when certain
Premium Contract Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Revenue
ability to practice and develop written and oral communication skills. W ith those in mind you will be assessed on: your ability to find and use relevant references and data; the extent to which you use and apply logical‚ insightful and convincing analysis to the topic the structure and effectiveness of arguments deployed and their presentatio n; the correct sourcing of material and the quality of referencing in your bibliography. The University’s general marking scheme sets the parameters for
Premium Critical thinking Evidence
Belgium PESTEL Political Belgium is a politically stable country. The government type of Belgium is parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy. Belgium achieved independence in October 4‚ 1830. The constitution was drafted in 1830‚ approved by congress and was enforced in 1831. In 1993‚ Belgian government consolidated a version of constitution by incorporating all previous versions in 1993. King Albert II is the chief of the state. Head of the government is the Prime minister
Premium Belgium European Union Constitutional monarchy
Imagine we travel through time‚ where gender equality did not exist or maybe they didn’t apply it. How hard it was for woman to survive in an environment were a man controls everything? If you are a man‚ I invite you to change of shoes and take the position of a woman. Would you be that woman? Who endure any humiliation? I hope your answer is NO. Nowadays we are still having problem of gender equality‚ sadly I am not a super hero who can go and change this problem‚ but I will incite you to continue
Premium Gender Gender Woman
Price‚ Promotion and Place • In the modern travel and tourism industry its usual to look at 6 Product or service • Quality • Value • Lifecycle • Perish ability • Differentiation • Niche Price • Seasonality • Strategies • Competitor analysis • Loss leadership • Skimming Promotion • Advertising • Endorsements • Sponsorship • Methods - use of different media‚
Premium Tourism
Case Study: Tech Ltd Introduction In deciding whether Tech Ltd is a company that we would buy‚ we evaluated the profitability‚ liquidity‚ efficiency‚ financial leverage and market ratios of the company. Profitability The profitability ratios of Tech Ltd tells the story of an improving company with healthy profitability. The gross margin has been fairly steady at a return of around 16% for the past 2 years‚ and the net margin is showing that the business has become more efficient at generating
Premium Financial ratios Financial ratio Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
SWOT and PESTEL analysis of the automobile industry At the beginning the gas price and economy were stable‚ this create conducive environment for car manufacturers‚ Vehicle sale has become stronger in the market‚ than it was anticipated due to expected economic growth‚ where by industry marketing expenditure were flat at $ 1‚505 million and later increased $39 ml to 1544 ml due to aggressive advertising and promotion increase despite growing sales‚ oil prices were doubled in the December‚ and raise
Premium Automobile Internal combustion engine Pollution
Marketing Theories – PESTEL Analysis Posted on May 16‚ 2012 by admin Welcome to our Marketing Theories series. In this post we will be looking at the PESTEL Analysis in a bit more detail. A PESTEL analysis is a framework or tool used by marketers to analyse and monitor the macro-environmental(external marketing environment) factors that have an impact on an organisation. The result of which is used to identify threats and weaknesses which is used in a SWOT analysis. PESTEL stands for: * P –
Premium Economics Marketing
I. Introduction Inventory management software is a computer-based system for tracking inventory levels‚ orders‚ sales and deliveries. It can also be used in the manufacturing industry to create a work order‚ bill of materials and other production-related documents. Companies use inventory management software to avoid product overstock and outages. It is a tool for organizing inventory data that before was generally stored in hard-copy form or in spreadsheets. It is often associated with and is
Premium Application software Computer program Computer software