CASE STUDY 3 SEC STAFF ACCOUNTING BULLETIN 104-REVENUE RECOGNITION Required: 1. Access the SEC website‚ www.sec.gov‚ and open the Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) section to SAB104. Disregard the first 8 pages. 2. List the 4 criteria which the SEC decided was necessary to further clarify the basic revenue accounting concepts of “realized or realizable and earned”. • Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists • Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered • The
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Threat of New Entrants. The average person can’t come along and start up a bank‚ but there are services‚ such as internet bill payment‚ on which entrepreneurs can capitalize. Banks are fearful of being squeezed out of the payments business‚ because it is a good source of fee-based revenue. Another trend that poses a threat is companies offering other financial services. What would it take for an insurance company to start offering mortgage and loan services? Not much. Also‚ when analyzing a regional
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Rivalry Among Firms: High The global industry of construction and agricultural machinery is characterized by intense rivalry among firms due to its competitive strategies. (Book) When few multinational companies dominate the market‚ a consolidated industry exists‚ making it crucial for companies to lead in market share and profit margins. (Book) This in turn creates low switching costs for buyers allowing them to purchase from different companies without hesitation. (ML) Fixed costs for production
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Pankaj Saharan September 2012 Over the past 150 years‚ Nokia has evolved from a small paper mill in south-western Finland to a global telecommunications leader connecting over 1.3 billion people. Nokia has disrupted into various industries before becoming a telecommunications giant from making rubber boots‚ car tyres‚ generated electricity‚ even manufactured TVs etc. Nokia’s own mobile phones’ platforms included Symbian (60 & 40)‚ MeeGo (open-source Linux based platform) and Meltemi (low
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Porter’s 5 Forces Introduction The model of the Five Competitive Forces was developed by Michael E. Porter in his book „Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors“in 1980. Since that time it has become an important tool for analyzing an organizations industry structure in strategic processes. Porter’s model is based up on the insight that a corporate strategy should meet the opportunities and threats in the organizations external environment. Competitive
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What Is It? The Porter five force analysis was formed by Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School in the year 1979‚ this model identifies and analyses 5 competitive forces that shape every industry‚ and helps determine an industry’s weaknesses and strengths. This analysis shows the overall attractiveness of an industry meaning how profitable it is. For example an unattractive industry would be the pure or perfect competition‚ because all profits turn to normal profit in the long run which means
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MM4311 Strategic Management Individual Assignment Porter’s 5-Forces Model in Hong Kong theme park industry Name: Lau Hiu Ying Instructor: Yi TANG 1. Introduction Theme Park is an entertainment venue that includes rides‚ restaurants‚ activities‚ and attractions‚ woven around a theme such as celebrity or characters. Therefore‚ Hong Kong has a pair of theme parks which are Hong Kong Disneyland (an international famous theme park) and Ocean Park (a recreational‚ educational‚ home-growth
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it. The competitive analysis and formulate corporate strategy‚ planning also helps to finance‚ marketing‚ value analysis and many other aspects of daily life of a business. One interesting for corporate strategy planning approach has been proposed by Michael E. Porter who states that there are five forces that influence the long-term profitability of a market or some segment of it. Therefore‚ the corporation must assess their objectives and resources against these five forces driving industry competitions
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Porter’s five forces model is designed to show the profitability potential of a company. This is very important when designing ones international strategy. While this is not an all encompassing model‚ it is essential that these five forces be considered because they drive the profit margins of a product and before going global‚ a company must know if it even has a chance to succeed in that specific market. These forces are: 1. Rivalry. Rivalry effects how much a company is able to charge
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Porters 5 forces Understanding the Tool When looking at and trying to understand porters 5 forces the below must be understood and taken into consideration 1. The power of the suppliers. This means that if you have few supplier choices and the supplier provides key parts and services to you‚ you a very reliant on this supplier and they can dictate terms and price to you on the other hand if you have a wide choice of supplier you are in a better position to negotiate price and terms as you can change
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