Group Case Study “Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy” Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy ABSTRACT 2 This case study examines the factors explaining the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity to book value of equity and overall financial reporting strategies employed at the firm. We analyzed financial information dating from 1985 to 1999 and 2011 annual report provided by Microsoft. We found factors explaining market value of equity are perceived risk and future cash
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the Vodafone Case We start of with making the calculations for the premium that Vodafone is going to pay for Mannesmann. We know that Mannesmann will own 47.2% of the equity of the newly combined company. This is 47.2% from € 275 375 million‚ which is €129 997 million. Vodafone is offering 53.7 shares of the value of December 17‚ so € 4‚957‚ for every share of Mannesmann. Mannesmann has 517‚9 million shares‚ so Vodafone would pay 517‚9 million * 53‚7 * € 4‚957 = € 137 860.3 million. This would
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Paper P9 – Management Accounting Financial Strategy Post Exam Guide May 2006 Exam Examiner’s General Comments The performance on Paper P9 was extremely disappointing. Many candidates appeared to have done little preparation. It was noted in the November 2005 Post Exam Guide that many candidates demonstrated poor knowledge of even quite basic financial calculations and that their grasp of many basic concepts was also limited. These weaknesses are still evident in May 2006. A further weakness was the
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VODAFONE STP ANALYSIS STP Segmentation: Vodafone segments its target users by Income‚ Age‚ Service usage‚ Nature of customer‚ life of the service and geographical condition. Income Age: Vodafone segments its end users by segmenting them into “youth” and “adults”. It further categorizes these as college going kids‚ those that have just entered the corporate world and older adults. Service Usage: Vodafone segments its target consumers /users by the kind of service they are looking for. They
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Vodafone Suggested questions 1. What was the strategic and economic rational for Mannesmann’s acquisition of Organge? Did Mannesmann overpay for Orange? 2. Vodafone AirTouch proposed that each Mannesmann share would receive 53.7 Vodafone AirTouch shares‚ so that in aggregate Mannesmann shareholders would own 47.2% of the equity if the combined firm. a) Describe the stock swap. As of December 17‚ what was the market value of Mannesmann’s contribution to the combined firm? As a Mannesmann shareholder
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EM6602 Accounting for Decision-Making and Control Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy (HBR 9-100-027) Team Members Toh Wei Hong‚ Prashant Trivedi‚ Preethy Varadarajan Question 1 The difference between Microsoft’s market value and book value is primarily due to unrecorded intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ human capital‚ and commercial advantages such as long-term contracts and market dominance. These intangible assets confer Microsoft a tremendous edge over its
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Financial strategy & results over the last three years of Carluccio’s plc In the Profitability area In this company the sales has a heath development and risen about 10 %‚ but the profit of this company hasn’t risen and have a short decline. Gross Profit Margins is a financial ratio which for evaluating a company’s core activities of profits. The gross profit Margins has remained relatively static over the three year period‚ but a little decline in 2007 Gross profit margins is 20
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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Finance Theory & Financial Strategy By Stewart C Myers How do firms integrate strategic planning and financial analysis? It appears to be somewhat haphazard in many cases. Senior management sets a direction‚ vision and mission statement based upon who the firm is now and how it has evolved. Then sets the firm’s course based upon their ideas of who they are and who they may wish to become. The finance department that handles the financial planning and analysis may support the strategic initiative
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Telecom Industry After mergers and acquisitions‚ the top mobile companies are: Egypt-based Mobilink has 32 %market share with 32.3 million subscribers. Norway-based Telenor has 24% market share with 20.893 million users. Ufone‚ associated with the Pakistan Telecom Company Ltd (PTCL)‚ managed and partly owned by UAE-based Etisalat‚ has 19.5 million users. UAE-based Al-Warid has 16.9 million users. China-based Zong has 6.7 million users. According to the latest reports‚ the number of mobile phone
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