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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the strategic value of Yahoo to Alibaba changed over time since 2005? 2005 was a tough year for Alibaba. Because of the US$100 million investment in China by eBay‚ Alibaba and its subsidiary – Taobao fell into a severe price war against eBay which hindered the profitability of the group and much more capital was needed for operational and technological improvement in order to win the battle. Under this circumstance‚ Alibaba formed a partnership with Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo invested US$1 billion in
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Introduction In 31st January 2008‚ Google Inc. announced its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended 31st December 2007. CEO Eric Schmidt was very pleased with the performance of the Google in terms their core value‚ growing reputation‚ techniques to manage their operating expenses. The financial statement was on the GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to non-GAAP financial measures. The raising cost on R&D‚ sales & marketing‚ and general administrative
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Financial Reporting Google is a publicly traded company which means that customer and stakeholders have access to the company’s financial information. The balance sheet and income statements are the two financial statements which gives a brief summary of a company’s overall financial condition. The balance sheet focuses and report figures of assets‚ liabilities and owner’s equity of the business. Assets are anything that a business has with a value such as furniture‚ liabilities are monies owe to
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"Active Motivation" Reviewer: Luke Wittum‚ director of technology‚ Elisabeth Ann Johnson High School‚ Mt. Morris (Michigan) Consolidated Schools (690 students) Products we use: PGD-150 3D glasses‚ PJD6531w 3D-ready DLP projectors; Cyber-Anatomy 3D software; Designmate videos Goals: "3D has a lot of potential for engaging students in learning. We particularly thought it would be great for our visual learners‚" says Wittum. Response: "We did a 3D demo for our principals‚ and they loved it‚ so we
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Executive Summary Google is one of the leading companies in Internet Information Providers industry‚ which controls over 66 percent of the internet search market. The company has developed a vast portfolio of products to support its expansion strategy‚ with Android OS‚ Google Docs‚ Google Maps‚ and the Social Network Google+‚ among many others. Its primary source of revenue is generated from advertising. Despite the sluggish economy of past years‚ Google managed to consistently increase its revenues
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The company that I have selected for Financial Ratio analysis is GOOGLE. The Ratios that I am going to analyze are grouped under four main headings: 1) Profitability Ratio 2) Liquidity Ratio 3) Debt Ratio 4) Market Ratio 1. Profitability Ratio - Profitability ratios measure the firm ’s use of its assets and control of its expenses to generate an acceptable rate of return. a. ROE - Return On Equity - Measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholders ’ equity) of the common
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Environmental Analysis The information technology (IT) industry has always been highly driven by innovations in technology. It is dynamic and highly competitive‚ with frequent changes in both technologies and business models. Each industry shift is an opportunity to conceive new products‚ new technologies‚ or new ideas that can further transform the industry and businesses. The following PESTEL analysis will try to gain an understanding of Microsoft’s business potential‚ future market situation
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Yahoo! in China - Background Shi Tao Shi Tao‚ a Chinese poet and journalist‚ is serving a ten-year prison sentence in China for sending an email to the U.S. According to a letter Amnesty International received from Yahoo! (YHOO)‚ and Yahoo!’s own later public admissions‚ Yahoo! China provided account-holder information‚ in compliance with a government request‚ that led to Shi Tao’s sentencing. Mr. Shi was accused of "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities" after sending an email
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The case study‚ “Reorganizing Yahoo” written P. Indu and Vivek Gupta touched on the long road of ups and down for the organization during a time where competitors such as Google were fiercely entering the arena. Yahoo! began as a student hobby of founders Jerry Yang and David Foli have sense evolved into a global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other‚ find and access information. David Filo and Jerry Yang‚ were both completing their doctoral thesis in Electrical Engineering
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