Maria Lucia Rodriguez PANTHER ID 3579558 Lucent Technologies Case 1- ROE decomposition 1998‚1999 AND 2000. What factors contributed to the differences in Lucent’s performance between those quarters? ROE Period NET INCOME X SALES X TOTAL ASSETS SALES TOTAL ASSETS COMMON EQUITY EQUITY MULTIPLIER ROE Dec-99 1175 0.12 9905 0.26 38684 2.41 9905 38684 16079 Sep-99 972 0.09 10575 0.27 38735 2.84 10575 38735 13622 Jun-99 829 0.09 9315 0.25 37156 3.00
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-27- Lucent Technologies‚ Inc.—Revenue Recognition Lucent Technologies designs and delivers networks for the world’s largest communications service providers. Backed by Bell Labs research and development‚ Lucent relies on its strengths in mobility‚ optical‚ data and voice networking technologies as well as software and services to develop next-generation networks. The company’s systems‚ services and software are designed to help customers quickly deploy and better manage their networks and create
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basis accounting‚ revenues are simply recognized when cashed is received no matter when and how the services were performed or goods delivered. -In accrual basis accounting‚ revenues are recognized when they are realized/ realizable or earned in cases of: +Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists +Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered +The seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable +Collectibles is reasonably assured. -Revenues are not recognized at the time of
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tax issues of Lucent Technologies Inc. on the basis of analysis of the veracity of the situation according to the reporting framework’s guidelines to anticipate unfavorable implications that had been resulted due to poor performance of the company over the past years. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is the recognized body for making pronouncements as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAPs) in the United States. The FASB has promulgated Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
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Case answers 1. The merger which was to be enacted in 2001 between the Alcatel‚ a telecommunication company in Paris- France and Lucent telecommunication and technology giants in the United States of America failed due to misunderstanding of the share-ability and resource control should they have collaborated in 2001 (Hartley 2010). The Lucent Company from US realized that Alcatel never intended to equally share and control the company after the merger; instead Alcatel intended to take over control
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Lucent Technologies: Global Supply Chain Management Executive Summary Lucent Technologies is a multinational telecommunication company which was spun off from AT&T in 1996. Before restructure‚ as an integrated telecommunications services and equipment company‚ AT&T had been primarily U.S.-centric market and more than half of income was generated by services in U.S. However‚ the restructure made Lucent focused on communications equipment globally. When Lucent expand into global market
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Tricky twosome P.B. Nageshwar What happens when a merged entity is left with two marketing managers or two sales heads? A case in point is the Alcatel-Lucent merger. During the merger‚ the smooth settlement of HR issues was on top of the agenda for both companies. They decided to deal with both pre-merger and post-merger integration issues by holding a series of meetings between the top HR executives at the two companies. Issues such as salaries and benefits‚ designations‚ and other sensitive
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Innovations of Lucent VoIP Technologies-Final Course Project TM583 1.0 Strategy (TCO F) 2 Organization name: 2 Strategy Statement 2 2.0 Core Competencies (TCO C) 3 3.0 Industry Dynamics (TCO A) 5 4.0 Technology Sourcing and Internal Innovation (TCO D) 6 5.0 Product Development Strategy (TCO E) 8 5.1 Define the primary
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2. What financial statement adjustments will Lucent have to make to correct the revenue recognition problems announced in late 2000? Lucent recognized revenue when persuasive evidence of an agreement exists‚ delivery has occurred‚ the fee is fixed and determinable‚ and collection of the resulting receivable‚ including receivables of customers to which Lucent has provided customers financing‚ is probable. For sales generated from long-term contacts‚ primarily those related to customized network
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The Lucent Accounting Scandal Abstract The case discusses the accounting frauds committed at the US-based telecommunications giant‚ Lucent Technologies Inc. (Lucent) during early 2000. It provides an insight into the ways by which the financial statements were manipulated at Lucent. It examines the loopholes in the financial management of the company and the price it had to pay for circumventing the provisions of law. The case examines the allegations against Lucent and its officers with reference
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