Sprint Nextel Case Analysis 1. How much goodwill impairment charge did Sprint Nextel report in 2007? During 2007‚ Sprint Nextel recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $29.7 billion in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards‚ or SFAS‚ No. 142 Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. 2. Why did Sprint Nextel write down their goodwill in 2007? What are some other indicators for goodwill impairment in general? Sprint Nextel wrote down their goodwill in 2007 primarily due
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Sprint Nextel Major Corporate Events In 2004‚ Sprint and Nextel agreed to a merger worth $35.17 billion dollars. This move took place in a time where mergers were prevalent in the field of telecommunications. “Team up or get smashed” was advice given in a 2004 Business Week article. Prior to the merge‚ Cingular acquired AT&T‚ making them the largest cellular provider in the country; leaving Sprint in third place‚ and Nextel in fifth. In 2005‚ the companies finalized their deal‚ and came forward
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Wireless Networks Competitive Alert News on Alcatel-Lucent competitors Headline: Sprint Nextel and Ericsson reach $5 billion network services agreement July 27th‚ 2009 Details On July 9th‚ Sprint and Ericsson announced a plan for Ericsson to take over Sprint’s fixed and mobile network operations. This deal represents the largest Managed Services contract in North America so far‚ both in terms of contract value and the scale of operations to be managed. This wireless and wireline network
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Summary………………………………………………………………………19 | THE COMPANY | Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) is a United States-based global communication company and ranked the third largest telecommunications carrier in the United States that offers a comprehensive variety of wireline and wireless communications services. They also are a leader in local service‚ long distance and wireless communication. Even though the company is a telecommunication carrier‚ Sprint is unique and exclusive telecommunication organization
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successful and key to beating any leading competitors. Unfortunately for the Sprint Corporation‚ the numbers in customer growth are not where they need to be in order to keep up with their main competition‚ Verizon‚ AT&T‚ and T-Mobile. Sprint is quickly losing their old customers faster than they can contract new ones. This lack of growth could be for a number of reasons‚ but specifically examined are the pricing wars. It isn’t that Sprint is not doing their part in customer satisfaction or keeping up with
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Snapshot of Wackenhut Corporation (worksite) Sprint PCS MBA 454 Business Research and Application BSA 518 Mr. Miner 24 February 2010 Snapshot of Wackenhut Corporation (worksite) Sprint PCS History of Wackenhut Corporation • Found Special Agent Investigators in 1955 by George R. Wackenhut and (3) FBI colleagues. • Found Wackenhut Corporation and went public in 1967 • 1960s recognized that he needed to provide specialize service to the United States Government Installations a division
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Sears Holdings Corporation is a company that came from two very well known organizations‚ Sears and Kmart. Both companies go back even farther than the 1900s and unfortunately both companies experienced financial difficulty at one point. With the merger Sears Holdings Corporation has the experience of both organizations as well as their different style of operating. Along with an improved customer base and a new outlook Sears Holdings Corporation is experiencing financial growth. Richard W. Sears
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Sprint Nextel Corporation SWOT Analysis Edgardo L. Cartagena Luna Management 521 University of Phoenix February 14‚ 2013 Sprint Nextel Corporation SWOT Analysis Background Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint) is a communications company. The company provides a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services to individual consumers‚ businesses‚ government subscribers and resellers. It provides wireless services on a postpaid and prepaid basis to retail subscribers
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Company Overview Sprint Nextel Corporation is principally a holding company operating principally through two divisions: Wireline and Wireless. Incorporated in 1938‚ Sprint is a communications company offering a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services that are designed and marketed to individual consumers‚ businesses‚ government subscribers and resellers. Its operations are organized to meet the needs of its targeted subscriber groups through focused communications
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corporation’s strengths and weakness. Strategic management is that set of managerial decision and action that determine the long run performance of a corporation 2. Give the evolution of strategic management ANS: it include environment scanning (Both external and internal)‚ strategy formulation ( strategic or long –range planning )‚ strategy implementation‚ and evaluation and control. 3. Has learning become part of strategic management? Ans: strategic management has now evolved to the point
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