Lucent Technologies Case Lucent Technologies is a company that is backed by Bell Labs research and development who, according to Fraser and Ormiston (2007), “design and deliver the systems, software and services that drive next-generation communications networks” (p. 79). The company has three reportable segments, including Integrated Network Solutions, Mobility Solutions and Lucent Worldwide Services and all three of these segments have suffered from the 2001 decline in the telecommunications
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After reviewing the common size balance sheet, Lucent technologies has experienced an small increase in its total assets. Its cash and cash equivalent have decreased, while their inventory, receivables, and marketable securities have increased. This proves that they are taking in less cash and their products are not revolving as they should. The total assets went from $15,911 in 2003, to $16,963 in 2004. In this amount the balance sheet shows an increase in inventory and other total assets. The amount
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Lucent Technologies 1 . Lucent Technologies Robert Johnson ACC/230 – Financial Reporting: Peeking Under the Financial Hood 10/16/2011 Instructor: Craig Hanson Lucent Technologies
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Lucent Technologies Sheila D Griffith ACC230 University of Phoenix, Axia College January 17, 2013 Craig Hanson Lucent Technologies The asset, debt and equity structure of Lucent Technologies is quite stable. For the years of 2003 and 2004 there is a marked trend toward increased assets and decreased liabilities. The overall picture showing that 2004 had about 6% more in assets then did the other years. The changes were really not that great in any category but there was a decrease in
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ACC230 Lucent Technologies 2. Evaluate the asset, debt, and equity structure of Lucent technologies, as well as trends and changes found on the common size balance sheet. Assets are current assets plus long-term assets, current assets were about 49.42% and fixed assets equal about 10%.Which has been mostly financed by long-term liabilities of 96% and short-term liabilities of 31%, this equals to 127% financing do to negative equity on previous year losses. In 2004 assets decreased
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Abstract Alcatel Lucent Technologies is a builder of network base stations, towers, and end to end networks IP solutions for the construction of 3G/4G wire and wireless technologies. Alcatel-Lucent Technologies have unique research environment; Bell Labs. Employments benefits and multi-cultural environment are key merits at Alcatel-Lucent Technologies. Workforce reduction process and lack of strategic business decision are the main drawbacks of Alcatel-Lucent Technologies. With Nokia acquiring
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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 of the merged company. To Lucent, this was not possible hence withdrawal from the
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The Alcatel-Lucent Merger – What went wrong? Summary • The original merger negotiations between Alcatel of France, a communications equipment maker based in Paris and Lucent Technologies, a U.S. telecommunications giant, took place in 2001. • The original deal collapse on May 29, 2001, after the two companies could not agree on how much control Alcatel would have. Lucent's executives wanted the deal as a "merger of equals" rather than a takeover by Alcatel. • In 2006, renewed
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The Alcatel- Lucent Merger; What went wrong? 1. The conditions and negotiation factors that pushed forth the 2006 merger that were not present in the 2001 merger were in 2001 Lucent’s executives wanted the deal as a “merger of equals” rather than a takeover by Alcatel. However in 2006 Tchuruk agreed to pay 10.6 billion euro for Lucent to create the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker. Tchuruk said the combined company would realize 1.4 billion euro in cost savings over the following
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