Assume that Amazon.com sells the MacBook Pro, a computer produced by Apple, for a retail price...
How does this article relate to the factors of productions in economics? From Music to Maps, How Apple’s iPhone Changed Business Ten years ago, hailing a cab meant waiving one's arm at passing traffic, consumers routinely purchased cameras, and a phone was something people made calls on. The iPhone, released a decade ago this month, changed all of that and more, sparking a business transformation as sweeping as the one triggered by the personal computer in the 1980s. Apple Inc.'s...
Required:
1. What is the amount of Apple’s accounts
receivable as of September 30, 2017?
2. Compute Apple’s accounts receivable turnover as
of September 30, 2017.
3. How long does it take, on average, for
the company to collect receivables for fiscal year ended September
30, 2017?
4. Apple’s most liquid assets include (a)
cash and cash equivalents, (b) short-term marketable
securities, (c) accounts receivable, and (d)
inventory. Compute the percentage that these liquid assets (in
total) make up of...
CASE 20 Enron: Not Accounting for the Future* INTRODUCTION Once upon a time, there was a gleaming office tower in Houston, Texas. In front of that gleaming tower was a giant "E" slowly revolving, flashing in the hot Texas sun. But in 2001, the Enron Corporation, which once ranked among the top Fortune 500 companies, would collapse under a mountain of debt that had been concealed through a complex scheme of off-balance-sheet partnerships. Forced to declare bankruptcy, the energy firm...
Case: Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to CollapseIntroductionOnce upon a time, there was a gleaming office tower in Houston, Texas. In front of that gleaming tower was a giant “E,” slowly revolving, flashing in the hot Texas sun. But in 2001, the Enron Corporation, which once ranked among the top Fortune 500 companies, would collapse under a mountain of debt that had been concealed through a complex scheme of off-balance-sheet partnerships. Forced to declare bankruptcy, the energy firm laid off 4,000...