So you've just purchased software for your business, and you want to know how to treat those purchases for tax purposes? Don't be sorry you asked. It can get cumbersome. If the software is bundled with the hardware, as is the case with most retail computer purchases, then the software...
Gwyn Anderson knew she wanted to use her extensive knowledge of computer hardware and software to work for herself. While she moved through the intricacies of computer technology with ease, starting her own home-based business didn't come as naturally. Enhanced Ideas is a unique small business. Gwyn provides in-home, or...
The importance of real-time character animation in computer games has increased considerably over the past decade. Due to advances in computer hardware and the achievement of great increases in computational speed, the demand for more realism in computer games is continuously growing. This paper presents and discusses various methods of...
Analyzing Alternatives in Reverse Logistics for reverse logistics activities are extensively practiced by computer hardware industries. One of the important problems faced by the top management in the computer hardware industries is the evaluation of various alternatives for End-Of-Life EOL computers. Analytic Network Process ANP based decision model presented in...
From the executive summary: ‘Most of the bankruptcies are concentrated in a few industries viz. telecommunications, automotive, computer hardware, metals, chemicals, and retail. Experts suggest that companies with low credit ratings can expect a warmer reception in the capital markets these days. That is because high-yield investors are more receptive...
Entrepreneurs and managers in software and many other technology-driven businesses such as computer hardware, telecommunications equipment, and industrial machinery, often debate which is the best business model: that of a products company or a services company. People generally come out in favor of being a products company, particularly in software....
Supplier quality management has reached high levels of sophistication in general manufacturing industries like automobiles and computer hardware as input cost reduction and supply chain efficiency is a key profitability driver in these industries. Concepts like supplier scorecards, cost-of-poor-quality, charge-backs and cost-recovery, have matured to a great extent enabling manufacturers...
Moving its office supplies purchase online has helped Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield to significantly reduce its supplier base, improve process efficiencies, and allow its buying operation to concentrate on more strategic tasks. This case study states that the company's buying operation led by Garold Lessig, purchasing agent, selected...
Risk analysis determines and evaluates the exposure of vital records to specific risks. Its outcome provides the basis for protection planning and other records management decisions. A thorough risk analysis begins with the identification of threats and vulnerabilities to which vital records are exposed. Once identified, threats and vulnerabilities can...
If ever there was a case where focusing on collaboration radically changed the way a company did business, it is embodied in the example of IBM and the development of its industry-changing Personal Computer. In the summer of 1980, longtime computer hardware maker IBM identified a new...
This article helps in determining the standardization for six sigma, with the help of a case of Iomega. Iomega strives to universalize the system behind its success. In the computer hardware market, much like in quality management, the name of the game is standardization. When Iomega's zip product line gained...
The actual number of public company filings for Chapter 11 protection was 189 in 2002, as correctly predicted by PricewaterhouseCoopers early last year. In its report, The Phoenix Forecast: Bankruptcy and Restructuring 2002, PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasted that public company filings would decline from the record number in 2001 but could still...
For decades, venture capital investment assumed a quiet yet crucial role in the development and expansion of growing ventures. However, the 1990’s boom in technology dramatically increased in the pool of equity capital and funding of new ventures with high growth potential. There is a substantial body of venture capital...
Lessons from High Tech Hokum, Pt 2.One more thing...I was talking about this post with a good friend of mine, who's been in sales for a quarter of a century. He told me that the "profound truth" behind high tech hokum is somewhat more simple than the one I...
