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This case study examines Intel's working capital management. Intel was founded in 1968 and by 2004 had become the undisputed leader in microprocessors, with about 90% market share. While known for innovation, Intel also aimed to maximize operational efficiency. The case outlines Intel's corporate background, business segments, and working capital management. It discusses how an Intel employee, John Mathew, was tasked with analyzing Intel's financials and working capital management and comparing it to rival AMD. Exhibits provide snapshots of Intel and AMD's financial statements and balance sheets.

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Case Study

This case study examines Intel's working capital management. Intel was founded in 1968 and by 2004 had become the undisputed leader in microprocessors, with about 90% market share. While known for innovation, Intel also aimed to maximize operational efficiency. The case outlines Intel's corporate background, business segments, and working capital management. It discusses how an Intel employee, John Mathew, was tasked with analyzing Intel's financials and working capital management and comparing it to rival AMD. Exhibits provide snapshots of Intel and AMD's financial statements and balance sheets.

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CASE STUDY

Intel : Managing Working Capital


Abstract:
Intel is the undisputed leader in the microprocessor industry with about a 90% market
share. Since 1968 when it was founded, Intel has launched many ground-breaking
products. Many analysts attribute Intel''s success to its technology, innovation and
management. It has also attempted to become a disciplined company that maximises
operational efficiency, one important dimension of which is working capital
management. The case outlines various aspects of working capital management at Intel.

Introduction
In early 2004, Intel was the undisputed leader
in the microprocessor industry with about
90% market share. Since 1968 when it was
founded, Intel had launched many
groundbreaking products.

By 2004, it had 450 products and services


ranging from the ubiquitous PC
microprocessors like Pentium, the 64-bit high-
end Itanium 2 to mobile computing chipsets
such as Centrino. Intel ended 2002 with
revenues of $ 26.7 billion. Many analysts
believed Intel's success was as much about
technology as about management. They
attributed the success of Intel to its unbroken
leadership chain. As one great leader retired,
another took over.

While Intel was well known for innovation, it had also attempted to be a disciplined
company that maximized operational efficiency. Intel realized that as competition
intensified, working capital management would become increasingly important...
While Intel was well known for innovation, it had also attempted to be a disciplined
company that maximized operational efficiency. Intel realized that as competition
intensified, working capital management would become increasingly important...

Excerpts
Corporate Background
A popular story which went around in Intel was that one weekend afternoon in the spring
of 1968, Gordon Moore (Moore) dropped by Robert Noyce's (Noyce) home. The two
decided to launch a new company to pursue large-scale integrated (LSI) memory. That
was the moment when Intel (abbreviation of Integrated Electronics) was born though the
company was officially launched in the month of July that year. Little did they know that
their new venture would define contemporary electronics and change the way the world
worked, lived and played...

Business Segments
Intel's major products included microprocessors; chipsets; boards; flash memory;
application processors used in cellular handsets and hand-held computing devices;
cellular chipsets; networking and communications products, such as Ethernet
connectivity products, optical components and network processing components, and
embedded control chips (micro controllers)...

Working Capital
John Mathew, a young MBA had joined Intel in its Corporate Finance Department. His
supervisors asked him to understand and analyze the financials of the company and make
suggestions on improving Intel's working capital management and compare it with that of
rival AMD...

Exhibits
Exhibit I: Intel, Corporate Snapshot
Exhibit II: Intel Profit & Loss Statement
Exhibit III: Intel Balance Sheet
Exhibit IV: AMD - Financials
Exhibit V: AMD - Balance Sheet
ASSINGNMENT 2

ON

WORKING CAPITAL

MANAGEMENT

SUBMITTED TO:
MISS. HARMEET KAUR

SUBMITTED BY: AMAN GUPTA


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