Evaluating Business Segment Information Hewlett-Packard Company reports that its "organizational structure is based on a number of factors that management uses to evaluate, view and run its business operations." In its disclosures of segment information, there are seven segments-Personal Systems, Printing, Enterprise Group, Enterprise Services, Software, HP Financial Services, and Corporate Investments. The company provides the following information about these business segments: 2014 2013 ($ millions) Total net revenue: Personal Systems Printing Enterprise Group Enterprise Services Software HP Financial Services Corporate Investments Earnings from operations: Personal Systems Printing Enterprise Group Enterprise Services Software HP Financial Services Corporate Investments Total assets: Personal Systems Printing Enterprise Group. Enterprise Services Software HP Financial Services Corporate Investments $34,303 $32,179 22,979 23,896 27,814 28,081 22,398 24,061 3,933 4,021 3,498 3,629 302 24 $1,270 $980 4,185 3,933 4,008 4,259 803 679 872 868 389 399 (199) (316) $12,104 $11,690 10,063 11,088 27,236 29,759 13,472 16,217 11,575 11,940 13,529 12,746 34 105

Evaluating Business Segment Information Hewlett-Packard Company reports that its "organizational structure is based on a number of factors that management uses to evaluate, view and run its business operations." In its disclosures of segment information, there are seven segments-Personal Systems, Printing, Enterprise Group, Enterprise Services, Software, HP Financial Services, and Corporate Investments. The company provides the following information about these business segments: 2014 2013 ($ millions) Total net revenue: Personal Systems Printing Enterprise Group Enterprise Services Software HP Financial Services Corporate Investments Earnings from operations: Personal Systems Printing Enterprise Group Enterprise Services Software HP Financial Services Corporate Investments Total assets: Personal Systems Printing Enterprise Group. Enterprise Services Software HP Financial Services Corporate Investments $34,303 $32,179 22,979 23,896 27,814 28,081 22,398 24,061 3,933 4,021 3,498 3,629 302 24 $1,270 $980 4,185 3,933 4,008 4,259 803 679 872 868 389 399 (199) (316) $12,104 $11,690 10,063 11,088 27,236 29,759 13,472 16,217 11,575 11,940 13,529 12,746 34 105

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

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Chapter10: Decentralization: Responsibility Accounting, Performance Evaluation, And Transfer Pricing

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