Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
IBS Case Development Center
Length: 6 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics:
Nortel Networks Corporation; Accounting mis-statements; Financial re-statement; Telecommunications equipment maker; John Roth; Frank Dunn; Controversial bonus plan; Return to profitability; William A ?Bill? Owens; Chief of ethics; Audit Committee of the Board of Directors; Bell Telephone Canada; Public and private telecom networks; Regulatory investigations; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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Abstract
The management of Canada-based Nortel Networks Corporation, one of the largest telecommunications equipment companies in the world, was forced to restructure due to the Internet bubble bursting. However when it appeared that the company was able to come out of the downturn in its business by 2003, disaster struck the company again in early 2004, when it announced that it would be re-stating its financial statements for the years 1998 to 2003. The case promotes an understanding of Nortel''s background, the downturn in the company''s fortunes and the restructuring strategies it adopted. The case also traces the financial re-statements the company carried out for the years 1998 to 2003 and the reason behind the re-statements. It triggers a discussion on whether such accounting controversies would adversely affect Nortel''s future.
Location:
Industry:
Size:
USD10.2 billion (2003 revenues)
Other setting(s):
1997-2004
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Abstract
The management of Canada-based Nortel Networks Corporation, one of the largest telecommunications equipment companies in the world, was forced to restructure due to the Internet bubble bursting. However when it appeared that the company was able to come out of the downturn in its business by 2003, disaster struck the company again in early 2004, when it announced that it would be re-stating its financial statements for the years 1998 to 2003. The case promotes an understanding of Nortel''s background, the downturn in the company''s fortunes and the restructuring strategies it adopted. The case also traces the financial re-statements the company carried out for the years 1998 to 2003 and the reason behind the re-statements. It triggers a discussion on whether such accounting controversies would adversely affect Nortel''s future.
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Location:
Industry:
Size:
USD10.2 billion (2003 revenues)
Other setting(s):
1997-2004