Comparison of 5 Companies : Cisco, Motorola, Nokia, Qualcomm, Harris

Corporate Governance We have chosen the telecommunications equipment sector on which to make our analysis. More specifically for the purposes of this case we will examine the following five companies: Cisco Systems Inc, Harris Corp, Motorola, Nokia and Qualcomm Inc. We will begin by presenting some information on each company's CEO Name of companyQualcommCiscoHarrisNokiaMotorola Name of CEOIrwin JacobsJohn T ChambersHoward L. LanceJorma OllilaEdward J. Zander In office since 19851995200319992004 A company insider or outsiderInsiderInsiderOutsiderInsiderOutsider More specifically …

…is more cost effect driven to finance its Research and Development, since all companies must maintain their competitive advantage. The industry however is forced to increase its amount of dividends, in order to maintain good stockholders relations. Works Sited Page http://screen.yahoo.com/stocks.html www.sec.gov.edgarhp.htm http://www.hoovers.com/free/ http://www.reuters.com/ www.nokia.com www.cisco.com www.qualcomm.com www.harris.com www.motorola.com