Electronic Arts Company Analysis

A COMPANY ANALYSIS OF TOC \o "1-3 " \f \h \z \u ELECTRONIC ARTS , INC

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TOC \o "1-3 " \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " Company Background and History PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 2

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc4 " Background PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 2 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc5 " History PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 2

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc6 " Industry PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 3

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc7 " Management and Culture PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 4

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc8 " Market Value PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 4

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\l "_Toc9 " Financial Analysis PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 4

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc0 " Income Statement Analysis PAGEREF _Toc0 \h 5

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc1 " Balance Sheet Analysis PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 6

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc2 " Cash Flow Analysis PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 7

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " Fiscal Condition PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 7

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc4 " SWOT Analysis PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 8

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc5 " Summary PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 9

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc6 " References : PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 10

Company Background and History

Background

Based in Redwood City , California , Electronic Arts , Inc ( EA ' or the Company ' for brevity ) is a self-proclaimed leading global interactive entertainment software company (ea .com n .d ' EA develops , publishes , and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems , personal computers , wireless devices and the Internet (ea .com n .d ' As of March 2008 , the Company has 9 ,000 employees worldwide (ea .com n .d

History

In 1982 , the company was founded as Amazin Software by Trip Hawkins the name was changed to Electronic Arts in 1983 (MobyGames...