Cost in Excess of Net Assets of Companies Acquired and Intangible Assets, net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Text Block]

Cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired, allocated to the company's business segments, is as follows:

	Global Components			Global ECS		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2011 (a)	$	763,952		$	709,381	$	1,473,333
Acquisitions	198,392			34,969		233,361
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(4,428		)	9,437		5,009
Balance as of December 31, 2012 (a)	957,916			753,787		1,711,703
Acquisitions	50,218			275,442		325,660
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(7,274		)	9,204		1,930
Balance as of December 31, 2013 (a)	$	1,000,860		$	1,038,433	$	2,039,293

(a) The total carrying value of cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired for all periods in the table above is reflected net of $1,018,780 of accumulated impairment charges, of which $716,925 was recorded in the global components business segment and $301,855 was recorded in the global ECS business segment.

Schedule of Definite and Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2013:

	Weighted-Average Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Trade names	indefinite	$	179,000	$	—		$	179,000
Customer relationships	10 years	374,244		(134,817		)	239,427
Developed technology	5 years	9,625		(4,051		)	5,574
Other intangible assets	(b)	4,609		(2,541		)	2,068
		$	567,478	$	(141,409	)	$	426,069

Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2012:

	Weighted-Average Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Trade names	indefinite	$	179,000	$	—		$	179,000
Customer relationships	11 years	325,509		(100,172		)	225,337
Developed technology	5 years	11,154		(2,508		)	8,646
Other intangible assets	(b)	2,761		(1,711		)	1,050
		$	518,424	$	(104,391	)	$	414,033

(b) Consists of non-competition agreements and sales backlog with useful lives ranging from one to three years.