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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

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, 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
Acquisitions	63,077			47,974			111,051
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(12,154		)	(68,981		)	(81,135		)
Balance as of December 31, 2014 (a)	$	1,051,783		$	1,017,426		$	2,069,209

(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, 2014:

	Weighted-Average Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Trade names	indefinite	$	101,000	$	—		$	101,000
Customer relationships	10 years	402,036		(171,071		)	230,965
Developed technology	5 years	8,806		(5,444		)	3,362
Other intangible assets	(b)	1,719		(1,335		)	384
		$	513,561	$	(177,850	)	$	335,711

(b)     Consists of non-competition agreements with useful lives ranging from two to three years.

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	(c)	4,609		(2,541		)	2,068
		$	567,478	$	(141,409	)	$	426,069

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