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Determining the viability of long-term capital investments is a fundamental aspect of corporate accounting. In this assignment, you use Excel to make and interpret specified calculations for a capital investment analysis that includes sensitivity and what-if analyses for a proposed football training facility.

Instructions

• Read the following scenario and use the Week 4 Assignment Template [XLSX] Download Week 4 Assignment Template [XLSX]to complete this assignment.
• Specific directions are included in the template. Make sure to complete all tabs for Parts 1 and 2 and follow the directions given in each.
• Note that you must add functionality to the appropriate spreadsheets to make the proper calculations.

Scenario

Use the following scenario for your work:

Kicking It Corp. is planning to open a football camp in Arizona, which will require a land purchase and facilities development that includes fields, sleeping and dining facilities, maintenance equipment, and other capital expenditures. Each year, the camp will run for eight one-week sessions. The company will also incur operational expenses.

The estimates in the following table have been shared with company leadership and investors:

Estimated Figures

Item

Amount

Land$300,000Facilities$600,000Annual Cash Flow (150 total yearly players’ fees)$920,000Annual Cash Outflows$840,000Estimated Useful Life of Facilities20 yearsFacilities Salvage Value$1,500,000Discount Rate8%

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Create financial reports, charts, graphs, and what-if analyses using Excel.

1.(a)   Financial Statement Analysis and Interpretation (Liquidity, Assets Utilization, Leverage and Profitability position).

Note: This is a self-study based assignment because this has been covered in FMA course.  However, in this course, submission must be two-page report of significant enhancement of critical analysis and interpretation of Liquidity, Assets Utilization, Leverage and Profitability position. Reproducing same analysis in FMA course will not carry rewards. This assignment will involve extensive modelling on excel.

(b)   Measuring and analyzing unsystematic risk. (Leverage analysis and interpretation – Analyzing impact of cost structure) –

Note: This is also a self-study based assignment because this has been covered in FMA course. However, in this course, submission must be two-page report of significant enhancement of critical analysis and interpretation of cost structure and its impact on business (BEP). Reproducing same analysis in FMA course will not carry rewards

2. (a)   Assess importance of financial management decisions on selected organization(s)

(b) Analyze small shareholders’ wealth protection / maximization in selected organization(s) 

3. (a)   Estimation and Analysis Systematic Risk (Stock return response to change in market index return). This assignment will involve extensive modelling on excel.

(b) Estimation and analysis of Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC). Measuring riskiness of the business. This assignment will involve extensive modelling on excel.

4. Estimation and analysis of working capital requirement based on operating cycle. This assignment will involve extensive modelling on excel and basic simulation.

Human Resource (HR)

Objective: To create a human resource (HR) strategy for a simulated organization that boosts productivity, enhances the quality of work life, and drives profits, utilizing concepts from Cascio’s teachings.

Project Components:

1. Organizational Profile Creation:

. Develop a detailed profile of a simulated company including size, industry, workforce demographics, and market position.

2. HR Audit and Analysis:

. Perform an HR audit on the simulated company, assessing current practices against Cascio’s principles.

. Analyze workforce data to identify productivity and work-life quality trends.

3. Strategy Formulation:

. Design an HR strategy that covers:

. Talent acquisition and management

. Learning and development

. Compensation and benefits aligned with productivity goals

. Work-life balance initiatives (e.g., telecommuting, flextime)

. Ensure strategies are based on evidence-based practices highlighted in Cascio’s work.

4. Financial Impact Assessment:

. Calculate the expected financial return on HR investments.

. Develop a method for assessing the impact of HR practices on productivity and profits.

5. Risk Assessment and Mitigation:

. Identify potential risks associated with the implementation of the new HR strategies.

. Develop mitigation strategies for each identified risk.

6. Technology Integration:

. Propose technology solutions that could support the HR strategy, such as HR Information Systems (HRIS) or AI for recruitment.

7. Sustainability and Ethics Focus:

. Address how the HR strategy ensures ethical treatment of employees and promotes long-term sustainability.

8. Implementation and Change Management Plan:

. Create an implementation plan, including change management strategies to ensure buy-in from all stakeholders.

. Outline communication strategies to be used throughout the implementation process.

9. Evaluation and Metrics:

. Establish metrics and KPIs to evaluate the success of the HR strategy in improving productivity, quality of work life, and profitability.

. Design a scorecard for ongoing monitoring post-implementation.

10. Final Report and Presentation:

. Compile the above components into a comprehensive report.

. Prepare a presentation to communicate the strategy effectively to class members, as if they were stakeholders in the company.

Assessment Criteria:

· Accuracy and applicability of HR audit findings.

· Creativity and evidence-based approach in HR strategy design.

· Thoroughness of the financial and risk assessments.

· Clarity and professionalism in the report and presentation.

· Feasibility and practicality of the implementation plan.

Week 6 -Application Paper

MBA-615-2: Ethical & Social Responsibility of Business

 In Business Ethics Chapter 9(Business and Environmental Sustainability), the authors note that “the opening chapters of this text introduced ethics in terms of practical reasoning.  Deciding what we should do is the ultimate goal of practical reason, and our values are those standards that encourage us to act one way rather than another.  Our values provided us with reasons for acting” (p. 343). The purpose of this assignment is to challenge you to reflect on your own values and decisions with respect to concern for our natural environment.  For this application paper, you are to craft an academic paper that addresses the following:

• What values do you hold, and what decisions have you made, that reflect your level of concern for our natural environment?
• What reasons would you offer to business leaders to promote protection of our natural environment from degradation?
• Why should business leaders be concerned with, and value, our natural world?
• Describe the ethical issues and environmental responsibilities that you believe apply to business operations, and explain your reasoning.

Compare the characteristics of the antisocial personality disorder with the psychopath. What are the major differences? Are all individuals with antisocial personality disorder psychopaths? Are all psychopaths individuals who exhibit antisocial personality disorder? Find examples on the internet, in movies or literature, to illustrate your distinctions

Taxpayer Facts
Richard and Natalie Burns are a married couple in their early thirties. They do not have any children yet. They live in a rented condominium in Overland Park, Kansas. Natalie works as a nurse at St. Luke’s South Hospital and Richard is a 30% partner in a small
engineering firm that is operated as a general partnership. They have come to your office with the following information to have their 2023 individual federal income tax completed. They provide you with the following information:
1. Copies of the following documents (available on K-State Canvas as a PDF titled, “Supporting Documents”): – K-1 from Richard’s partnership (no payments were made requiring the filing of a Form 1099, there are no prior year losses or non-at risk amounts, Richard materially participates in the partnership, and all income is considered non-passive income)
– W-2 from Natalie’s job at St. Luke’s South Hospital
– 1099-Int from First Bank
– 1099-Int from Local Credit Union
– 1099-Div from ABC Mutual Fund
2. Natalie and Richard sold their 2016 Honda Accord in 2023 for $12,000. They had purchased it for $20,000. Natalie had used it exclusively for personal driving.
3. Natalie received a gift of $40,000 from her parents late in 2023.
4. Richard’s grandfather passed away in September of 2023. Richard received
$100,000 as the beneficiary on the life insurance policy.
5. In April 2023, Natalie started a part-time business from home doing consulting work
for physicians’ office practices (business identification code 621399). Natalie materially participants in the business and is not eligible for a home office deduction.
During the year, she collected $25,000 in consulting fees and incurred the following expenses, none of which would require Natalie to file a Form 1099 (Natalie uses the cash method of accounting):
• Spent $2,500 advertising in the local medical journal.
• Spent $1,500 on office supplies (not part of cost of goods sold).
• Spent $750 on utilities.
• Spent $800 on an occupational license.
• Spent $1,900 on liability insurance.
6. Natalie and Richard made timely estimated tax payments of $23,000 during the year.
7. During the year, the Burns sold the following capital assets (assume that in all cases, the basis was reported to the IRS):
Asset Acquired Sold Selling price Adjusted Basis
A stock 6-02-16 10-13-23 4,200 3,500
B stock 8-6-07 3-12-23 6,000 8,000
C stock 2-10-23 11-14-23 6,000 20,000
D Stock 6-16-19 12-7-23 5,000 4,500
E Stock 7-11-23 10-10-23 5,000 4,000
Boat 10-2-15 4-25-23 4,000 10,500
Note1: The B stock was sold to Natalie’s brother.
Note2: The boat was used for personal recreation.
Required
Prepare the Burns’ 2023 federal tax return. They have asked you to minimize their tax liability to the extent legally possible. Round numbers to the nearest dollar. Clearly state any assumptions make in completing the tax return. Include any supporting schedules. The following 2023 tax forms are required:
• Form 1040: U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, pages 1 and 2
• Form 1040: Schedule 1, 2, 3
• Form 8949: Sales and Disposition of Capital Assets
• Schedule C: Profit and Loss from Business
• Schedule D: Capital Gains and Losses
• Schedule SE: Self-Employment Taxes (use the short form)
• Computation of tax liability (i.e., the Tax Computation Worksheet and the
Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Worksheet)
• Instructions for Form 1040:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf
• Form 1040: U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, pages 1 and 2
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf
• Form 1040, Schedule 1
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040s1.pdf
• Form 1040, Schedule 2
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040s2.pdf
• Form 8949: Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8949.pdf
• Schedule C: Profit and Loss from Business
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sc.pdf
• Schedule D: Capital Gains and Losses
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sd.pdf
• Schedule SE: Self-Employment Taxes (you will need 2 forms for this one)
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sse.pdf
• Computation of tax liability (i.e., the Qualified Dividend and Capital Gain Tax
Worksheet; not normally not filed as part of a tax return, but turn it in for this
project to show your work)
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf (pages 37 and 77 of the
instructions)
• Also include a letter to the Burns explaining to them any carryforward items (both the character and the amount) they might have and how much refund or additional tax they have to pay with their return. You can download the necessary forms, instructions, and tax tables from the IRS website (www.irs.gov); the links to the tax forms are also included above. Make sure you obtain the 2023 tax return forms. You may NOT prepare the tax return using Commercial Tax Software (e.g., TurboTax).
Hints
1) The best way to approach the project may be to complete it in the following order
• Profit and loss from the business (Schedule C),
• Self-employment tax (Schedule SE) – one form for Natalie and one form
for Richard (two forms total)
• Sales and other dispositions of capital assets (Form 8949). Check box “A” for both short-term gains/losses (basis reported to the IRS) and box “D” for long-term gains/losses (basis reported to the IRS); leave columns “f” and “g” blank.
• Capital gains & losses (Schedule D). Be sure to check if there are any capital gain distributions to report.
• Carry over the information from Schedules C, D, and SE to Form 1040, along with any other information that needs to be reported on Form 1040.
Fill out Schedules 1 and 2 for Form 1040 and transfer information to the Form 1040.
• Finally, write a letter to the Burns.
2) Neither Richard nor Natalie elects to contribute to the Presidential Election Campaign. They also do NOT have any 2023 digital assets.
3) Use the Tax Computation Worksheet and the qualified dividend and capital gain worksheet to figure the tax on line 12a of Form 1040 (and turn in with the project).
These links are available at: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf (pages 37 and 77 of the instructions)
4) Assume that the Burns do NOT have to pay the AMT.
5) The dividends are BOTH ordinary and qualified (i.e., put in both places).
6) For the Qualified Business Income Deduction on Line 10 of the Form 1040, enter 20% of the bottom-line amount from Schedule C (Line 31 on Schedule C)
PLUS 20% of the bottom-line amount from Richard’s total partnership income (Schedule 1, Line 5) as the amount of your deduction.
7) Enter Richard’s partnership income (ordinary business income + guaranteed payment) on Schedule 1, Line 5. For this project, you do NOT need to include Schedule E (which is normally required for partnership income).
8) You are NOT required for this project to fill out Schedule B for the taxable interest.
9) When you assemble the forms to upload into Canvas, include only the tax forms and the supporting schedules (do NOT include any of the information reports such as W-2, 1099s, etc.).
10) Round all numbers to the nearest dollar and leave the “cents” column blank. Any lines on the return that are not relevant should be left blank (thus, do not put zeros on every line that does not apply to the taxpayer). Be sure that you include totals on each of the lines with “bullets” in front of them, and make sure that you check any boxes requiring a yes/no answer. Also be sure to fill out the required information at the top of all of the schedules.
11) Do NOT sign or date the return for the client.
12) Be sure to fill in your client’s name and SSN on the top of every form.
13) CHECK FIGURES:
a. The amount on Line 31 of Schedule C is between $10,000 and $20,000.
b. The refund or amount owed on the Form 1040 is under $1,000.

Scenario 1:

The Midnight Basketball Program

You are Director of Programming for a local gymnasium. Your gym has recently extended its hours to offer a Midnight Basketball program. The program is intended to reduce gang activity by providing an alternative late-night engagement for teen and pre-teen boys and girls, and by fostering mentoring relationships between the adults who coach and the boys and girls who participate. It is supported by a grant from a local philanthropic organization. The grant has been provided for three years, but in order for it to be renewed, the philanthropic organization wants evidence that it is making a difference – that is, that the program is keeping participants out of gangs, and is thereby helping to reduce gang activity. In order to determine whether or not it is worthwhile for your program to continue, the philanthropic organization wants to know what effects your program is having, and how substantial those effects are.

Each question worth 9 points.

1. In this case, would you conduct an evaluation or research? Why? Also, what would you choose as the criteria/research questions for your evaluation/research? (be specific when justifying your answer)

2. What kinds of evidence are likely to be most informative about the effectiveness of the midnight basketball program?

3. How would you get that evidence? What data are required?

Scenario 2:

Summer Wheelchair Sports Camps at the University of Illinois

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Dr. Jaesung An’s Alma Mater) is hosting Summer Wheelchair Sports Camps [ http://www.disability.illinois.edu/camps]. The major goal of the Summer Wheelchair Sports Camps is the development and improvement of wheelchair sports. It is reasonable to suggest, however, that the individual and social benefits of participation in these camps extend far beyond the scope suggested in the aforementioned goal. These experiences may have transformational and empowering potential and may teach adolescents about life as much as about sports.

In the Summer Wheelchair Sports Camps, youth (12-19 years old) may acquire not only technical skills (e.g., techniques of wheelchair maintenance and its capabilities) and sports skills (e.g., wheelchair basketball skills or track skills), but also individual skills (e.g., developing or enhancing self-confidence, self-efficacy, and resilience) and social skills (e.g., interpersonal communications and teamwork).

The Summer Wheelchair Sports Camps are tailored to foster fun and recreation as well as to contribute to self-growth of developing athletes and personalities. Therefore, among potential benefits of the Summer Wheelchair Sports Camps, there might be a sense of transformation, activeness, fun, reduced anxiety and pressure, experience of accessibility, a sense of safety and fitting in, understanding and acceptance, leadership and friendship.

At this point, however, these assumptions have not been empirically investigated as related to the Summer Wheelchair Sports Camps at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. You are hired to conduct evaluation research for this program.

Each question worth 11 points.

1. Among the reasons for evaluation discussed in class, please pick at least 2 that best matches with this scenario and justify your choice.

2. Of the 5 evaluation models learned in class, which model(s) would you choose to conduct evaluation for this program? Why?

3. Write a detailed outline of your evaluation plan. Please make sure to consider the model(s) you decided to follow. (hint: some questions from scenario #1 may be useful to incorporate: criteria, evidence)

Problem Set #7

Attached Files:

·   Building a Model – Marvel Renovations.xlsx  (18.835 KB)

Start with the partial model in the file attached. Marvel Pence, CEO of Marvel’s Renovations, a custom building and repair company, is preparing documentation for a line of credit request from his commercial banker. Among the required documents is a detailed sales forecast for parts of 2020 and 2021:

	Sales	Labor and Raw Materials
May, 2020	$75,000	$80,000
June, 2020	$115,000	$75,000
July, 2020	$145,000	$105,000
August, 2020	$125,000	$85,000
September, 2020	$120,000	$65,000
October, 2020	$95,000	$70,000
November, 2020	$75,000	$30,000
December, 2020	$55,000	$35,000
January, 2021	$45,000	N/A

 

Estimates obtained from the credit and collection department are as follows: collections within the month of sale, 20%; collections during the month following the sale, 60%; collections the second month following the sale, 25%. Payments for labor and raw materials are typically made during the month following the one in which these costs were incurred. Total costs for labor and raw materials are estimated for each month as shown in the table. General and administrative salaries will amount to approximately $25,000 a month; lease payments under long-term lease contracts will be $7,000 a month; depreciation charges will be $8,000 a month; miscellaneous expenses will be $5,000 a month; income tax payments of $30,000 will be due in both September and December; and a progress payment of $95,000 on a new office suite must be paid in October. Cash on hand on July 1 will amount to $70,000, and a minimum cash balance of $30,000 will be maintained throughout the cash budget period.

a. Prepare a monthly cash budget for the last 6 months of 2020.

b. Prepare an estimate of the required financing (or excess funds)—that is, the amount of money Marvel’s Renovations will need to borrow (or will have available to invest)—for each month during that period.

c. Would the cash budget be accurate if inflows came in all during the month, but outflows were bunched early in the month?

d. If its customers began to pay late, this would slow down collections and thus increase the required loan amount.  Also, if sales dropped off, this would have an effect on the required loan.  Do a sensitivity analysis that shows the effects of these two factors on the max loan requirement.  Assume the purchases of labor and raw material also vary by the sales adjustment factor.

Submit your answers in a Word document.Research Paper -Individual Submission

Attached Files:

·   Week 7 Research Paper – Research Topic List .docx   Week 7 Research Paper – Research Topic List .docx – Alternative Formats (19.201 KB)

Research Paper: This is a graduate course and students will be expected to research and write papers  summarizing in their own words what they have found on current topics from the weekly readings. Research is a theoretical review of relevant literature and application of findings in the literature to a topic related to a specific industry, field, or business problem.

 

The  research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or academic journals . While Blogs, Wikipedia, encyclopedias, course textbooks, popular magazines, newspaper articles, online websites, etc. are helpful for providing background information, these resources are  NOT suitable resources for this research assignment.

 

Assignment Requirements:

i. Choose a research topic from the chapter readings or from the list provided by your professor.

ii. Research/find a minimum at least four (4), preferably five (5) or more, different peer-reviewed articles on your topic from the University of the Cumberlands Library online business database. The article(s) must be relevant and from a peer-reviewed source. While you may use relevant articles from any time frame, current/published within the last five (5) years are preferred. Using literature that is irrelevant or unrelated to the chosen topic will result in a point reduction.

iii. Write a four (4) to five (5) page double spaced paper in APA format discussing the findings on your specific topic in your own words.  Note – paper length does not include cover page, abstract, or references page(s).

iv. Structure your paper as follows:

a. Cover page

b. Overview describing the importance of the research topic to current business and professional practice in your own words.

c. Purpose of Research should reflect  the potential benefit of the topic to the current business and professional practice and the larger body of research.

d. Review of the Literature summarized in your own words. Note that this should not be a “copy and paste” of literature content, nor should this section be substantially filled with direct quotes from the article. A literature review is a summary of the major points and findings of each of the selected articles (with appropriate citations). Direct quotations should be used sparingly. Normally, this will be the largest section of your paper (this is not a requirement; just a general observation).

e. Practical Application of the literature. Describe how your findings from the relevant research literature can shape, inform, and improve current business and professional practice related to your chosen topic.

f. Conclusion in your own words

g. References formatted according to APA style requirements

v. Attach your paper to the Discussion board by the Thursday due date.

vi. Read and respond to at least four (4) other student postings by the Sunday due date.

 

 

Week Seven: Research Paper – List of potential research topics

To complete the Article Research Paper due in Week 7, please select a topic from the list provided below or from the chapter readings.

· Financial Markets

· Capital Allocation Process

· Debt, Equity and Derivative

· Securitization

· Mortgage-backed securities

· Federal Reserve Policy

· Investment Fund

· Regulation of Financial Institution

· U.S. Stock Market

· Financial Statements & Reports

· Working Capital

· Sarbanes-Oxley and Financial Fraud

· Performance Evaluation

· Return on invested capital

· The Federal Income Tax System

· Corporate Capital Gains

· Financial Analysis & Financial Ratios

· Common Size Analysis & Trend Analysis

· Comparative Ratios & Benchmarking

· Time Value of Money

· Perpetuities & Annuities

· What loans really cost

· The Great Recession of 2007

· Bonds Market

· Credit Default Swaps

· Sinking Funds

· Determinants of Market interest rates

· Bond Ratings

· The term structure of interest rates

· Bankruptcy & Reorganization

· Financing with Junk Bonds

· Investment Returns & Risk

· What does investment risk mean?

· Risk in a portfolio context

· Diversification and Multi-Stock Portfolios

· Capital Asset Principal Model

· Bernie Madoff Story

 

· The Efficient Markets Hypothesis

· The Fama-French Three-Factor Model

· Corporate Valuation and Stock Prices

· Do stock values affect long term or short term cash flows?

· Why are stock prices so volatile?

· Financial options

· Employee Stock Options

· The Black-Scholes Option Price Model (OPM)

· Taxes and Stock Options

· The Weight Average Cost of Capital

· Corporate Valuation and the Cost of Capital

· Global Variation in the cost of capital

· Managerial Issues and the Cost of Capital

· Capital Budgeting

· Capital Rationing

· Risk Analysis in Capital budgeting

· Risk Analysis

· Project Valuation

· The cash flow effect of asset purchases and Depreciation

· Externalities

· Tax Depreciation

· Financial Planning

· Implementing the Target Capital Structure

· Economies of Scale

· Conflicts between stockholders & Creditors

· Conflicts between managers & shareholders

· Monitoring and Discipline by the Board of Directors

· Charter provisions and by laws that effect the likelihood of hostile takeovers

· Using compensation to align managerial and shareholder interests

· Capital Structure and Internal Control systems

· Environmental Factors outside a firm’s control

· Stock Repurchase

· Tax Effect Theory

· Dividend Irrelevance Theory

· Empirical Evidence on Distribution Policies

· The impact of Distribution on Intrinsic Value

· The pros and cons of dividends and repurchases

· Capital structure

· Business risk and financial risk

· Capital structure theory

· Using the Black-Sholes Option Pricing Model to value equity

 

· Managing the maturity structure of Debt

· Supply Chain Management

· Credit Policy

· The cost of trade credit

· Revolving credit agreement

· Multinational versus domestic Financial Management

· Exchange rates

· Exchange rates & international trade

· The international monetary system and exchange rate policies

· Purchasing power parity

· International Money and Capital Markets

Technology chosen: 3D Printing in Medicine

Write a review of literature based on the technology you are investigating for your Course Project. A review of literature may be defined as an analysis of published information in a particular subject area. It has some similarities to an annotated bibliography, which you have completed in a previous class, but differs in important respects. An annotated bibliography focuses on annotations, or summaries, of sources. In contrast, a review of literature analyzes the sources, draws connections among them, and notes changes in thinking over time. A review of literature will focus on the following questions.

· What are the key points of agreement among the sources?

· What are the key points of disagreement among the sources?

· Do any of the sources appear to be outliers? In other words, are there any sources that bring up issues, or make assertions, that the other sources do not discuss?

· Which sources appear to be the most powerful or influential? Are there sources that all of the other sources deem highly authoritative?

· Are there any sources whose assertions seem dubious, illogical, or unsupported by the facts?

· How has thinking changed about your topic over time? Are there beliefs that have fallen out of favor?

Successful assignments will do the following.

· Analyze at least five sources from reputable publications that can be found in the DeVry Library

· Demonstrate points of similarities and differences, note patterns, and evaluate source quality.

· Be approximately 750–1,000 words in length.

· Be formatted per current APA standards, including a separate title page and references page.

Attached is a sample review of literature to refer to as you create your own.

 

 

 

Criteria

Assignment Requirements Assignment is 750–1,000 words in length, analyzes five sources, and is formatted in the seventh edition of APA, with a separate title page and references page.

Source Analysis The paper references and discusses individual sources. Students should not generalize connections between sources; instead, sources must be discussed in detail by highlighting specific arguments or views.

Making Connections The student draws meaningful connections among the sources. Connections may include similarities and differences, changes over time, and evaluation of relative source quality.

FIN4422- Case Report: Amazon

In this group assignment, you will collaborate to submit a case report. The main body of the report must be no shorter than 3 pages and no longer than 5 pages, single spaced. The main body should comprise:

1. 1- Introduction/Background information – include relevant facts and issues on company. Competitors, industry; This will provide evidence that you have conducted additional research on the problem;
2. 2- Financial Analyses – Provide answers based on both qualitative and quantitative analyses to the following questions:
   1. 1- How has Amazon performed leading up to its 20-year-anniversary as a public company? Over the long-term? In the near-term? 
   2. 2- Compute financial ratios from Amazon’s 2014-16 financial statements provided in the case and report the main takeaways.
   3. 3- Why was Amazon’s 2014-16 cash flow from operations higher than its net income? 
   4. 4- What did Amazon do with the cash flow that it generated between 2014 and 2016? 
   5. 5- Articulate a pathway for Amazon to get from $2 billion to $20 billion in net income between 2016 and 2021 as envisioned by the Barron’s article cited in the case?
3. 3- Recommendation/Solution –Provide one justifiable and realistic solution to the problem as identified in the articulated pathway; explain the reasons behind the proposed solution; support this solution with justification and include relevant theoretical concepts as well as the results of your research.

Figures and tables could be placed in an appendix at the end of the paper but preferably incorporated in the body where appropriate.  All figures and tables must be numbered and all pages, including pages with tables and figures must be numbered. 

Task:

1. Review the Amazon Case Report
2. Submit your case report.
3. Review the grading criteria.

Note: One report will be handed in and each member will get the same grade unless otherwise requested. List names of contributing group members in report.