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Ignore the cover page. 5 pages of content needed, make sure to touch all criteria. All directions should be provided in the attatchments. Write a business paper on the topics needed. 

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Content Points Additional Comments: Earned 60 Percent X/120 • All required sections of the assignment are covered in a substantive way in the number of paragraphs required. 1. Title page 2. Introduction 3. About Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos 4. Describe Amazon’s corporate governance 5. Revenue & Expenses 6. Long Term Debt/Liabilities 7. Statement of Cash Flows 8. Financial position 9. Risks and litigation 10. Press Releases/Newest Innovation 11. Final thoughts 12. Conclusion 13. References page Organization / Development Points Additional Comments: Earned 20 Percent X/40 • • • • • • All paragraphs are 4-6 sentences each. Paragraph transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper. The tone is appropriate to the content and assignment. Sentences are complete, clear, and concise. Sentence transitions are present and maintain the flow of thought. Third person point of view is always used (no “you” or “I”) Mechanics Points Additional Comments: Earned 20 Percent X/40 • • • • The paper—including headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements. Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a properly formatted reference page with at least the required 4 reputable sources. Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed. Spelling is correct. Total Earned /200 Midterm Paper (Read carefully) – Worth 200 points Amazon is a household name. From Alexa to books to yard supplies to Zen Yoga Decal stickers and everything in between, Amazon truly has items from A-Z as their iconic logo portrays. Jeff Bezos was certainly on to something when he set out as founder of Amazon back in 1994. We know Amazon very well from a consumer perspective. You have read about and studied accounting concepts related to: • Company formation types – partnerships, corporations (Ch 12 and 13) • Long term liabilities (Ch 14) • How the statement of cash flows is created and organized (Ch 16) • How to analyze financial statements (Ch 17) • Fraud and ethics as well as cost allocation and classification (Ch 18) This paper will give you the opportunity to put to practice the above concepts by evaluating/analyzing Amazon from an investor/accounting perspective and not just from the consumer’s perspective. The link to Amazon’s financial data (use the 2018 Annual Report 10K), press releases and other investor relations information can be found using the below link: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=irol-reportsother Review the annual report in its entirety first so you have an idea of the type of information included in the document as well as review the format. Here are the required sections for the paper and some guidance on what to include in each section (with the minimum amount of writing required for each section): Title page – Title page should include an interesting title, your name, our class and the date Introduction – (1 paragraph) Describe the purpose of the paper and what you plan to discuss – set the stage for what is to come and make it interesting/catchy (something like what I have at the very top of these instructions…) Maybe include your own Amazon story. About Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos – (1 paragraph) Summarize the history of Amazon and the bio of Jeff Bezos in your own words. Describe Amazon’s corporate governance – (1 paragraph) there is a section in the link above on corporate governance, which are overarching principles that guide the rest of the company culture. Review this section and in your own words, describe Amazon’s corporate governance. Include your thoughts about what you have described. Revenue & Expenses– (1 paragraph for revenue and 1 paragraph for expenses) Amazon earns revenue from different sources. What are some of Amazon’s revenue sources? They also have costs of sales, which are expenses. These two sections are in the Annual report. Review these sections and summarize key points you notice about the types of revenue (called Net Sales) and the expenses (Cost of Sales). Also, discuss Amazon’s profitability by locating the data for and calculating the profit margin ratio. (Ch 17) Describe what the results mean. Discuss the types of long term debt – (1 paragraph) In the Annual Report Notes section, there is a Note about Long term debt/liabilities. Review the section and summarize the types of notes Amazon has and how they are recorded. Also, using the ratio formula on page 603, locate the data for and calculate the debt to equity ratio for Amazon and indicate what the results mean. Our book uses 2015 Amazon data for this ratio, so you will want to update it using the 2018 data and then summarize your thoughts on how the results changed in the past three years. Statement of Cash Flows – (1 paragraph) The Statement of Cash Flows and the verbiage describing the cash flows can be found in the Annual report. Review and summarize key points. Also, using the ratio formulas on pg 682 in the text book, locate the data for and calculate the cash flow on total assets, and the two cash flow ratios at the bottom of the pg. Indicate what the results mean using the descriptions in the text. Include any other information that is of interest to you regarding the Statement of Cash Flows. Financial position – (1 paragraph) This is another name for the balance sheet. Review the balance sheet and describe some of the results. For example, did accounts payable increase or decrease? Also, mention the types of stock Amazon has. See Ch 13 for the different types. Do they have all of them or just one or two? Discuss the health of their accounts receivable by locating the data for and calculating the accounts receivable turnover (Ch 17). Describe what the results mean. Discuss the health of their inventory by locating the data for and calculating the inventory turnover (Ch 17). Describe what the results mean. Include any other information that is of interest to you regarding the balance sheet. Risks and litigation – (1 paragraph) The risks are noted in the Annual report. These may or may not happen, but in the Annual report, companies will describe what they feel their overall risks would be given various situations/circumstances. For this section, pick two risks and describe each one in your own words. Explain what you think Amazon should do better to address these risks or explain why you think they are already doing a good job of mitigating each risk you have selected. Just your thoughts, no right or wrong. (1 paragraph) Legal proceedings (litigation) are also in the Annual report. Pick one of the legal proceedings listed, review, summarize in your own words and include your thoughts. Also, find any updated resources that may describe the outcome of the legal proceeding you selected if not presented. Press Releases/Newest Innovation – (1 paragraph) Companies will issue press releases when there are newsworthy items to mention. Select two from the link provided (scroll to the Press Release section), summarize and provide your thoughts about each one. (1 paragraph) Locate an article (cite your source) that discusses what Amazon is doing since the 2018 Annual report (in the last year). Anything new? New services? Pick one, summarize and include your thoughts. Final thoughts – (1 paragraph) This section is for discussing your overall thoughts and views of Amazon as a company. Would you invest if given the chance? Why or why not? Do you think the company is sound? Why or why not? Is there anything that interested you the most (something you did not know)? Conclusion – (1 paragraph) This section does not present any new information and is merely a recap of what you discussed in your paper. References Page – List all references used for this paper. The link for the Annual report is one, our textbook is another. In addition to the Annual report link and our textbook, the requirement is at least two additional, reputable sources (no Wikis). Review the link below to assist with how to format your paper and sources using APA format. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ More info about the paper: APA format – the purdue.edu site link provided has good information on how to format. Just a few more things to point out. • • • • • • • • • • Paragraphs are to be between 4-6 complete and well-formatted sentences. One or two sentences is not a paragraph. Use the sections above as headers in the paper in the same order as listed. All writing must be in your own words. All suspected plagiarism will be reported. Review for grammar, spelling and punctuation. Make sure letters are capitalized where appropriate (i.e. “I” and not “i”) Write in the third person point of view, never first or second person even when asked to provide your thoughts. Google first, second and third point of view if you need more information. Use in-text citations where you are quoting or paraphrasing information. For example, “The Amazon Annual report states on pg XX that “sales are up XX% over last year.” (Amazon Annual Report, pg XX) This paper is worth 200 points (20% of your grade). See the syllabus for the due date. Take it one section at a time… Give yourself time to complete (suggestion: as a chapter is completed, try to work on a section while the information is still fresh). Please let me know if you have any questions. Also, see the grading rubric posted in the Week 3 section.
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Introduction
About Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos

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Describe Amazon’s corporate governance

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Revenue & Expenses

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Discuss the types of long term debt
Statement of Cash Flows

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Financial position

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Risks and litigation

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Press Releases/Newest Innovation
Final thoughts
Conclusion


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Growth Profitability and Financial Ratios of Amazon.com Inc
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AMAZON
Growth Profitability and Financial Ratios of Amazon.com Inc
Introduction
Amazon is a giant and a leader in global technology, online, retail, and in cloud

computing. The company earns most of its revenue through sales of subscriptions and consumer
products in its international and North America websites. Not only does Amazon use retail
websites, it also has physical retail stores. Furthermore, Amazon carries out its obligations by
developing its own brand of consumer electronics. At the same time, Amazon has a software that
provides sellers to sell their products through its established channel and branded websites that
move their products to consumers through Amazon. Amazon’s doors are open to all enterprises
and developers through their AWS segment that has the capacity for global computing, database
and storage functions among others. Through Amazon’s websites filmmakers, authors,
musicians, among others can publish and sell their products. This paper seeks to provide an
analysis of Amazon’s corporate culture, revenue debt, cash flow and more
About Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos
Amazon.com, Inc. is a business venture that was founded by Jeffery Bezos in
1994 and the headquarters of the business is in Seattle, WA. The company participates in
offering online retail shopping experiences. Amazon carries its business operations in specific
business segments including the International, North America, Web services and AWS. Part of
the North American segment includes sales of subscriptions and consumer products through
North American based websites such as www.amazon.ca, and www.amazon.com.
Amazon’s corporate governance
Jeff Bezos purposefully established that the company culture that is used at Amazon is
friendly and intense. According to data from (Ziliani, & Ieva, ...


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