Case: Amazon Case, Inc.

Each team will develop and submit a narrated PowerPoint presentation following the instructions below.

Instructions:

To begin the presentation, summarize the following information using text case and exhibits:

a$.$ Company background

b$.$ Financial Performance

c$.$ Financial focus during the $20-$year period $1997-2016$

Transitioning from opening summary, answer the following questions. Be thorough in your discussion. Use information from the text of the case, the exhibits, and possible additional research to support and explain your answers.

A$.$ How has Amazon performed leading up to its $20-$year anniversary as a public company? Over the long$-$term? In the near$-$term?

B$.$ Why was Amazon's $2014-16$ cash flow from operations higher than its net income?

C$.$ What did Amazon do with the cash flow it generated between $2014$ and $2016?$

D$.$ 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?

Case rules:

Your presentation should last from $12$ to $16$ minutes in length $($no longer$).$ Allow $2$ minutes of questioning after the presentation concludes.

Please hand in a copy of the Powerpoint presentation to the professor prior to the start of each presentation.

Each person on the team should participate, speak orally, and dress professionally.

Refer to the case presentation grading rubric to know how each team will be judged.