Assignment: Financial Statement Paper
Length: 2250 - 3000 words and at least 5 secondary resources
Required Sections:
· Introduction - give a brief description of the company and provide an abbreviated SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis.
· Body - discuss the information you gleaned from the financial statements.
· Summary - should wrap up your paper and include your overall impression of the firm being evaluated.
Ensure that your paper is properly cited and conforms to APA requirements. The rubric for this assignment is available in the syllabus area.
The following companies and years are available for you to choose from:
-Coca Cola 2015 Annual Report
-Sea World Entertainment 2015 Annual Report
-Carnival Cruise Line 2015 Annual Report
-General Motors 2015 Annual Report
-Darden Restaurants 2016 Annual Report
Key things to keep in mind when writing your paper:
· Well developed ideas. Introduced new ideas/perspective.
· Supported idea(s) with new example(s).
· Includes at least 5 secondary resources to support response. (Class Textbook, Wiki, and ~pedia websites do NOT qualify as a secondary resource).
· Clearly addresses key issues, problems and questions. May include unique insight.
· Free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Proper format and meets APA requirements.
· Be careful of originality/plagiarism as this assignment will be submitted through a plagiarism checker.