Business with finance expertise preferred*
INTRODUCTION
After completing the
business simulation at a competent level, create a written
report (see attached “Stockholder Report Template”) for stockholders and the board
of directors to review. Justify your decisions throughout the simulation and
evaluate the current state of the business for all functional areas.
REQUIREMENTS
STOCKHOLDER REPORT:
B1: CORPORATE
STRATEGIC THRUSTS
Create a written
stockholder report for the board of directors and stockholders, using the
attached “Stockholder Report Template,” in which you do the following:
•
Analyze how
four corporate strategic thrusts that you selected within the simulation drove two
of your financial decisions and two of your nonfinancial decisions (see
Conscious Scorecard).
B2A: DECISIONS TO BE
CHANGED
•
Reflect on the
decisions that were made during the last three quarters (Qs 4-6) of the
simulation (see Tactical Plan Overview) by doing the following:
Note: Support for your
reflection may include graphs and other data.
•
Explain two
decisions that you would change and why.
B2B: DECISIONS WITH A
POSITIVE EFFECT
•
Explain two decisions that had a positive effect and
how, including specific examples.
BUSINESS ANALYSIS:
C1: CALCULATED
VALUATION
Discuss your company’s financial projections and valuation in
relation to the company’s quarter six (Q6) statement of cash flow, balance
sheet, income statement (result found in Q7 tab), and Q6 stock history report
by doing the following:
•
Calculate a
valuation of the company and explain the key components of how you came to that
valuation.
C2: PROJECTED ROI
•
Calculate
the projected financial return on investment (ROI) at end of quarter six (Q6)
and explain the effects that this return would have for an investor.
Note: You should include, within your valuation, any
financial data that you use to justify your valuation, such as statement of
cash flows, balance sheet, income statement, and stock history report, which
can all be exported from within the simulation. You may copy and paste the
information directly into the stockholder report template.
D1: ANALYSIS OF RATIOS
Analyze
the overall performance of the business compared to the financial reports from
the simulation by doing the following:
Note: Use quarters four, five, and six when analyzing performance.
The analysis should include definitions of the financial statistics that
occurred for these three quarters. Refer to the simulation reports, including
the balanced scorecard and conscious scorecard for the required data.
•
Analyze
the effect on overall financial performance of one ratio
from each of
the following categories, including the performance measures found within the
industry financial ratios tab within the simulation:
o
liquidity
ratios
o
activity
ratios
o
leverage
ratios
o
profitability
ratios
D2: CASH FLOW FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
•
Analyze
the beginning and ending cash positions from your statement of cash flows from
quarter seven (Q7) (Qs 1-6 data) for each of the following:
o
cash
flow from operating activities
o
cash
flow from investing activities
o
cash
flow from financing activities
D3: CONSCIOUS
SCORECARD DECISIONS
Explain
how three decisions
that you made and are shown on your conscious scorecard affected the company’s
performance.
E: Sources
Recommended Length
(stockholder report and business analysis combined): Approximately 15 pages,
double spaced.
Format: Narrative
APA 7th Edition
No more than a
combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one
individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources,
even if cited correctly.
