Amazon Inc Company history from inception to today Description of the company’s operations. What niche does the company fill in the marketplace? Founders? Still with the company? Management style? Corporate culture? In what industry does the company operate? Who are the most significant (strongest) competitors? How is the company positioned in the industry? Strategy? Products/services? Innovation? Marketing strategy? Targeted customers? Demand? Global? Supply chain? Competitive advantages/disadvantages? What resources, capabilities, and core competencies greatly benefit the company? In what areas is the company potentially weak or requires managerial attention? What is your overall conclusion regarding your company’s current operations? Financial strengths and weaknesses? Performance? PM? Operating margin? Leverage? ROE? Stock price? Cash [if in abundance, what is the company going to do with the cash? Invest to expand sales (R&D, buy other businesses, new land, equipment, machinery? etc.)? Pay higher dividends? Repurchase stock?] Expected growth in revenues and net profits? Acquisitions/mergers? Alliances with other companies? Any major economic issues impacting the company? Oil prices? Trade? Inflation? Interest rates? Tensions among countries? What are the strategic issues that currently confront your company? What market or internal circumstances should most concern the company’s senior leadership team? Future strategy? New products/services? Geographic locations? Customer base? What are your recommendations to maintain a competitive edge and sustain growth in sales and earnings? What advice would you make to your company’s CEO regarding the actions that the management needs to take to sustain the company’s growth and financial performance…increase sales as well as net income and profit margins (new products, new markets as in customers and locations, mergers and/or acquisitions, higher/lower pricing of products and services, lowering costs? Should cash be used to fund additional share repurchase plans, pay higher dividends, make acquisitions, expand internationally, or for other purposes? Recommendations to maintain a competitive edge and sustain growth in sales and earnings? Does the company seem to naturally adhere to a Christian worldview? What are the major ethical components and social responsibilities incorporated in the mission statement, management, and operations of the company?