customers can instantly buy a book‚ instantly download music‚ and instantly watch a movie on demand. With customers being able to do all this instantly‚ it makes them want to come back when they need more books‚ music‚ and movies. 2. Assess the financial value of the acquisitions and investments made by Amazon.com‚ and the influence of the acquisitions and investments on profitability during the accounting period. 2013 Acquisition Activity In 2013‚ we acquired several companies in cash transactions
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Chapter 3 Business Combinations Introduction In the previous chapter‚ we pointed out that a corporation can obtain a subsidiary either by establishing a new corporation (a parent-founded subsidiary) or by buying an existing corporation (through a business combination). We also demonstrated the preparation of consolidated financial statements for a parent-founded subsidiary. When a subsidiary is purchased in a business combination‚ the consolidation process becomes significantly more
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Business Combinations Assignment 1 Brenda Roper Professor Robert Neely ACC 401 July 24‚ 2013 Page 1 The business combination method I selected is the acquisition method. Business combinations have implemented the newly created accounting treatment called the “acquisition method.” The major changes in the acquisition method involve variations to fair value measurement‚ goodwill recognition‚ and non-controlling interests. Under this method‚ the parent company reported the net
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Business Combination Amendments November 29‚ 2008 Introduction There have recently been a number of significant accounting changes due to FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) making modifications for the accounting treatment of business combinations in SFAS 141(R) and IFRS 3. Business combinations have implemented the newly created accounting treatment called the “acquisition method.” It will replace of the current “purchase method” strategy effective January
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Business Combinations Advanced Accounting 01/24/2014 Business Combinations The primary goal of a business combination is business expansion. A business combination‚ or when “operations of two or more companies are brought under common control” (Jeter & Cheney‚ 2012)‚ can allow companies to expand. There are two types of expansion: internal expansion‚ which focuses on research and development to increase the success of the company‚ and external expansion‚ which focuses on increasing the success
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Amazon.com Business Analysis Calvin Moy MGT 521 August 13‚ 2012 Dan Kearney Amazon.com Business Analysis Amazon.com‚ or Amazon as most people refer to it‚ is one of the largest online retailers in the world. It is an online web-based marketplace that has tens of thousands of products and still increasing. The goal of Amazon is stated on its website: Amazon.com strives to be Earth ’s most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online
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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following is a reason why a company would expand through a combination‚ rather than by building new facilities? a. A combination might provide cost advantages. b. A combination might provide fewer operating delays. c. A combination might provide easier access to intangible assets. d. All of the above are possible reasons that a company might choose a combination. 2. A business combination in which a new corporation
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Chapter 1 BUSINESS COMBINATIONS Answers to Questions 1 A business combination is a union of business entities in which two or more previously separate and independent companies are brought under the control of a single management team. FASB Statement No. 141R describes three situations that establish the control necessary for a business combination‚ namely‚ when one or more corporations become subsidiaries‚ when one company transfers its net assets to another‚ and when each combining company
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different products such as toys‚ VHS‚ music etc. This diversification has helped Amazon grow in the past two decades. When the dot-com bubble burst in the late 90’s investors were a bit skeptical in whether their business model would work. The company ended up proving skeptics wrong making their first annual profit in 2003 and since then have never looked back. The following chart shows the success and value of Amazons stock in the past five years: A small part of this company’s success is
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Thesis: Amazon achieved its enormous success through the first mover advantage into online retailing‚ the business level strategy supported by corporate level strategy and their CEO‚ Jeff Bezos. First mover advantage in the hi-tech world can present a tremendous entry barrier for competitors. That is the reason why some tech giants are able to sustain their competitive advantage for a long time. Amazon is an example of a company that used their first mover advantage to gain lots of free national
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