MBA 503 Final Milestone Project Starbucks Corporation Analysis

Please refer to Starbucks and Facebook financial statements for this final project milestone. Chose between Starbucks and Facebook. In the Annual Report of the company you've chosen, based on the information in the MD&A section, what would you determine to be the company’s strategic, financial and operational goals? How do the operational goals align with the financial goals? This milestone will contribute to the Final Project in Module 7. 

Submission should be no longer than three pages, excluding the Cover & Reference Pages.

Company Information 

Use Starbucks' Annual Reports (Links to an external site.).  Here is the link to the SB2017 PDF – 10-K Annual Report (Links to an external site.).  

Use Facebook's Annual Reports (Links to an external site.). Here is the link to the 2017 PDF – 10-K Annual Report (Links to an external site.). 

LINKS - https://investor.fb.com/financials/?section=annualreports

             https://investor.starbucks.com/financial-data/annual-reports/default.aspx

The 8-K’s are the Quarterly’s and the students should not use those.

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