ACC201 Week 1 Discussion 1 The Role of Financial Statements in Business Decision Making

After reviewing the three questions ,  corporation needs its financial statements , clash flow statements , and to  analyze their balance sheets to make the global aggressiveness more effective . evaluating these things will help make the corporation more profitable .

1.If you are thinking of purchasing Amazon.com ’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock, or any stock, how can you decide what the stock is worth?

If you are thinking of purchasing a stock, how you can decide what a stock is with is by doing the research on the corporation . Also see the financial history and any audit info before you make your investment .

If you manage Apple’s Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) credit department, how should you decide whether to extend a new client’s credit limit?

If you mange a Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) credit department ways you can determine to decide on a new credit limit is to run a credit check to analyze their credit over . Also look at their credit track record to see if the client have been on time with payments to predict to raise their credit line . Basically see consistency in on time payments over a period of time .

3.If you are a financial executive of Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE), how do you decide whether the company should employ aggressive capital investments in global business areas?

If I was a financial executive I would decide by coming up with a business plan of action . A thorough history of the companies history to evaluate as well. Also a spread sheet of the companies income statement showing what all the company has earned or loss .