Consider the annual reports of Nike and Adidas for a period of 4 years. Using the different financial ratios, we covered in this course you are required to 1) critically evaluate the financial statements individually across the 4-year period and cross-sectionally and identify their main strengths and weaknesses, and 2) make recommendations for future improvement.
Note: Students are expected to comment on the change of company financial performance (income statement) and position (balance sheet) during the 4-year period of examination by looking at the main accounts and how they have changed (information may be taken from the notes to the accounts). The aim of this assignment is to familiarize students with the information content of annual reports.
Formalities:
Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total word count.
Font: Arial 12,5 pts.
Text alignment: Justified.
The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.