ACC 660 Final Project Milestone Two: Recommendations Guidelines and Rubric

ACC 660 Final Project Milestone Two: Recommendations Guidelines and RubricPrompt: You will use the financial analysis interpretations and calculations from Milestone One, including feedback from your instructor, to complete MilestoneTwo. In this assignment, you will analyze Starbucks’s annual report to identify investment patterns and comment on the company’s financial position. You willthen analyze the U.S. market to determine if it is a good decision to open an additional two locations in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida area.This assessment addresses the following course outcomes:Appraise decisions relating to investments, portfolio management, and acquisitions for improving the financial position of the companyCase Study 1: StarbucksII.RecommendationsA. Review the past three years of Starbucks’s annual reports and compare the investments, changes in portfolio management, and acquisitions anddisposal of assets. What patterns do you see emerging from your review?B. Based on the review of the annual reports, are the investments improving the company’s financial position? Why or why not?C. Management is interested in determining whether it is feasible to expand U.S. operations by 50 stores. Review the current U.S. market storelocations in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area and determine if two additional stores can be opened. What issues will need to be addressed(including but not limited to competition, population, and pricing) regarding a decision to open the additional stores?D. Assume it is not feasible to open additional stores in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale. What other Florida metropolitan area would you recommend tomanagement? Why?Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 4-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font,one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information,review these instructions.Critical ElementCase Study 1:Recommendations:Annual ReportsExemplary (100%)Meets “Proficient” criteria anduses concrete examples tosubstantiate claimsProficient (90%)Compares the investments,changes in portfoliomanagement, and acquisitionsand disposal of assets anddiscusses emerging patternsNeeds Improvement (70%)Compares the investments,changes in portfoliomanagement, and acquisitionsand disposal of assets but does