Strategic assessment for Twitter, Inc.
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This Project is 7-9 page paper with exhibits of organization financial data. Your Project should identify a publicly-held corporation and conduct a strategic assessment that includes organizational analysis of: (a) financial condition, (b) industry and competitors, and (c) organization situation. From the assessment, (d) formulate appropriate recommendations or strategy for organizational development from a management perspective.
You should write about (Twitter, Inc.) 7 - 9 pages
Spend time making sure that the formatting meets APA standards, and thoroughly proofread and grammar-check your project.
Please note that plagiarism is not allowed, give credit to sources and do not forget to provide the references, And make sure you do it in Microsoft Word Document.
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Develop a strategic assessment for Twitter that includes organizational analysis of: (a) financial condition, (b) industry and competitors, and (c) organization situation. From the assessment, (d) formulate appropriate recommendations or strategy for organizational development from a management perspective.
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NOTE: This is not a paper that you can actually hand in for class. This is a guide to help you write the final 7-9 page paper required for the class.
Additional notes on APA
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Twitter, Inc.
I suggest you include a paragraph or two interesting facts about Twitter's initial public offering.
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) started trading on November 7, 2013 and on that day, closed at $44.90 while it closed $5.81 lower at $39.09 on May 1, 2014 about six months after its initial public offering (IPO). The shares of the company went as high as $73.31 on December 31, 2013 but it recorded the lowest at $39.06, which is very near the current price level, on November 25, 2013.
According to the company's Form S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the par value of each share of stocks that investors snapped at $44.90 on IPO day is so close to ZERO at $0.000005 (p. 1). The company initially estimated that its IPO will be valued at $1 billion which resulted to a registration fee of $128,000. The Form S-1 was filed on October 3, 2013.
Interestingly, after , Twitter was revised this filing for 5 times before the IPO date. For example, it revised its offer price upward to $26 valuing the IPO at $1.82 billion which is almost twice as much as its initial valuation.
Financial Condition
Evaluation of Twitter's financial condition is very limited since there are only two major financial documents that we can used. First, its amended prospectus. Second, its Form 10-K filing for the year ended December 31, 2013. This filing is the company's first.
According to its prospectus, Twitter (2013) styled itself as an "emerging growth company" (p. 1) which could mean in business parlance that it will take years before the company show a net income. This is actually a fact which, if you're a ...
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