Use the Target Corporation’s Form 10-K to answer the followingquestions related to Target’s 2015 fiscal year (year ended January30, 2016). Target’s Form 10-K is available on the company’s websiteir through the SEC’s EDGAR database. Appendix A providesinstructions for using the EDGAR database.
Required
- What percentage of Target’s total revenues end up as netearning?
- What percentage of Target’s sales to go to pay for the costs ofthe goods being sold?
- What cost does Target include in its Cost of Salesaccount?
- When does Target recognize revenue from the sale of giftcards?
Information
The guide provides you with information that will make youbetter in case analysis, information synthesis, evaluation, andpresentation. This will enhance your understanding of the issuesdiscussed in the case and enable you to answer questions fully andin an informed manner that is logical and systematic.
Also included in the folder is a paper from the Harvard BusinessSchool titled: An Introduction to Cases. This paper provides an indepth look at the use of case method to enhance your learningexperience. You are encouraged to read the two papers beforebeginning case analysis for this course or any other course.
For case studies, the write-up must at least answer thefollowing questions:
What are the main problems or issues of the case?
What alternatives have been attempted to resolve the problems orissues?
What recommendations can be made to resolve the case?
Relevance of the issues raised in the case to real life businessproblems and applications
Other questions raised by the instructor
( 750- 1000 words)
