For Years, Amazon

question 85

Multiple Choice

For years, Amazon.com, which began as an Internet bookseller, had no profits and was incurring annual losses. Still, the stock market valued the company very highly. One reason for this was that investors believed that:

• A) Amazon.com was in a winner-takes-all market.
• B) Amazon.com faced fierce foreign competition.
• C) the Internet was a perfectly competitive market.
• D) on the Internet brand recognition is unimportant.

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Indirect Method

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Indirect Method

A way of preparing a cash flow statement where net income is adjusted for non-cash transactions, deferrals, and accruals to calculate cash flow from operating activities.

Net Income

The final amount a company retains after expenses and taxes have been removed from its overall revenue.

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