MGT 472 (Strategic Management Capstone)

Annual Report: Company Website

2020 Annual Report Fiscal Year Ended August 30, 2020. Costco Wholesale Corporation, 10 Dec. 2020, investor.costco.com/index.php/financial-information/annual-reports.

10-K Report: SEC filings from EDGAR

"Costco Wholesale Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended August 30, 2020." EDGAR. Securities and Exchange Commission, 7 Oct. 2020, www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983220000017/cost-20200830.htm.

Case Study

Burgelman, Robert, et al. Deutsche Telekom 2020: Leading the Digital Transformation. Graduate School of Stanford Business, 2020. www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/deutsche-telekom-2020-leading-digital-transformation. Case study.

ChatGPT

Format:  "Description of chat" prompt. Name of AI tool, version of AI tool, Company, Date of chat, URL.

"Examples of strategic management plans" prompt. ChatGPT, 14 Mar. version, OpenAI, 17 Aug.2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

Data Tables: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

United States. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. "Gross Output by Industry." Bureau of Economic Analysis, 24 Jun. 2021, apps.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?reqid=150&step=2&isuri=1&categories=gdpxind.

Business Market Research Collection:  D&B Hoover's, Hoover's Company Records (Company Profile)

D&B Hoover's. "Costco Wholesale Corporation Profile."  ProQuest Business Market Research Collection, 15 Dec. 2020, www.proquest.com/reports/costco-wholesale-corporation/docview/1860773237/se-2?accountid=11496.

Business Source Ultimate:  MarketLine (Company Profile)

MarketLine. "Costco Wholesale Corporation Company Profile." EBSCOhost Business Source Complete, 9 April 2021, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=dmlsa&AN=7EE0FB19-6C6E-4865-AFD1-D601275DC508&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

First Research Industry Report

First Research. "Warehouse Clubs & Superstores - Quarterly Update 7/19/2021." ProQuest, 2021, usafa.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/reports/warehouse-clubs-amp-superstores-quarterly-update/docview/2553225826/se-2?accountid=11496

IBISWorld Report

Diment, Dmitry. "IBISWorld US Industry Report 42: Wholesale Trade in the US." IBISWorld, May 2021, my.ibisworld.com/us/en/industry/42/about.

Nexis Uni:  Company Profile (Dossier)

LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations. "Costco Wholesale Corporation." NexisUni, 26 Jul. 2021, advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=company-financial&id=urn:contentItem:5GS2-MDN1-DYKX-F46J-00000-00&context=1516831.

Statista: Statistics

Bloomberg. "Market Share of The Largest Carbonated Beverage Companies Worldwide in 2015 ." Statista, 21 Jan 2015, www-statista-com.usafa.idm.oclc.org/statistics/387318/market-share-of-leading-carbonated-beverage-companies-worldwide.

Statista: Infographics

Buchholz, Katharina. "Where Chinese Vaccines Are Used." Statista, 30 Jul 2021, www-statista-com.usafa.idm.oclc.org/chart/25446/countries-authorizing-coronavirus-vaccines-of-chinese-origin.