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I need help understanding the steps of how you go about finding the cost of equity using the dividend growth model for Amazon.com. You do not have to do any calculations; just explain how you would go about doing these calculations and explain what kind of additional information you might need.

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Cost of Equity using the Dividend Growth Model

I need help understanding the steps of how you go about finding the cost of equity using the dividend growth model for Amazon.com. You do not have to do any calculations; just explain how you would go about doing these calculations and explain what kind of additional information you might need.

Amazon started in 1995 by Jeff Bezos. It is currently a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, Washington, is the global leader in e-commerce. Amazon has used eCommerce technologies to sell directly to the consumers. It has changed the business model from indirect business model to direct business model. Earlier consumers used to go to physical ...

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