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BUS 499 All Assignments and DQs (4 Set for each
Assignment) For more course tutorials
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Discussion 1 Strategic Competitiveness BUS 499
Week 1 Discussion 2 Managements
Responsibility BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 Union
Pacific Corporation
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BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 1 Strategic
Competitiveness For more course tutorials
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Discussion 1 "Strategic Competitiveness" Please
respond to the following From the first
e-Activity, determine which of the two primary
drivers of the competitive landscape is more
influential. Explain your rationale. Explain
which model (I / O model or resource-based model)
you believe will best help a firm in the industry
you researched earn above-average returns.
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BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 2 Managements
Responsibility For more course tutorials
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Discussion 2 "Managements Responsibility" Please
respond to the following From the second
e-Activity, determine the level of responsibility
management had for the business failure you
researched. Provide specific examples to support
your response.
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BUS 499 Week 1-11 All DQs For more course
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Week 1 Discussion 1 Strategic Competitiveness BUS
499 Week 1 Discussion 2 Managements
Responsibility BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 Union
Pacific Corporation
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BUS 499 Week 2 Assignment 1 Strategic Management
and Strategic Competitiveness (Apple INC) For
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Assignment 1 Strategic Management and Strategic
Competitiveness Due Week 2 and worth 300 points
Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry
with which you are familiar. Research the company
on its own Website, the public filings on the
Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database
(http//www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the
University's online databases, and any other
sources you can find. The annual report will
often provide insights that can help address some
of these questions.
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BUS 499 Week 2 Assignment 1 Strategic Management
and Strategic Competitiveness (Dell
Incorporated) For more course tutorials
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Strategic Management and Strategic
Competitiveness Due Week 2 and worth 300 points
Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry
with which you are familiar. Research the company
on its own Website, the public filings on the
Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database
(http//www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the
University's online databases, and any other
sources you can find. The annual report will
often provide insights that can help address some
of these questions.
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BUS 499 Week 2 Assignment 1 Strategic Management
and Strategic Competitiveness (Ruby Tuesday)
For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.
com Assignment 1 Strategic Management and
Strategic Competitiveness Due Week 2 and worth
300 points Choose one (1) public corporation in
an industry with which you are familiar. Research
the company on its own Website, the public
filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission
EDGAR database (http//www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml),
in the University's online databases, and any
other sources you can find. The annual report
will often provide insights that can help address
some of these questions.
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BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 Union Pacific
Corporation For more course tutorials
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Discussion 1 "Union Pacific Corporation" Please
respond to the following Perform an analysis of
the social / demographic, technological,
economic, environmental / geographic, and
political/l
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BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 2 Five Forces of
Competition Model For more course tutorials
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Discussion 2 "Five Forces of Competition Model"
Please respond to the following From the
e-Activity, analyze the industry you selected
using the Five Forces of Competition Model to
determine the impact of each of the five
forces. Based on your analysis, determine if the
industry is attractive or unattractive. Explain
your rationale.
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BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 1 Strong Brands For
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BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 1 "Strong Brands"
Please respond to the following Several
companies use their brand as a competitive
advantage. Given your knowledge about the global
economy, identify three brands you believe have
the strongest likelihood of remaining a source of
advantage in the 21st Century and explain why.
Explain the effects you believe the Internets
capabilities will have on the brands you
identified in the previous discussion and what
the owner of the brand should do in light of them
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BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 2 Internal Environment
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Environment" Please respond to the
following From the e-Activity, analyze the
internal environment of the company you
researched to determine that companys strengths
and weaknesses.
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BUS 499 Week 4 Assignment 2 External and Internal
Environments (Apple Inc) For more course
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2 External and Internal Environments Due Week 4
and worth 350 points Choose an industry you have
not yet written about in this course, and one
publicly traded corporation within that industry.
Research the company on its own Website, the
public filings on the Securities and Exchange
Commission EDGAR database (http//www.sec.gov/edga
r.shtml), in the University's online databases,
and any other sources you can find. The annual
report will often provide insights that can help
address some of these questions.
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BUS 499 Week 4 Assignment 2 External and Internal
Environments (GW Pharmaceuticals) For more
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Assignment 2 External and Internal Environments
Due Week 4 and worth 350 points Choose an
industry you have not yet written about in this
course, and one publicly traded corporation
within that industry. Research the company on its
own Website, the public filings on the Securities
and Exchange Commission EDGAR database
(http//www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the
University's online databases, and any other
sources you can find. The annual report will
often provide insights that can help address some
of these questions.
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BUS 499 Week 4 Assignment 2 External and Internal
Environments (Verizon Communications) For more
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Assignment 2 External and Internal Environments
Due Week 4 and worth 350 points
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BUS 499 Week 4 Discussion 1 Business-Level
Strategy For more course tutorials
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Discussion 1 "Business-Level Strategy" Please
respond to the following From the first
e-Activity, assess your satisfaction with the
company you researched and make recommendations
about how that company could modify its
business-level strategy to both increase your
overall level of satisfaction and to attract new
customers. Provide specific examples to
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BUS 499 Week 4 Discussion 2 Apple, Inc Keeping
the I in Innovation For more course tutorials
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Discussion 2 "Apple, Inc Keeping the I in
Innovation Please respond to the
following From the second e-Activity and the
case study, determine how market commonality and
resource similarity impact Apples competitive
standing in terms of its main rivals. Provide
specific examples to support your
response. Determine what additional steps
Apple's competitors are likely to take and how
Apple will most likely respond. Explain your
rationale.
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BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 1 Diversification For
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BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 1 "Diversification"
Please respond to the following From the
e-Activity, suggest one way the company you
researched could increase its level of
value-creating diversification. Provide specific
examples to support your response.
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BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 2 Victory Motorcycles
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Motorcycles" Please respond to the
following From the e-Activity and the case
study, evaluate the business-level strategy of
Victory Motorcycles to determine whether you
believe the strategy is appropriate to offset
forces in the industry. Provide specific examples
to support your response.
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BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
Corporate-Level Strategies (Amazon) For more
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Assignment 3 Business-Level and Corporate-Level
Strategies Due Week 6 and worth 300
points Choose an industry you have not yet
written about in this course, and one publicly
traded corporation within that industry. Research
the company on its own Website, the public
filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission
EDGAR database (http//www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml),
in the University's online databases, and any
other sources you can find. The annual report
will often provide insights that can help address
some of these questions.
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BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
Corporate-Level Strategies (Ford) For more
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Assignment 3 Business-Level and Corporate-Level
Strategies Due Week 6 and worth 300
points Choose an industry you have not yet
written about in this course, and one publicly
traded corporation within that industry. Research
the company on its own Website, the public
filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission
EDGAR database (http//www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml),
in the University's online databases, and any
other sources you can find. The annual report
will often provide insights that can help address
some of these questions. Write a six to eight
(6-8) page paper in which you
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BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
Corporate-Level Strategies (Ikea) For more
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Assignment 3 Business-Level and Corporate-Level
Strategies Due Week 6 and worth 300
points Choose an industry you have not yet
written about in this course, and one publicly
traded corporation within that industry. Research
the company on its own Website, the public
filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission
EDGAR database (http//www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml),
in the University's online databases, and any
other sources you can find. The annual report
will often provide insights that can help address
some of these questions.
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BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
Corporate-Level Strategies (Toyota Corporation)
For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.
com Assignment 3 Business-Level and
Corporate-Level Strategies Due Week 6 and worth
300 points Choose an industry you have not yet
written about in this course, and one publicly
traded corporation within that industry. Research
the company on its own Website, the public
filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission
EDGAR database (http//www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml),
in the University's online databases, and any
other sources you can find. The annual report
will often provide insights that can help address
some of these questions.
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BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 1 Executive Pay For
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BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 1 "Executive Pay"
Please respond to the following Some evidence
suggests that there is a direct and positive
relationship between a firms size and its
top-level managers compensation. Explain what
inducement you think that relationship provides
to upper-level executives. Recommend what can
be done to influence the relationship so that it
serves shareholders interests.
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BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 2 Dr Pepper Snapple
Group 2011 For more course tutorials
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Discussion 2 "Dr Pepper Snapple Group 2011
Fighting to Prosper in a Highly Competitive
Market" Please respond to the following
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BUS 499 Week 7 Discussion 1 International
Opportunities For more course tutorials
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Determine why, given the advantages of
international diversification, some firms choose
not to expand internationally. Provide specific
examples to support your response.
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BUS 499 Week 7 Discussion 2 Cooperative Strategy
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perspective, determine how much information a
firm is obliged to tell a potential strategic
alliance partner about what it expects to learn
from the cooperative arrangement. Explain your
rationale.
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BUS 499 Week 8 Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition,
and International Strategies (Lithonia Lighting)
For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.
com Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition, and
International Strategies Due Week 8 and worth 300
points Choose two (2) public corporations in an
industry with which you are familiar one (1)
that has acquired another company and operates
internationally and one (1) that does not have a
history of mergers and acquisitions and operates
solely within the U.S. Research each company on
its own Website, the public filings on the
Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database
(http//www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the
University's online databases, and any other
sources you can find. The annual report will
often provide insights that can help address some
of these questions.
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BUS 499 Week 8 Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition,
and International Strategies (McDonalds) For
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Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition, and
International Strategies Due Week 8 and worth 300
points
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