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BUS 499 All Assignments and DQs (4 Set for each
Assignment) For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 1 Strategic
Competitiveness BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 2
Managements Responsibility BUS 499 Week 2
Discussion 1 Union Pacific Corporation BUS 499
Week 2 Discussion 2 Five Forces of Competition
Model
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BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 1 Strategic
Competitiveness For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   BUS 499 Week 1
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.
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BUS 499 Week 1 Discussion 2 Managements
Responsibility For more classes
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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 classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   BUS 499 Week 1
Discussion 1 Strategic Competitiveness BUS 499
Week 1 Discussion 2 Managements
Responsibility BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 Union
Pacific Corporation BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 2
Five Forces of Competition Model BUS 499 Week 3
Discussion 1 Strong Brands
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BUS 499 Week 2 Assignment 1 Strategic Management
and Strategic Competitiveness (Apple INC) For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Assignme
nt 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
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BUS 499 Week 2 Assignment 1 Strategic Management
and Strategic Competitiveness (Ruby Tuesday) For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Assignme
nt 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),
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BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 Union Pacific
Corporation For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 1 "Union
Pacific Corporation" Please respond to the
following Perform an analysis of the social /
demographic, technological, economic,
environmental / geographic, and political/legal /
governmental segments to understand the general
environment facing Union Pacific. 
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BUS 499 Week 2 Discussion 2 Five Forces of
Competition Model For more classes
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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
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BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 1 Strong Brands For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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
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BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 2 Internal
Environment For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   BUS 499 Week 3 Discussion 2 "Internal
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 classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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
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BUS 499 Week 4 Assignment 2 External and Internal
Environments (GW Pharmaceuticals) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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
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BUS 499 Week 4 Assignment 2 External and Internal
Environments (Verizon Communications) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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
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BUS 499 Week 4 Discussion 1 Business-Level
Strategy For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   BUS 499 Week 4 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
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BUS 499 Week 4 Discussion 2 Apple, Inc Keeping
the I in Innovation For more classes
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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.
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BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 1 Diversification For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   BUS 499
Week 5 Discussion 1 "Diversification" Please
respond to the following From the e-Activity,
suggest one way the company you researched could
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BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 2 Victory
Motorcycles For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   BUS 499 Week 5 Discussion 2 "Victory
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
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BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
Corporate-Level Strategies (Amazon) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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
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BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
Corporate-Level Strategies (Ford) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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
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BUS 499 Week 6 Assignment 3 Business-Level and
Corporate-Level Strategies (Toyota
Corporation) For more classes visit www.snaptutori
al.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
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BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 1 Executive Pay For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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
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BUS 499 Week 6 Discussion 2 Dr Pepper Snapple
Group 2011 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   BUS 499 Week 6 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 classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Week 7 Discussion 1    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 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   Week 7 Discussion 2 From an ethical
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 classes visit www.snaptutorial.
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
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BUS 499 Week 8 Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition,
and International Strategies (McDonalds) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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
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BUS 499 Week 8 Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition,
and International Strategies (Under Armour) For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Assignme
nt 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
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BUS 499 Week 8 Assignment 4 Merger, Acquisition,
and International Strategies (Whole Foods Market
Inc. and the Energizer Holdings Inc.) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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
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BUS 499 Week 8 Discussion 1 Corporate
Governance For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   Week 8 Discussion 1    Analyze the three
internal governance mechanisms (ownership
concentration, boards of directors, and executive
compensation) and recommend a possible fourth
mechanism that would help align the interests of
managerial agents with those of the firms
owners. Provide specific examples to support your
response.  
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BUS 499 Week 8 Discussion 2 Finding the Best
Buy For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com  
Week 8 Discussion 2  Corporate governance has
become a hot issue in the U.S. over the past two
decades.  From your analysis of the case study,
determine two possible corporate governance
challenges that might be faced by Best Buy as a
result of its rapid growth and why they could
become corporate governance issues.
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BUS 499 Week 9 Discussion 1 Domino's Pizza For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Week 9
Discussion 1    Determine whether the current
organizational structure at Dominos is a good
match for its corporate strategies. Explain your
rationale.    Evaluate alternative structures to
determine which one would be most appropriate for
Dominos to consider and discuss likely benefits
Dominos
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BUS 499 Week 9 Discussion 2 Strategic
Leadership For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   Week 9 Discussion 2 Compare and contrast
strategic controls and financial controls.
Provide specific examples of how each may be used
to best serve a corporation. 
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BUS 499 Week 10 Assignment 5 Capstone (Apple) For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Assignme
nt 5 Capstone Due Week 10 and worth 400
points   Select a publicly traded corporation for
which you would like to work or are currently
working.
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BUS 499 Week 10 Assignment 5 Capstone (Coca -
Cola) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
  Assignment 5 Capstone Due Week 10 and worth
400 points   Select a publicly traded corporation
for which you would like to work or are currently
working.
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BUS 499 Week 10 Assignment 5 Capstone (FedEx
Corporation) For more classes visit www.snaptutori
al.com   Assignment 5 Capstone Due Week 10 and
worth 400 points   Select a publicly traded
corporation for which you would like to work or
are currently working.   Research the corporation
on its own Website,
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BUS 499 Week 10 Assignment 5 Capstone (Victorias
Secret) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   Assignment 5 Capstone Due Week 10 and worth
400 points   Select a publicly traded corporation
for which you would like to work or are currently
working.
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BUS 499 Week 10 Assignment 5 Capstone
(Walmart) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Assignment 5 Capstone Due Week 10 and
worth 400 points   Select a publicly traded
corporation for which you would like to work or
are currently working.   Research the corporation
on its own Website, the public filings
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BUS 499 Week 10 Discussion 1 Strategic
Entrepreneurship For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Week 10 Discussion
1    From the e-Activity, evaluate the lessons
learned in this chapter to determine which single
lesson would be most beneficial to the company
you researched. Provide specific examples to
support your response.
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BUS 499 Week 10 Discussion 2 Innovation
Applied For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   Discussion 2  Analyze the different
approaches to innovation discussed in this
chapter to determine which approach you think
would be the greatest value to the greatest
number of organizations. Explain your rationale.
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BUS 499 Week 11 Discussion 1 Summation For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Week 11
Discussion 1  Create a metaphor or analogy that
captures the essence of the major lessons learned
in the BBA program (e.g., business administration
is like . . .).  
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BUS 499 Week 11 Discussion 2 Looking Ahead For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Week 11
Discussion 2 Discuss how you will use the lessons
learned in your BBA program to be more productive
in your current (or future) career. Provide
specific examples to support your response.
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