business-level strategies
FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT PLEASE DO NOT USE APPLE AS THE COMPANY & CHOOSE ANOTHER OF YOUR CHOICE. THANKS
Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course. {PLEASE DO NOT USE APPLE} 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 (6) page paper in which you:
- Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
- Analyze the corporate-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
- Analyze the competitive environment to determine the corporation’s most significant competitor. Compare their strategies at each level and evaluate which company you think is most likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice.
- Determine whether your choice from Question 3 would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.
- Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
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There are various strategies which are utilized by companies for effective operation and these methods are known as business level strategies. It is expected that each and every company must have their own operation strategy that determines their ability to compete with others. Each company expects to be a leader at some point and the most common competitive strategy in the market is coming up with a unique business level strategy. The larger an organization is the more the management is required to work hard to come up with the best business level strategy. This is because the company is expected to compete with others effectively and the best option is to come up with a differentiated operation strategy, (Collier and Evans, 2010)…………………………………..
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