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Analytical Research Paper This paper should examine one of the course topics in greater depth, exploring the different perspectives in scholarly and popular literature. The student should focus on problems, disagreements, inconsistencies or changes over time. All claims must be backed up with concrete examples from credible sources. The paper, including the list of references, […]

American Giant, an apparel manufacturing company from the USA, wants to expand in South America by starting to export on some major market there http://www.american-giant.com/why-were-here.html (Links to an external site.)  Their first targets are Argentina and Brazil. Analyze the company and its domestic market Analyze one of the two countries and analyze its main indicators of the […]

COMPANY: AMAZON This is the first deliverable for your Capstone Project. For the Capstone Project, you will complete a Strategic Audit of your company or a company of your choosing. Then, you will align your workforce strategies with the business objectives of the company by completing a strategic HR Plan. In this process, you will […]

Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House: Research Essay in MLA Format Write a research essay that develops an argument on Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. You must have a total of 4 sources used in your essay (one source is the play as produced in your textbook). (That means you are citing quotes and using ideas […]

Discussion: The Logic of Inference: The Science of Uncertainty All models are wrong. Some models are useful. —George E. P. Box (1919–2013) Statistician Describing and explaining social phenomena is a complex task. Box’s quote speaks to the point that it is a near impossible undertaking to fully explain such systems—physical or social—using a set of […]

(Initial) assignment feedback Make sure you follow/understand the instructions VRIO is used for internal analysis PESTLE is used for macro analysis The report should be focused on the industry structure and competitors. Be specific when you provide information What does large, increasing, growing, etc. mean? Provide the details if possible. If you already provide them […]

Today’s learning objectives Develop an understanding of cooperative strategies Discuss strategic alliances Understand different types of cooperation Explain risks of cooperative strategies Strategic alliances Alliances “voluntary arrangements between firms involving exchange, sharing, or codevelopment of products, technologies, or services.” (Gulati 1998) • Access to partner resources and capabilities Equity alliance Existing companies take ownership stakes […]

Today’s learning objectives Understanding the relationships between customers and business level strategy Explain why a business level strategy is important Understand different types of business level strategies Understand the risks and benefits of different business level strategies Business level strategy Business vs corporate level strategy How to compete in a specific product market? VS Which […]

Trends in M&As Trends in M&As Trends in M&As Agenda Strategy assignment Trends Performance Motives Firm and environment characteristics Integration Strategy report Write a strategy report based on your analysis of either one of these companies: Air New Zealand, Fletcher Building, Fonterra, Spark, or The Warehouse Group. The analysis feeding into this report should effectively […]

Ethics, Empathy, and Leadership I was recently meeting with some fourth-year residents as part of their course on community psychiatry. Since this was an introductory session, we were focusing on the role of the community psychiatrist. We thought about this within both the constraints that many psychiatrists practicing in the community find themselves, and the […]