Part 1 \u2013 Individual Homework: Analysis of Company You Signed up to Analyze<\/p>\n
Q1 \u2013 Business Strategy<\/p>\n
15<\/p>\n
Q2 \u2013 Industry Environment<\/p>\n
20<\/p>\n
Q3 \u2013 Value Chain Analysis<\/p>\n
20<\/p>\n
Total (note 5 points of bonus)<\/p>\n
50<\/p>\n
The Basics<\/p>\n
This assignment is to be done in PowerPoint and submitted electronically. <\/p>\n
The purpose of this assignment is to apply the tools from class to analyze a real company.<\/p>\n
You are expected to use course material to help you with your analysis and you should be able to do the assignment using only your company\u2019s annual report (10-K) and letter to shareholders and related documents if your company splits their annual report materials into multiple documents). Please note that a few companies don\u2019t produce letters to shareholders. If yours happens to be one of those, please note that.<\/p>\n
On the closing slide, please attach a link to the company documents (annual report \/ shareholder letter) you use in your analysis.<\/p>\n
Avoid: Generalities, platitudes, gut-instincts and blah-blah-blah-ing.<\/p>\n
No fluff, please! Good answers are specific and concrete, and use things like numbers and identifiable products, brands, names, and locations.<\/p>\n
The Questions<\/p>\n
(15 points; 3 slides max) Generic Business Strategy (Intro; Chapter 5). Identify and explain how your company achieves its generic business strategy. <\/p>\n
Clearly identify your company\u2019s generic business strategy (Broad Differentiation, Broad Low Cost, Focused Differentiation, or Focused Low Cost?)<\/p>\n
Explain how\/why the company\u2019s scope is narrow or broad. Remember that a scope discussion MUST address products, customers and geography.<\/p>\n
Where does its main competitive advantage flow from? If it is a low cost leader, explain how it keeps costs down. If it is a differentiator, explain how it makes itself better\/different\/superior to others. <\/p>\n
(20 points; 3 slides max) Industry Environment (Chapter 2). Do a Porter\u2019s Five Forces analysis of your company\u2019s industry environment using the factors identified in class.<\/p>\n
For each force, address at least 2-3 different factors impacting the strength of that force. Note that you are expected to use course material here. Reference things like switching costs, economies of scale, differentiation of products, etc.<\/p>\n
Assess the strength of each force and assign them as High\/Medium\/Low based on your analysis above. Please note that the strength of force in (b) must logically follow from the factors addressed in (a).<\/p>\n
(20 points; 4 slides max) Value Chain Analysis (Chapter 3). Do a Value Chain Analysis of your company. Remember that there are two types of activities: Primary, which includes Inbound Logistics, Operations, Outbound Logistics, Marketing & Sales, and Service; and Support\/Secondary, which includes General Administration, Human Resources, Technology Development, and Procurement. A proper analysis will include:<\/p>\n
For all activities, explain how the company executes them. Generally, you\u2019ll need 3-5 bullet points to give a rough outline of how the activity is accomplished. If your company outsources an activity, that is still noteworthy here. <\/p>\n
Highlight visually 1-2 primary activities and 1-2 support activities that are key to your company\u2019s performance. Note that not all activities can be key, and that your selection of key activities should reflect the value chain as well as the company\u2019s strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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