Business Capstone Discussions
Respond to each week discussions with at least 250 words per week.
Week 1:
Identify an organization that could benefit from the application of the I/O Model of Above-Average Returns. Follow the five steps to justify your answer. Do not use Apple or Walmart in this exercise, nor should the organization you select be the same as another post.
"Strategic Competitiveness" Please respond to the following:
· 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.
Week 4:
Use the internet to research a company with which you regularly do business or are a regular customer. Focus on how that company relates to their customers. Use the internet to research Apple’s strategy for competing against other technology companies.
"Business-Level Strategy" Please respond to the following:
· From the week 1 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 support your response.
· Analyze the five business-level strategies to determine which strategy the company you researched most likely applies. Determine how your experience with that company might change if it switched to one of the other four strategies (your choice). Explain your rationale.
Week 5:
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"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.
· Building on the topic above, determine how diversified the company you research could become before it created a negative impact on the company’s bottom line. Explain your rationale.
Bottom of Form
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pond to each week discussions with
at
least 250 words per week.
Week 1:
Identify an organization that could benefit from the application of the I/O Model of Above
-
Average Returns
. Follow the five steps to justify your answer. Do not use Apple or Walmart in
this exercise, nor should the organiza
tion you select be the same as another post
.
"Strategic
Competitiveness"
Please
respond
to
the
following:
·
D
etermine
which
of
the
two
primary
drivers
of
the
competitive
landscape
is
more
influential.
Explain
your
rationale.
·
Expl
ain
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.
Week 4:
Use the internet
to research a company with which you regularly do business or are a regular customer.
Focus
on how that company relates to their customers.
Use the internet
to
research Apple’s strategy for
competing against other technology companies
.
"Business
-
Level Strategy"
Please respond to the following:
·
From
the
week 1
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. Provid
e specific
examples to support your response.
·
Analyze the five business
-
level strategies
to determine which strategy the company you
researched most likely applies. Determine how your experience with that company might
change if it s
witched to one of the other four strategies (your choice). Explain your rationale.
Week 5:
"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.
·
Building on the topic above, determine how diversified the company you research
could
become before it created a negative impact on the company’s bottom line. Explain your
rationale.
Respond to each week discussions with at least 250 words per week.
Week 1:
Identify an organization that could benefit from the application of the I/O Model of Above-
Average Returns. Follow the five steps to justify your answer. Do not use Apple or Walmart in
this exercise, nor should the organization you select be the same as another post.
"Strategic Competitiveness" Please respond to the following:
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.
Week 4:
Use the internet to research a company with which you regularly do business or are a regular customer.
Focus on how that company relates to their customers. Use the internet to research Apple’s strategy for
competing against other technology companies.
"Business-Level Strategy" Please respond to the following:
From the week 1 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 support your response.
Analyze the five business-level strategies to determine which strategy the company you
researched most likely applies. Determine how your experience with that company might
change if it switched to one of the other four strategies (your choice). Explain your rationale.
Week 5:
"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.
Building on the topic above, determine how diversified the company you research could
become before it created a negative impact on the company’s bottom line. Explain your
rationale.