strategic plan (evens)

**COMPANIES TO AVOID** - Week 7 - Strategic Plans Due to the consistent duplication of companies used for the strategic plans, semester after semester, the following companies are off limits as it relates to your week 7 strategic plans (no credit will be granted if you submit a plan written on any of the below companies):

• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

• Adidas

• Adobe

• Aflac

• Airbnb

• Amazon

• American Airlines

• Apple

• AT&T

• BAE Systems

• Bank of America

• Berkshire Hathaway

• Best Buy

• Black Rifle Coffee Company

• Boeing

• BP

• Caterpillar

• Chase Bank (JP Morgan Chase)

• Chevron

• Chick-fil -A

• Cisco

• Citigroup

• Coke (Coca Cola)

• Costco

• CVS

• Delta Airlines

• Domino’s Pizza

• Electronic Arts (EA)

• Exxon Mobil

• Facebook (Meta/Instagram)

• FedEx (Federal Express)

• Ford

• GE (General Electric)

• General Dynamics

• General Motors (GM)

• GoPro

• Google

• Gucci

• Home Depot

• Honda

• Haliburton

• IBM

• Intel

• John Deere (Deere & Company)

• Johnson & Johnson (J&J)

• Kroger

• Lockheed Martin

• Lowes

• McDonald’s

• Microsoft

• Nike

• Netflix

• Nokia

• Northrop Grumman

• NVIDIA

• PayPal

• Pepsi

• Pfizer

• Proctor & Gamble (P&G)

• Raytheon

• Sam’s Club

• Starbucks

• Southwest Airlines

• Sony

• Target

• Tesla

• T-Mobile

• Toyota (Toyota Motor Company)

• UBER

• Under Armour

• UPS

• Verizon

• Visa

• Walgreen’s

• Wal-mart

• Walt Disney (Disney)

• Wells Fargo

• Wendy’s

• Whole Foods

I'm more than confident that each of you can locate a company, publicly traded company (listed on NYSE

or NASDAQ), that you can conduct your strategic analysis project. Your company selection DOES NOT need

to be approved by the instructor.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Other OTC (OTCMKTS) is a different exchange and not NASDAQ or NYSE please

make sure your company is on NASDAQ or NYSE –conduct the proper research.

Make sure you review the resource section of the course to view the examples provided.

Additionally, please make sure you take advantage of the APUS librarian (library) which you can access via

the tab within the course labeled “APUS Library.

The assigned librarian for this course, BUSN 620, is Ms. Coleen Neary, who will be more than happy to

assist you with your research efforts. Ask a Librarian (apus.edu)

Use this link to give you some ideas on other successful companies

https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/

Dr. C