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**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 submit a plan written on any of the below companies):

• Amazon

• Apple

• AT&T

• Bank of America

• Berkshire Hathaway

• Best Buy

• Boeing

• Chase Bank

• Coke

• Costco

• CVS

• Delta Airlines

• Domino’s Pizza

• Exxon Mobil

• Facebook

• Ford

• GE (General Electric)

• General Dynamics

• General Motors (GM)

• GoPro

• Google

• Home Depot

• Haliburton

• IBM

• Johnson & Johnson (J&J)

• Lockheed Martin

• Lowes

• McDonald’s

• Microsoft

• Nike

• Netflix

• Pepsi

• Sams Club

• Starbucks

• Southwest Airlines

• Target

• Tesla

• Under Armour

• Walgreen’s

• Wal-mart

• Walt Disney

• Wells Fargo

• Wendy’s

• Whole Foods

I'm more than confident that each of you can locate a company, publically 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.

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. http://www.apus.edu/online-library/about-us/coleen-neary.html

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

http://beta.fortune.com/fortune500

Here’s to a great week!

Dr. C