BIS 332 A: project proposal

General Guidelines

You will develop a political economy profile for one non-U.S. company in the broadly defined global digital industries. You should pick a company based on your academic and professional interests, as well as in consultation with me. The company cannot be the one that has been studied in our course readings. You will write a political economy profile report on this company drawing upon research from: at least five news reports on the company and public information from the company’s official channel such as company website and stock reports if the company is publicly listed. This 4-6-page profile report should include two of the following four aspects: (1) corporate history and structure, (2) political profile, (3) economic profile, and (4) cultural profile. This assignment is worth of 200 points to your final grade.

Step 1: Decide a topic. Within the first 2 weeks of the class, explore your own interests in global digital industries and pick a company upon which you would like to build a political economy profile. You will discuss your topic with the instructor in class and get approval of the topic on Monday 4/13.

Step 2: Develop a project proposal. Write a 2-page project proposal which states the rationale for the selected industry and company. You must upload a word document of the project proposal to Canvas for evaluation by Sunday 4/19. The Project Proposal is worth 50 points of your final grade.

Project Proposal Guidelines:

§  Identification of a non-U.S. company

§  Introduction of the company’s background

§  Identification of possible location(s) of sources:

o   News reports

o   Public information from the company’s official channel

§  Outline what two aspects to focus on in the project and your timeline to proceed

§  Discussion on potential problems and/or challenges for your project