Strategic Management

COMPANY - HARLEY DAVIDSON

External forces can be divided into five broad categories: (1) economic forces; (2) social, cultural, demographic, and natural environment forces; (3) political, governmental, and legal forces; (4) technological forces; and (5) competitive forces. For this week assignment, you are asked to do research on companies (HARLEY DAVIDSON) and their external factors or industry analysis. Make sure you have all five requirements that mentioned.

As you have noticed, your reliable sources, either academic or US governmental sites, will get credits.

2Assignment requirements Grade Rubric

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External forces can be divided into five broad categories: (1) economic forces; (2) social, cultural, demographic, and natural environment forces; (3) political, governmental, and legal forces; (4) technological forces; and (5) competitive forces. For this week assignment, you are asked to do research on companies and their external factors or industry analysis. Make sure you have all five requirements that mentioned.

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Academic sources from SSU library data:LIRN, ProQuest, News Stand-Wall Street Journal ( if you use all, you will get full 5 points, however, make sure that citation in text and references listed should be matched or paired. For example, you have sources in reference list yet did not use them in text, which won’t get full points.)

1. http://finance.yahoo.com

2. www.hoovers.com

3. http://globaledge.msu.edu/industries/

4. https://www.selectusa.gov/industries

5. IBISWorld—Provides online USA Industry Reports (NAICS), U.S. Industry iExpert Summaries, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles. A global version of IBIS is also available. •

6. SSU Newsstand—Provides online access to newspaper articles (including Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post) and business information (including SEC filings).

https://b111fflf7-mp01-y-https-search-proquest-com.proxy.lirn.net/usnews/

7. SSU Library –For academic sources:

https://b111fflf7-mp01-y-https-search-proquest-com.proxy.lirn.net/?accountid=151051

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Citation in text and references listed should be matched or paired. For example, you have sources in reference list yet did not use them in text, which won’t get full points.

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On time submission

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Low Similarity in Turnitin (lower than 5%)

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APA format