Week 3 Learning Team Assignment: Building a Competitive Advantage Paper

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Purpose of Assignment This Learning Team assignment is designed to help students with the following: 1.Be familiar with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and how it can be used. 2.Recognize how Michael Porter's Value Chain Models (i.e., external and internal) can be used to categorize and assess industries and businesses. 3.Understand how manufacturing and/or service companies can maximize their competitive advantages. 4.Understand how a company's financial and costing strategies can be used to support the maximization of their competitive advantages. Recommended Resources •Textbook Chapters 2, 3 and 4 •Week 3 Course Supplement: External Value Chains - Strategic Design Opportunities •Appropriate and relevant business and academic Websites Assignment Requirements Write a 200 -word paper that includes the following:
4.Appraisal of financial and costing strategies that can be used to support the gaining of desired competitive advantages, identification of the selected company's financial and costing strategies, and an assertion of how well it serves them in their industry. Format the paper according to 400-level APA standards. An abstract is not required, but the paper must include a Conclusion heading (other headings are recommended). The word count does not include the title and reference pages.
were are using Tesla as the company so that is the company you need to go off of