AppleInc industry from Assignment 2, and one of your chosen publicly traded corporations within that industry from Assignment 1, research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Secu

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Apple Inc, examine its industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Begin your paper on Page 2 by writing a six to eight (6-8) page paper (does not include Title or Reference pages) in which you:

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Write your introduction here: It should be 1 to 2 good paragraphs that introduce the reader to your topic and it should explain in detail what your paper will be discussing. Much of your introduction may be taken from the assignment itself (in your own words). Read the scenario to get a feel for what the paper is about and explain what your paper will be discussing. Remember, this document is just a template. You will want to review the assignment AND Rubric for full details. Finally, please ask me any questions about this assignment.

Business-Level Strategies

Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion (for background, be sure to research and explain the industry in which it operates. You could also define the business-level strategy (cite your sources) and define the strategy you are writing about using the textbook/Learn). Read Chapter 4 in the course textbook. Review the Week 4 Learn video/Lecture for supporting content. In this section, you will want to research and identify the core competencies of your chosen firm. Demonstrate from your research how the firm uses its core competencies to create and sell its products in the marketplace. What actions & choices has the firm made to compete in individual product markets? Hint: “Every firm must form and use a business-level strategy. However, every firm may not use all the strategies – corporate-level, merger and acquisition, international, and cooperative—that we examine in Chapters 6 through 9” (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskisson, 2013, pp. 102-103).

Corporate-Level Strategies

Analyze the corporate-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.

You should define corporate-level strategy (cite your sources). Read Chapter 6 in the course text book. Review the Week 6 Learn video/Lecture for supporting content.

Competitive Environment

Analyze the competitive environment to determine the corporation's most significant competitor (this will require research/cite your sources). Compare their strategies at each level (market commonality, resource similarity, competitive behavior, and competitive dynamics/actions/responses) and evaluate which company you think is most likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice. Hint: read Chapter 5 in the course text book as it provides a solid background and clues on this model that apply to this section. Review the Week 4 Learn video Lecture for supporting content.

Market Cycles

Determine whether your choice from Question 3 (Competitive Environment section above) would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets. It would be a good idea to explain what the slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets are from the text book (cite your sources). Hint: read Chapter 5 in the course text book with a special focus on the Competitive Dynamics section. Review the Week 4 Learn video Lecture for supporting content.

References

Hitt, M. A., Ireland, R. D., & Hoskisson, R. E. (2013). Strategic management: Concepts and cases: Competiveness and globalization (10th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.

Use at least three (3) quality references, one of which MUST be the course textbook.

Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

List your reference here in APA format. The reference page must include all of the references you used, listed in proper APA format. All references listed here must be used (cited) in your paper. After deleting the blue fonts in this template, make sure your original writing is turned to a black font.

Note: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your writing skills.