Evolution of Stock

Provide your thoughts about the fundamental strategic issues facing the industry in which your organization exists. Compare the performance of your company against the industry within which it operates using either the Morningstar Database Industry Return on Investment or http://finance.yahoo.com/ (“Interactive chart” “Comparison” tool) if you are in a publically listed company or use a similar publically listed company or some other performance measure if you are not. (It appears that Morningstar has taken down the Industry Return on Investment database. Individual company information is available on both Morningstar and Yahoo Finance, not a ready comparison of industries over time.  Consider the following alternative data source:
https://biz.yahoo.com/p/s_conameu.html

Additional resources are available for those interested in learning more about performance factors for Governmentand Non-profit sectors. Please cover the following questions in your response.

**If you can open these readings please use what you can as a reference

Week 1 Readings, Multimedia and Assignments

Reading

• Schmitz, A. (Trans.). 2012. Mastering strategy: Art and science.

• Schmitz, A. (Trans.). 2012. Evaluating the industry.

• Product life cycle and industry life cycle. (2009). In Encyclopedia of Management (6th ed., pp. 737-743). Detroit: Gale.

• Thousand Insights. Porter’s generic strategies

Multimedia

• Barney, J. [davidrstahl]. (2009, Feb 6). Barney – Resources and competitive advantage [Video file].

MBA Reference Guides

• Cool, K., Acosta, L. & Dierickx, I. (2006). Constructing competitive advantage. In A. Pettigrew, H. Thomas & R. Whittington Handbook of strategy and management (pp. 55-61). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Doi: 10.4135/9781848608313.n3

Teachers side note:

In this week’s session we focus on your operational knowledge of Porter’s five force paradigm. You may have already acquired a basic academic or practical exposure to this technique, but I stress here Porter’s seminal influence in the field to understand both the strength of your current competitive position, and the strength of a position you're considering moving into..

JP Morgan

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/020916/analyzing-porters-five-forces-jpmorgan-chase-jpm.asp

Introduction:

I work for the federal government and therefore I am unable to use a public corporation….. In my division we handle….. Due to this we work closely with nonprofit consultants and banks. ** you do not need to add to this section

Industry Perspective

1. Do some industries have better evolution of the stock value than others? Why? Search for your organization or a similar one and compare its evolution for the longest possible period to the main stock indicators (Dow, NASDAQ, S&P500) and competitive firms.

Some industries have better evolution of the stock value than others for a number of reasons. The evolution of the stock price begins with….

JP Morgan

http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/competition.jpmorgan_chase__co.847754f4ce985207.html

http://csimarket.com/stocks/compet_glance.php?code=JPM competition

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/020916/analyzing-porters-five-forces-jpmorgan-chase-jpm.asp 5 forces

1. Do some industries have inherently better profitability, growth and market value than others?  Identify common key performance indicators used within your industry. Compare for your firm these key factors.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/k/kpi.asp

1. What effect do different industries have on one another’s overall performance? Provide arguments and examples to justify your response.

Company Perspective

4.   Is your organization performing well against the others in its industry? Provide arguments and examples to justify your response.
5.    What factors explain the differences in company performance in the same industry?
6.    How can some companies in poorly performing industries still do well?

In any given company, there are multiple possible reasons for success or failure. In even the best performing industries, companies can be internally under-performing. There are many aspects to profitability besides having desired products. Companies must properly utilize supply chains, marketing, accounting, human resources, advertising, public relations, and research and development to maximize their competitiveness within any given industry. Of course, this list is not all-inclusive. It also does not mention perhaps a few of the most important aspects of organizational success—leadership and culture. The education of businesspeople and students on the critical importance of these foundations of success is a multi-million dollar industry in itself.

Conversely, companies in poorly performing industries can still do well by being internally sound businesses. As students we are taught the foundations of successful businesses. Businesses can follow these guidelines and hope for the best. They can also simply want success more than the others. As previously stated, sometimes success or failure begins with culture and a vision. With a winning culture, vision, and efficient execution, success should be possible even in losing industries.

Regardless of the industry in which one competes, a company must still operate efficiently. A company must have a strategic plan, and the resources, focus and leadership to follow through on the plan. The tech industry is seen as a growth industry, but the top companies tend to be led by visionary leaders, with a clear focus and the ability to persuade others to invest or buy into the idea

**I work for the federal government for a section that helps low income applicants to obtain housing in rural areas of the country.

** I have chosen JP Morgan has the company to use for this assignment

** What we do:

https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/single-family-housing-direct-home-loans