I NEED SOMEONE TO WRITE A PAPER WITH A MINIMUM OF 1200 WORDS READ DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY
PAPER GUIDELINES
for Microeconomics 2302
Paper on an organization or economist of interest to the student
Length: min 1,200 words
Approval in advance: Topic for Paper must be approved in advance by the Instructor.
Grading: in three parts:
1. Writing considerations: Writing ability, knowledge of the topic, how friendly the Paper is to read (any pictures, charts or graphs?)
2. Research: Not fewer than three (3) academic-level references, whether online or hardcopy -- Wikipedia is NOT acceptable as a reference for this purpose, NOR is a blog, NOR is a Textbook, NOR is a general-purpose news site, such as Reuters, Yahoo or USA Today. An economics or business-oriented site is OK, such as The Economist, Forbes, Business Week, the Wall Street Journal or the Business section of the New York Times. "Works Cited" page in MLA or APA format.
3. Analysis: How the selected entity is described as relating to a “market type” as studied in our Economics class, using a graphic representation or verbal description.
Topics:
Microeconomics students must present a real-world company or other entity to analyze from a Microeconomics perspective. Convey the following information:
1. Identify
a. the company’s “market type”, such as Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Oligopoly or Monopolistic Competition, plus
b. whether it is a Private Enterprise, Government entity or Non-Governmental Organization, and
c. whether the product it purveys is a good or a service, and
d. Is product a private good, a public good, a Common Resource or a Club Good/Natural Monopoly?
2. Present information about
a. the Industry in which that company or other entity fits,
b. the approx number of enterprises in it, in the US only or globally, and
c. the dollar value and percent of overall output represented by that industry, and
d. the approx. percent of output in that industry represented by your selected entity.
3. Describe
a. ownership,
b. the overall operations,
c. production (how it produces its product),
d. marketing strategy (how it spreads awareness of its product),
e. sales strategy (how it distributes its product), and
f. customer service (how it responds to product issues)
4. Explain how the company’s strategy does (or perhaps does not) fit within the structure of “market type” mentioned at the beginning.
If you choose an economist, the paper will cover four areas:
1. The economist's background;
2. The school of thought to which the economist belonged;
3. What theories did the economist create or advance;
4. What were the economist's major contributions to Microeconomics with special reference to what we teach in this course?
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If you do not do the Paper, you will be assigned a ZERO for this portion of the course – NO EXCEPTIONS.
Possible locations for finding topics and/or relevant research:
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis: http://www.bea.gov/national/index.htm
Federal Reserve Economic Data/FRED: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/
For employment data and earnings by industry, use the Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/
Trade Groups to locate companies:
Wikipedia list of Industry Trade Groups in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_industry_trade_groups_in_the_United_States
United States Energy Association: https://www.usea.org/
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM):
http://www.nam.org/
Possible companies ‒
Agribusiness:
Tyson Foods
Cargill
Monsanto
Archer Daniels Midland
Smithfield Ham
Terra-Tech Corp (marijuana)
Aircraft:
Boeing
Airbus
Cessna
Embraer
Bombardier
Ilyushin
Sukhoi
Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC)
Artisan Companies/Small Business: look for companies specializing in:
Auto Repair
Bread-Cakes
Cheese
Salt
Knives
Jewelry
Hand-made products
Restaurants
Automotive:
Toyota
General Motors
Tesla
Honda
Ford
Chrysler
Volkswagen
Mitsubishi
Tata Motors
Cherry
Volvo
BMW-Rolls Royce
Mercedes-Benz
Jaguar-Land Rover
Jiffy Lube
O'Reilly Auto Parts
Discount Tire
Energy Companies:
British Petroleum
ExxonMobil
Rosnet
Gazprom
PetroChina
National Iranian Oil Co.
Nigerian National Petroleum Company
Saudi Aramco
Petrobras
Pemex
PDVSA
EN
NRG
Baker-Hughes
FMC
Schlumberger
Saipem
Transocean
Fluor
Weatherford
BJ Services
Energy Transfer Partners (owner of Dakota Access Pipeline)
Trina Solar
Yingli Green Energy
Vestas
Entertainment:
Walt Disney
Netflix
Sony/21st Century Fox
Direct TV
Time Warner
NBC Universal
Viacom
News Corp
Financial Services:
American Express
Mastercard
Visa
Fidelity Investments
Vanguard
Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC)
Deloitte
Capital One Bank
Bank of America
Deutsch Bank
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
Wells Fargo
The World Bank
The International Monetary Fund
Bank for International Settlements
AIG (American Insurance Group)
Allstate
AAA
Fannie Mae
Freddy Mac
Ginny Mae
Blackrock
Kuwait Investment Authority
China Investment Corporation
Norway's Government Pension Fund
Singapore's Temasek Holdings
Malaysia's 1MDB
Food/Restaurants:
McDonalds
Coca-Cola
Yum Foods
Burger King
Wendy's
Hershey
Mars
Industrial Equipment:
Caterpillar
Komatsu
Volvo
Hitachi
Liebherr
Black & Decker
Pratt & Whitney
Parker-Hannifin
Ingersoll-Rand
Lincoln Electric
Flowserve
Snap-On
Pall Corp
Siemens
GE
Pharmaceuticals:
Syngenta
Novartis
Pfizer
Roche
Merck
Johnson & Johnson
Sanofi
GlaxoSmithKline
Retail:
Amway
Dollar Store
Walmart
Kroger
Costco
The Home Dept
Walgreen
CVS
Starbucks
Target
Zara
Zappos
https://nrf.com/2015/top100-table
Tech:
ABB Group
Alphabet/Google
Amazon
AOL
Atlassian
Etsy
AirBNB
Uber
Ebay
Mechanical Turk
Apple
Samsung
Motorola
LG
Huawei
Baidu
Foxconn
Cisco
Oracle
Hewlett-Packard (HP)
Intel
IBM
Microsoft
Dell
Yasakawa
Yahoo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Robotics_companies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_information_technology_companies
Telecoms:
Verizon
AT&T
M-PESA
China Mobile
America Movil
Vodafone
Not-for Profits:
Sierra Club
Amnesty International
Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans Frontiers)
Lakewood Church
National Public Radio
Red Cross
Red Crescent
Catholic Charities
Government Entities:
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
US Dept of Housing & Urban Development
US Agency for International Development
US Postal Service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government-owned_companies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government-owned_companies_of_China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Government-owned_companies_of_Japan
