The Wall Street Journal will be used as a text supplement and will be the basis of the term project. Each student must have access to the WSJ in order to complete the assigned project.
Each student will choose two companies within the same industry to track during the fall semester. Throughout the semester, you will be required to evaluate the two companies’ activities across multiple disciplines includingmanagement, marketing, and finance. You will be asked to review articles in the WSJ which deal with the two companies selected. The term project will include the following sections:
1) Historical development of the two companies
2) A current comprehensive strategic(SWOT) and financial analysis of the companies
3) Comparing the two companies in terms of managerial and financial decisions and other events that impact their respective stock prices
4) Future direction of the industry and the two companies in the industry
Overall, the term project asks you to track your selected companies in the WSJ and other sources you may have access to, to keep article summaries on the two companies and to address the issues identified above in the analysis of the two companies.
paper length should be 10-12 pages
Requirements: Term project
The Wall Street Journal will be used as a text supplement and will be the basis of the term project. Each student must have access to the WSJ in order to complete the assigned project.
Each student will choose two companies within the same industry to track during the fall semester. Throughout the semester, you will be required to evaluate the two companies’ activities across multiple disciplines includingmanagement, marketing, and finance. You will be asked to review articles in the WSJ which deal with the two companies selected. The term project will include the following sections:
1) Historical development of the two companies
2) A current comprehensive strategic(SWOT) and financial analysis of the companies
3) Comparing the two companies in terms of managerial and financial decisions and other events that impact their respective stock prices
4) Future direction of the industry and the two companies in the industry
Overall, the term project asks you to track your selected companies in the WSJ and other sources you may have access to, to keep article summaries on the two companies and to address the issues identified above in the analysis of the two companies.
paper length should be 10-12 pages
Requirements: Term project
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Apple Inc. went public on December 12, 1980, selling 4.6 million shares, with each share going at twenty-two dollars. By doing this, the company raised over one hundred million dollars (Fiorillo, 2020). The Macintosh was the next big product that was aimed at propelling the company to even greater success. The launch of this product and subsequent sale in the market led to the ouster of Steve Jobs from the company. Apple went through some tough years after this, characterized by low sales and profits. Eventually, the company restructured its operations courtesy of Steve Jobs, which allowed it to return to profitability (Fiorillo, 2020). Currently, Apple Inc. is headquartered at 1 Apple Park Way Cupertino, California, and operates over five hundred retail stores globally. Besides the Macintosh, the company also manufactures and sells
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