1. What kinds of product or service decisions do you think that Walmart would have to face? (Think about make vs. buy, add vs. drop, buying equipment/building using NPV or IRR, etc) Who should be making these types of decisions? How quickly should these decisions be made? Why?

2. What would be the benefits of seeing Walmart's budgets for production, materials, cash, etc.? Is it important enough to require companies to provide the budget information? Why?