Course Business Research for Decision Making :Assignment Description Comprehensive Analysis of a Fortune 500 Company For this Individual Project you will analyze publicly available information about a Fortune 500 Company and develop an assessment of the corporate strategy and its ability to increase competitive advantage. This assignment requires you to obtain and analyze information at the company, industry and market levels using various databases and reports found in the AIU library, such as Hoovers and Dun & Bradstreet, in addition to at least eight (8) professional or academic peer -reviewed articles. Your analysis should include an in-depth review of the Company's most recent SEC Form-10k Annual Report and Form DEF-14A Proxy Statement. These SEC filings can be found at the SEC Edgar Database located at the URL http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html . Pay particular attention to the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) sections of the SEC Form 10-K and the DEF-14A Proxy statement. Direct competitors are identified in the "Comparator Group\" section of the DEF-14A Proxy Statement. ) These SEC filings also contain information relative to external and industry analysis that will be helpful in your assessment of the Company's strategy and competitive position. A thorough analysis requires evaluation of various external stakeholders: Competitors Competitors Industry Vendors Customers Governmental entities Communities Internal stakeholders that should be considered in the analysis include: Shareholders Board of Directors Management Employees A comprehensive SWOT analysis should be performed relative to the Company's ability to improve its competitive advantage. The comprehensive analysis should include both qualitative and quantitative elements, leveraging information available in SEC Filings, business databases, and peer-reviewed articles. Your work should demonstrate your ability to: Apply critical thinking skills to analyze business situations. Apply principles of quantitative and qualitative research to business cases. Describe the opportunities provided by technology for businesses. Appropriately use effective communication techniques. Apply the standard of APA style to all research and writing tasks. You will prepare a report presenting the findings of your comprehensive analysis examining the Company's corporate strategy and its ability to increase competitive advantage. The written report will have a body length of 10-12 pages excluding title, abstract, references and appendices. Quotation limits should be Not more than 10% of the body of the paper can be quotations, all of which must be properly attributed in APA format. NOTE: Article collections (scholarly databases) may be accessed in the Library. Suggestions are: ABI Inform Global Academic Search Premier Business Source Premier se: Business Research for Decision Making Course Comprehensive Project Collaboration in a business environment is a best practice that leverages the collective knowledge of the team assembled. Peer evaluation and support, provided in the spirit of continuous improvement and organizational success, result in higher quality deliverables than generally possible by the efforts of an individual. Question 1) Please describe the process you plan to use to conduct research, identify findings, and develop the Comprehensive Project due in Unit 5 and present a preliminary outline indicating how you intend to organize the project deliverable. Global Finance Individual Comprehensive Project Assignment Description (Our IndividUal Project for Unit 5) The most popular way for international expansion is for a local firm to acquire foreign companies. One of the most benefits for international expansion is global distribution capability that helps expanding the market share. There are different implications of running a company that is within or outside of the European Union. If you were the head of a firm based in the United States, please answer the following questions, providing the rationale behind your answers: 1. Would you seek to acquire a company within the European Union or outside of it? Why? 2. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the choice you made. 3. Describe the advantages and disadvantages inherent in the option you did not choose. 4. Explain why an MNC may invest funds in a financial market outside its own country. 5. Explain why some financial institutions prefer to provide credit in financial markets outside their own country. Individual Comprehensive Project: Course Comprehensive Project Collaboration in a business environment is a best practice that leverages the collective knowledge of the team assembled. Peer evaluation and support, provided in the spirit of continuous improvement and organizational success, result in higher quality deliverables than generally possible by the efforts of an individual. Question: 1) Please describe the process you plan to use to conduct research, identify findings, and develop the Comprehensive Project due in Unit 5 and present a preliminary outline indicating how you intend to organize the project deliverable. Global Finance Individual Comprehensive Project Assignment Description (Our IndividUal Project for Unit 5) The most popular way for international expansion is for a local firm to acquire foreign companies. One of the most benefits for international expansion is global distribution capability that helps expanding the market share. There are different implications of running a company that is within or outside of the European Union. If you were the head of a firm based in the United States, please answer the following questions, providing the rationale behind your answers: 1. Would you seek to acquire a company within the European Union or outside of it? Why? 2. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the choice you made. 3. Describe the advantages and disadvantages inherent in the option you did not choose. 4. Explain why an MNC may invest funds in a financial market outside its own country. 5. Explain why some financial institutions prefer to provide credit in financial markets outside their own country. Individual Comprehensive Project: Course Comprehensive Project Collaboration in a business environment is a best practice that leverages the collective knowledge of the team assembled. Peer evaluation and support, provided in the spirit of continuous improvement and organizational success, result in higher quality deliverables than generally possible by the efforts of an individual. Question: 1) Please describe the process you plan to use to conduct research, identify findings, and develop the Comprehensive Project due in Unit 5 and present a preliminary outline indicating how you intend to organize the project deliverable. Answer Research Method: I shall determine my research topic then distinguish in both means of research primary and secondary. I shall conduct research via internet, business diaries and stock exchange listing to see status of companies in European Union. Then will plan about my time line and scope of research. Findings: Finding may include Data collected during research Critical analysis of that data Decision about research Project Outline will constitute Overview of companies listed in European Union Pros and cons of my choice Analysis of Inherent advantage and disadvantage for that choice Why to invest outside? Why financial institute provide credit to companies investing outside