Sample report below

Company Selecte: Carrols Corporation

Resources allowed:

• Annual Reports and financial statements from Investor Relations of the company selected.(https://investor.carrols.com/) (https://www.burgerking.ca/) (https://www.popeyes.com/)
• Corporate and consumer websites from the company selected.
• Provide References for all of the topic

Topic 1: Brief History of the Firm

• Describe founder(s) and provide a short evolution of the company.
• Discuss the firm four factors of production.

Topic 2: The Two Big Economic Questions

• Discuss products/services that the firm offer to whom (target market(s).
• Explain how this firm self-interest also promotes social interest.

Topic 3: Conclusion

• Using the previous collected information. Present a SWOT Analysis for the company.
• Discuss strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threat.

Topic 4: Elasticity of Demand

• Explain the elasticity of demand for the products/services sold by this firm.
• Discuss a type and size of elasticity: products sold are elastic, or inelastic.

Topic 5: Cross and Income Elasticity of Demand

• Discuss the firm cross elasticity of demand experience by this firm.
• Explain the impact of income elasticity of demand on this firm.

Topic 6: Allocative Efficiency & Comparative Advantage

• Who are the major competitors? (Search internet: Major Competitor of X)
• Discuss the comparative or absolute advantage of the firm over competitors.
• Discuss the allocative efficiency and maximize its resources and reduce waste.

Topic 7: Production possibilities

• Discuss trade off that the firm is making deciding production or services to offer.
• Discuss how the production possibilities have changed for the firm - what is new product or service offered or discontinued. Why?

Topic 8: Production and Costs efficiency

• Discuss the firm does to maintain/improve its operations/market/technology?
• Discuss the firm future developments and concerns for this firm?

Topic 9: Market structure

• Discuss the firm competitive structure: perfect, monopoly, monopolistic, or oligopoly.
• The firm was always classified within this competitive structure yes or no.
• Discuss the firm characteristics of the market structure selected.

Topic 10: Externalities

• Discuss the firm of four (4) externalities (2 positives and 2 negatives)
• Provide one example of each four types of externalities

Topic 11: Globalization

• How has globalization impacted this firm?
• Provide examples of products offered in different countries.
• How many countries does this firm operate in? Total locations?

Topic 12: Conclusion

• Using the previous collected information. Present a SWOT Analysis for the company.
• Discuss strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threat