Select a small-to-medium-sized business that is publically traded. You can locate a list of such companies at Yahoo! Finance (Links to an external site.). My recommendation is that you select a company that you might be familiar with but with ample news coverage. Avoid private companies. Private companies have limited data available about them. Take your time with this decision. You will be using this company multiple times. Also, while it is tempting to partner with someone to collaborate ideas and spread the effort, this is your assessment of a corporate situation. This system will identify highly similar papers and we do not need to go down that road. Please format your submission using the structure below Executive Summary Name of Company: Brief Introduction & Key Issues Provide a 1 page summary of the company Provide a brief (1-2 paragraphs) introduction of the firm and the most pressing issues from the current reporting. Identify 3-5 competitors and list how they are competing?