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Discussion 3 - Competition You have learnt about the various strategies that companies undertake to improve their competitive position in the marketplace. Using the concepts learnt in this chapter, apply it to a company of your choice as you answer the following questions. Please provide citations for all the research using your textbook and scholarly resources (minimum one source other than your textbook) as references. Please refrain from asking any questions from others on Sunday. Last day is only for responding to questions asked by your classmates. 1) Each student: Pick a publicly traded organization/company listed on TSX (Walmart/Amazon are not Canadian companies) and post its name (in discussion heading), briefly explain its primary area of business, identify the company's primary competitor(s), and tell us something about how it stays ahead of the competition using one of the forces from Porter's Five Forces Framework as outlined in Chapter#3. Using scholarly research to support your argument will get you a better grade. As before, the first students to post will have the easiest time. If someone already posted a company then others can not use the same company (i.e. New Company per student). 2) "Reply" to one of the above postings from your classmates with some extra info or interesting updates. This discussion is worth 3 marks (2 marks for your original post and 1 mark for replying to someone else). "I agree" or "Great post" is not counted as a reply and will get no marks. The reply posts should add to the discussion. If someone is asking a question then reply to that question before the quiz closes as it might impact your original post grade. So, make sure you check the discussion room on the last day