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Assignment - Indiana Tech Business Development Case Questions
a. Discussion Questions: Wealth / Value Creation by Firms
i. Choose a company to use for this discussion. The company can be a U.S. firm, or a firm from any country that is easily researchable using Internet search engines.
ii. Identify the name of the firm, and provide a brief description of the goods and/or services that the firm produces.
iii. Using the web, identify recent news about the company related to the company's business operations, market share, or overall profitability.
1. Report the news in your own words.
2. Explain how that news relates to the company's business operations, and what that information means for the company's managers.
iv. Describe the company's business model (i.e. how it makes money).
v. How does the company create (a) value for its consumers, and (b) wealth for its shareholders?
vi. Explain what (a) microeconomic and (b) macroeconomic factors influence the company's value creation and wealth creation.
b. Discussion Questions: Company Pursuit of Self-Interest
i. Choose a company to use for this discussion. The company can be a U.S. firm, or a firm from any country that is easily researchable using Internet search engines.
ii. Identify the name of the firm, and provide a brief description of the goods and/or services that the firm produces.
iii. Using the web, identify a second recent news about the company related to the company's pursuit of a new product or new market opportunity.
1. Report the news in your own words.
2. Explain how that news relates to the company's pursuit or economic self-interest and ability to create wealth.
iv. Explain how the company's pursuit of self-interest has resulted in certain decisions and outcomes.
v. How would you evaluate the outcomes as being positive/negative?
vi. Explain what microeconomic and macroeconomic factors influence the company's pursuit of self-interest.
vii. Who are the stakeholders that are impacted by the firm's pursuit of economic self-interest?