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VISIT www.bus402helps.com     BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 1
Environmental Changes BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 2 Vision
and Mission BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 1 Components of
External Environment  BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 2
Components of Internal Analysis BUS 402 Week 2
Assignment Starbucks S.W.O.T. Analysis BUS 402
Week 3 DQ 1 Market Positioning Strategies BUS 402
Week 3 DQ 2 Vertical Integration
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BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 1 Environmental Changes FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus402helps.com   Week 1DQ
1 Environmental Changes. . Provide an example of
an industry or company that has changed its
strategy over time as environmental factors such
as technology, competition, and consumer
preferences have changed. Explain the changes in
environment and in the industrys or companys
evolving strategy. Respond to at least
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BUS 402 Week 1 DQ 2 Vision and Mission FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus402helps.com   Vision and
Mission. Share the vision and mission statement
of your firm (or one with which you are
familiar). How is that vision and mission
statement communicated to employees and the
public?
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BUS 402 Week 2 Assignment Starbucks S.W.O.T.
Analysis FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus402helps.co
m     S.W.O.T. Analysis. Watch the video, How to
Perform a S.W.O.T. Analysis, and then conduct an
S.W.O.T. analysis using the Starbucks Global
Quest 2006 Is the Best Yet to Come? case
provided in the Course Materials section of your
course shell.
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BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 1 Components of External
Environment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus402helps
.com   Week 2DQ1 Components of External
Environment. What are the two most relevant
externalities from Exhibit 2.6 for a firm with
which you are familiar? Have these externalities
made the industry in which the firm operates
more, or less, attractive to you as consumer
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BUS 402 Week 2 DQ 2 Components of Internal
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m   Components of Internal Analysis. Using The
Seven-S Framework from pages 58-59 to examine a
firm with which you are familiar and address how
the firm stacks up in respect to the qualities
of excellence list on page 59. Does alignment
with this list help explain why the firm is
currently successful
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BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 1 Market Positioning
Strategies FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus402helps.
com   Week 3DQ 1 Market Positioning
Strategies. Chapter 4 addresses timing and
positioning (or market niche) strategies. Using
Exhibits 4.8 and 4.9 to assess a firm of your
choice.
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BUS 402 Week 3 DQ 2 Vertical Integration FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus402helps.com   Vertical
Integration. Is your company vertically
integrated? If so, is it fully, or partially,
integrated? If not, would such a move yield
potentially high competitive rewards? Explain
your rationale
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BUS 402 Week 4 DQ 1 International Markets (Ash
Course)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus402helps.c
om   Week 4DQ 1 International Markets. What
issues are likely to arise in a developing
country when a global giant like Coca-Cola begins
operations there? What kinds of advantages does
such an expansion bring to the globalizing
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BUS 402 Week 4 DQ 2 Multi-business
Corporations FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus402help
s.com   Multi-business Corporations. Consider how
a large diversified organization sets strategy.
PepsiCo, for example, has beverages (Pepsi,
Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Tropicana, Aquafina,
Dole, and tea and coffee through partnerships
with Lipton and Starbucks) and food companies
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BUS 402 Week 5 Assignment Final Case Study and
Strategic Plan (Starbucks) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus402helps.com   Focus of the Final
Paper Read the Starbucks Global Quest 2006 Is
the Best Yet to Come? case provided in the Course
Materials section of your course shell. From the
perspective of an executive with the firm,
prepare a ten- to twelve- page, three-year
strategic management proposal
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BUS 402 Week 5 DQ 1 Corporate Social
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VISIT www.bus402helps.com   Week 5DQ 1 Corporate
Social Responsibility. Think of companies that
are concerned not only with the bottom line, but
also with being good corporate citizens. Share
examples and the reasons why you think these
companies practice social responsibility. Respond
to at least two of your fellow students
posts.    
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