[Solved] Business Finance – Management Assignment 1: Company Assessment

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

For your first assignment, you will be doing an industry analysis on an organization based on the materials covered in Modules 1-3. For this assignment, select a small-to-medium-sized business that is publically traded. You can locate a list of such companies at [Yahoo! FinanceLinks to an external site.](https://finance.yahoo.com/). 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. Responses for this assignment average 1,200 words.**_ **Also, while it is tempting to partner with someone to collaborate on 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.** **Before you Begin** [Go to this linkLinks to an external site.](https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BarryMBA682) and enter your name, ID, and the name of the company you selected. You must select this before submitting a document. Please format your submission using the structure below **Executive Summary** **Name of Company:** 1. **Brief Introduction & Key Issues** 1. Provide a 1 page summary of the company 2. Provide a brief (1-2 paragraphs) introduction of the firm and the most pressing issues from the current reporting. 3. Identify 3-5 competitors and list how they are competing. 2. **Analysis: There are two parts to the analysis** 1. External analysis (i.e. PESTLE, Five Forces) 2. Internal analysis (i.e. VRIO)