List these out and give estimates to those costs. How much funding do you need to open the business based on first bullet about expenses/costs?

Cost Structure/Expenses/Funding
What are your major expenses or costs to get the business started including customer acquisition costs, cost to produce good/service/idea, distribution costs, human resources, equipment, tools, operating costs, building leases or purchase of property, etc.? Think fixed and variable costs. List these out and give estimates to those costs.
How much funding do you need to open the business based on first bullet about expenses/costs?
What will be the sources of that funding ? Give rationale about why these would be good sources.

Are there external factors that could potentially stifle cash flow or business growth? What are potential threats to your business and your competitor(s)? You can benefit by having contingency plans to address them if they should occur.

Assess the factors that represent the reason for your business to exist and prosper VS. your competitor. What opportunities exist in your market, from which you hope to benefit?

Fill this page out for the strengths for your business and your chosen competitor!

Are there external factors that could potentially stifle cash flow or business growth? What are potential threats to your business and your competitor(s)? You can benefit by having contingency plans to address them if they should occur.

Fill this page out for the strengths for your business and your chosen competitor!

o How will the business’ strengths help capitalize on available opportunities while

minimizing threats?

o How will the business’ weaknesses prevent it from maximizing on these opportunities?

o How will the business’ weaknesses expose it to threats?

Discuss how the financial ratios can be applied to the SWOT analysis. Do these ratios show strengths? Is the organization struggling financially? Are there financial opportunities?

Home Depot SWOT Analysis

Select any five relevant financial ratios that would be appropriate to the analysis. If you are unable to get specific financial statement information then you can work with other appropriate financial information that you are able to obtain such as information from a divisional budget. There are plenty of websites that provide information on financial ratios and the following are two examples. If these links are not working, you can still search using the key words “financial ratios” and that should take you to websites that provide this information:
https://www.accountingverse.com/managerial-accounting/fs-analysis/financial-ratios.html .

https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0910/6-basic-financial-ratios-and-what-they-tell-you.aspx

Discuss how the financial ratios can be applied to the SWOT analysis. Do these ratios show strengths? Is the organization struggling financially? Are there financial opportunities?

How might the product featured in the U.S. ad need to be marketed differently for an international market? Describe at least two ways it might need to be marketed differently.

State the advertiser, campaign, and year.

How might the product featured in the U.S. ad need to be marketed differently for an international market? Describe at least two ways it might need to be marketed differently.

Pick a different, non-U.S/Canada/Mexico market. Then explain how the product marketing could be affected by the different market and how product marketing is conducted there.

What recommendations can you make to Red Bull in terms of distribution decisions that may improve business success?

Instructions
Create a place analysis in which you do the following:

Accurately identify all areas where Red Bull Energy drinks are currently sold and any new area where the new coffee-flavored energy drinks could be sold.
Accurately analyze Red Bull’s current distribution channels.
How are they getting their product to market?
Which distribution strategies are being used to effectively create a competitive advantage?
Provide an analysis of the place strategy and its effect on business success.
Describe how the distribution decisions affect the other Ps in the marketing mix in regard to their new coffee-flavored energy drinks.
What recommendations can you make to Red Bull in terms of distribution decisions that may improve business success?
Analyze the Red Bull place strategy’s impact on the profitability of the company.
Describe the effect of the place strategy on the overall success of the company.
In the analysis:

Incorporate information from three other sources related to the content of the assessment. Cite any resources you use.
Be sure your analysis presents a focused purpose through strong organizational skills. Also, be sure it presents evidence through strong paraphrasing/summarizing, appropriate tone, and sentence structure.

What can you do to plan ahead and educate others about the international groups? Consider How do you communicate during the meeting with your colleagues?

Business Management

THERE ARE 3 PEOPLE YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO IN 2ND PERSON POINT OF VIEW
Dirrick
Consider that the president of your company has just told you that a multinational company is interested in purchasing a large amount of the products that you and your group are responsible for. You have been charged with meeting with the team from Brazil, India, Finland, and Nigeria hosting their visit, and negotiating the agreement, including pricing. A fellow worker is going to help you with the research, you will each research two of the country’s cultures.
What can you do to plan ahead and educate others about the international groups?
Identify aspects of culture that are most important to each country. In Nigeria food, religion, clothing, marriages, rituals and dancing are very Important to business professionals as it displays trust and happiness.

What can you do to plan ahead and educate others about the international groups? Consider How do you communicate during the meeting with your colleagues?

Research why the stock rose or fell over the course of a year – did anything happen within or to the company to cause a stock increase or decrease?Discuss.

Financial Background
Company Name
Describe how you would review your organization’s financial standing.
Financial Information
What stock exchange is the company stock traded on ?
Price of 1 share of company stock 1 year ago
Price of 1 share of company stock today
Research why the stock rose or fell over the course of a year – did anything happen within or to the company to cause a stock increase or decrease?
Investment Opportunity
Would you buy stock and invest in this company? Explain your decision.

Determine if the new product or service could disrupt the current industry. Identify the risks associated with the development of this new product or service.

You just have to convince senior management.

In preparation, you have created a checklist for yourself to use in compiling information that includes research, feasibility of the idea via the BMC, scope of project , project risk mitigation, DEI, CSR, and 24-month pro forma.

You know that anything can happen in a funding pitch. With this in mind, you are prepared to answer questions that encompass all aspects of the project.
Directions

Create a pitch for funding. In this pitch, you will have to convince senior management to greenlight the new product or service. Aspects of the pitch that must be addressed:

Value proposition: Describe the company’s current value proposition in the market.
Describe the selected company’s main product or service.
Discuss the company’s overall strategic plan.
Competitive advantage: Describe the competitive advantage the company will gain by funding the project.
Describe how you discovered an opportunity to do something better than your competitors.
Determine how the new product or service shifts the value proposition of the company.
Risks and opportunities: Establish the risks and growth opportunities of the company.
Determine if the new product or service could disrupt the current industry.
Identify the risks associated with the development of this new product or service.
Growth opportunities: Describe the areas of potential growth for the company.
Identify the growth opportunities within the company.
Explain how the competitive advantage allows for growth.

ummarize expert knowledge and diverse perspectives on the topic to develop a mediated argument that clarifies your understanding and contributes to the conversation.

For this assignment, you’ll write an unbiased research paper comparing and contrasting at least two different viewpoints on a topic of your choice. Your essay should be approximately 1250 words plus a Works Cited page.

Your audience for this assignment is someone who is unfamiliar with your topic.

This challenge focuses on four major goals:

Discover an opportunity for learning based on academic research

Select a topic for which there are multiple, diverse perspectives and arguments

Create research questions to guide your exploration of these diverse perspectives

Narrow your topic appropriately. The goal is offer an in-depth examination of small part of a broader, more complex topic.

Collect, document, and integrate evidence from research material

You must use at least four credible sources for your essay.

Sources must not be used in class .

Research and summarize expert knowledge and diverse perspectives on the topic to develop a mediated argument that clarifies your understanding and contributes to the conversation

Identify and present the reasons why some people think one way and others think another way.

What are the strategic circumstances that need to be considered with respect to cultural, ethical, and political differences between the United States and the host country?

International Business in Narobi Kenya

Expansion and Analysis Strategy

Describe the product, brand, production, price, promotion and place pertaining to expanding in the host country. Describe the main business-related issue(s) that your firm is facing, and explain related subsidiary or peripheral issues. Give purpose and direction to the analysis that will follow.

Conduct a SWOT analysis pertinent to entering the new host country market, including your firm’s competition and how you will overcome the weaknesses and threats. How will you finance the firm and source needed materials?

What are the strategic circumstances that need to be considered with respect to cultural, ethical, and political differences between the United States and the host country?

Acknowledge and analyze the perspectives, assumptions, and biases of key stakeholder groups. How will stakeholders’ perspectives help you sharpen and finalize your business decisions? What is the relevance of the context of your firm’s position?

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the different international strategies that firms use to enter foreign markets. Define the international strategy and entry mode your firm will use in the host country.

What management practices are appropriate in this global context? Justify the use of these practices.