A. Grocery stores and gasoline stations in a large city would appear to be examples of competitive markets: There are numerous relatively small sellers, each seller is a pricetaker, and the products are quite similar. How could we argue that these markets are not competitive? Could each firm face a demand curve that is not perfectly elastic? How profitable do you expect grocery stores and gasoline stations to be in the long run WORDS: 600 WORDS B. Airline industry experts generally believe that because of the "highly competitive" nature of U.S. airline markets, it is usually impossible to pass on higher jet fuel prices to passengers by raising ticket prices. What factors do you suppose contribute to making U.S. airline markets "highly competitive"? Accepting the premise that U.S. airline markets are indeed highly competitive, analyze in both the short run and long run the difficulty of raising ticket prices when jet fuel prices rise. WORDS: 600 WORDS

Unit 3: Discussion 71 71 unread replies. 71 71 replies. OverviewAfter completing the textbook reading assignment, the lectures, and other activities above, select one of the unit concepts below. Then find a current event in an article at one of the online periodicals listed that will illustrate that concept. Compose an analysis of that event or situation in the article using the unit supervisory concept that you selected.Remember that content matters in your analysis and responses to others. A sample format for an article analysis is attached here: Discussion Article Analysis Form. Follow this to ensure that you include both information about the situation within the article as well as concepts from our readings that explain it. See the grading rubric on the Assignments and Grading page in the Course Information Module for more information.TopicsThe unit textbook concepts for our discussion in this unit are: Managers developing Corporate level strategy Managers developing Business level strategy Managers using the Five Forces Model or SWOT analysis Managers implementing strategy Management planning at the corporate level, business level, or functional level of an organization Select one of these concepts and find a related news article at either: Library Resources New York Times (Links to an external site.) Wall Street Journal (Links to an external site.) American Management Association (Links to an external site.) Fortune Magazine (Links to an external site.) At the New York Times, you can click on "Business" on the left to see the business related articles. You’ll find one (or several articles) to analyze. Remember to focus upon Managers applying your selected concept in your analysis. After reviewing and analyzing one of the current events articles, post your analysis for your classmates to review by Thursday night at midnight. Next, respond to at least three classmates’ posts by Midnight (Central Time) Sunday. Note, too, that you should respond to any comments or questions your instructor presents to you throughout the discussion.

Complete question is in the attached documents...For your second SLP assignment, continue to do research on the company you chose to write about for your Module 1 SLP. This time you will be doing research about the valuation of the company to try to determine if its stock price is overvalued or undervalued. You can use Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, or similar Web pages to find the financial information about this company.