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Assignment 3: Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies
Due Week 6 and worth 300 points

Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course, and one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
  2. Analyze the corporate-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
  3. Analyze the competitive environment to determine the corporation's most significant competitor. Compare their strategies at each level and evaluate which company you think is most likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice.
  4. Determine whether your choice from Question 3 would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Identify various levels and types of strategy in a firm.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
  • Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.

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Introduction

The Wal-Mart Corporation deals with the selling of general merchandise to the
customers. The organization operates a large number of stores which deliver quality and
affordable products to the buyers in the different regions where they live. The company has
11703 stores operating under the same name and other 59 clubs under different names which
provide products and services to the customers. The company operates in 28 countries thus a
multinational organization (Ireland, Hoskisson & Hitt, 2008). The management of the firm is
determined to enable the buyers of different purchasing power to acquire a variety of goods from
the stores. The company is the largest by revenue implying that its operations have a focus on
achieving financial goals. However, this does not mean that the corporation does not engage in
other activities including giving back to the society. The organization operated as a retailer store
and ranked among the best and most profitable companies in the New York Stock market. The
[paper addresses the different levels of strategies applied by the enterprise which allows its
acquisition of large amounts of profit and success in the stock market.
Business level strategies
The Wal-Mart Corporation has its operations in different parts of the world implying that the
management has its focus on growth and development (Chandler & Werther, 2013). Some of the
examples of business level strategies that the firm has embraced include;
Growth strategy

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The company is focused on growing its operations to cover different regions and offer a variety
of products to the customers. As a result, the utilization of resources focuses on some mode of
growth that will have long-term effects on the company. The company deals with different lines
of products and keeps on adding to the list (Lynch, 2013). As a retail organization, some of the
products offe...

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